[Feature Request] Passive skills

[tmoze315]

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Passive skills

So this has been talked about already as part of this ticket: https://github.com/aikaterna/gobcog/issues/6

I thought it would be good to make a new issue specifically around this as I really like the idea of passive skills. To keep things simple (for development and for players), I think we can let players select the background of their hero. Each background comes with their own passive skills and any hero class can have any background - however some classes would work better with specific backgrounds. Players get to chose to be selfish or to help the group with their background selection.

Also, I think backgrounds should be something that is rarely changed and would only allow someone to change their background once per rebirth (for example).

I've spend some time coming up with a handful of example backgrounds with their passive abilities. They could either be used to make a hero class stronger (e.g. Knight + Berserker), or to make a hero class more versitile (Politician + Wizard). As always, these may be quite unbalanced and may need monster buffs alongside them. I hope they serve as a good conversation starter for this feature. I tried to keep things as simple as I could with the passive abilities. They will fall into one of these categories:

1. Impacts stats while the background is chosen
2. Impacts the battle results in some form
3. Impacts the rewards from the battle
4. Impacts something else outside of battle (e.g. forging)

I like the idea that you get a sense of progression in the game outside of the direct buffs re-births give you. So I have added some suggestions to what level each passive skill is unlocked at. As you can see, new players have limited options but as they re-birth they unlock new and different play styles.

In time, more passive abilities can be added for higher level players. For example, at 50 rebirths you unlock "Deity" which has some incredible passive abilities.

Let me know your thoughts. FYI I decided to steer away from "races" intentionally.

Knight

• Battle Hardened [Unlocked]: Buffs attack stat & debuffs charisma stat (calculation based on rebirths)
• Advanced Training [Unlocks at 15 rebirths]: +5% chance of getting a critical hit (+1% for each legendary+ item equipped?) during an attack
• Adrenaline Rush [Unlocks at 20 rebirths]: 1 in 20 chance that a random stat will be doubled during an attack

Pirate

• Pillage [Unlocked]: 1 in 4 chance of winning an extra 30% gold (gold bonus could also increase with rebirths)
• Uneducated [Unlocked]: Debuffs intelligence stat (calculation based on rebirths)
• Treasure Hunter [Unlocks at 15 rebirths]: 25% chance of getting a better chest drop (e.g. 1 rare instead of normal. Or 2 legendary instead of 1). Excludes set chests

Politician

• Public Speaker [Unlocked]: Buffs charisma stat (calculation based on rebirths)
• Convincing Argument [Unlocks at 10 rebirths]: 1 in 5 chance to have 0 cooldown on ability
• Rally [Unlocks at 15 rebirths]: 1 in 3 chance to buff diplomacy of group (similar to bless)

Scholar

• Well Educated [Unlocked]: Buffs intelligence (calculation based on rebirths)
• Proficient [Unlocks at 10 rebirths]: 1 in 5 chance to get +33% XP
• Surgical Finish [Unlocks at 20 rebirths]: 50% Chance to sacrifice personal gold rewards to finish off a monster if their health is <100

Gambler

• Stacked Deck [Unlocked]: Buffs luck (calculation based on rebirths)
• Up the Ante [Unlocks at 10 rebirths]: Higher chance of getting better items from chests (e.g. getting a rare drop from normal chest). Excludes set items
• Re-roll [Unlocks at 15 rebirths]: Has a 1 in 4 chance to re-roll his attack die if it's less than 10. (It could be worse)

Inventor

• Efficient Engineering [Unlocked]: Better chest conversions (e.g. 20 normal -> 1 rare)
• Dual Activation [Unlocks at 15 rebirths]: Increase active bonuses by 25% (e.g. A player's equipped set gives them +10% XP, this would increase that stat to 12.5%)
• No Mistakes [Unlocks at 20 rebirths]: Guarantees set items from set chests

Blacksmith

• Long Hours [Unlocked]: 80% reduction to repair costs when losing
• Masterful Forging [Unlocks at 10 rebirths]: Forges better equipment (calculation based on rebirths)
• Armor Master [Unlocks at 15 rebirths]: Spot weaknesses in armour. 1 in 4 chance of reducing an enemy's defence stats by 25% during a battle

Leader [Unlocks at 10 rebirths]

• Inspire [Unlocks at 10 rebirths]: 1 in 4 chance to buff other (non leader) players' attack during a battle (similar to bless)
• Unflinching Nerve [Unlocks at 15 rebirths]: +15% damage to bosses, mini-bosses and transcended

[tmoze315]

I would really like to see a passive skill tree (Similar to Fallen Sword if you d ever seen that). Where you earn 1 skill every rebirth and you can add it to any skill. But I think that mechanic may be too large of an undertaking from a development and content perspective).

Here's info on Fallen Sword as a reference in case you prefer a system like this:

https://fallensword.fandom.com/wiki/Skills_Guide