Eco-Friendly Powerset Recycling!

[megaericzero]

36 minutes ago, biostem said:

Pistol Support

But... what will set TA apart if Heal Arrow isn't it's unique power!

[ThatGuyCDude]

Has anyone pitched a Mastermind set themed around the Banished Pantheon?  Specifically, summoning the spirit masks as their henchmen?  The primary could have slowing cold ranged attacks while the masks would offer a variety of damage types (Negative and -toHit for Death masks, Psychic and -recharge for Desire masks, Smashing and knockback for Pain masks, and Energy and -defense for Sorrow masks... though they'd spawn and immediately explode as a ranged area attack).

Something like this:

Ice Bolt	1	Ranged, Minor DMG(Cold/Smash), Foe -Rech, -SPD
Desire Mask	1	Summon Spirit of Desire (Psychic, Foe -Rech)
Frost Breath	2	Close (Cone), Moderate DoT(Cold), Foe -Rech, -SPD
Corrupt Rune	6	Ranged, Imbue Mask Henchman
Freeze Ray	8	Ranged, Moderate DMG(Cold), Foe Hold
Pain Mask	12	Summon Spirit of Pain (Smashing, Foe -RES)
Sorrow Mask	18	Ranged (Targeted AoE), High DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF
Death Mask	22	Summon Spirit of Death (Negative, Foe -toHit)
Mot Rune	26	Ranged, Embolden Mask Henchman

With the masks looking something like this:
Desire Mask

Basic	[Fly] Toggle: Self Fly *from Fly pool* [Psychic Dart] Ranged, Moderate DMG(Psi), Foe -Rech *from Psychic Blast* [Mind over Body] Toggle: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal, Psi) *from Willpower*
Imbued	[Psi Blade Sweep] Melee (Cone), High DMG(Psi/Lethal), Foe Disorient, -Rech; Self +Insight *from Psionic Melee* [Psionic Lance] Sniper, Superior DMG(Psi), Foe -Rech *from Psychic Blast* [Recovery Aura] PBAoE, Ally +Rec *from Empathy*
Emboldened	[Greater Psi Blade] Melee, Superior DMG(Psi/Lethal), Foe -Rech, Hold; Self -Insight *from Psionic Melee* [Heightened Senses] Toggle: Self +DEF(Smash, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy, Neg), +Perception *from Willpower*

 

Pain Mask [The recycled powers have -RES instead of Knockback, I don't think it matters, though]

Basic	[Fly] Toggle: Self Fly *from Fly pool* [Shriek] Ranged, Minor DMG(Smash/Energy), Foe -Res(All) *from Sonic Attack* [Temp Invulnerability] Toggle: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal) *from Invulnerability*
Imbued	[Knockout Blow] Melee, Extreme DMG(Smash), Foe Hold *from Super Strength* [Screech] Ranged, High DMG(Smash/Energy), Foe Disorient, -Res(All) *from Sonic Attack* [World of Pain] PBAoE, Team +DMG, +To-Hit, +Res(All DMG, Placate) *from Pain Domination*
Emboldened	[Foot Stomp] PBAoE Melee, Moderate DMG(Smash), Foe Knockback *from Super Strength* (Yes, they don't have feet.  They stomp with the power of Pain.) [Painbringer] Ranged, Ally, +Regen, +Rec, +DMG *from Pain Domination*

 

Death Mask

Basic	[Fly] Toggle: Self Fly *from Fly pool* [Gloom] Ranged, High DoT(Neg), Foe -To Hit *from Dark Blast* [Death Shroud] Toggle: PBAoE Minor DoT(Neg) *from Dark Armor*
Imbued	[Siphon Life] Melee, Superior DMG(Neg), Foe -To Hit, Self +HP *from Dark Melee* [Soul Drain] PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Neg), Self +DMG, +To Hit *from Dark Melee* [Fearsome Stare] Ranged (Cone), Foe Fear, -To-Hit *from Dark Miasma*
Emboldened	[Cloak of Fear] Toggle: PBAoE, Foe Fear, -To Hit *from Dark Armor* [Petrifying Gaze] Ranged, Foe Hold *from Dark Miasma*

 

Setting it apart from other Masterminds, the individual Mask henchmen would each be more versatile than those of other sets, but all be limited to ONE instance at a time each.  So no "3 Desire Mask minions, 2 Pain Mask lieutenants, 1 Death Mask boss", they'd each be singular and equivalent to somewhere between lieutenant and boss.

