ENDERX'S PROFILE

Not quite sure how this one would qualify, but...

I'm working with two variant streams of HP: Endurance (Physical HP) and Spirit (Spiritual HP, name subject to change). Haven't really considered Endurance-based Tanks, other than playing around a bit with the generic concept, but there's a specific class type at least half-dedicated to Spirit-tanking. The class in question are called 'Warders'; they count as active or semi-active Spirit-based Provoke tanks, if I'm following your definitions correctly.

One of the easiest abilities for a character to obtain from the Warder skillset is known as 'Intercede'. It acts as a perfect target redirection against most Spirit-targeting abilities. (Yes, that means appropriately typed AOE actions suddenly become very picky Single-target actions.) However, Intercede comes with two drawbacks: It burns some Spirit per turn, and it paralyzes the character using it. Until the effect runs out (auto-fades on Spirit=0, auto-fades after battle, still determining turncount), the character can't act. As yet, I haven't planned to put anything party-controllable that can remove the Intercede paralysis effect into play.

There are more costly (to obtain, as well as actual required cost) versions of the skill that negate the disadvantages, and others that add advantages as well. At the highest level of the Intercede chain, the Spirit degen becomes a stronger Spirit Regen, and the damage is either absorbed, or (if I can figure the coding out) the actual attack is reflected.

Again, though, this class type is a partial tank. It feels more along the lines of your 'Elemental Tank' example, since it only works against one of the two types of HP, and the 'off-brand' one at that.

Any comments? Am I going slowly (or maybe not so slowly) crazy with this?

You sure that's not just a close haircut?

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author=mrstinkyfeet
That sounds hard...

I prefer a balance of both equipment and leveling because then you can become very powerful(usually)and still be able to function if you lose equipment(like an event where you lose weapons probably) or still have just enough power with main weapons,but i like the idea of no levels and equipment is essential.

I realized looking at this that I may not have made myself quite clear. Earning a level would still take a certain amount of Experience, as normal. That experience would then be used for 'training', to purchase skills, special abilities, and stat boosts. If I figure it out correctly, then there's no reason a 'normal' leveling sequence couldn't be bought by someone who wanted to do it that way. However, it's also possible to allocate all of those points toward skills and abilities, leaving the L99 character with a large action set, but the same stats he had as an L1 character. (Or, on the 'I really need to balance this right or else' end, a character with maxed out stats, but almost no skills or abilities.)

Weapons and armor, on the other hand, do as Shinan said and allocate a specific amount of points to their (the equipment's) natural stats without the character having to spend for them. (Although even that can be 'bought up' - abilities exist that would, for example, -> 'Sword +10%: Gains an extra 10% to weapon attack from equipping a sword.')

What ways do we have to get to cheat?

Example: Do party-wide stats count toward this? I can think of two immediate party-wide stats; Currency(From pretty much every RPG ever) and RP(Resource points, a party-wide pool of skill points I'm playing with.)