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swedsandbro
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Sonic powers will work off a buff called AMPLIFY, which can be gained through certain requirements within the powerset. AMPLIFY will increase the damage and decrease the energy cost of all your Sonic powers by 5% per stack, stacking to 3. Some powers from the set will take use of this power.
TIER 0 - Sonic Wave
Animations: You stand, bent forward and arms out, slightly bent. Your mouth is wide open and from it you emit sonic waves like that of Sonic Blaster
Type: Energy builder
Range: 50ft
Properties: Ranged sonic damage, Energy generation, AMPLIFY, DISORIENT
+ Deals Sonic damage to your target
+ Generates energy
+ First tick has a chance to grant you a stack of AMPLIFY
Advantages:
Accelerated metabolism (1 AP)
Violent Vibrations (2 AP): Gives every tick of Sonic Wave a 20% chance to DISORIENT the target.
TIER 0 - Sonic Blast
Animation: Charge like pyre, then scream like Psimon does in his 3rd stage.
Type: Blast, Ranged AoE damage
Range: 100ft, 0-10ft radius
Properties: Charged Ranged Sonic damage (1.5 seconds max), DISORIENT.
Tap
+ Deals Sonic damage to your target
+ Has a chance to apply AMPLIFY to yourself
Charge
+ Increases damage and range of the tap effect
+ Increased chance to apply AMPLIFY
Advantages:
Challenging strikes (1 AP)
Tenor of Terror (2 AP) On a full charge, Sonic Blast will now STUN your primary target
TIER 1 - Screech
Animation: Like firebreath, only that you emit soundwaves instead.
Type: Cone, Maintain Ranged AoE damage
Range: 50ft, 120 degrees cone
Properties: Maintain Ranged Sonic damage (4 seconds max), AMPLIFY.
+ Deals continous Sonic damage to all targets every 0.5 seconds
+ After being maintained for 2 seconds, grants one stack of AMPLIFY
Advantages:
Challenging Strikes (1 AP)
Deafening Projection (2 AP) Screech will now STUN any targets affected by DISORIENT
TIER 1 - Sonic Form
Animation: No idea, honestly
Type: Buff self, passive
Range: Self
Properties: Passive
+ Increases all your Energy damage (Electric, Sonic, Particle) This effect scales with your superstats
+ Increases your resistance to energy damage, and greatly increases your resistance to Sonic damage. This effect scales with your superstats
+ Generates a small amount of energy when you're struck with Sonic damage
+ Enemies within 10ft of you have a 20% chance to be DISORIENTED, and enemies attacking you in melee range have a 50% chance to become DISORIENTED
+ Counts as an energy form
TIER 1 - Sonar
Animation: Smaller soundwaves goes into your head
Type: Energy Return
Range: Self
Properties: Self energy gain
+ You gain energy every time you gain or consume AMPLIFY. The energy gained scales of your Endurance, but is also affected by your Recovery
- You may only get energy this way once every 3 seconds
TIER 1 - Sonic Barrier
Animation: Like force shield, only with sonic waves undulating from the middle and out.
Type: Block
Target: Self
Properties: Self damage reduction, DISORIENT
+ Self damage reduction
+ Attackers have a 20% chance to become DISORIENTED
Advantages:
Reverberations (1 AP) Sonic Barrier will remain for a short time after activation, blocking some of the incoming damage and still have a chance to DISORIENT attackers. Also doubles the effect of Sonic Form
TIER 1 - Echo Surge
Animation: No idea
Type: Active Offense
Range: Self
Properties: Self damage buff
+ Increases all of your damage
+ Helps you break free of holds
+ Grants you 3 stacks of AMPLIFY upon activation
TIER 2 - Sonic Slam
Animation: Basically Thunderclap, only that you send a shockwave forward.
Type: Ranged Area attack
Range: 50ft, 120 degrees con
Properties: Charged Sonic AoE damage (2 seconds max), STUN, STAGGER
Tap
+ Deals Sonic damage to all affected targets
+ Chance to STAGGER all targets hit
Charge
+ Increases the damage and energy cost of the tap effect
+ Increased chance to stagger all targets hit
+ If fully charged, STUNS all targets
Advantages:
Nailed to the Ground (2 AP)
Imbalance (2 AP) Targets hit with this power will now also be SNARED, reducing the movement speed.
