Yeah, yeah... I know this has been suggested before and how ridiculously OP the concept of a gun or bomb would be. I'm even going to admit I probably am not the best at making good weapon ideas, nor do I know if this is even possible. This idea has been sitting in my mind for a while now, I want to get it out.
So I was thinking, what if there was a shadow bomb, with a chance to inflict curse -- like GF/Faust. My idea consists of a 3 item line, but depending on the power, perhaps it could be modified to a 4 line. The bomb deals shadow damage, regardless of whether the curse procs or not.
Now, as my name above implies, the bomb pretty much is a game of chance. The bomb would be split into 3 different chances -- the first would be that the curse is inflicted to an enemy (I reiterate, an), the second would be that the curse is inflicted on the user itself, and third is that it inflicts no curse at all and pretty much just does the shadow damage. It's going to do the shadow damage anyways.
As for the bomb line, the 3* would just do shadow damage.
4* would have the added effect of doing curse to 1 enemy.
5* would do curse to 2 enemies.
In-depth descriptions of the bomb
(No damage or speed ratios as of yet)
3* - Shadow Wheel
Description – A dark and mysterious item from the underworld. It is said that young [underworld] children are given these items as toys. For the overworlders though, these toys are very handy as weapons against foes.
Appearance – A dark metallic bomb that is shaped like a rounded top. The bomb has a round bottom, the top is flat and has a handle to it. There is a small ring around the top of the hemisphere with a purple gem.
4* - Wheel of Fate
Description – A modified underworld toy fit for an enthusiastic gambler. This gambling game has been adjusted to curse those who press their luck.
Appearance – The bomb now has the typical four point handle and now has dark lines on the flat surface, akin to the roulette slots.
5* – Doom Roulette
Description – An extremely deadly roulette wheel that has been modified by the craftiest of demolition enthusiasts. Once a gambling device from the underworld, it is now a weapon that dooms anyone that should dare cross its path.
Appearance – The bomb now has a swirling ball of energy on it and the gem on the bomb's ring flashes with light.
(As a 2-5* line, bump Shadow wheel down and make 3* either Shadow Wheel MKII or Dark Gambit [I like DG best])
Overall stuff:
Level 5+ – Charge Time Reduction: Low
Level 10+ – Charge Time Reduction: Med
Blast SFX: Upon hitting its fuse, the bomb will send out a wave of shadow energy. On top of this will be a much lighter purple design, shaped as a small pie/pizza slice. This shape will make a full rotation around the bomb radius, dealing shadow damage until the pie slice disappears. The effect dissipates in a ball of shadow magic.
If the bomb has the ability to curse, the bomb will curse the enemies or players during the ball's disappearance.
Now, the only problem I can see is how technical this whole weapon would be. For starters, it has to do a random roll on the damage being dealt. If the bomb rolls to curse an enemy, it next has to roll on what enemy/enemies would be afflicted.
But yeah, that's it, there were a couple other options I had in mind, but we'll start with this for now. Your thoughts/wishes to scold me for bringing this weapon back up again?
if such a weapon existed, I probably wouldn't use it (I don't like recoil weapons), but I could see it seeing heavy use in RJP, specifically against RJ, curse and shadow damage would be two huge pros for the bomb.