Edited March 28 by ThatGuyCDude

[Jiro Ito]

Just because I want Hurricane on ALL of my characters:

 

Weather Mastery

 

Brute, Tank

Direct Strike: Ranged (Sniper), Foe -Endurance, Special

Hurricane:  Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect, Foe -Range, -To-Hit, Repel, Knockback

Thunder Clap:  Point Blank Area of Effect, Foe Disorient

 Jet Stream:  Ranged (Cone), Foe Knockdown or Repel

Tornado:  Summon Tornado: PBAoE, Foe Knockback, Fear, Disorient

 

Scrapper, Stalker

Direct Strike: Ranged (Sniper), Foe -Endurance, Special

Hurricane:  Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect, Foe -Range, -To-Hit, Repel, Knockback

Hailstones:  Ranged, Foe Chance for Knockdown

Jet Stream:  Ranged (Cone), Foe Knockdown or Repel

Tornado:  Summon Tornado: PBAoE, Foe Knockback, Fear, Disorient

 

Dominator

 O2 Boost: Ally Heal, +Resistance(Disorient, Sleep, Endurance Drain), +Perception

Wind Shield*: Toggle, Self, Resist (Energy, Smashing, Lethal)

Hurricane:  Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect, Foe -Range, -To-Hit, Repel, Knockback

Chain Lightning:  Ranged (Chain AoE), Foe -Endurance

Tornado:  Summon Tornado: PBAoE, Foe Knockback, Fear, Disorient

 

 

Controller

Direct Strike: Ranged (Sniper), Foe -Endurance, Special

Wind Shield*: Toggle, Self, Resist (Energy, Smashing, Lethal)

Stormwinds: Self, Defense (All), Resist (Disorient, Hold, Sleep, Fear)

Jet Stream:  Ranged (Cone), Foe Knockdown or Repel

Chain Lightning:  Ranged (Chain AoE), Foe -Endurance

 

 

Sentinel

 O2 Boost: Ally Heal, +Resistance(Disorient, Sleep, Endurance Drain), +Perception

Hurricane:  Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect, Foe -Range, -To-Hit, Repel, Knockback

Thunder Clap:  Point Blank Area of Effect, Foe Disorient

 Keening Winds: Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe Confuse, EndDrain, Self +End

Tornado:  Summon Tornado: PBAoE, Foe Knockback, Fear, Disorient

 

Edited Thursday at 03:19 AM by Jiro Ito
*Shout-out @Alchemystic

[megaericzero]

Didn't see anything on the index page about proliferating Ninjitsu to Tankers and Brutes.

 

Ninjitsu

1		Ninja Reflexes	[Toggle] Self +Defense (Melee), +Resistance (Defense)
2		Danger Sense	[Toggle] Self +Defense (Ranged, Area-of-Effect), +Resistance (Defense), +Perception
3		Kuji-In Sha	Self Heal, +Resistance (Toxic)
4		Kuji-In Rin	Self +Protection (Confuse, Disorient, Fear, Hold, Immobilize, Sleep), +Resistance (Psionic)
5		Taijutsu	[Auto] Self +Protection (Knockback), +Resistance (All - scales w/ missing HP)
6		Mind's Eye	[Auto] Self +Defense (Melee, Range, Area-of-Effect), +Resistance (Defense)
7		Kawarimi	[Toggle] (PBAOE) Foe Taunt, -Recharge; Self Chance for +Absorb (per foe)
8		Quickness	[Auto] Self +Recharge, +Movement, +Resistance (Recharge, Movement)
9		Kuji-In Retsu	Self +Defense (All*), +Resistance (Defense), +Recovery, +Movement; [Delayed] Self -Endurance, -Recovery   * differs from the original which only gives melee, ranged, and AOE

