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Beekeeper

  • kentona
  • 04/16/2010 03:18 PM
  • 7408 views


They're the bee's knees

This class is one on which I am kind of undecided on what I want to do with. I vaguely feel that the Beekeeper will be a general purpose class - able to fight and heal (and buff?) and hold his own in most any situation. So some ideas and input would be welcome!

The Beekeeper uses bees to fight in battle, and thus will have a host of bee-related skills.

TYPE: General Purpose
MIDDLE ROW COMBATANT
SKILLS
To Swarms! - attack all type skill, has a chance to inflict slip damage (Swarmed)
Hivemind - confusion skill
Hive Guard - bee counterstrike ability
Killer Bees - chance of instant death
Honey - healing for allies
Honeycomb Shield - DEF boost (or some other defensive bonus)
Beeswax Salve - cures some status ailments
Bear - damn rights! (a bear summon)
Bee Dance - recovers MP
?other skills?

WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT
He will definitely have access to a special class of honeydipper weapons, which will impart honey-skills boosts. Other than that, the basic set of medieval weaponry will be available, perhaps with an aim towards blunt and spiked weapons.

PERSONALITY
???
So, should the beekeeper be sweet and optimistic, or abrasive and stingy?



You can really see that I am struggling with the skills and general abilities here. Thoughts?

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LouisCyphre
can't make a bad game if you don't finish any games
4523
that is the best faceset ever
Agreed on the faceset. You could have enemies that are allergic and particularly weak against bee-elemental powers. Also Hive Guard: upon activation, a swarm of bees will attack any enemy that does physical damage to the beekeeper (I'm taking a wild swing at VX functionality).
Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15150
comment=26933
Agreed on the faceset. You could have enemies that are allergic and particularly weak against bee-elemental powers. Also Hive Guard: upon activation, a swarm of bees will attack any enemy that does physical damage to the beekeeper (I'm taking a wild swing at VX functionality).


This is easy enough to do... for somebody who knows a little bit of scripting. Yanfly scripts allow for easily coded counter stuff.
Hive Guard! Good idea. I completely missed a counter ability.

EDIT:
Oh yeah! I completely forgot that Dudesoft did some character sketches:


I basically told him the class names and said "go nuts!" The beebeard faceset was something that I just thought of and whipped up this morning.
you could create a slip-damage effect! status effect: SWARMED
send out a small swarm of bees that constantly attacks a specific enemy every turn


or you could just do a straight poison effect, I guess.
I like the honey-healing idea. you could also stretch that idea to slow the enemy with a glob sticky honey. in fact, maybe the honey is what attracts the small swarm to attack the enemy.
not the bees

Anyway, bear summon could be powerful but have a chance of catastrophic failure.
This looks very close to a paladin to me.
comment=26955
not the bees

Anyway, bear summon could be powerful but have a chance of catastrophic failure.


XFD at the visual image of what 'catastrophic failure' really could be.
comment=26958
This looks very close to a paladin to me.

Ha! I never realized but yes, that's a fair approximation. A healing warrior with some other esoteric skills.

But BEES man! BEES!
To Swarms! - attack all type skill, has a chance to inflict slip damage (Swarmed)
Hivemind - confusion skill
Hive Guard - bee counterstrike ability
Killer Bees - chance of instant death
Honey - healing for allies
Honeycomb Shield - DEF boost (or some other defensive bonus)
Beeswax Salve - cures some status ailments
Bear - damn rights! (a bear summon)
Bee Dance - recovers MP

?other skills?

Also, what kind of personality ought he have?
A grouchy personality would suit this class, I think.
So a grouchy guy...make sense! he should also be stingy with money (get it? "sting"-y)

What about quotes?

"That's the bee's knees!"
"To bee or not to bee?"
"Bee yourself!"
"Honey is sweet! but the bee stings" (this is an actual proverb)
"A spoonful or honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar" (thanks Benjamin!)
"Nothing but Money is sweeter than Honey."
“No bees, no honey; no work, no money”
"I always wanted to bee somebody"
"Float like a bee, sting like a bee!"


C'mon guys, this should be easy!

(Me want honeycombs!)
Just let me bee.

What's it gonna bee.

Buzz off.
Buzz-kill!
Like honey to the bee.
Beeware, you're in for a scare!
LouisCyphre
can't make a bad game if you don't finish any games
4523
"Shut the bee up."
I'LL BEE DAMNED

SON OF A BEE
Bee who you wanna bee.
You are bee-utiful.
Max McGee
with sorrow down past the fence
9159
I would never use this class because I am afraid of bees.
Zombees - chance of inflicting zombie status....whatever that does! Or perhaps this is an anti-undead skill!
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