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Vengeance777
04-01-2012, 03:53 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/troll2.jpg

A gaming website leaked a bunch of info today on the expansion pack. One of the things included is a game mode called Savage Species that will allow PVP gameplay with playable monster races!

Apparently the game will be taking a page from LOTRO and adding factions to DDO. In DDO's case it will be the nation of Droam vs Stormreach. Monsters vs the Five Nations.

The first of the Droam races available for preview is the fan favorite Troll.

The troll has several interesting abilities and stats, along with several weaknesses to balance it out. Its favored class of course is Barbarian.

One of its biggest perks is the +4 to Strength at creation. This can be increased to a staggering +12 over other races by level 20. To balance this trolls have -4 Int, -4 Cha, and -2 Wis and are limited as to what they can wield and wear.

Trolls only have slots for Trinkets, Necklaces, Belts, and Bracers. Trolls have no armor slot. Instead your natural armor goes up as you level.

Trolls are also restricted to Longbows, Clubs, Greatclubs, Warhammers, Mauls, and Staves.

All troll players have a vulnerability to fire and acid and take double damage from those sources. You will be unable to regen damage from these attacks unless you drink a cure pot or receive another form of magical healing. Rumor has it you can take enhancements to counteract this weakness in later levels.


Special Abilities:

Trolls get greater regeneration at level 1. The regeneration ability can be improved further in enhancements.

Profane Curse. Trolls get a special incite move similar to a paladins Divine Righteousness.

Troll Profane Curse I
Usage: Active
Cost: 1 action point
Spent: 19 action points
Available to Troll level 6
Activate this ability to gain a 100% Competence bonus to the threat generated by your melee attacks and spells for 60 seconds, making players more likely to attack you.

Troll Profane Curse II
Usage: Active
Cost: 1 action point
Spent: 49 action points
Available to Troll level 12
Activate this ability to insult the enemy with such vulgarity it has no choice but to divert all its attention to you. Grants 200% Competence bonus to the threat generated by your melee attacks and spells for 60 seconds.

Troll Induce Rage
Usage: Active
Cost 1 action point
Spent: 13 action points
Available to troll level 4

Activate this ability to send your enemies into a blind rage causing them to lash out at friend and foe alike.

Racial Prestige line:

Troll Harbinger of Doooom!!! I
Usage: Passive
Cost: 4 action points
Progression: 16 action points
Requires One of: Skill Focus Intimidate, Troll Intimidation I, Barbarian Past Life

You spread doom wherever you go and to everyone you meet. Enemies that strike you have a chance of suffering the effects of the Doom spell.

Troll Harbinger of Doooom!!! II
Usage: Passive
Cost: 4 action points

Your Aura of Doom now lowers enemy saves by 4. Additionally vorpal attack inflicts DooOoom!!!111 and the enemy vanishes from sight as it quits the game.


Troll Racial Capstones:

Deadly Flame
Usage: Passive
Cost: 2AP
Spent: 74 action points
Your countless battles of wit with those smarter than you have increased your skill at angering others while deteriorating your charisma to the point of no return. You gain +10 competence bonus to intimidate, +2 to bonus to strength and constitution and an additional -2 to Charisma, Wisdom and Intelligence. Additionally your rants have deteriorated to insane ramblings causing any enemy you intimidate to suffer the effects of Phantasmal Killer.

Here's some screenshots of the troll in action:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/troll3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/trollbar.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/trollswim.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/trolllight.jpg




Have a fun April Fool's Day everyone. :)

And remember take everything you see online with a heaping dose of salt today lol.


Edit: Really going to miss the Roderick's wand working in public on Monday. :D
The summons are also extremely hard to get to stand still for photos and a pain to edit in MSpaint lol.

Dandonk
04-01-2012, 03:55 AM
Oooh, oooh!

Drat, you got me :p

Emizand
04-01-2012, 04:22 AM
I would like to play a troll, but i think you play one so much better than i ever could. ;-)

Dreamshifter
04-01-2012, 04:25 AM
Sadly, after seeing GitP getting ponied, it was clear that this was a joke right from the start. More disappointing is, that all those savage races could be fun to play.

