this is a new sword idea, i know their have been many in the past, but i hope this one can sum up some of the wishes for a new sword set.
IDEA
a sword that starts off titled "witches blade"(2 star), then "initiate blade"(3 star), then for 4 star it shall branch off 3 ways, one inflicting sleep, one inducing poison, and another summoning a curse, and all have area based attacks further on 4 star and up. all theese blades will be medium sword, meaning half speed half strength. the 2 star and 3 star reqiure charge attack ideas if you may.
SLEEP
slightly inspired by sleeping beauty but it certainly goes its length. at its 4 star rating, it can have a red rose at the hilt. the charge attack could create a wave of pricked flowers (stay with me) that puts enemies to sleep. at 5 star, the area can be increased slightly and also could have a blue rose instead of a red rose.
4 star title- "Rose Sword". 5 star title- "Pricked Rose Sword".
POISON
this sword will be black thorned vines with green tinged hinglights, particularly on the thorns. the charge attack will be a a swing from the sword that makes the vine lash out at foes, inflicting damage over a distance at roughly half strength but with double or increased chance of poison to a single enemy. the 5 star version can have the upgrade of swinging the vine over an area of enemies, small angle but a fair amount of squares.
4 star title- "Tangled Blade". 5 star title- "Plague Tangled Blade".
CURSE
being either red or purple, this sword could have an area attack that summons a dark sigil onto the ground, cursing enemies that traverse it. the dark sigils shape is firmly open to discussion. with a slight increase in size from 4 to 5 star.
4 star title- "Sorcerer's Blade". 5 star title- "Darkseer's Blade".
DESCRIPTION
each sword branch is simply a single blade with a vine coiled around it (getting more interesting as stars go up), going just a short way up the blade. as it is alchemised from its original 2 star form the vine gets longer till in enventually goes the length of the blade. the vine also varies in colour, from green (poison), red or blue (sleep) and red or purple (curse). additionaly the curse version may have symbols on exposed parts of the blade, the sleep could have a single rose at the hilt and poison could have a few ivory leaves along the blade.
FAIRY TALE THEME?
sounds strange, but think about it. evil witches, roses, flowers and ivory all associate to fairy tales.
but so do knights.
Not terrible, but they would need a veeery slow charge in order to balance them out.