skilltree Willow Skilltree Idea! OP

[Saladmanders]

Hi All!

Time to go back to creating serious Skilltrees,

Fire is fun, therefore Willow is fun, agreed? But seriously, Willow's love for fires & pyromaniac behavior has always been very charming but also very dangerous. However in recent times, she's been outshined by other characters & has led her to be stuck in under use. I want to make a new Skilltree for Willow to be as powerful as she should & get a new arsenal of skills she can use to help her disintegrate enemies & help her friends.

To make this Skilltree easier to create, I have some self implied goals I'd like to put for myself for myself for easier idea management.

• Control Willow's destructive fire properties
• Improve Utility of Willow's fires & lighter
• Boost Bernie's Battering capabilities
• Give Willow better cooking advantages
• Bring out Willow's late game skills
• Provide more advantages for Willow in all seasons
• Create environment dependent abilities
• Make ~FIRE~ names

I plan to make around 28 skills for Willow's Skilltree. 15 skills can be chosen from this Skilltree. Most of these skill will be fire themed & some skills will provide entirely new mechanics to the game, please take a look!

 

1.Lighter Skills

Now have a new & improved Lighter to burn anything & everything with more flame.

1. Glow up

Willow's Lighter now gives 1.5 tiles of light, will now receive triple sanity gain from lighter. Lighter now has infinite durability, but will only give off brighter lights if refueled.

2. Drying Light

While Willow's Lighter is held, wetness gains -20% slower & Willow dries +20% faster

3. Absorbing Arsonist

Willow can now absorb fires with her lighter. Absorbs all fires in a 2 tile radius around Willow. Each fire absorbed gives Willow's Lighter +5% durability but each time the lighter is used to absorb fires, Willow becomes -5 degrees colder.

4. Char-Cooker

Willow may use use charcoal to speed up Crock pot cooking by 2x. Same effects apply to Willow Lighter, applying charcoal to Willow's lighter will cause the next 5 foods cooked on the lighter to give +5 degrees when eaten.

5. Skilled Burner

Willow can 'burn' tools to give them some extra effects! Burnt tools will have their durability reset but durability drains 1.25x faster. Burnt tools give different effects for certain tools. The burnt effects are as follows-

• Burnt Weapons light enemies on fire. Similar to Abigail, Willow's attacks deal +40% damage while using a burnt weapon on a burning enemy.
• Burnt Tools light resources sources on fire (Rocks, trees), making them be +40% easier to mine/axe/hammer/etc. Obtain charcoal or/& ash from resources. Resources dropped are inflammable.
• Burnt Fire Staffs deal 1.5x burning damage for 1.5x longer, Burnt Ice Staffs inflict wetness instead of Ice.
• Burnt Torches last 2x longer & deals 2x burning damage.
• Burnt Walking Canes let you walk +35% faster in the presence of fire.
• Oars row +50% faster & don't inflict wetness.
• Burnt Weather Pains spawn Fire tornadoes which burn & destroy. Lovely!
• Burnt Hambats reduce Hunger drain by +40%

 

2. Heating Skills

Overcome the Constant Summer Heat with Willow new abilities to not only bear but thrive in the heat!

6. Heaty Happiness

Become overheated easier at 60 degrees. Now, overheating applies -0.3 health/second. While Willow is Overheated, she obtains +30% sanity from positive sanity sources & -30% sanity from negative sanity sources.

7. Lovely Warmth

Willow keeps Thermal Stones from cooling -50% slower. Thermal spend -50% less durability as well.

8. Burning Sensation

Being distracted by the heat, take -20% less damage while overheated or near a lighting fire source.

9. Pocket Sized Wildfires

Fires caused by Willow deal double damage & don't spread structures or items around. Mob drops won't get burnt. Wildfires will extinguish quicker & stop spreading while Willow is near. Willow may now extinguish fires & gain +5 degrees.

10. Girl on Fire

Willow can light herself on fire giving her some extra effects. Be lit on fire for 30 seconds.

• Becomes a living, portable campfire for friends. Can be refueled by friends
• Walk 1.2x faster
• Hits burn enemies for 5 seconds
• While Willow is on fire, any hit she takes will be dealt back to enemies in form of fire damage over time, does 10% of total damage per tick. Stacks with normal fire damage
• Fire protects Willow from effects of Freezing
• Willow drains hunger 2x faster
• Willow cannot eat while on fire
• Applies normal health deducting effects of overheating.

