I saw Melee Hero and my mind went 'OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH',
So here's what I came up with in ~20 minutes...
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Samurai Hero Talent:-
Close Combat, Archery, Fighter
Remove % chance for Defense/Protection debuff. Bone Dragon is already 100%.
Nerf Sword Mastery to 50% of it's current effects. Effects activate whenever using any type of sword, and stack with Two-Handed, One-Handed Sword and Dual-Wield Masteries.
Elves can now use Two-Handed weapons (excluding Lances).
New skills for Swords/Spears:
-Weak Spot
Reduces Def/Prot of enemy (much like Spinning Uppercut).
Stacks with Spinning Uppercut and Dragon Dash.
Ignores Protection for critical chance.
Faster animation than Smash, doesn't provide knockback, stuns same as a regular hit with the equipped weapon
For Dual Wield, +50% damage on One-Handed damage % (occurs at the end of damage calculation).
Obtained via: Rebirth with Zero Card/Create with Hero/Elite Hero card OR
Obtain Rank 1 in Sword Mastery, Two-Handed Mastery, Single-Handed Sword Mastery, Dual-Wield Mastery
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-Fury
Two-Handed only
Four successive hits, resulting in prolonged stun (1-5 seconds added to regular weapon stun)
Ignores Protection for critical chance.
Can be hit during animation, skill will stop and enemy will not be stunned at all.
Obtained via: Rebirth with Zero Card/Create with Hero/Elite Hero card OR
Obtain Rank 1 in Sword Mastery, Two-Handed Sword Mastery.
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-Two-Handed Mastery
Obtained via: Equip any Two-Handed weapon.
Passively increases Damage and Critical % when equipped with a Two-Handed weapon. Higher ranks provide greater effects.
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-One Handed Sword Mastery
Obtained via: Equip any One-Handed Sword.
Passively increases Damage and Injury % when equipped with One-Handed swords.
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-Dual Wield Mastery
Obtained via: Dual-wield any sword.
Passively increases Damage when dual-wielding swords.
Effects overwrite the effects of One-Handed Sword Mastery.
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New Weapons:-
Spear-type:
No minimum distance. Maximum distance: 75
Craftable with Blacksmithing/purchased from Edern.
Follows Two-Handed Sword upgrades, minus any that include "Two-Handed Sword" in their name, and Artisan.
-Short Spear
Damage: 30-50 (Maximum 96 after upgrades)
Injury: 5-10%
Balance: 50%
Critical: 20% (Maximum 36% after upgrades)
Durability: 12
Stun: 2 Seconds (Normal, 3-hit weapon)
Stamina Cost per swing: 1.5
Purchase Price: 25,000 Gold
Crafting information:
Manual Rank: 5
Materials: Iron Ingot x2, Mythril Ingot x4
25% Average Complete per success
Finishing Materials: 2 Fine Leather Straps, 2 Braids
Manual Location: Barri Edern's Secret Pass
Unique Upgrades:
Hardened Tip
Max Damage +15, Minimum Damage +5
Durability -5
Upgrade: 3-3
Proficiency: 75, Gold: 15,000
NPC: Edern
Extend Pole
Maximum Distance +75
Durability -3
Upgrade 4-4
Proficiency: 100, Gold: 25,000
NPC: Edern
Artisan:
Strength +10~60
Dexterity -0~20
Luck +20~50
Proficiency: 100, Gold: 40,000
NPC: Edern
-Halberd
Damage: 20-60 (Maximum 117 after Upgrades)
Injury: 0-5%
Balance: 20%
Critical: 10% (Maximum 26% after Upgrades)
Stun: 2.8 Seconds (Slow, 2-hit weapon)
Durability: 15
Stamina Cost per swing: 2.5
Purchase Price: 30,000 Gold
Crafting Information:
Manual Rank: 2
Materials: Iron Ingot x3, Mythril Ingot x4, Gold Ingot x2
15% Average Complete per success
Finishing Materials: 4 Fine Leather Straps, 3 Tough Strings
Manual Location: Barri Edern's Secret Pass
Unique Upgrades:
Sharpen Edges
Upgrade 3-3
Maximum Damage +20
Minimum Damage +10
Durability -5
Critical +10%
Proficiency: 60, Gold: 15,000
NPC: Edern
Add Weight
Upgrade 4-4
Maximum Damage +20
Minimum Damage -15
Balance -20%
Proficiency: 85, Gold: 30,000
Artisan
Strength +0~75
Dexterity -20~50
Luck -0~25
HP +5~10
Proficiency: 100, Gold: 50,000
NPC: Edern
New Dungeon:-
Barri Edern's Secret
Obtained via: 'Elen the Fool' Questline
Quest #1 'Super Secret Stuff'
[SPOILER=Quest]Quest Details:
'Hey, so Grandpa keeps disappearing into Barri recently, and he's been making some things that he's not teaching me about. I wanna know what's going on!'
-Elen
Objectives:
1. Talk to Elen.
2. Purchase a [Short Spear] from Edern and take it to Elen.
3. Purchase a [Halberd] from Edern and take it to Elen.
4. Use 'Elen's Prototype' Manual to create an item. (Which would be 'Dull Spear', not-equippable)
5. Take the Dull Spear to Edern.
Rewards: 25,000 Exp
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Quest #2 'Foolish Girl'
[SPOILER=Quest]Quest Details:
'So Elen figured out what I was doing, eh? I guess it's time to come clean..'
-Edern
Objectives:
1: Talk to Edern.
2: Bring Edern 5 Mythril Ingots.
Rewards: Barri 'Edern's Secret' Pass, Keyword 'Edern's Secret Pass', 50,000 Exp, 25,000 Gold
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Use Keyword with Edern for more passes at 5,000 Gold each.
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There's room for improvement, but I'll stop before I
really do something wrong. Feel free to add/criticise/remove~
Shit, forgot about that dungeon pass.. gimme 10 minutes to think up a quest to get the pass... (DONE.)
Forgot something else, you know, WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE DUNGEON. 10 more minutes...
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Barri 'Edern's Secret' Dungeon:-
Contains spawns from Barri Advanced, and Golems from The Other Alchemists Hard (Stone and Forest).
Spawn Patterns include regular Barri Advanced patterns, plus some spawns of 2-5 Golems.
Boss Room:
Snow Golem x3 (TOA Elite standard with 2000 more HP, Regular Golem sized)
Magic Golem (3x stats on Snow Golem, regular golem sized, Tabhartas movement speed and wound rate)
Rewards:
(Common)
10,000-15,000 Gold
Mythril Ingot x5
Mana Herb
Short Spear (Base Grade)
Halberd (Base Grade)
(Rare)
Blacksmith Manual - Short Spear
Blacksmith Manual - Halberd
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Hope I haven't missed something else, though I probably have.