Mystic Power Trees

[DeathCow]

Mystics will have a basic pool of powers that all mystics pull from.? Then they will also get powers from a choosen celestial region.? I'm still milling over what, if anything, the celestial mansions should be.? This is just ground work atm. Note, this is Chinese mythology, not korean/japenese buddist/etc/etc/etc.

Seiryuu-The Azure Dragon of the East-Element Wood

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Name	Translation
Jiao	Horn
Kang	Neck
Di	Root
Fang	Room
Xin	Heart
Wei	Tail
Ji	Basket

Genbu-The Black Tortoise of the North-Element Water
? ?

Name	Translation
Dou	Dipper
Niu	Ox
N?	Girl
Xu	Emptiness
Wei	Danger
Shi	Room?
Bi	Wall

Byakko-The White Tiger of the West-Element Metal

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Name	Translation
Kui	Legs
Lou	Bond
Wei	Stomach
Mao	Hairy head
Bi	Net
Zi	Turtle beak?
Shen	Three stars

Suzaku-The Vermillion Bird of the South-Element Fire

Name	Translation
Jing	Well?
Gui	Ogre/Demon
Liu	Willow?
Xing	Star?
Zhang	Growth
Yi	Wings?
Zhen	Sadness/Weep

[Ian]

Man that title threw me.  I was thinking "DC rejects pirates but wants to include trees with mystic powers!"

[DeathCow]

There will be no fucking pirates.  Unless I have a gay bar<The Drunken Pirate,lol> for sam. 

[ghaleon]

... pirates... ack

first people want pirates... then their begging for firearms...  in the words of Jason Mewes (Jay) "Yo, F**** That"

[Psuedo]

All Pirates want are your booty so yeah of course they are going to be stuck at the gay bar.

[The Crazy Animal]

As much as I love pirates they wouldn't add anything good to the game so lets get back on topic.

Mystics will have a basic pool of powers that all mystics pull from.  Then they will also get powers from a choosen celestial region.  I'm still milling over what, if anything, the celestial mansions should be.  This is just ground work atm. Note, this is Chinese mythology, not korean/japenese buddist/etc/etc/etc.

Don't forget post too:
http://greatermud.com/forums/index.php?topic=340.0

I get the direction/element combo part and how that would probably be used; but, what is the "Name Translation" part supposed to be for?

I had an idea for mystics to use the attacks and maneuvers from the combat skill system but I don't have time to go over that in detail right now. However in brief the system would basically intertwine powers/attacks and powers/maneuvers at the same time. This would use simple spell like commands like afst (attack fire style) to trigger a combat routine with a set of attacks each attack would trigger a Power (spell) the powers would be in a set theme and diminish the chi of the mystic as they get used.

Off the top of my head example:

Fire Style:

Attacks:
Fiery Fist of  fury
- PC punches you with his fiery fists of fury for X damage!
- The fiery punch burns you for X damage!
Blazing Vortex Kick = kick with Dot fire damage
- PC attacks you with a blazing vortex kick for X damage!
- A fiery vortexs erupts around you, you take X damage!
Setting Sun Kick = kick with fire damage
- PC attacks you with his setting sun kick for X damage!
- The fiery kick burns you for X damage!
Manuevers:
Side Step:
- from standard manuever list
Burning Ember Counter:
- PC blocks your attack with his burning ember counter!
- Burning embers pelt you for X damage!

[DeathCow]

I'ma gonna have to look all the various things over...

[The Crazy Animal]

Grin ya thats something that needs to be done.

[DeathCow]

I didn't have any paper nots from that thread..I don't know if thats cause I was too frustrated witht he idea of rewrting things or not.  At this point i have to rewrite everything ever time we get a new idea.  So its like bah.


Its a bitch fitting other peoples work into a prebuilt concept and loe system.

[The Crazy Animal]

I didn't have any paper nots from that thread..I don't know if thats cause I was too frustrated witht he idea of rewrting things or not.? At this point i have to rewrite everything ever time we get a new idea.? So its like bah.


Its a bitch fitting other peoples work into a prebuilt concept and loe system.

I thought using a proto class to start those classes would actually reduce starting story content at first. I think you were probably frustrated at that point or you just didn't like the idea and said you liked it just to confuse us more.