TIER 2 - Sonic Barrage
Animation: Stand like eyebeams, only with mouth open and a steady stream of soundwaves charging your target
Type: Single target ranged damage
Range: 50ft
Properties: Ranged Sonic Damage, Incapacitate. Maintain (3 seconds max) 15 seconds base cooldown
+ Deals continous Sonic damage to the target every 0.5 seconds
+ Each tick of this power has a 25% chance to grant you a stack of AMPLIFY.
+ After 1 second of maintaining this power, the target will be Incapacitated. The target may struggle and break free.
+ The strength of the hold is partly refreshed for each second maintained.
- If the target manages to break free before this power is fully maintained, the maintain will be interrupted.
Advantages:
Accelerated Metabolism (1 AP)
Accurate Amplification (2 AP) The hold strength of this power is increased by 50% for each stack of AMPLIFY on you.
TIER 2 - Concussion
Animation: You snap your fingers and a sonic explosion strikes your target.
Type: Debuff
Range: 100ft
Properties: STUN, DISORIENT, AMPLIFY. 5 seconds cooldown
+ STUNS your target
+ DISORIENTS your target
+ Refreshes the duration of all stacks of AMPLIFY on you.
Advantages:
Crippling Challenge (3 AP)
Traumatic force (2 AP) Concussion will now apply or refresh TRAUMA on your target, debuffing their healing.
TIER 2 - Outburst
Animation: No charge animation, however activation is the same as Howl
Type: Close Area attack
Range: 25ft Sphere
Properties: Charged PBAoE Sonic Damage (Max 2.33 seconds), Knock Back, AMPLIFY. 12 seconds base cooldown.
Tap
+ Deals Sonic damage to all targets
+ 33% chance to gain one stack of AMPLIFY per target hit
+ Knocks Down affected targets
Charge
+ Increases damage and energy cost of the tap effect
+ Increases the chance to gain AMPLIFY, 100% chance at full charge
+ At a full charge, Knocks Back all affected targets
Advantages:
Challenging Strikes (1 AP)
Guttural Projection (2 AP) This power now deals 30% more Base damage to targets affected by DISORIENT
TIER 3 - Seismic Crashdown
Animation: Charge like Fault line, only that when you slam it into the ground you send a shockwave at your target.
Type: Ranged Area attack
Range: 100ft, 3ft Cyilnder
Properties: Charged Ranged Sonic Damage (3 seconds max), Knock-up
Tap
+ Deals great Sonic damage to all targets
+ Deals 10% more damage for each stack of AMPLIFY and Consumes all stacks of AMPLIFY
+ Knocks down all affected targets.
Charge
+ Increases the damage and energy cost of the Tap effect
+ If charged for more then 1 second, Knocks up all affected targets.
+ If fully charged, grants you the ECHO buff for 2 seconds for every instance of AMPLIFY consumed. ECHO grants you one instance of AMPLIFY every 2 seconds.
Advantages:
Accelerated Metabolism (1 AP)
Staggering Assault (2 AP) Seismic Crashdown will now add one stack of STAGGER to the primary target for each instance of AMPLIFY consumed.
TIER 3 - Sonic Eruption
Animation: You stand like with Ego storm, hand out and mouth open as sonic shockwaves spread out from you. OR you can choose the Airguitar emote as a stance, to truly rock out with this power.
Type: Close Area attack
Range: 35ft sphere
Properties: Maintain PBAoE sonic damage (Max 4 seconds), STUN, AMPLIFY. 20 seconds base cooldown.
+ Deals escalating Continous Sonic damage to all targets every 0.5 second.
+ Each tick of this power have a 50% chance to STUN your target
+ Each tick of this power have a 50% chance to grant you AMPLIFY
Advantages:
Accelerated metabolism (1 AP)
Challenging Strikes (1 AP)
... All night long (2 AP) Greatly increases your resistance to Holds, Knocks and Interrupts while maintaining this power
And finally, AT idea:
The Voice
Primary Superstat: End
Secondary Superstat: Ego/Rec
Innate: (+10 End/Ego/Rec, +8 Con)
Spec. Trees: Endurance, Avenger, Guardian
Powers:
Lvl 1: Sonic Wave
Lvl 1: Sonic Blast
Lvl 5: Screech
Lvl 8: Sonic Form
Lvl 11: Sonic Barrage OR Concussion
Lvl 14: Concentration
Lvl 17: Outburst OR Sonic Slam
Lvl 21: Sonic Barrier
Lvl 25: Sonar
Lvl 30: Echo Surge
Lvl 35: Seismic Crashdown
Lvl 40: Sonic Eruption
TIER 0 - Sonic Wave
Animations: You stand, bent forward and arms out, slightly bent. Your mouth is wide open and from it you emit sonic waves like that of Sonic Blaster
Type: Energy builder
Range: 50ft
Properties: Ranged sonic damage, Energy generation, AMPLIFY, DISORIENT
+ Deals Sonic damage to your target
+ Generates energy
+ First tick has a chance to grant you a stack of AMPLIFY
Advantages:
Accelerated metabolism (1 AP)
Violent Vibrations (2 AP): Gives every tick of Sonic Wave a 20% chance to DISORIENT the target.
