skill tree Wes Skill Tree Idea: Fortunate Misfortune

[blacknight7890]

Had an idea for a Wes skill tree about him weaponizing his bad luck.
Wes is the challenge character, his whole job is to be a harder character to play than everyone else. Therefore, his skill tree should both reflect and enforce that. This will just be a few random ideas, so I would love to hear some of your ideas as well!

 

The Misfortune Tree

This tree specializes on Wes' supernaturally bad luck, and how he can focus his misfortune onto his enemies and not his allies.

• Fight or Flight: All nearby hostile creatures, even if it's fighting something else, will target Wes if they can. Wes gains a speed boost when three or more hostile enemies are attacking him.
• Rainy Day: When raining, Wes is struck by lightning even more often, while also taking less damage from it. When struck, unless insulated, the lighting will arch to nearby enemies, damaging them as well. Will also charge a nearby Wx-78.
• Falling Rocks: When in combat, a rock will occasionally fall wherever Wes is standing, it takes a moment for it to fall, allowing Wes to kite an enemy under it instead. It has a small AoE and deals decent damage. On the surface, the rock is a small meteorite. While underground, it's a falling stalactite.
• Butter Fingers: Held wet items will slip out of your hands more often, when they do they will likely hit something before they hit the ground. If it hits a creature, it will deal damage and stun them for a moment. [it will usually target hostile creatures, and will always miss allies.]

The Mime Tree

Wes learns to use his professional skills for more practical means. These aren't particularly powerful though, but they are unique.

• Phantom Tools: Wes can "craft" an invisible, phantom mimed multi tool using his sanity. it has low durability, and cost sanity for each use, but are otherwise completely free. The tool will disappear when dropped, or if your sanity drops too low and can't be stored in other inventories. [The tool is able to work like an axe, pick, shovel, and hammer all at once.]
• Phantom Box: Wes can create a protective box around themselves that will block enemy attacks for a short while. Each hit will cost sanity, if you run out, then the box breaks early. you cannot move or attack when in the box.

Affinities:

Lunar and shadow affinities are identical, but should provide good power for those able to bear its curse.

Moon Glass Cannon: Cuts your maximum health to 35 points and gives you 1.5x damage with lunar aligned weapons. lets you "craft" a phantom mimed lunar weapon.

Shadow Queen's Gambit: Cuts your maximum heath to 35 points and gives you 1.5x damage with shadow aligned weapons. lets you "craft" a phantom mimed shadow weapon.

[Dr.Webber]

2 hours ago, blacknight7890 said:

Phantom Tools: Wes can "craft" an invisible, phantom mimed multi tool using his sanity. it has low durability, and cost sanity for each use, but are otherwise completely free. The tool will disappear when dropped, or if your sanity drops too low and can't be stored in other inventories. [The tool is able to work like an axe, pick, shovel, and hammer all at once.]

One time sanity loss and infinite durability until out of hand then disappears I think is better 

2 hours ago, blacknight7890 said:

Affinities:

Lunar and shadow affinities are identical, but should provide good power for those able to bear its curse.

Moon Glass Cannon: Cuts your maximum health to 35 points and gives you 1.5x damage with lunar aligned weapons. lets you "craft" a phantom mimed lunar weapon.

Shadow Queen's Gambit: Cuts your maximum heath to 35 points and gives you 1.5x damage with shadow aligned weapons. lets you "craft" a phantom mimed shadow weapon.

Living balloons that are close in damage as there non-ballon equivalent  but are one hit death and are loyal too wes  for each 

[blacknight7890]

42 minutes ago, Dr.Webber said:

One time sanity loss and infinite durability until out of hand then disappears I think is better 

That could also work, really emphasizes its intangibility.

43 minutes ago, Dr.Webber said:

Living balloons that are close in damage as there non-ballon equivalent  but are one hit death and are loyal too wes  for each 

I don't really know how to handle his balloons without it just being a straight buff, which is what I'm trying to avoid with this speculation. But weaponized balloons is a neat concept, maybe they act like homing attacks and explode when they touch something.

[Dr.Webber]

16 hours ago, blacknight7890 said:

I don't really know how to handle his balloons without it just being a straight buff, which is what I'm trying to avoid with this speculation. But weaponized balloons is a neat concept, maybe they act like homing attacks and explode when they touch something.

What if my idea but they draw extreme attention to wes from there respective mob due to being a extremely apparent imposter

[blacknight7890]

11 hours ago, Dr.Webber said:

What if my idea but they draw extreme attention to wes from there respective mob do you do to being a extremely apparent imposter

I'm not certain what you are saying here, do you mean that each balloon attracts the creature it looks like?

[Dr.Webber]

31 minutes ago, blacknight7890 said:

I'm not certain what you are saying here, do you mean that each balloon attracts the creature it looks like?

