[Ranylyn]

Just throwing some random musings out there. Feel free to consider none, one, or all.


New Talents for Category: Two-Hand

Talent: Archivist: If equipped with only a single tome and no other weapon, changes the tome's element to that of the last damage type inflicted.

Reason for suggesting it: Spells matching the tome's element get a larger bonus. This allows the mage to pinpoint weaknesses (or at least avoid resistances) more effectively, or even bypass elemental resists all together by setting the element of the tome to something else (Such as Slash, from Wind Slasher) and attacking normally as a last resort.


New Talent Category: Dual Wield

Talent: Parry:
If wielding two weapons and only attacking with one this turn, gain SR*5 Evade. Bonus is lost for the whole round if both are attacked with. (Is also negated by dagger dance and akimbo.)

Reason for suggesting it: A more defensive option to offset the raw damage of two-handed weapons.

Talent: Flurry:
If wielding two weapons and attacking with both, opponent's Evade is reduced by SR*5 for any subsequent attacks. (Benefits Dagger Dance and Akimbo.)

Reason for suggesting it: It's hard to evade when an opponent's going berserk in your face and attacking from multiple angles. I thought about making it bonus damage, but decided that might not be the best idea due to things like momentum cost reductions on Verglas/Demon Hunter, and Stylish dungeons.

Talent: Flow like Fire
If using two weapons of different elements (Slash/Pierce/Blunt not included) halve resistance to those elements made with these weapons only.

Reason for suggesting it: Sets like the Yin/Yang, or the elemental daggers. Maybe the Dragon Swords. If you can hit a weakness, elements can be great, but it's also FAR too easy to just get elementally walled out by a bad matchup, and a second weapon prevents the use of a nihilist. This doesn't NEGATE elemental resist, but it does make it EASIER for people with two elemental weapons to cope with it without being gamebreaking.


New Trait: Berserk Rush (Togglable)
Swinging both Melee weapons in unison, the weapon power of both hands is applied at 75% (150% total power if both weapons have the same power) as a single attack. Does not benefit from Two-Handed or Dual Wield talents, and only the on-hit effects of the main hand are applied. Only applies one instance of damage.

Why I'm suggesting it: It's only weapon power, NOT SWA. It sounds stronger than it is. While the Salamander Sword could be an issue, we could always look into only applying it's effects to the Main Hand Only (it'd take two Salamander Swords to make this worth abusing; a single sword would be stronger without Berserk Rush.) Basically, it's just an option for a slightly harder hit with characters who want to use the skills of two different melee weapons without needing to Two-Hand an Argus or Varon or something (or running Reaver.)