Laddinfance's 2642nd Post

[Laddinfance]

Sorry for the delay everyone. I know I had thrown out a few reasons why we couldn't design a card before. I've been giving this a lot of thought. There is a lot that could change, up to and including, everything. But We've always been excited to engage our players and I would be flagrantly failing at my duties to simply tell you all no. Keep in mind that none of this will be final, and anything could still happen, but let's try anyways!

With that out of the way, lets make a card.

What school do we want a card for?

[Coshade]

My vote is a duel school card with dark and holy!

[SharkBait]

I vote for a dual Dark and Mind school card. I like dual from Coshade's idea, but I'd love to play some mind games with the dark school

[Halewijn]

Dark and holy +1

[ringkichard]

Dark and Holy, if it were levels 1 and 1, would cost spellbook points thusly:

Priestess/Priest: 4
Warlock/Warlock/Necro: 4
Wizard: 4
Beastmaster/Beastmaster: 4
Forcemaster: 4
Warlord/Warlord: 4
Druid: 4

So, same price for all existing mages. Any mage who dabbled in Dark or Holy but didn't get the opposing school triple cost handicap might be able to get it for 3.

[exid]

and what about a roted plant or animal in nature+dark?

[sIKE]

Dark and Holy, if it were levels 1 and 1, would cost spellbook points thusly:

Priestess/Priest: 4
Warlock/Warlock/Necro: 4
Wizard: 4
Beastmaster/Beastmaster: 4
Forcemaster: 4
Warlord/Warlord: 4
Druid: 4

So, same price for all existing mages. Any mage who dabbled in Dark or Holy but didn't get the opposing school triple cost handicap might be able to get it for 3.

That's very unfavorable math for a Holy and Dark spell. Who would want to carry a 4 SB cost level 1 spell? Anything higher level wise is a bit wasteful in my opinion.

[Halewijn]

Dark and Holy, if it were levels 1 and 1, would cost spellbook points thusly:

Priestess/Priest: 4
Warlock/Warlock/Necro: 4
Wizard: 4
Beastmaster/Beastmaster: 4
Forcemaster: 4
Warlord/Warlord: 4
Druid: 4

So, same price for all existing mages. Any mage who dabbled in Dark or Holy but didn't get the opposing school triple cost handicap might be able to get it for 3.

That's very unfavorable math for a Holy and Dark spell. Who would want to carry a 4 SB cost level 1 spell? Anything higher level wise is a bit wasteful in my opinion.

It would be a lvl2 spell. Not lvl 1. So that's double for everybody. Maybe the paladin could get it for 3.

[Sabrath_Kell]

I'd favor either a Dark + Water spell or a mono Mind spell (if it was a Mind creature).

[Gogolski]

I prefer any combination that produces some decent frost spells:

Air + Water
Air/or/Water + Earth
Air/or/Water + Mind
Air/or/Water + Dark
Air/or/Water + Holy
Air/or/Water + War
...

[exid]

a way to join dark and holly, avoiding the constant price, would be a dark OR holly card.

[Halewijn]

I'd favor either a Dark + Water spell or a mono Mind spell (if it was a Mind creature).

An extra mind creature!!  1 to replace that horrible psylock

[Erebus]

Yeah, Dark and Mind could make a pretty awesome spell.

//edit: I moved my type discussion until later. It kind of undermines the organization of this if I jump ahead.

[ringkichard]

and what about a roted plant or animal in nature+dark?

I'm a fan of this, especially because it makes applicable one of my favorite distinctions: the tremendous difference between a Plant Zombie and a Zombie Plant!

[exid]

Yeah, Dark and Mind could make a pretty awesome spell. Creatures, Conjurations, or Enchantments would all be really fun to design. I really like conjurations, though dark already has some pretty solid Zone Exclusives. Some form of illusion could be a pretty cool concept.

a "Nightmare generator", with a psychic effect:
A creature who wants to enter the zone have to roll an effect dice. 1-6 it stays where it is / 7-12 it continues its movement.