Suggestions for the Mega Rotation: Shroud of the Apocrea
Next time we want to see:
DO (re-)read Forum Node 91276 for understanding of these ideas and how they fit into the event.
I sense extreme similarity between Lovecraft's work, Slenderman, House of Leaves, and Tron for this event. No reason really...anyway...I'd like to do something besides pop gravestones and carry things for this event.
== Levels =====================================================================================
Replace the random "Infernal Passage" and "Haunted Passage" tunnels (not the first floor, of course) in "Shroud of the Apocrea" with:
"Obsidian Passage" - a clockworks-tunnel like level that has the same coloration as the Obsidian Nexus.
Add a new prestige level:
"Apocrean Power". An "obsidian grid" that you get to blow up! Hooray! Work together instead of far away and alone in the dark.
== Gear ======================================================================================
Gear:
Obsidian Cowl of X (5* Helmet )
Obsidian Cloak of X (5* Armor)
These are REAL combat items. IMO, the costume hoods and mantles are worn for meditation, celebration, rituals, and so on...these are worn for invasions. But they are old models, rejected by the apocrea over time...but they're powerful enough for us!
X = devotion, influence, rituals, or sight. You guys decide what their stats are/weapon boosts etc.
Devotion - requires the 4* w/e
Influence - requires the 4* w/e
Rituals - requires the 4* w/e
Sight - requires the 4* w/e
you guys decide.
What should these look like? ooooo.
Obsidian Ward (5* Shield)
This looks like that apocrean "face-mask", with those three glowing circles...and those are prismatic! Wow! It has three sharp wiggle arms constantly waving around on it. This shield grants [all status except poison and fire resist]/shadow resistance (mimics the Apocrean Harvester's basic resistances), bash leaves a wake of wiggle tickles. It makes no sound when you bash. When it breaks (shatters), it inflicts everything in a 3x3 tile radius with Apocrean Grip for 3 seconds. You've released the tickles!
Requires the 4* - no it doesn't! This is just a raw token exchange with The Lost Soul merchant.
== Guild Hall =====================================================================================
Floor mat: a mess of glowing purple lines on dark black tiles. It looks different every time you load into the hall! 2x2.
Floor mat: swirly gold, swirly purple.
Doodad: tombstone.
Wandering Soul - this friendly lost soul will wander around your guild hall, like the mewkat/snipes/bellhop.
Room: Obsidian Ritual. Turns the room all shiny and black, with glowing purple lines everywhere. In the center of this room is a great obsidian table, completely flat - it reflects the player's body like a mirror if the player is standing "above" the table in the room. Table is a 3x3 entity that looks like it's carved from a solid block of mystery.
Theme: Apocrean. Your guild hall is now black and shiny with glowing purple lines everywhere.
== Thoughts =====================================================================================
I think it would be painfully amusing to find out that all the actual Apocreans evolved into something unimaginable, and all we're dealing with is their left-behind soul-powered machines on auto-pilot collecting more souls to power soul-powered machines. (I wondered why no apocreans noticed us -or at least reacted to - taking their outfits, crowns, and wings? Check the lore of the Obsidian Prize Box to get what I mean - "Plucked from the depths of the Apocrean realm" hmmm).