A very elaborate attempt, though. It might catch some people who aren't paying attention to the date.

Taimasan
04-01-2012, 04:35 AM
By the end of the thread I was in tears of laughter. At the start I was like oh this guy has like a well planned out troll race here. Then I saw the DoooMMmm on prestige and jeez its hard to stifle those laughs from the gf at 6 am. And the pics just went on and on and on. Whew. Either way, nicely done and +1.

Culver.Civello
04-01-2012, 04:42 AM
Well, if I didn't already realize it was April Fools day, this would have been pretty neat. Also... the fact that H-Orc is missing on that first image... didn't help much. XD Oh well. Looks pretty believable other than that. :D Nice job putting it all together.

decease
04-01-2012, 04:45 AM
loooooooool nice one.. though if they are doing this, am sure they will allow them to equip armor. after all they do sale armor kit.

Sleepsalot
04-01-2012, 05:25 AM
Great one +1 for ya I loved it..
Sleeps :D :) :D

EnjoyTheJourney
04-01-2012, 05:48 AM
I enjoyed this as well. Well done. :)

I was hoping to see the dreaded "Internet Troll" added as a playable race, though, if they were going to add playable Savage Species.

Internet Troll characteristics ...

+4 CON
Invulnerable to Acidic Retorts and enchantment magic
-4 WIS, CHA set permanently to 1
-20 on all diplomacy checks
-4 on DCs for all enchantment spells cast, +2 on DCs for all necromancy spells, unable to cast divination spells (from spells or on items)

Class prestige enhancements include "Fallacious Reasoner" and "Paranoid Android" - the last is only available for those selecting the Warforged race. Other class enhancements include "Obvious backstabbing", "Advanced illiteracy", and "Drama Multiplier Effect".

grayham
04-01-2012, 06:29 AM
Briliiant. +1. I was already rolling one up in my head before I saw the bottom of the post.....

Beethoven
04-01-2012, 07:18 AM
+1. Well done. :D

Izzban
04-01-2012, 07:19 AM
Nicely done.

Matuse
04-01-2012, 08:01 AM
Saw Half-Orc missing from screenshot (replaced with Troll), and knew this was april fools.

Still, nice photoshopping.

karl_k0ch
04-01-2012, 08:04 AM
What you did there, I see it.

+1.

It's great to be on the same server as DDO's avant-garde.

FrancisP.Fancypants
04-01-2012, 08:07 AM
+1 for starting my Sunday off properly.

But why would you hotbar a shard of power and a silver flame mark?

Cesarai
04-01-2012, 08:10 AM
Rofl. +1 for the lulz :D

Totally needed a pick-me-up. ^_^

HAL
04-01-2012, 08:34 AM
Wow, I was totally fooled! +1 :D

Grosbeak07
04-01-2012, 08:54 AM
Nice Job. :)

rokes
04-01-2012, 08:55 AM
Lol that was great.
But you kinda blew it when you showed pics of a 3k sp troll haha

badbob117
04-01-2012, 08:59 AM
hahaha . at first i was like what the heck !! then i was like ok. cool. then i laughed my ass off.! nice one man,,

sebastianosmith
04-01-2012, 09:00 AM
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/024/183/500pxShopped.jpg?1318992465

Great job, by the way.

Myrddinman
04-01-2012, 09:05 AM
Awesomely done, and I would totally +1 you, but I have to wait ;)

Very well thought out!

Wickednisse
04-01-2012, 09:29 AM
This is just absolute WIN! I'd give you rep for posting but I have to spread some love around before giving it to you again.

lhidda
04-01-2012, 09:32 AM
nicely done +1

Memnir
04-01-2012, 09:39 AM
Simply awesome. :)

HalfOrcBeautyQueen
04-01-2012, 11:03 AM
Good Job :)

Except I really want to play a Troll now...

bhgiant
04-01-2012, 11:11 AM
fooled, +1

Cyiwin
04-01-2012, 11:39 AM
Very nice! Let's put this in the suggestions section tomorrow. My first thought was which character am I going to delete to make room.

junior_w
04-01-2012, 11:57 AM
Nice job.