 

 

Power descriptions (for non-recycled powers) :

 

 Taijutsu

[Auto] Self +Protection (Knockback), +Resistance (All - scales w/ missing HP)

You are trained in multiple forms of hand-to-hand combat. These skills allow you to evade attempts at throwing you around and reduce incoming damage by blocking. This damage resistance is only available as you lose health but improves as your hit points decline. This power is always on and costs no endurance.

(Decided not to recycle Bo Ryaku both so this could have a scaling resistance instead and because the term is more familiar to me.)

 

 Mind's Eye

[Auto] Self +Defense (Melee, Range, Area-of-Effect), +Resistance (Defense)
Your ninja training grants you a level of combat awareness on par with futuresight. Your defense to all types of attacks - melee, ranged, and area-of-effect - is permanently increased. Your experience also grants you resistance to having your defense reduced. This power is always on and costs no endurance.

 

 Kawarimi

[Toggle] (PBAOE) Foe Taunt, -Recharge; Self Chance for +Absorb (per foe)
Using misdirection techniques allows you to trick your opponents mid-combat. While this power is active, nearby foes will be forced to focus on you but will be unsure where to aim their strikes, effectively reducing their attack rate as they hesitate to attack. Enemies also have a chance of attacking a body double which will absorb the damage for you. This chance increases as more foes surround you, allowing you to exploit the chaos, for up to a total of 10 foes.
Recharge: Moderate

(In terms of visuals, I don't know if a constant "afterimages" vfx like the ones Dual Pistols creates are possible,  since I assume they are hard-coded to the attack animations rather than dynamically imitating the character's movements. That said, it would be pretty cool if possible and of course should come with a no-fx option as well.)

 

Not sure how balanced this would be for tanks and brutes. Ninjitsu is already a distant relative to Super Reflexes but trades raw defenses and multiple scaling resistances for utility powers, and is originally used on an archetype not meant to draw aggro (Stalkers); this version may give up too many of those aspects without reclaiming enough of what it gave up from SR to properly absorb alpha strikes.

[Alchemystic]

I quite like what @Jiro Ito did with the Weather Mastery sets, and wanted to try my hand at filling in the gaps in the Storm/Wind based powerset theme and expanding it to Melee, Armor and Assault (We already have Storm Blast, Wind Control is in a weird limbo, and Storm Manipulation is something I've explored before).

Wind Melee

The idea for Wind Melee is to have a good mix of Smashing and Lethal damage, and using a lot of the 'fwooshy' animations to emulate the nature of wind. To do that, I picked out a few powers from Kinetic Melee to work as a template, and took inspiration from other Melee sets that incorporated summoned weapons to also utilize the fwooshy swordplay of Dual Blades into it.

 

- Wind Strike: Basic Smashing melee power, using Kinetic Melee's 'Quick Strike' animation with whirling FX on the hand

 

- Vortex Blow: Moderate Smashing melee power, using the 'Body Blow' animation from Kinetic melee with stronger whirling hand FX

 

- Air Blades: Heavier Lethal melee power. Uses the 'Ablating Strike' Dual Blades power with two 'Fire and Ice Elemental' swords as the FX

 

- Build Up: Standard Build Up power

 

/ - Taunt/Placate: Standard aggro management power

 

- Assassin's Zephyr: Special Stalker attack with massive Smashing damage. Same animation as Kinetic Melee's 'Assassin's Strike', but with a projectile similar to 'Gust' from Storm Blast

 

- Blade Cyclone: PBAoE Lethal/Smashing attack. Uses the 'Typhoon's Edge' animation with Elemental swords, with a Tornado FX around the player (Not available to Stalkers)

 

- Wind Blades: A heavier version of Air Blades, using the 'Vengeful Slice' Dual Blades animation with Elemental swords