Ya

[JJ0264]

Wes Skill Tree 24 skills, 15 points

Balloon-Mancy Skills (Wes can access any skill)

Balloon Sword: It deals 27.5 damage, 50 uses (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Shield: It's a spell that looks like Wes in monkey ball game - blocks 33% damage, pops in 1 hit and deals 5 damage to attacker (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Duck: It has 1 hp deals 5 damage, distracts all mobs over Wes when pop it scares mobs in the area (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Saddle: It pops upon buck off and deals 5 damage (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Boat: It has 1 hp, as big as grass boat (cost 10 sanity)

 

Balloon Flower: It befriends allies (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Bush-hat: Wes can Hide in Balloons (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Gun: Dart range, 27.5 damage, 5 uses (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Confetti Popper: Just for the fun...increase aggro on Wes, 10 uses (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Whoopee Cushion: *fart sound* a 'trap' that confuses and drops all aggro, 10 uses (cost 5 sanity)

 

Balloon First-Aid: Regenerate health 1.5 per/min takes hand slot, last for 1 day or 8 mins (cost 5 sanity)

Balloon Lantern: light is the same as fire-fly, pops in 1 hit deals 5 damage (cost 10 sanity)

Balloon Tree: A decoration that regenerate sanity 1.5 per/min (cost 15 sanity)

Water Balloon: Wes can craft water balloon's anywhere (cost 5 sanity, 10 wetness)

Blow Dry Balloon: Wes can dry others with Balloon, around 10 wetness, can speed drying racks (cost 5 sanity)

 

Mime Skills (Wes can access any skill)

Hot-Air: every 3nd balloon doesn't cost any sanity

Munchies: Wes gains extra 3 sanity for every crockpot dish

Stalking Crows: Wes spawns more crows around him

Harmless: Wes can't scare Butterflies, Kola-phants, Krampus

Runaway: Wes gains 5% more speed after 30 secs in a fight

Static Mime: when zapped Wes next hit will be electrical, can absorb lighting rods (for zap damage)

Carmel Popcorn: new recipe for Wes (2 popcorn, 1 honey, 1 birch-nut) gives 25 hunger, 20 sanity, -7.5 health

 

Alignment:

Lunar: Gains 5% more shadow planar damage + 5% more lunar planar defence (can blow up lunar balloons)

Shadow: Gains 5% more lunar planar damage + 5% more shadow planar defence (can blow blow up shadow balloons)

 

[Dr.Webber]

4 hours ago, JJ0264 said:

Water Balloon: Wes can craft water balloon's anywhere (cost 5 sanity

What if you have it where he can do it when he’s wet to reduce wetness 

Also I thought of another thing what if he gains the ability to through any of his balloons he can already craft like like a water balloon and make it pop damaging enemies (except for the speedy that when hitting an Allie it goes around them like life preserver and rushes them out of danger and when on an enemy it goes on there neck and speedily drags them out of Agro distance like a lead) 

also what if you added all but your alignments to @blacknight7890’s and I’s ideas in one big skill tree 

On 12/8/2023 at 11:53 AM, blacknight7890 said:

I'm not certain what you are saying here, do you mean that each balloon attracts the creature it looks like?

Either that or takes of a large chunk  of sanity to use each sides representative powers to bring them to life

[arubaro]

On 12/7/2023 at 11:58 PM, blacknight7890 said:

Had an idea for a Wes skill tree about him weaponizing his bad luck.
Wes is the challenge character, his whole job is to be a harder character to play than everyone else. Therefore, his skill tree should both reflect and enforce that. This will just be a few random ideas, so I would love to hear some of your ideas as well!

 

The Misfortune Tree

This tree specializes on Wes' supernaturally bad luck, and how he can focus his misfortune onto his enemies and not his allies.

• Fight or Flight: All nearby hostile creatures, even if it's fighting something else, will target Wes if they can. Wes gains a speed boost when three or more hostile enemies are attacking him.
• Rainy Day: When raining, Wes is struck by lightning even more often, while also taking less damage from it. When struck, unless insulated, the lighting will arch to nearby enemies, damaging them as well. Will also charge a nearby Wx-78.
• Falling Rocks: When in combat, a rock will occasionally fall wherever Wes is standing, it takes a moment for it to fall, allowing Wes to kite an enemy under it instead. It has a small AoE and deals decent damage. On the surface, the rock is a small meteorite. While underground, it's a falling stalactite.
• Butter Fingers: Held wet items will slip out of your hands more often, when they do they will likely hit something before they hit the ground. If it hits a creature, it will deal damage and stun them for a moment. [it will usually target hostile creatures, and will always miss allies.]

The Mime Tree

Wes learns to use his professional skills for more practical means. These aren't particularly powerful though, but they are unique.

• Phantom Tools: Wes can "craft" an invisible, phantom mimed multi tool using his sanity. it has low durability, and cost sanity for each use, but are otherwise completely free. The tool will disappear when dropped, or if your sanity drops too low and can't be stored in other inventories. [The tool is able to work like an axe, pick, shovel, and hammer all at once.]
• Phantom Box: Wes can create a protective box around themselves that will block enemy attacks for a short while. Each hit will cost sanity, if you run out, then the box breaks early. you cannot move or attack when in the box.

Affinities:

Lunar and shadow affinities are identical, but should provide good power for those able to bear its curse.

Moon Glass Cannon: Cuts your maximum health to 35 points and gives you 1.5x damage with lunar aligned weapons. lets you "craft" a phantom mimed lunar weapon.

Shadow Queen's Gambit: Cuts your maximum heath to 35 points and gives you 1.5x damage with shadow aligned weapons. lets you "craft" a phantom mimed shadow weapon.

I like your idea of expanding his misfortune to punish him but be useful if you take advantage of it