TIER 0 - Sonic Blast
Animation: Charge like pyre, then scream like Psimon does in his 3rd stage.
Type: Blast, Ranged AoE damage
Range: 100ft, 0-10ft radius
Properties: Charged Ranged Sonic damage (1.5 seconds max), DISORIENT.
Tap
+ Deals Sonic damage to your target
+ Has a chance to apply AMPLIFY to yourself
Charge
+ Increases damage and range of the tap effect
+ Increased chance to apply AMPLIFY
Advantages:
Challenging strikes (1 AP)
Tenor of Terror (2 AP) On a full charge, Sonic Blast will now STUN your primary target
TIER 1 - Screech
Animation: Like firebreath, only that you emit soundwaves instead.
Type: Cone, Maintain Ranged AoE damage
Range: 50ft, 120 degrees cone
Properties: Maintain Ranged Sonic damage (4 seconds max), AMPLIFY.
+ Deals continous Sonic damage to all targets every 0.5 seconds
+ After being maintained for 2 seconds, grants one stack of AMPLIFY
Advantages:
Challenging Strikes (1 AP)
Deafening Projection (2 AP) Screech will now STUN any targets affected by DISORIENT
TIER 1 - Sonic Form
Animation: No idea, honestly
Type: Buff self, passive
Range: Self
Properties: Passive
+ Increases all your Energy damage (Electric, Sonic, Particle) This effect scales with your superstats
+ Increases your resistance to energy damage, and greatly increases your resistance to Sonic damage. This effect scales with your superstats
+ Generates a small amount of energy when you're struck with Sonic damage
+ Enemies within 10ft of you have a 20% chance to be DISORIENTED, and enemies attacking you in melee range have a 50% chance to become DISORIENTED
+ Counts as an energy form
TIER 1 - Sonar
Animation: Smaller soundwaves goes into your head
Type: Energy Return
Range: Self
Properties: Self energy gain
+ You gain energy every time you gain or consume AMPLIFY. The energy gained scales of your Endurance, but is also affected by your Recovery
- You may only get energy this way once every 3 seconds
TIER 1 - Sonic Barrier
Animation: Like force shield, only with sonic waves undulating from the middle and out.
Type: Block
Target: Self
Properties: Self damage reduction, DISORIENT
+ Self damage reduction
+ Attackers have a 20% chance to become DISORIENTED
Advantages:
Reverberations (1 AP) Sonic Barrier will remain for a short time after activation, blocking some of the incoming damage and still have a chance to DISORIENT attackers. Also doubles the effect of Sonic Form
TIER 1 - Echo Surge
Animation: No idea
Type: Active Offense
Range: Self
Properties: Self damage buff
+ Increases all of your damage
+ Helps you break free of holds
+ Grants you 3 stacks of AMPLIFY upon activation
TIER 2 - Sonic Slam
Animation: Basically Thunderclap, only that you send a shockwave forward.
Type: Ranged Area attack
Range: 50ft, 120 degrees con
Properties: Charged Sonic AoE damage (2 seconds max), STUN, STAGGER
Tap
+ Deals Sonic damage to all affected targets
+ Chance to STAGGER all targets hit
Charge
+ Increases the damage and energy cost of the tap effect
+ Increased chance to stagger all targets hit
+ If fully charged, STUNS all targets
Advantages:
Nailed to the Ground (2 AP)
Imbalance (2 AP) Targets hit with this power will now also be SNARED, reducing the movement speed.
