Build Design

This page is for contributors to post spec/build ideas for characters. We'll use these ideas to inspire quests, equipment, encounters, etc.

Berserker

A melee build with abilities that give large buffs for a short period. After the buff expires, the player is inflicted with an equal and opposite debuff for a short while. This should encourage the player to fight all-out for a while, then retreat while recovering.
Strong against: short but intense encounters
Weak against: long encounters

Alchemist

The alchemist's spells are fueled by gold. They also have a passive abilities to enhance gold drops. Gold-fueled spells should be somewhat stronger than average.
Strong when: the player has lots of gold
Weak when: the player's gold reserves are low

Elemental Archer

Projectiles shot by this archer become attuned to an element. This build focuses on flexibility vs. different creature types.
Strong against: Creatures with strong elemental weaknesses
Weak against: Creatures with strong elemental resistances

Poisoner

Attacks that cause the enemy to take high damage over time while ignoring the creature's absorb value. The player could kite the affected creatures while they die.
Strong against: slower, high-absorb creatures
Weak against: fast, high-hp creatures

Frenzy Mage

Wild, unpredictable magic fuels this character. The spells are rapid-fire and powerful, but may fly in any direction, so actually hitting the target is difficult. Maybe have a spell that chains itself every time it hits a creature, so it's devastating against large groups. Maybe also have a large damage range, so it feels like abilities are very random in that regard also.
Strong against: large groups
Weak against: single targets

Nuker

This character has very powerful AoE spells, but those spells are also dangerous to the player! Use with discretion. The abilities also have a slow cooldown, so the idea is to finish the fight almost before it happens.
Strongest against: Large groups of easy enemies
Weak when: Played by a careless player

Barrier Wielder

This character has low health and is weak to damage, but mitigates it by having a very powerful shield spell, and hopefully never takes direct damage. Has an aura that causes nearby enemies to take damage. This barrier can also reflect missiles.
Strong against: Ranged enemies, slow enemies
Weak against: Fast, melee enemies

Traps & Turrets

This player sets up kill zone with traps and turrets, then lures an enemy into that area. The traps cause enemies to get stuck while the turrets finish them off.
Strong against: Single, powerful enemies
Weak against: Large swarms of creatures

Decoy Summoner

This build conjures many weak, short-lived summons to distract enemies. They don't do any damage, but they might apply debuffs to the targeted enemies.
Strong because: Reduces effectiveness of swarms of enemies
Weak because: Generally low damage output

Bomber

Explosives are available as rare random drops and are also purchasable. They probably come attached with a "throw bomb" power. Bombers, on the other hand, have alternative abilities which consume explosives. These abilities let the player throw cluster bombs, set a bomb on a timer, drop proximity mines, and even create seeking bombs. Explosives do a lot of damage, but take a lot of inventory space. Maybe they don't stack or have very small stack limits.
Strong when: Lots of explosives available
Weak because: Can easily run out of explosives

Shapeshifter

Has several transformations that focus on different combat styles: Offense, Defense, Ranged, etc.
Strong because: Versatile abilities
Weak because: Often loses bonuses from equipment?

These are ability ideas, but in and of themselves probably couldn't flesh out a whole build.

Polymorpher: Can force an opponent to transform into a harmless creature for a time. Damaging the creature causes it to revert to the normal form.
Vortex: Force opponents to teleport next to you, then unleash a large AoE damage spell. Has generally high defense.
Blinker: Randomly teleport yourself and other creatures.
Jailor Use conjured walls to trap enemies.
Blood Summoner Use HP to conjure minions.
Dominator Forcefully controls enemies for a short time.

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