Lair Larrikin
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Joined: Friday, 8th February 2019, 10:49
Specie Proposal - Angel/Profane Servitor
For a long time i have wondered why there wasn't any "holy race". There are already several unholy species, like Ghouls, Mummies Vampires and Demonspawns, all of them refused by good gods.
So I thought about the "Angel", race. But after a while i thought that Angel can't be separated from their evil counterpart : Profane Servitor. So I thought about a bi-specie, based on their relation with their god (what is more godly than an Angel, after all ?)
The main idea with this race is that , like Draconians, or Demonspawns, it will experience some changes during its life. But unlike these two, the changes will be at will. Not exactly "at will", though. It will depend on your choice of god !
Let's begin with it.
Ange/Profane Servitor
Base Str : 8, Dex : 9 , Int : 8
Stat : +1 random stat every 5 lvl (or, maybe 4 ? I don't know)
Life : -10% HP as an Angel, as a profane Servitor : +10 % HP
MP : Normal MP (or maybe +10 % as Angel ? I don't know, needs to be tested)
MR : +3 magic resistance each lvl
Innate resistance :
Angel : Holy immune (of course) / Profane Servitor : Holy Vulnerable
Angel : rN- / Profane Servitor : rN+
Both : Can Fly (after lvl 14)
Profane Servitor : Unarmed vampiric attack
Angel : Can invoke Aura (costs Piety, and, after that 1 MP or some piety every turn). Same effect as holy aura.
Profane Servitor : Can Invoke Umbra (costs Piety, and, after that, 1 MP or some piety every turn). Same effect as Umbra from Profane Servitor.
Angel : Stealth -
Profane Servitor : Stealth +
Angel : Divine Intervention : Can heal itself (consume ALL Faith, heal is % life based on Piety available x Inv skill, at full piety and 27 Inv, should heal of at least 75% life)
Profane Servitor : ?? (nothing, probably)
Angel/Profane Servitor : Gain Faith more easily, like Amulet of Faith (you cannot wear an amulet of faith on top of that).
Angel cannot berserk or make themself invisible, nor eat intelligent food.
SKills : Angel/Profane Servitor
Fighting +0/+2
Short Blades-3/-1
Long Blades +1/-2
Axes -2/-1
Maces & Flails +1/-2
Polearms -2/-1
Staves +1/-1
Unarmed Combat -2/+1
Throwing -1/-1
Slings -1/-1
Bows +0/-1
Crossbows -1/-1
Armour +0/-1
Dodging -1/+1
Stealth -3/+1
Shields +1/-2
Fire Magic +0/-1
Ice Magic +0/-1
Air Magic +0/-1
Earth Magic +0/-1
Poison Magic -2/+0
Spellcasting -1/+0
Conjurations +0/+0
Hexes -3/+1
Charms -3/+1
Summonings +0/+0
Necromancy -5/+2
Translocations +0/+0
Transmutation -3/+0
Invocations +5/+5 (of course !)
Evocations -2/-2
Experience 0/-2
Last but not least :
When you begin your game, you choose directly your god.
This gods can be either good, or evil, but not neutral. This god will determine which version you will play
Angel : Evylion, TSO, Zin
Profane Servitor : Dithmenos/Kiku/Yredelemnul/Lugonu/Makhleb/(Not Beogh, i think)
You cannot abandon a god without taking a new one. If you change from Evil to Good or from Good to Evil, you will transform into an Angel/Profane Servitor. Maybe god wrath should last a bit longer if you play an Angel or a Profane Servitor, considering this ?
Main challenge with this specie is to know when to "change version". Angel are decent fighters, and mage, and can heal, but they have some limitations (like rN-, cannot become invisible or berserk, Stealth-, -10% HP). Profane servitor are stronger, have better overall skills but can only play evil gods, and on top of that they have this punishing -2 Exp. So both races are not very strong in general. (Maybe they should be a bit weaker in skill bonuses ?)
Their main asset is their huge Invocation bonus and Faith bonus, which should give them an interesting gameplay.
What do you think ?