 

3. BERNIE! & Bernie Skills

Make Bernie a Beast for destroying enemies & annoyances in your path. Lay waste to Lunar enemies & the biggest of bosses & get Bernie to be more than a punching bag.

11. FRIENDLIER!-nie

Both Bernie & BERNIE! get +250 health. BERNIE! & Bernie can be summoned at any time at the cost of 12 sanity. Can be summoned on Lunar Island or when enlightened & Bernie the doll & guard will teleport to Willow if she gets too far. Gives double sanity gain when held. Up to 3 BERNIES! can be active at the same time. 

12. TAUNTER!-nie

Both Bernie & BERNIE! get +250 health. Draws aggroed enemies of other players & both Bernies scares away weaker enemies like hounds & tallbirds if by themselves. BERNIE! will absorb all AOE damage.

13. BLOCKER!-nie

Both Bernie & BERNIE! get +250 health. BERNIE! will block while not attacking. It will only take 20% of total damage while blocking. Will stay blocked for 1.5 second before unblocking & attacking. 

14. BATTLER!-nie

Both Bernie & BERNIE! get +250 health. BERNIE! deals 80 damage per hit & attacks 1.5x faster. Drops Fluff when hit, Willow & friends can pick up fluff to heal BERNIE! for 10% of their health & repairs items +25%.

15. FIRE!-nie

Both Bernie & BERNIE! get +250 health. When BERNIE! is below 50% health, it will burst into flames, damaging only hostile enemies in a 3 tile radius. While on fire-

• BERNIE! attacks 2x faster. (In total, attacks 1.5 times/ second)
• BERNIE! gives the same heat as a campfire
• Drops double fluff
• Burns enemies it attacks for 5 seconds
• Gives +20 sanity/minute to nearby Willows

Total of 3500 health on BERNIE! & 2500 health on small Bernie.

 

4. Special Fire Skills

These special skills can only be chosen once 5 skills have been chosen from Willow's Skilltree. Create a variety of special ash that can be made with gems!

16. Cool Fired Ash

Create Red & Blue ash to conquer the elements & health your friends learn the wonders of fire to keep them warm or cool.

• Red ash. 1 Red Gem & 1 Charcoal makes 4 Red Ash. Special ash can be applied to tools & open fires to give special effects. Tools make bigger red flames, they only spread to enemies & only burn structures or resources if set intentionally. Bigger flames last 2x longer, deal 2x burning damage & nullifies negative effects of overheating for all players nearby or holding tools with Red ash.
• Blue ash. 1 Blue Gem & 1 Charcoal makes 4 Blue Ash. Special ash can be applied to tools & open fires to give special effects. Tools make blue flames, they only spread to enemies & only burn structures or resources if set intentionally. Blue flames act like endothermic fires, they still deal damage over time, normal enemies freeze after 3 seconds & bosses freeze after 5 seconds & nullifies negative effects of freezing for all players nearby or holding tools with Blue ash.

17. Malicious Friendly Ash

Create Purple & Green ash to pester or nurture enemies or friends!

• Purple ash. 1 Purple Gem & 1 Charcoal makes 4 Purple Ash. Special ash can be applied to tools & open fires to give special effects. Tools make purple flames, they only spread to enemies & only burn structures or resources if set intentionally. Purple flames act like normal flames but spawn shadow tentacles around burning targets every second & slows sanity draining sources by 50% for all nearby players.
• Green ash. 1 Green Gem & 1 Charcoal makes 4 Green Ash. Special ash can be applied to tools & open fires to give special effects. Tools make green flames, they only spread to enemies & only burn structures or resources if set intentionally. Green flames don't deal damage to structures, players or friendly/tamed mobs, they instead heal 5% of your max health every second.

18. Magic Bright Ash

Create Orange & Yellow ash to travel the world in an instance or light every nook & cranny of the Constant.

• Orange ash. 1 Orange Gem & 1 Charcoal makes 4 Orange Ash. Special ash can be applied to tools & open fires to give special effects. Tools make orange flames, Fires don't deal damage & last half as long but spread near instantly to anything in a 1.5 tile radius. Willow can use a burning orange flame to teleport to any other burnable structure, causing them to burn as well.
• Yellow ash. 1 Green Gem & 1 Charcoal makes 4 Green Ash. Special ash can be applied to tools & open fires to give special effects. Tools make green flames, they only spread to enemies & only burn structures or resources if set intentionally. Gives Lighter range light to tools with Yellow ash, Yellow fires give off 2x light & heat.

