Walking Pillar | Animate Pillar

[Ajit]

NAME: Walking Pillar ELEMENT: Earth COST: 2 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Turn your pillar into a creature.	NAME: Animate Pillar ELEMENT: Earth COST: 1 TYPE: Spell ATK|HP: TEXT: Turn your pillar into a creature.

ART: Ajit IDEA: Ajit NOTES: - Target a stack of pillars - one pillar is removed and becomes a creature - Walking Pillar works on both pillars and towers (quantum included) - Animate Pillar works on both pillars and towers (quantum included) - A Pillar creature (more accurately; a pillar soldier) still produces quanta of its type.  (A quantum pillar produces 1 random) - A Pillar/Tower targeted by Walking Pillar will have base stats of 1|4 and produce quanta of its type.  Cost of 3 quanta matching its element. - A Pillar/Tower targeted by Animate Pillar will have base stats of 1|4 and produce quanta of its type.  Cost of 3 quanta matching its element. - An animated Quantum Tower produces one random quanta each turn. SERIES:

[Werdbooty]

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1869.msg19174#msg19174...just for fun

I like this. I was trying to come up with some sort of mechanic similar to this but I guess I was overthinking it. This is straightforward and to the point. Animate a pillar, get an extra creature, don't lose any quanta.

What happens if I target an upgraded pillar? Or a Quantum Pillar?

[EmeraldTiger]

Make the unupped target pillars and unupped pendulums and the upped target pillars/towers and either pendulums.

[Ajit]

http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1869.msg19174#msg19174...just for fun

I like this. I was trying to come up with some sort of mechanic similar to this but I guess I was overthinking it. This is straightforward and to the point. Animate a pillar, get an extra creature, don't lose any quanta.

What happens if I target an upgraded pillar? Or a Quantum Pillar?

Oh good I was expecting people to hate it.

Anyways I'll adjust the notes to include details

@EmeraldTiger I forgot all about pendulums, working on it.

[Hyroen]

This concept has been tried before, I know I did, except yours works with much more grace and it just feels right.

Aside I don't exactly like that the spell is what changes the stats of the Pillar/Tower. I believe it should stay that Towers are stronger than Pillars no matter what spell is played, whether it be Walking Pillar or Animate Pillar.

[Ajit]

This concept has been tried before, I know I did, except yours works with much more grace and it just feels right.

Aside I don't exactly like that the spell is what changes the stats of the Pillar/Tower. I believe it should stay that Towers are stronger than Pillars no matter what spell is played, whether it be Walking Pillar or Animate Pillar.

Hmm ok then.  The difference between Walking Pillar and Animate Pillar shall be.... price? 2 / 1?

[ZephyrPhantom]

... damnit, I was going to have a very similar idea called "Animate Essence" for Duality series that would've been  /  .

The difference can't be the cost ATM - that would unbalance this card - which is already balanced.

The best way to alter this card if necessary:

Unupped cost 2  | 1

Pillars / Unupped Pends are  1 | 4
Towers / Upped Pends are 2 | 5

I'm a bit irritated that an idea I was planning to start got already done by someone else again, but to be honest, that's how life rolls, I'll get over it.  Great card, doesn't really need much balancing.

[Hyroen]

Can we let pendulums be out of the equation? I understand the power of Earth being used to let pillars and towers to move but pendulums? Really?

Pendulums feel more Time oriented to me, let there be a separate pendulum enchantment for Time to weild, let the creativity begin.

[doublecross]

This + mitosis...

Interesting way to generate quanta.


Also, the pillars could have an ability that is
0: go back to being a pillar

[YoYoBro]

I agree with Hyroen, there should be a card called animate pendulum or something. With different stats. A tower isn't quite similar to a pendulum

[Pineapple]

I think that quantum pillars/towers should create 1 random, like nymph tears. The reason is that there are already quanta-generation skills programmed into the game (air for damselfly, fire for upped firefly and brimstone, light for RoL and unupped firefly, earth for gemstone, etc.) but no skill that would fit "generate 3 random types of quanta"

Actually, on further thought, do all pillars/towers have the quanta generation as an ability?

[YoYoBro]

Yeah..