(07-01-2017, 04:20 AM)Amaterasu Wrote:(06-27-2017, 08:39 PM)Somerled Murdoch Wrote: [spoiler]Somer's lack of ranged attacks that can be used indoors has become apparent.
Thus, I'm hoping to add this onto Lightning Strike:
Lightning Strike (Ranged, Area Attack, Debuff) (300): An alternate, ranged version of this attack allows Somerled to send out an electrical pulse via his hands. Lightning builds up in his body over the course of eight seconds, a passive charge-up that he can do while moving about and even holding someone down. Hitting someone or being hit does break the spell, however.
Once he’s fully charged, a strike of lightning shoots out from one of his hands, flying roughly forward up to 30 meters in an instant, before curving into the ground and glassing the spot it strikes. Any object in its path will stop the bolt before it travels that far, but wood and anything weaker than it will be obliterated in the process. Should it hit a person, it pierces through them instead of blasting them apart, and can hit and pierce multiple people so long as they’re all lined up like idiots. It's an ethereal piercing rather than physical, so no gaping wound is left in its wake. Should it hit multiple people, the current is distributed equally throughout all bodies, hitting each person with less lightning but still adding up to the full power of the bolt. Should it hit a person and an object, the person receives the full damage, while the object is still annihilated.
The bolt proper measures about an inch in diameter and strikes with absolutely devastating force, capable of launching even the most steadfast clear off their feet and back a fair few meters. Those who are struck also suffer from disorientation for about 5 seconds, as well as blindness (provided their eyes were open) and deafness, both of which last half as long. People caught within 10 meters of the bolt also get hit with the blind and deafness.
Due to the fact that he has to charge lightning through his body to use it, firing it off scorches his arm with lightning burns and overloads his muscles with electrical impulses, making his own movements imprecise and numbing the affected arm. This compounds each time he uses it, culminating in him becoming unable to feel said arm after two or so uses, making it incredibly difficult to move after three, and finally turning it completely unmovable and useless after about four. This lasts until he’s able to rest and heal. Additionally, this version of the attack is incredibly draining, and he often doesn't have the energy to use it more than thrice.[/spoiler]
-More of a recommendation than a requirement, but it'd be good to divide this wall of text into a couple of paragraphs for easier reading.
-"If it hits a person it pierces through them", this bit would probably require a bit of clarification: if the lightning hits 2 people, is each one dealt half damage? Does it deal full damage to the first person and far less to the ones behind them, like a bullet would? Also, it will probably bump the cost up to 600 but I'm not sure on this.
-If he can use Lightning Strike 3 times per fight, you should probably note how much his arms are affected after three casts rather than four?
Text divided.
The current is distributed equally amongst people it hits. If it hits 2, each gets 50%. 3, each gets 33%, etc. Additions made in bold.
I don't know if it adds cost either so I guess we'll find out >.>
2 makes it completely numb, 4 makes it useless, 3 is somewhere in-between, difficult to move, can't feel it, but it's not quite dead. Additions in bold.
What I was going for when I put the 4 there was an absolute limit. With a dedicated super to it, the nebulous "3 before he runs out of energy" could be bypassed to a degree. "4 uses and your arm is fucked" is a limit that can't be bypassed without copious amounts of healing, so it's there as an absolute cap, to clarify that no matter what happens, he's not using more than 4 times per arm.
Also edited some wording, cleared up meaning. He fires it out through one arm, and that arm gets wrecked.
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