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This week will be part 4 of 7 asking about specific school spells. This week, it's storm. I promise we'll get to everyone eventually, so if you don't have an storm wizard (or an opinion on the specific spell), please be patient and we'll circle around!
Storm Wizards: How would you make Wild Bolt's animation look more exciting?
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“If the Mind is like a candle, the Heart is like the sun.”
Professor Falmea
A small pond with a dead tree on its shore appears accompanied by the sound of howling wind. The water in the pond starts spinning until it forms a sort of inverted whirlpool, a tornado of water if you will. A storm cloud grows into existence on top of it, and the whirlpool dissipates into water droplets that fall back to the ground. The dead tree is hit by lightning, and falls over into the pond. Blades traps and shields are activated, and the cloud floats over the target's head, to strike them with a lightning bolt that changes in scale depending on the damage dealt. The 10 damage one would be quick, and look more like a single pulse from a white laser being fired straight down. The 100 damage one would be moderately large, and be hard to tell if it was one bolt, or two in quick succession. The 1000 damage one would be an impressively thick bolt that lasts a good two and a half seconds.
In case you also plan to apply this to insane bolt, add rain to the cloud, and some tiny flashes of lightning that only extend about a foot or so below the cloud. use the 100 damage animation if it hits the target, and the 1000 damage animation if it hits the caster, with the cloud itself turning white in addition to the strike.
You don't need to use every detail I included if you don't have the time or budget for it. Have the cloud not move around at all for all I care.
It would be nice if the animation was scaled to the amount of damage dealt.
Single digits bolt: a thin wire of lightning flashing briefly on the player
100 bolt: the current animation
1000 bolt: A fat cord of lightning that lifts the player's body clear out of the circle and leaves a scorch mark on their clothes and face
I also think Insane Bolt should have an epic animation for when someone bolts himself to death. Maybe even a line of text (like the line of text that appears when a boss is about to cheat) that says "WHAT'S THAT BURNING SMELL?" and then the bolt hits the player and the sad trombone sound track plays.
Add a camera facing up towards a storm cloud with thunder snakes raining out of it, then use blades, then do the already now wild bolt animation, but with thunder snake sprites coming out of it.
This would look really awesome. But I have the most intriguing question.
Insane bolt is also a storm school spell, but it does moon damage, not storm. Was this intentional so that the player couldn't resist the insane bolt when it backfired? Because I have resisted all schools, including astral, so idk why I do.
I think it should start with dark clouds in the air and a few strikes of lighting coming down the battle circle fast, then a thunderbolt strikes the enemy. It would add a better twist to the spell.
A small pond with a dead tree on its shore appears accompanied by the sound of howling wind. The water in the pond starts spinning until it forms a sort of inverted whirlpool, a tornado of water if you will. A storm cloud grows into existence on top of it, and the whirlpool dissipates into water droplets that fall back to the ground. The dead tree is hit by lightning, and falls over into the pond. Blades traps and shields are activated, and the cloud floats over the target's head, to strike them with a lightning bolt that changes in scale depending on the damage dealt. The 10 damage one would be quick, and look more like a single pulse from a white laser being fired straight down. The 100 damage one would be moderately large, and be hard to tell if it was one bolt, or two in quick succession. The 1000 damage one would be an impressively thick bolt that lasts a good two and a half seconds.
In case you also plan to apply this to insane bolt, add rain to the cloud, and some tiny flashes of lightning that only extend about a foot or so below the cloud. use the 100 damage animation if it hits the target, and the 1000 damage animation if it hits the caster, with the cloud itself turning white in addition to the strike.
You don't need to use every detail I included if you don't have the time or budget for it. Have the cloud not move around at all for all I care.
I love the idea of scaling it with the amount of damage it does! That's a neat idea! All of these ideas are quite wonderful, actually. You Wizards are very creative!
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“If the Mind is like a candle, the Heart is like the sun.”
Professor Falmea
