Prismatic Field | Prismatic Wall

[EvaRia]

Hmm...
For bonewall, it would probably just block it.
For Dissipation field, if you don't have enough entropy, I guess it would just fail, but not destroy the shield.

[Ekki]

Maybe think of effects... Bone wall has the "block" effect, as well as Phase Shield, while Dissipation Shield drains quanta ( or all) to block, but if it's not enough, just let the attack go through...

[EvaRia]

That's what I was thinking.
The shield doesn't actually transform, creatures would just take the shield's effect.
Since Bonewall is a Block ability, it would just Block the attack. Since Dissipation Shield is a block in exchange for quanta ability, if you don't have enough quanta, the attack will not be blocked.

[Nepycros]

It would be so cool if it had the counters for Bone Wall, even when the effect isn't activated.

Let's say that creatures attack, and the Bone Wall marker is set to 7 blocks. 2 creatures activate the bone wall effect, bringing the marker down to 5. Even though the Bone Wall ability may not be applied, it could still be measured by normal standards, meaning, for every creature that dies, the counter for Bone Wall increases invisibly. Same thing for Dissipation Shield. Once the counter (or Entropy quanta) goes down to 0, the ability for the shield to use the ability is removed, and it's left with the other shields.

[Ekki]

It would be so cool if it had the counters for Bone Wall, even when the effect isn't activated.

Let's say that creatures attack, and the Bone Wall marker is set to 7 blocks. 2 creatures activate the bone wall effect, bringing the marker down to 5. Even though the Bone Wall ability may not be applied, it could still be measured by normal standards, meaning, for every creature that dies, the counter for Bone Wall increases invisibly. Same thing for Dissipation Shield. Once the counter (or Entropy quanta) goes down to 0, the ability for the shield to use the ability is removed, and it's left with the other shields.

It's a good idea, but too complicated, though...

[EvaRia]

I agree, too complicated.
It's not supposed to be all shields in one.
It's supposed to be a shield that causes random effects based on other shields.
There's no reason to actually make it become a shield, it merely needs to copy the effect.

[Kuroaitou]

CURATOR COMMENT
-Capitalize 'Shield' in the 'Type' section of your table for the upped card, and fix the pluralization discrepancy in the Text section of the upgraded card idea (it should read "Attacking creatures take the effects...")


I can imagine the following scenario playing out and irritating the hell out of an enemy player against this shield:

All creatures miss - a Sapphire Charger misses because it's not airborne (fails against Wings), while a Ruby Dragon misses because of Phase Shield (invulnerability), and a Lava Golem misses because it has grown out of the shield's range (Gravity Shield). Phase Recluse is played, and gets frozen by the Permafrost effect, and the following Graboid misses because of the Fog Shield effect, etc.

^^; complicated, but interesting nonetheless.

[AnonymousRevival]

Just change the card name, Prismatic seems  like term.

[EvaRia]

How?

Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.

ie: Every time creatures attack, they hit a random shifting colour, causing a random effect.
Seems entropic enough for me.

[AnonymousRevival]

fine.

[genraenera]

I love the idea, it fits entropy PERFECTLY, however I have a major concern.  Its almost too random, think about it this way:  You are playing a fractal phoenix deck against this shield.  You attack with 10 minor phoenix's, you will have no idea what the hell just happened; which phoenix hit which shield.  I guess that could be intentional, but the major problem I see in most crucible cards is that they are too complicated.  This card seems VERY complicated not only to understand, but to code. I'm no programmer, but I'd put money down that this would be laggy.  The code would have to generate a new shield every single attack, meaning each of the 10 attacks requires a new shield generation, which requires processing power, which creates lag.


My proposition:  Make it a permanent card with the following effect: 

Unupped:  "Each turn your shield is replaced with a random basic shield.  If you have no shield, a random basic shield will be given."  5

Upped:  "Each turn your shield is replaced with a random advanced shield.  If you have no shield, a random basic shield will be given."  5

Make sure you read the text VERY carefully, with the unupgraded you will always have an unupgraded shield, whereas with the upgraded you will first recieve an unupped shield, and if it is still in play at the end of the turn, it will be replaced by an upped shield.  This would be much easier to understand, and adequately entropic, while still being very potent if used correctly.  Also this would nearly eliminate the lag from the original idea. 

[Ekki]

It's true, but I prefer the idea of just taking the effect...
Maybe the same effect every turn. I mean, in each turn it'll randomly choose a shield effect, but it'll use that shield effect in every creature in that turn. Next turn it'll change...
But this is just in case some coding issues come out, if not, keep it as it is