Elder Scrolls Forum: [WIP (sort of)] NEW Scripted Spells (Nothing to do with Cortex's)

(The reason it says "sort of" up there is because I haven't actually started work on it, other than brainstorming, because my computer is messed up right now and I can't access my CS, but I thought I'd post here anyways, to see what support I could get.)

I've been working on an idea for a while about a new mage's guild that focuses on the elements. ALL the elements, not just the ones in the vanilla game-some of you have probably seen my other thread about new spell effects. But, as I didn't get too many feasable ideas for new spell effects and have close to no ideas for quests, I decided to put all the spells for that along with a few others I came up with into a generic "gimme the stuff" type plugin. There will be one quest to get a house, but that'll be it. I am still planning to put together the guild, but it will have to wait for a while until I get sufficient material.

New Spells so far:
(Note: Not all of these may work, so don't flame me if it comes out and some of these effects aren't in there)

Barrier
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Creates a mostly invisible, impenetrable barrier about five feet or so around the player that outside objects cannot penetrate, but which the player can still cast spells and shoot through. It will be deleted when the player walks through it.

Column of Flame
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Creates a column of flame (go figure) around the player, damaging any who come in close contact with him/her, while leaving the player unscathed. Note: looking for a way for it to do fire damage. Suggestions welcome.

Drop Flare
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Exactly as the name implies. Drops a flare at the player's feet, pointing slightly in the direction they are facing. Once placed, the flare can be disabled.

Chain Lightning
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Creates a "wave" of shock explosions in front of the player. Instead of stopping at the first target it hits, it will hit every target in a line. The line will have four bolts per second, so the range depends on the duration of the spell. Will use a new spell effect, so this one will be customizable using spellmaking.

Mud Bomb
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Creates a rock a the player's feet which will then "roll" forward and explode upward in a column of damaging mud.

Encase in Ice
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Whoever is hit with this spell gets encased in a block of ice, paralyzing them. The block can be destroyed by damage, and will have a weakness to fire.

Ice Pathway
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Conjures a storm above the players head (shock damage 0) and freezes the rain below the players feet, creating a small pathway for them to walk on which will disappear after five seconds. Useful as a replacement for levitation or waterwalking with a barrier between you and those pesky slaughterfish.

Static Impulses (for lack of better name)
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Infuses the player with an electrical entity, dealing shock damage to any sea creature within a set distance. Note: will put a script on undersea creatures such as dreughs and slaughterfish, and will NOT affect new underwater creatures.

Enhanced Turn Undead
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Deals high damage to undead creatures including corprus beasts and vampires while not affecting other creatures/NPCs. Note: Will probably put a script on these creatures, and as such will not affect added undead, corprus, or vampires. This and the Static Impulses are probably the two most likely to be left out, due to this.

Turn Skeletal
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When an NPC dies, if they have this effect on them, they disabled and will be resurrected as a skeleton. The skeletons will use hand-to-hand based on their previous form's hand-to-hand skill, or use an "Ethereal Blade" if I can't get the hand-to-hand to work correctly. Note: I am also looking for beast-skeleton models for Kahjiits and Argonians.

Turn Ethereal
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Similar to Turn Skeletal, except the NPC will not be disabled and will instead be resurrected as a ghost who uses magic (magicka will be based upon previous form's magicka). No new models needed for this one.

Meteor Shower
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Conjurs a random amount of meteors (8-13) which fall in front of the player, pretty much obliterating anything they hit. To make the scripts simpler, and to balance it a bit, it isn't a cast-on-target spell. You have to be careful that you time it right and don't run forward because the meteors will fall a set distance in front of you and if you run forward you could get hit and kill yourself.

Gust of Wind
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Lifts up target, having them fall and damage themselves. Not too practical, as it really isn't that much damage, but an interesting concept.

There will be various new NPCs scattered around the continent selling these spells, and each will have a part in the quest for the new house. The house will be a Mage's Tower, with only the essential facilities. No uber-storage or such, but it will have an alchemy and enchanting lab, as well as a few other functions to be released later.

Suggestions are very, very welcome.

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Edited by The_Silent_Pyro (08/28/04 09:23 PM)

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