 

- Vacuum Strike: A powerful Smashing melee attack cusing Kinetic Melee's 'Concentrated Strike' animation, with strong wind FX around the character

- Shearing Winds: Ranged cone Lethal DoT power using Elemental Swords, uses the unique 'Air Cutter' FX belonging to Syndicate (One Thousand Cuts, but with longer range)

 

 

Storm Assault:

Storm Assault was fairly simple when you have a Blast and Melee powerset ready to go. For this, I opted not to use the blade powers from Wind Melee and instead opted to keep it to smashing damage instead, as there was already a lot of Smashing, Cold and Energy in the mix, and a fourth damage type may make it seem a bit of a mess.

 

- Gust: Taken from Storm Blast, works as the first ranged power of the set

 

- Vortex Blow: See above, works as the initial melee power

 

- Jet Stream: Another Storm Blast power, though with smaller range

 

- Hailstones: A more powerful Storm blast power, building the ranged element of the set

 

- Build Up: Standard Build Up power

 

- Thunder Clap: A power from Storm Summoning, repurposed as an AoE attack

 

- Direct Strike: Another Storm Blast power, working as a long range sniper attack

 

- Vacuum Strike: See above, works as a more powerful damage power for the set

 

- Cloudburst: Taken from Storm Blast, working as the T9 high damage power

 

 

Storm Aura:

Armor powersets are a little easier to work with. Animations are simple and FX is a bit less tricky, so making a Storm Aura wouldn't bee too hard, especially with so much FX existing already. For this, I wanted to go for a damage based defense set, similar to Ice or Stone, with the usual trappings like personal healing, AoE effects, and some good utility.

 

- Wind Shield: Uses a windy FX on the player body. Grants defense against Smashing, Lethal, Fire and Toxic damage, and resistance to ToHit and Perception debuffs

 

- Stormcloud: Uses the 'Cloud and Lightning' path aura FX, dealing energy DoT in a PBAoE field (Not available to Stalkers or Sentinels)

- O2 Saturation: Uses the 'O2 Boost' FX on the player, healing them and giving a boost to recovery for a short time

 

- Temperature Protection: Same power from Fiery Aura, providing an autopower with resistance to Fire, Cold, Slow and Knockback

 

- Climate Change: Uses the 'Benumb' FX from Cold Domination on the player body. Grants protection against Immobilize, Hold, Stun, Sleep, and Repel for a short duration

 

- Mist Cloak: Uses the same FX as 'Steamy Mist', but on the player only. Provides stealth and grants small defense to Melee, Ranged and AoE (Stalkers get Hide at T1 instead)

- Air Pressure: Autopower for Stalkers and Sentinels. Grants defense to Melee, Ranged and AoE

 

- Storm Shield: Uses the 'Thunderhead' aura FX on the player body. Grants defense against Cold, Energy and Negative damage, and resistance to teleport and -endurance debuffs

 

- Vortex: Creates a small 'Tornado' FX on the player. Draws enemies closer and reduces their ToHit and Defense. Stalkers and Sentinels get a version that repels instead

- Microclimate: Uses a mixture of Storm Blast's 'Gust' and 'Intensify' FX on player. Grants a large boost to Positional Defense and Damage Resistance for a short time

 

 

Edited Thursday at 05:18 PM by Alchemystic

[megaericzero]

31 minutes ago, Alchemystic said:

- Wind Shield: Uses a windy FX on the player body. Grants defense against Smashing, Lethal, Fire and Toxic damage

10/10 power name

 

More of this in the game please.

[Jiro Ito]

On 4/23/2024 at 10:06 AM, Alchemystic said:

 

- Wind Shield: Uses a windy FX on the player body. Grants defense against Smashing, Lethal, Fire and Toxic damage, and resistance to ToHit and Perception debuffs

 

 

 

On 4/23/2024 at 10:39 AM, megaericzero said:

10/10 power name

 

More of this in the game please.

 

Wind Shield lol damnit why didn't i think of that