Deep North Concepts Part 8 - Weapons Finished and Misc.

[captainheauxbeaux]

I came up with these ideas not long after Ashlands dropped. This isn't a prediction, but just a collection of ideas.
Some of these are now obsolete or would need to be changed to fit better with other content already in the game.
Also, I checked, and lingonberries and barley can grow in snow.
Lastly, I wouldn't mind having black powder in this game since we already have explosives (explosive payloads from proustite powder).

Note that this was formatted in notepad, so it might not look great here.
Posted in 8 parts (due to limit on post length).

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| Projectiles |
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Arrows
- Shell Arrow x20 - 4 Iskryp Shell, 8 Wood, 2 Feather
- Description: If thick layers of ice could not stop the mighty worm, then what could?
- 95 (pierce)
- Powder Arrow x20 - 10 Black Powder, 8 Wood, 2 Feather
- Description: Explodes on impact.
- 30 (pierce)
- 100 (blunt)
- AoE blunt damage (%60 size of Lava Blob)
- Lightning Arrow x20 - 1 Thunderstone, 1 Electrum, 8 Wood, 2 Feather
- Description: Lightning on a stick!
- 30 (pierce)
- 70 (lightning)
- +25% chance to chain

Bolts
- Shell Bolt x20 - 2 Iskryp Shell, 8 Wood, 2 Feather
- Description: Use the worm's strength in your bolt.
- 95 (pierce)
- Powder Bolt x20 - 10 Black Powder, 8 Wood, 2 Feather
- Description: Pierces deep and blows the wound wide open.
- 30 (pierce)
- 100 (blunt)
- AoE blunt damage (%60 size of Lava Blob)
- Lightning Bolt x20 - 1 Thunderstone, 1 Electrum, 8 Wood, 2 Feather
- Description: The name is an accurate description.
- 30 (pierce)
- 70 (lightning)
- +25% chance to chain

Missiles
- Shell Missile x20
- Description: Boom shakalaka!
- 175 (pierce)
- Powder Missile x20
- Description: Pierces deep and blows the wound wide open.
- 55 (pierce)
- 250 (blunt)
- AoE blunt damage (same size as Explosive Payload)

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| Shields |
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- Spiked Buckler - Iskryp Shell, Elven Cloth, Dragon Horn, Serpent Scale
- Description: Fitted with a horn to punish would-be attackers.
- 112 block armor
- 60 (pierce)
- Upgrade x level:
- 5% speed penalty
- Damages enemies on block and parry.
- Ancient Shield - Iskryp Shell, Ancient Metal, Ashwood, Electrum
- Description: Stay behind it, and it will keep you alive.
- 132 block armor
- Upgrade x level:
- 5% speed penalty
- Ancient Mantlet - Iskryp Shell, Ancient Metal, Ashwood, Ceramic Plate
- Description: You could not ask for a stronger shield. This will deflect attacks from anything short of a god.
- 175 block armor
- Upgrade x level:
- 15% speed penalty

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| Staves |
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- Stormstav (Elemental Magic) - 1 Iolite, 4 Thunderstone, 10 Electrum, 20 Refined Eitr
- Description: Thor is a lot more powerful than you are. Let him fight for you.
- 350 (lightning)
- Eitr use: 45
- Upgrade x level: 1 Iolite, 2 Thunderstone, 5 Electrum, 10 Refined Eitr
- 5% speed penalty
- Launches a projectile; where it lands, lightning strikes after a second.
- If it hits a creature, the lightning will strike where the projectile landed, not where the creature is now.
- Attack speed roughly the same as Staff of Embers.
- Quake Staff (Elemental Magic) - 10 Black Marble, 10 Gold, 8 Refined Eitr, 18 Yggdrasil Wood
- Description: For those who like their enemies shaken, not stirred.
- 200 (pierce)
- Damage per spike
- Eitr use: 80
- Upgrade x level: 6 Black Marble, 6 Gold, 6 Refined Eitr, 12 Yggdrasil Wood
- 5% speed penalty
- Long stone spikes shoot up out of the ground in a 4m ring around the caster, dealing pierce damage with a 50% chance of staggering enemies hit.
- Attack speed roughly the same as Staff of Protection.
- Higher Elemental Magic skill increases attack range up to 2 more meters.
- Eldkastare (Elemental Magic) - 1 Topaz, 5 Gold, 15 Refined Eitr, 10 Ashwood
- Description: The power of the World Tree pours forth from this staff as a red flame.
- 75 (fire)
- Eitr use: 12
- Upgrade x level: 1 Topaz, 4 Gold, 10 Refined Eitr, 10 Ashwood
- 5% speed penalty
- Launches flames in a straight line 4m (like Cultist fire attack).
- Spirit Horn (Blood Magic) - 1 Dragon Horn, 5 Electrum, 1 Moonstone, 15 Refined Eitr
- Description: Solve your problems by throwing bears at them!
- Eitr use: 105
- Health use: 45%
- Upgrade x level: 1 Dragon Horn, 4 Electrum, 1 Moonstone, 8 Refined Eitr
- 5% speed penalty
- Summons a Spirit Bear (massive polar bear with roided stats).
- Max 1 summon at a time.
- Rod of Life (Blood Magic) - 1 Bloodstone, 1 Moonstone, 10 Yggdrasil Wood, 15 Blood Clot
- Description: The blood of Yggdrasil still pulses in this severed root.
- Eitr use: 150
- Health use: 60%
- Upgrade x level: 1 Bloodstone, 1 Moonstone, 8 Yggdrasil Wood, 10 Blood Clot
- 5% speed penalty
- Launches a projectile that creates a zone that reduces damage by 10% and restores 10 Health and Stamina to allies per second (zones do not stack).
- Zone duration in seconds per level: 8, 10, 12, 14.
- Amount healed is based on Blood Magic skill.
- Amount healed affects Blood Magic xp gain.

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| QOL/MISC |
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Crafting stations have a search box where you can type to filter items.
Chest inventory can be sorted by stack size or item name.
Tamed Lox, Asksvin, and Polar Bear attacks can be controlled (not being able to control attack and being dismounted on attack seem like bad design).
- Left-click for bite/bite/bite (grounded)/ice barrage (flying)
- Middle click for slam/lunge/slash (grounded)/ice breath (flying).
Boar, Lox, Asksvin, and Dragon can be ordered to follow just like Wolf.
Noticeably increased damage on two-handed swords (should have higher DpS than regular sword, especially since they drain Stamina and aren't great for blocking).
Ice Giants (including the boss and mini-bosses) take +30% damage from Dyrnwyn (so it still has high value even though there are stronger fire swords).
Dyrnwyn can immolate just like Topaz weapons.
Bloodstone weapons additionally heal 10% of the damage they deal.
Make Dundr a little more accurate (at least able to consistently hit a mid-sized target 3 meters away).
Give sledge hammers a 3-hit combo and change the ground slam to a special attack.
Give battle axes a better (and faster) attack animation.
Artisan Table can be used to dye/paint armor.
- Use the armor piece and banner-coloring materials to color it.
- Alchemy Engine deconstructs these pieces the same as it does elemental weapons.
Elemental fist weapons have a new special attack in an AoE ground slam.