Green Mage

Emmanovi · Post by **Emmanovi** » October 23rd, 2005, 8:28 am

How about only heal, not cure? And maybe the magic can casue poison. You're probably right, stay with the one attack type.

falco1029 · Post by **falco1029** » October 23rd, 2005, 6:56 pm

i just read the first page, and saw how there wouldnt be enough distinctness between it and other mages. Perhaps it could lack any close attack, or have a very very weak one, and it's ranged one could both poison and slow, both of which are done by natur-eque things?

Emmanovi · Post by **Emmanovi** » October 23rd, 2005, 6:58 pm

Maybe it gains slow when it levels to mage of nature, that would make it more spread out. The idea of eliminating close attack would be good.

BTW, the attacks (greenball) look really good. They swirl, so it looks like the mage fires a swirling ball of magical green energy. It's great!

muxec · Post by **muxec** » October 26th, 2005, 9:03 am

Give him "protect" special ability!

Post by **irrevenant** » October 26th, 2005, 9:27 am

I think Wesnothian humans like to bend nature to their will, whereas Elves (and Elvish Druids) are a part of nature in a way that humans will never be.

I think a Green mage would be like that, too. He would channel nature for his own ends with little regard for its inherent sacredness.

OTOH, it's hard to give him a distinct purpose for existence that the other mages don't already have without muddying the distinctiveness between factions. A cold attack is too like the Dark Adept, Slow is too like the Elvish Sorceress. Cure is too much overlap with the White mage (though heals mightn't be entirely out of line). Poison is an option, but doesn't seem all that 'naturey'.

IMO, the best suggestion is probably to make him more of a melee unit. I can even see 'steadfast' being appropriate for this guy, and it would make him distinctive - especially amongst mages!

<slaps head> What about Ambush?

Emmanovi · Post by **Emmanovi** » October 26th, 2005, 9:41 am

I gave them A better melee attack.... and woodland movement.

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ability=ambush

Right?

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » October 26th, 2005, 9:55 am

The Elves would hate them if they had ambush...

Emmanovi · Post by **Emmanovi** » October 26th, 2005, 10:02 am

It's only two units...

I have noticed, that they tend to be extremely good at killing undead... Both of their attacks are impact, so whatever the undead do, they get "thrashed" ...

(At least in the couple of games I played).

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » October 26th, 2005, 10:27 am

That's why they should get Poison. Undead are immune to poison after all.

Emmanovi · Post by **Emmanovi** » October 26th, 2005, 10:33 am

I've set their melee attack to poison. I can't get it to work with their magic.

Post by **Thrawn** » October 26th, 2005, 2:13 pm

I really think the Idea is interesting, although could be considered to be breaking down factional integrety, but I like mages, although not as much as elves, and even tried to makea time mage for the game (It had slow, which is why I'm bringing it up)

Also reminiscent of my herbalist (I appologize for bringing it up so much, but so many relevant topics have popped up

)

Minhoca · Post by **Minhoca** » October 31st, 2005, 5:34 am

What if the green mage turned his opponents into trees after he killed them, a bit like the undead's plague?

Minhoca · Post by **Minhoca** » October 31st, 2005, 5:34 am

What if the green mage turned his opponents into trees after he killed them, a bit like the undead's plague?

Post by **Jetrel** » October 31st, 2005, 8:28 am

plague(wose)

Feel the power.

Oreb · Post by **Oreb** » October 31st, 2005, 8:39 am

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

The Grand Army of Wose led by the Nature Mage.

All try to cut them down but it is too late because *stomp*stomp*stomp* all enemies are flattened

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