TIER 2 - Sonic Barrage
Animation: Stand like eyebeams, only with mouth open and a steady stream of soundwaves charging your target
Type: Single target ranged damage
Range: 50ft
Properties: Ranged Sonic Damage, Incapacitate. Maintain (3 seconds max) 15 seconds base cooldown
+ Deals continous Sonic damage to the target every 0.5 seconds
+ Each tick of this power has a 25% chance to grant you a stack of AMPLIFY.
+ After 1 second of maintaining this power, the target will be Incapacitated. The target may struggle and break free.
+ The strength of the hold is partly refreshed for each second maintained.
- If the target manages to break free before this power is fully maintained, the maintain will be interrupted.
Advantages:
Accelerated Metabolism (1 AP)
Accurate Amplification (2 AP) The hold strength of this power is increased by 50% for each stack of AMPLIFY on you.
TIER 2 - Concussion
Animation: You snap your fingers and a sonic explosion strikes your target.
Type: Debuff
Range: 100ft
Properties: STUN, DISORIENT, AMPLIFY. 5 seconds cooldown
+ STUNS your target
+ DISORIENTS your target
+ Refreshes the duration of all stacks of AMPLIFY on you.
Advantages:
Crippling Challenge (3 AP)
Traumatic force (2 AP) Concussion will now apply or refresh TRAUMA on your target, debuffing their healing.
TIER 2 - Outburst
Animation: No charge animation, however activation is the same as Howl
Type: Close Area attack
Range: 25ft Sphere
Properties: Charged PBAoE Sonic Damage (Max 2.33 seconds), Knock Back, AMPLIFY. 12 seconds base cooldown.
Tap
+ Deals Sonic damage to all targets
+ 33% chance to gain one stack of AMPLIFY per target hit
+ Knocks Down affected targets
Charge
+ Increases damage and energy cost of the tap effect
+ Increases the chance to gain AMPLIFY, 100% chance at full charge
+ At a full charge, Knocks Back all affected targets
Advantages:
Challenging Strikes (1 AP)
Guttural Projection (2 AP) This power now deals 30% more Base damage to targets affected by DISORIENT
TIER 3 - Seismic Crashdown
Animation: Charge like Fault line, only that when you slam it into the ground you send a shockwave at your target.
Type: Ranged Area attack
Range: 100ft, 3ft Cyilnder
Properties: Charged Ranged Sonic Damage (3 seconds max), Knock-up
Tap
+ Deals great Sonic damage to all targets
+ Deals 10% more damage for each stack of AMPLIFY and Consumes all stacks of AMPLIFY
+ Knocks down all affected targets.
Charge
+ Increases the damage and energy cost of the Tap effect
+ If charged for more then 1 second, Knocks up all affected targets.
+ If fully charged, grants you the ECHO buff for 2 seconds for every instance of AMPLIFY consumed. ECHO grants you one instance of AMPLIFY every 2 seconds.
Advantages:
Accelerated Metabolism (1 AP)
Staggering Assault (2 AP) Seismic Crashdown will now add one stack of STAGGER to the primary target for each instance of AMPLIFY consumed.
TIER 3 - Sonic Eruption
Animation: You stand like with Ego storm, hand out and mouth open as sonic shockwaves spread out from you. OR you can choose the Airguitar emote as a stance, to truly rock out with this power.
Type: Close Area attack
Range: 35ft sphere
Properties: Maintain PBAoE sonic damage (Max 4 seconds), STUN, AMPLIFY. 20 seconds base cooldown.
+ Deals escalating Continous Sonic damage to all targets every 0.5 second.
+ Each tick of this power have a 50% chance to STUN your target
+ Each tick of this power have a 50% chance to grant you AMPLIFY
Advantages:
Accelerated metabolism (1 AP)
Challenging Strikes (1 AP)
... All night long (2 AP) Greatly increases your resistance to Holds, Knocks and Interrupts while maintaining this power
And finally, AT idea:
The Voice
Primary Superstat: End
Secondary Superstat: Ego/Rec
Innate: (+10 End/Ego/Rec, +8 Con)
Spec. Trees: Endurance, Avenger, Guardian
Powers:
Lvl 1: Sonic Wave
Lvl 1: Sonic Blast
Lvl 5: Screech
Lvl 8: Sonic Form
Lvl 11: Sonic Barrage OR Concussion
Lvl 14: Concentration
Lvl 17: Outburst OR Sonic Slam
Lvl 21: Sonic Barrier
Lvl 25: Sonar
Lvl 30: Echo Surge
Lvl 35: Seismic Crashdown
Lvl 40: Sonic Eruption
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