Carpone
04-01-2012, 12:18 PM
Epic trolling!

Meficio
04-01-2012, 01:24 PM
And the Montague Goudreau Award goes to.... :p

Awesome post. Poisson d'Avril !!!

Djeserit
04-01-2012, 01:28 PM
Everybody knows that Gnomes will be the new race.

I even got some of the art prototypes from a friend who is in Mournlands.

Here are the first shots of a Gnome Illusionist:

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc189/npgibson/rayofcuteness.png

***********

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc189/npgibson/colorspray.png

geoffhanna
04-01-2012, 03:20 PM
Nice :) +1

Cordovan
04-01-2012, 04:01 PM
OMG NDA BREACH! :)

Just kidding. Awesome! That triple-swing attack is way overpowered, though.

ainmosni
04-01-2012, 04:11 PM
Just kidding. Awesome! That triple-swing attack is way overpowered, though.

you know spit got serious when devs are talking about a nerf before anyone even gets the opportunity to complain about it getting nerfed.

voodoogroves
04-01-2012, 04:39 PM
OMG TURBINE!!! This is the last straw!! I am a PAYING CUSTOMER. I have BEEN loyal, but to INTRODUCE THIS with NO REGARD to VIPs goes against all smart marketing and consumer STRATEGIES. YOU HAVE LOST MY BUSINESS, I will be deleting my account and all items - NO YOU CANT HAVE MY STUFF.

This is TOTALLY and COMPLETELY OP and makes all my half elves suck, WHICH I PAID FOR WITH MONEY I GOT SELLING MY ORGANS. The fact that you introduce THIS shows you CLEARLY have no loyalty to your PAYING CUSTOMERS. It looks better than my half elves, AND THE OTHER FORUMS SAY THIS THING WONT GLITCH ON LADDERS.

STAY CLASSY, BUH BYE

Rumbaar
04-01-2012, 04:44 PM
Very well done!!!

Steiner-Davion
04-01-2012, 04:47 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/troll2.jpg

A gaming website leaked a bunch of info today on the expansion pack. One of the things included is a game mode called Savage Species that will allow PVP gameplay with playable monster races!

Apparently the game will be taking a page from LOTRO and adding factions to DDO. In DDO's case it will be the nation of Droam vs Stormreach. Monsters vs the Five Nations.

The first of the Droam races available for preview is the fan favorite Troll.

The troll has several interesting abilities and stats, along with several weaknesses to balance it out. Its favored class of course is Barbarian.

One of its biggest perks is the +4 to Strength at creation. This can be increased to a staggering +12 over other races by level 20. To balance this trolls have -4 Int, -4 Cha, and -2 Wis and are limited as to what they can wield and wear.

Trolls only have slots for Trinkets, Necklaces, Belts, and Bracers. Trolls have no armor slot. Instead your natural armor goes up as you level.

Trolls are also restricted to Longbows, Clubs, Greatclubs, Warhammers, Mauls, and Staves.

All troll players have a vulnerability to fire and acid and take double damage from those sources. You will be unable to regen damage from these attacks unless you drink a cure pot or receive another form of magical healing. Rumor has it you can take enhancements to counteract this weakness in later levels.


Special Abilities:

Trolls get greater regeneration at level 1. The regeneration ability can be improved further in enhancements.

Profane Curse. Trolls get a special incite move similar to a paladins Divine Righteousness.

Troll Profane Curse I
Usage: Active
Cost: 1 action point
Spent: 19 action points
Available to Troll level 6
Activate this ability to gain a 100% Competence bonus to the threat generated by your melee attacks and spells for 60 seconds, making players more likely to attack you.

Troll Profane Curse II
Usage: Active
Cost: 1 action point
Spent: 49 action points
Available to Troll level 12
Activate this ability to insult the enemy with such vulgarity it has no choice but to divert all its attention to you. Grants 200% Competence bonus to the threat generated by your melee attacks and spells for 60 seconds.