5. Random & Chaotic Skills

Have a Skilltree with a bunch of random skills all related to fire in some way. Use these for your own survival or fun!

19. Spontaneous Cooking

Cook 4x faster now. Cooking food on Fire pits or your lighter has a chance to give 2 ingredients. Chance increases each time you cook an item within 10 seconds. Starts from 5%, increase by 5% each time, max of 50%.

20. Bathing in Flames

Willow can't get wet while in or near flames. Drying will give Willow Sanity for each Wetness unit dried off.

21. Fiery Friend to the End

Willow can hug, pet, walk, fetch or talk to Bernie while idle. Doing these actions restores durability to Bernie & raises Willow's sanity by 25. Only happens once Willow has been idle for 6 seconds & holding Bernie.

22. Fire Trail

Fires caused by Willow will follow her if she wanders to far, trailing behind her until they find a new burnable structure near Willow. Fires trailing Willow die off over time or when Willow absorbs them with her Lighter or gets wet. They can also transfer to enemies you hit!

 

6. Crafts Skills

Use new crafts to light all sorts of things up into flames! Mostly inspired by other people's ideas.

23. Fieryer Staff

Made with 3 charcoal, 1 Fire Staff & 1 Morning Star. Has 400 durability as a weapon & 80 uses to cause fire, emits light, fires only spread to other enemies & only burn structures or resources if set intentionally. Fieryer Staffs deals 40 damage normally but deals double damage to wet or burning enemies. Deals up to 120 damage if enemies are wet & burning. 

24. Scalier Suit

Made with 3 marble, 1 Scalemail & 1 Thulucite Suit. Very expensive but worth it. Has 1345 durability, 85% Protection & summons fiery shield when hit which lasts for 4 seconds. Fiery Shield blocks all damage & any hit taken by Fiery Shield will be dealt back to enemies in form of fire damage over time, does 10% of total damage per tick. Stacks with normal fire damage. Stacks with 'Girl On Fire' to give 20% of total damage per tick. Gives 3.3 sanity/minute.

25. Flaming Crown

Made with 3 thulucite, 1 Eye Mask & 1 Thulucite Crown. Perhaps even better? Has 1050 durability, 85% Protection & 100% wetness protection. Any hit taken by Flaming Crown will be dealt back to enemies in form of fire damage over time, does 10% of total damage per tick. Stacks with normal fire damage. Stacks with 'Scalier Suit' effects & 'Girl On Fire' to give a max of 30% of total damage  per tick. Gives 3.3 sanity/minute. Can be refueled using flames around Willow for 5% each flame or 15% with charcoal.

7. Shadow Skills

For this SKilltree, I think it would be more suitable to only give Willow Shadow Skills as it would be more suitable. Scare the Darkness & burn your nightmares with BERNIE! & your lighter. Can only pick these skills after 5 skills have been chosen.

26. Futile Darkness

BERNIE! Will not block against Shadow Creatures specifically & gain 80% protection against them specifically. Terror Beaks will spawn more often. Shadow Creatures in BERNIE's range will attack +40% slower. Nightmare Creatures will drop 1-3 Nightmare fuel when defeated

27. Shadow Wrangler

BERNIE! can now grab 2 Shadow Creatures to turn them into Nightmare Fuel. This special attack has a cooldown of 15 seconds.

28. Nightmare Conqueror

Willow can use her Lighter to absorb 1 Shadow Creature once a minute restoring them to full durability & keeping them at max light for 1 minute. Willow's Lighter will also scare Nightmares away when absorbing one of their own. Willow deals double damage to Shadow Creatures & has 80% protection only against Shadow Creatures

 

 

I had a lot more fun making this Skilltree than I initially expected as I thought I'd be stuck for pretty much the whole brainstorming process, & I was a few times but got going quick once I had the inspiration & time. And again, it is definitely OP in many places but I kind of like it like that. That may mean someone can see my post in the future & think "I could do this but better & less/more OP" & knowing I may inspire someone makes me feel glad. I hope you enjoyed reading this post, make sure to reply & tell me what you think, or don't if you don't want to. Either way, have a great day!

 

 

Also thanks to these guys I got my ideas more fleshed & better, please check them all out!