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Title: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Essence on May 07, 2010, 11:25:02 pm

(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd62145/Backstab.png) (http://imageplay.net/)	(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd62144/Assassinate.png) (http://imageplay.net/)
NAME: Backstab ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 6 :darkness TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - ABILITY: You attack twice each turn with your Weapon.	NAME: Assassinate ELEMENT: Darkness COST: 8 :darkness TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: - ABILITY: You attack three times each turn with your Weapon.

ART: Essence IDEA: Essence NOTES: Akin to Adrenaline, this is a permanent "status effect" attached to the weapon that goes away if your weapon is replaced, destroyed, Animated, etc.  Doesn't target the weapon, so it works with Morning Star|Morning Glory. SERIES: No series.

Speaks for itself.  Works very well within mono-Darkness, but has great applications for a variety of weapons.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assasinate
Post by: Scaredgirl on May 07, 2010, 11:29:38 pm

You should make the images with something that produces bigger images. Small images like this won't get into Crucible.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assasinate
Post by: Essence on May 07, 2010, 11:31:40 pm

Hmm...k.  I really like Planplan's generator, but if it must be done the 'hard' way, I'll edit the images if the card seems to be getting decent community support. ;)

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Bloodshadow on May 08, 2010, 03:11:44 am

This + Arsenic = :o

This + Fahrenheit = :o :o :o

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Lordpants on May 08, 2010, 03:16:15 am

Twice maybe, but three times could be very dangerous even for the Vampire dagger (you heal for 18) along with the Fahrenheit and Arsenic (3 Poison counters) Just ouch, but effective especially for dark decks

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: jmizzle7 on May 08, 2010, 03:30:31 am

Quote from: Bloodshadow on May 08, 2010, 03:11:44 am

This + Arsenic = :o

This + Fahrenheit = :o :o :o

Since Adrenaline and these abilities don't like to mix (nerfed effects), Backstab wouldn't either.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Scaredgirl on May 08, 2010, 04:31:41 pm

Not a bad idea.

Might be a bit overpowered if it's Darkness though because of the healing aspect of Vampire Dagger.

Also I don't like the theme at all. I see "Backstab" as something sneaky and precise, like ignoring armor or doing double damage. This card is more like "Flurry" or something.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Essence on May 09, 2010, 05:19:41 pm

Quote from: Scaredgirl on May 08, 2010, 04:31:41 pm

Also I don't like the theme at all. I see "Backstab" as something sneaky and precise, like ignoring armor or doing double damage. This card is more like "Flurry" or something.

Yeah, originally it was "x2 damage" and "x3 damage", but then you didn't get all of the cool effects like multi-Discording and whatnot, so I changed it.  Thematically, you're absolutely right.  Maybe it should be Time?  What element would you associate with Flurry Of Blows type mechanics?

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Lordpants on May 09, 2010, 06:25:50 pm

Flurry of blows, when you put it like that I see an Air card, but Time could make sense in the way that it strikes more than once.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Scaredgirl on May 09, 2010, 06:32:41 pm

Yep, Air could work. Then again Life has Adrenaline which already does a similar multiple attack thing. One option would be to make it 'other'. I don't know..

Btw seems like the trend is to design Darkness cards. We have those almost as much as all other elements combined. :)

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Lordpants on May 09, 2010, 06:36:32 pm

That could be because at the current moment (with Gargoyle in development) Darkness has the least number of cards in circulation. Or that the general community loves its Darkness.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Scaredgirl on May 09, 2010, 06:39:59 pm

Quote from: Lordpants on May 09, 2010, 06:36:32 pm

That could be because at the current moment (with Gargoyle in development) Darkness has the least number of cards in circulation. Or that the general community loves its Darkness.

It's definitely because Darkness is "cool".

Also the card template has Darkness by default and I was wondering if that had an effect? People open the template, see the Darkness card, and then start to design their own.

Interesting conspiracy theory.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Lordpants on May 09, 2010, 06:42:08 pm

Maybe whoever did wants to overload there dark influence on the game! I call shenanigans. It is true though Darkness is the "cool" element with Vampires and stealing...  In theory it makes a lot of sense.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Essence on May 09, 2010, 10:49:25 pm

Truth be told, I designed cards from every element in my Buttload of Card Ideas (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5006.msg55916#msg55916) thread, and just happened to pick a Darkness card to individualize because I thought it was a unique and clever mechanic.

I'm totally down to change it to Air though; it wouldn't have as much in-element synergy that way, and it would go with Air's theme of manipulating Weapons.  I like that.

Title: Re: Backstab | Assassinate
Post by: Kael Hate on May 13, 2010, 04:22:55 pm

CURATOR COMMENT
- As ScaredGirl said if you want this idea to move on to the Crucible then you will have to redo the card images in one of the 200% templates as listed here :http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5039.0.html