Troll Induce Rage
Usage: Active
Cost 1 action point
Spent: 13 action points
Available to troll level 4

Activate this ability to send your enemies into a blind rage causing them to lash out at friend and foe alike.

Racial Prestige line:

Troll Harbinger of Doooom!!! I
Usage: Passive
Cost: 4 action points
Progression: 16 action points
Requires One of: Skill Focus Intimidate, Troll Intimidation I, Barbarian Past Life

You spread doom wherever you go and to everyone you meet. Enemies that strike you have a chance of suffering the effects of the Doom spell.

Troll Harbinger of Doooom!!! II
Usage: Passive
Cost: 4 action points

Your Aura of Doom now lowers enemy saves by 4. Additionally vorpal attack inflicts DooOoom!!!111 and the enemy vanishes from sight as it quits the game.


Troll Racial Capstones:

Deadly Flame
Usage: Passive
Cost: 2AP
Spent: 74 action points
Your countless battles of wit with those smarter than you have increased your skill at angering others while deteriorating your charisma to the point of no return. You gain +10 competence bonus to intimidate, +2 to bonus to strength and constitution and an additional -2 to Charisma, Wisdom and Intelligence. Additionally your rants have deteriorated to insane ramblings causing any enemy you intimidate to suffer the effects of Phantasmal Killer.

Here's some screenshots of the troll in action:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/troll3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/trollbar.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/trollswim.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/sisco777/trolllight.jpg




Have a fun April Fool's Day everyone. :)

And remember take everything you see online with a heaping dose of salt today lol.


Edit: Really going to miss the Roderick's wand working in public on Monday. :D
The summons are also extremely hard to get to stand still for photos and a pain to edit in MSpaint lol.

This is awesome! :) IT is also unlocked via the forums instead of Favor too.

BitkaCK2
04-01-2012, 04:56 PM
Well played, +1!

bitkaCK2

Diyon
04-01-2012, 05:05 PM
Awesome!

Another tip off is that I'm fairly certain that's not a female troll. lol

Ganak
04-01-2012, 05:09 PM
One of the best fools that's ever gotten me. Well done! +1

Fecerak
04-01-2012, 06:04 PM
Not sure if anyone else notice, but that troll barbarian has 2964 SP oO

supot
04-01-2012, 06:12 PM
arghh was looking forward to making my radiant servant regenerating troll

Battlehawke
04-01-2012, 06:24 PM
Very well done...

fatherpirate
04-01-2012, 08:03 PM
Put him in a robe with a puzzel cap on, and a wand.

Then it would have been epic :-P

lol.. good job

Stay Vertical !

markymarksta
04-01-2012, 08:14 PM
I went throught Aprils Fools day yesterday with my guard up. So I let it down today (which is the 2nd where I live) and was convinced up until I saw the 2000 ish spell points.

Nice One and thanks for the entertainment.

Oh and the ability to play a troll in game instead of on the forums...signed!

Humungazoid
04-01-2012, 08:17 PM
When I saw a link to this my first thought was 'OMG Shifters? PLEEEZE?!?!'

The actual gag was a great consolation prize, +1 :D

NaturalHazard
04-01-2012, 08:21 PM
Selina is such a great name for a troll. :D



When I saw a link to this my first thought was 'OMG Shifters? PLEEEZE?!?!'

The actual gag was a great consolation prize, +1 :D

Yeah I thought thats what it could be at first as well.


Not sure if anyone else notice, but that troll barbarian has 2964 SP oO

Isnt it awesome? the new troll race is going to make barbarians into the best solo class. They will have SP, all the divine healing, all the divine/arcane buffs and all the different bard songs. Axer will never have to put up an lfm again, only if he wants others to come and witness his uberness.

Rubix
04-02-2012, 06:04 AM
+1

Awesome! :D

Taimasan
04-13-2016, 04:42 PM
I Necro'ed this thread to remind us of the good times.

Even if we fight, I still love all of you.

We are all in this together, at the end of the day.

Thank the Grand Designer for this day in DDO.