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Theory-crafting: what do you think the Academy Forcemaster might be like?

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Sailor Vulcan:
So after hearing the talk between Arcane Duels and Aaron, I was starting to think about what he said about the forcemaster--a lot of her specialty in Arena is position control, which doesn't work in academy. What do you think the Academy forcemaster might be like?

I'm thinking she'll probably have defenses, psychic spells like weaker versions of sleep and mind control, and lots of upkeep effects, just like the arena forcemaster. The one thing she'd be missing is something to use instead of position control.

Well, the academy fighting area is one zone, which means there isn't much space. So if you use telekinetic powers on something in such a small space, what happens?

It could depend on the direction and the amount of power. You could push something up to give it flying and prevent it from losing flying until end of round. That would prevent it from guarding and from melee attacking non-flying creatures. If you use such a spell on yourself, you could like, push yourself into the air, giving yourself flying and not being able to lose flying until the end of the round, while allowing yourself to avoid being melee attacked by non-flyers until the end of the round.

If you push something down, you could like, slam it or something. Or it could be a weaker force hammer slamming down on them.

You could push a creature into another creature--like a weaker version of force bash.

She could also maybe knock a creature over, giving it the stagger condition.

Or she could have a weaker version of force pull. What does it mean if she pulls an enemy creature closer to her?

It means she can pull a creature away from its guards, or away from attacking creatures or something. Or she can pull a creature into the path of an oncoming attack. In other words, she could perhaps redirect an attack to another creature by pulling it in front of her. Or she could use it to attack an enemy creature while ignoring guards, once per round. Not sure how that would be balanced though, considering how important guards are in Academy.

I imagine she'd probably have a weaker version of forcefield too, that would allow her to cancel 1 or 2 attacks that are made against her each round, incluidng unavoidable attacks.

What do you guys imagine the academy forcemastter will be like?

Laddinfance:

Pelthar:
I forsee this one as being very tricky to balance between Academy and Arena.  Just my 2p thoughts.

Gogolski:

--- Quote from: Pelthar on December 10, 2015, 04:29:26 PM ---I forsee this one as being very tricky to balance between Academy and Arena.  Just my 2p thoughts.

--- End quote ---
A bunch of balancing issues could be solved by differenciating effects on minor/major creatures. (There's a possibility it will make some cards or efects cluttery and fiddly...)

iNano78:
Flying.  Maybe with Dissipate, so he/she has to land every once-in-a-while.  Or "until the end of the round."  Still susceptible to ranged attacks (including attack spells).  Great against ground units, but since most other spells will probably be Psychic, there will still be some weakness against Undead, for instance.

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