Additional Class Idea?

[Mason]

Splitting warrior would be much too simple. I've thought of one/two class/es that could be added that utilize other aspects of the game...somewhat.

Monk:
Unarmed style war machine with peace on his/her mind...

skills/spells:
forms-
earth,wind, fire, bear, tiger, etc. These would be similar to defensive fighting, but only apply when unarmed and each has individual perks
meditation- focuses will and physical energy into thought or calm. Could be used as a start to a skill tree or could be used for specific moves/actions/spells.
Iron hands- after years of practice with unarmed combat, monks can now parry while unarmed.
spectral hands- channels power into the users hands, causing non-norm damage and draining mana with each strike.
Runes, tattoos: Decorates body with specific marks of their creed, granting them some sort of buff. obviously these would replace armor.

Spectral form: achieved during mediation, the spirit of the monk travels the world.....



Other ideas i had fell into a clerical catagory... so i wont mention them.


Ranger:
Versatile soldier of the forest with utilities and projectile based weapons.
Keen eyes: passive ability to allow a higher hit roll when using bow weapons.
track, mark...hunt
has bow and sword capabilities, better climbing and traversing...
.
i dont know... i didnt put much thought into ranger...

[Dentin]

My thoughts on the next class are that we should go with a druid/shaman/ranger style thing, with skill trees something like this:

- sky (blizzard, control weather, hailstone, call lightning, wind spells)
- earth (earthquake, possibly entangling roots)
- water (don't think we have much for this yet)
- summon/control/call animal
- various ranger-related things

The sky tree might very well have to be broken up into sections - wind/weather, and celestial (moon/stars/sun) spring to mind.  This is obviously a very short list as well, as I haven't put much thought into it.  We won't be adding it for at least a year anyway.

In the short term though, I'm not going to be thinking much about another new class.  I have a lot of dclient work I want to get done, and the thief/cleric/warrior classes really need some love.  We'll also be doing minor necromancer balance tweaks for months.

In a few months, I'll start posting on another class update, and we can work out the details then.

[Mason]

dclient updates? what more could the dclient NEEEDDD? its got MAPS its got BARS, its got COLORS!?

[Draak]

I think Dentin wants to combine his armaps with dclient somehow...

[Mason]

btw
water:
WAVE-
WATER JET-
RAIN-
TSUNAMI-
TIDAL RUSH-
HAIL-
BREATHE WATER-
STEAM-
UNDERTOW-
MUST ALL BE PRESENT DURING EITHER RAIN OR WATER