Mana leech unrandart


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Post Sunday, 9th July 2017, 05:30

Mana leech unrandart

We have a brand which gives HP on hit but we do not have a brand which gives MP on hit.
+3 "Mana leech" lajatang, fragile, damage is equal to plain +3 lajatang, gives 1d4 MP on hit.
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Post Sunday, 9th July 2017, 07:54

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Vampire's Tooth already has the niche of "completely useless unrandart weapon" covered

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Post Sunday, 9th July 2017, 07:58

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Would removing fragile make it useful? I was afraid it would be too powerful (giving more MP than staff of energy, does not require training Evo, potentially in 0.7 turn instead of 1.0 and also attacks enemy)
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Post Sunday, 9th July 2017, 08:24

Re: Mana leech unrandart

MP leeched should depend on damage done to avoid bag-of-rats syndrome.
And i think the weapon in question (it it must be a weapon; i think an amulet or a ring could work better) should have some other properties that would make it worthwhile for a spell-focused character to use (and preferably not only when low on mana). Out of the standart brands, protection and electrocution give non-melee specialised dudes reason to use them.

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Post Sunday, 9th July 2017, 08:41

Re: Mana leech unrandart

The idea is to have a randart which can make life of casters more enjoyable: less retreating, less luring.
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Post Sunday, 9th July 2017, 09:01

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Very good for heavily armoured spirit shielded melee. The only downside would be the lack of damage brand and lowish enchantment level.
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Post Sunday, 9th July 2017, 20:57

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Give it both mana drain and guardian spirit, call it "the <foo> of the vine stalker"

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Post Sunday, 9th July 2017, 22:05

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Laja of vines.
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Post Monday, 10th July 2017, 16:36

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Be kinda cool to have an unrandart Magebane that's an antimagic axe that also heals your MP but has -cast
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Post Monday, 10th July 2017, 16:46

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Just let Leech do mana vamp as well as regular vamp. Right now it's not too different from a regular vamp demon blade except for the increased proc chance.

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Post Monday, 10th July 2017, 22:35

Re: Mana leech unrandart

Which made it very different from any other vamp weapon
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