Bow Skill Tree Overhaul

tags: combat

Playstyle:

• Skirmishing
• Firing Modes
• Consumables for arrow effects

Niche:

• Ranged, flexible effects

Primary Ability:

• Charge shot
  • Faster charge, lower projectile speed

Secondary Ability:

• Charge shot
  • Slower charge, higher rate of damage increase

Skilltree groupings

• Consumable arrow effects
  • Fire arrow
    • Causes burning on entities
    • Converts "burnable" surfaces to "fire"
    • Use living embers
  • Ice arrow
    • Causes frozen on entities
    • Converts "wet" surfaces to ice
    • Use icy shard (fang)
  • Poison arrow
    • Causes poisoned on entities
    • No terrain effect
    • Use venom sacs
  • Electric arrow
    • Arcs between targets
    • Travels through "wet" surfaces
    • Use dwarven battery{new item by Gemu}
  • Impact arrow
    • Poise/knockback on target
    • No terrain effect
    • Use stones
  • Ensnaring arrow
    • Ensnares targets
    • Adds vines to "dirt" surfaces
    • Use lively vines
      • Or/with option of sticky thread?
  • Explosive arrow
    • Explosions
    • Use bombs
  • Vortex arrow
    • AOE pull
    • Use glowing remains{new item by Gemu}
  • Sentient arrow
    • Arrows can gradually redirect themselves towards targets
    • Use sentient seeds
• Abilities
  • Piercing shot
    • Pierces through entities, allowing multiple to be hit (and also for terrain to be hit)
    • Terrain effects are "directed" forward rather than radial
  • Scatter shot
    • Shoots multiple arrows simultaneously in a spread
  • Line shot
    • Shoots multiple arrows simulatenously in a (horizontal?) line
  • Rapid shot
    • Shoots multiple arrows in quick succession
  • Volley shot
    • Shoots multiple arrows simultaneously with a heavy arc
  • Pinning shot
    • "Pins" entity to terrain
  • Redirect
    • Knock melee attacker aside (if melee attack) and roll
  • Rebound
    • Knock attacker away at melee distance
  • Rend
    • Pull arrow out of target, causing a bleed
  • Pin cushion
    • Self buff ability that causes increased damage (and other effects?) on targets with multiple arrows in them
  • Hunter's walk
    • Self buff ability that increases stealth and multiplies precision power
      • Ends early on receiving damage?
• Firing modes
  • Hunting mode
    • M1 the same with reduced movement speed penalty and no energy regen on hits
    • M2 increase increase maximum charge duration and damage ceiling, faster projectile speed (similar ramp of damage and projectile speed)
  • Power mode
    • M1 increase damage, but have energy drain on charging
    • M2 full movement speed penalty, fast energy drain, significantly increased damage ceiling, faster projectile speed

Misc

• "Regular" arrows have no limit
• Special arrows consume crafting ingredients, some ingredients may give multiple arrows per item
  • Can apply effects to terrain
  • Special arrow gives effects per ability
  • No combining effects, using multiple queues most recently used to front
  • Any abilities that fire multiple arrows per ability should have diminsihed effects
• Limit maximum duration charged attacks can be held (i.e. energy drain past a certain duration)
  • Alternatively increase inaccuracy past point (or add "jitter")
• Add inaccuracy as default to attacks