interesting spells

[tooltiperror]

ITT: Post interesting spell concepts.

 

[XeNiM666]

i like the thread topic... but how interesting?

Doom
Dooms the targeted unit, sets the targeted unit life to a constant value from X to Y for a Z duration. During this, the unit is unable to be healed or regenerate.

 

[Weep]

For the most part, I like to keep my interesting spells to myself.

This is how I try to design them, though:

Each spell can be broken down into its most basic concepts.

Targeting:

• Point target
  • Strictly locational
    • Does something there (eg. summon a ward)
    • Directs the spell (eg. a skillshot)
  • AOE
    • What shape? (eg. circular, line, ring, star, other)
    • Motion? (eg. shockwave, impale)
• Unit target
  • Single
  • Multiple
    • Determined how? (eg. proximity as in Forked Lightning)
• Instant

Casting:

• Passive
• Immediate
• On attack
• After a delay
• Channeling
• Uses mana over duration
• Uses mana based on some other property
• Multicast
• Other (eg. upon receiving damage, upon enemy casting a spell)

Effects:

• Damage
  • Immediate
  • Over time
  • Based on a stat
  • Based on enemy's stats
  • Other (eg. Bloodseeker's Rupture based on movement distance)
• Status effect
  • How does it affect the target? (Think of unique things here.)
• Summoning
  • Immediate
  • On target's death
  • After a delay
  • Follow the target
  • Etc.
• Other
  • eg. Blink, grant vision, steal life, invulnerability, etc.

Try to come up with some aspects unlike WC3's default spells and unlike those common to other maps. For example, I've made spells which are:

• Needler (like from Halo): Channeled, projectile, single target, immediate damage, delayed damage, AOE damage depending on number of hits
• Ring of fire: immediate, point target, ring-shaped AOE, damage over time, ring forms following a "Pac-Man" shape over a small duration
  Tree blink: tree target (destroys), immediate, moves the caster, recreates the target tree at the original position
• Rift blink: point target, immediate, costs HP depending on distance, AOE in line shape (from origin to destination), lasts a duration, banishes enemies that walk into the AOE
• Threads of thought: unit target, channeled, projectiles with unique swirling paths, damage (direct but over time while channeling), stat effect (silences target during channeled duration)

(Note: I'm using all of them but Ring of Fire, currently, although I submitted Needler to resources.)

Also, for example, XeNiM666's idea would be unit target, immediate, stat effect (cap to HP, no regeneration).

Get the idea?

 

[KaerfNomekop]

Gene Splice - Every time this unit attacks, it has a 5% chance to create an illusion of the attacked unit under its control.

 

[BlackRose]

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=127198

 

[XeNiM666]

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=127198

Dont forget these:
Romek's thread
Tinki3's thread

 

[Weep]

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=127198

Romek's thread
Tinki3's thread

Those are fine threads to find ideas, but considering they have all been inactive for over a year, a new thread for new ideas seems appropriate.

 

[drak_dragon]

Random Aura Generating Spell Thingamajig.


passive, one or multiple levels?



what it does. Every 30 seconds, this ability automatically activates, and becomes a new one.

Each type of this ability presents a different aura, but only one at a time. (Damage, Armor, Attack Speed, Movement Speed, and Mana Regen, as well as versions with negative values that only affect enemies.)


could be two level, allowing access to the negative variants on the 2nd level, or rather just bigger values.