A Fun New Item I Thought Of: Memento Of Grief

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

Memento Of Grief


Memento Of Grief Trinket
Minimum Level: 29

• Bane Of Grief: Each time you strike an enemy in combat, you mark them with a sigil of grief for the next 45 seconds, if you are slain while that mark is still active each non-boss enemy in your vicinity that has that mark on them will be struck with a meteor that will deal damage equal to half their maximum hitpoints, if this kills five or more enemies you will be resurrected with 20% of your max hitpoints
• Strength Of Purpose
• Constitution + 20
• Insightful Constitution +10
• Green Augment Slot
• Yellow Augment Slot

[Memnir]

[droid327]

No to sapper builds

No to incentivizing death

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

No to sapper builds

No to incentivizing death

It's not meant to incentivise death, ideally it would come with a five minute timer.

Further more, what the heck is a sapper build?

[tpbtoc]

Memento Of Grief


Memento Of Grief Trinket
Minimum Level: 29

• Bane Of Grief: Each time you strike an enemy in combat, you mark them with a sigil of grief for the next 45 seconds, if you are slain while that mark is still active each non-boss enemy in your vicinity that has that mark on them will be struck with a meteor that will deal damage equal to half their maximum hitpoints, if this kills five or more enemies you will be resurrected with 20% of your max hitpoints
• Strength Of Purpose
• Constitution + 20
• Insightful Constitution +10
• Green Augment Slot
• Yellow Augment Slot

I would change strength of purpose for a jibbers click alike, but with while under this effect, you would wail like a tormented soul, making everyone in the party depressed

[cdbd3rd]

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Further more, what the heck is a sapper build?

Two examples:

People wearing bomb vests that walk into crowded areas and explode themselves.

In the LOTR movie where the Uruk charged with the torch into the explosives cache under the wall of Helm's Deep.

[Xgya]

I like self-revival effects to stay uncommon.

Right now, beyond Jibbers' temporary solution, there's very, very few options, and that makes them unique.
Shintaos get Rise of the Phoenix, while Reborn in Light is an Epic Moment.

While I like the concept, I'd prefer a game where dying isn't ever a positive thing. If that sentiment pushes devs to remove the Cleric's Martyrdom and replace it with something cool, awesome.

The damage part is pretty insane too, though Reaper scaling means it'd probably get a bit less useful in higher skulls, sadly.

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

I like self-revival effects to stay uncommon.

Right now, beyond Jibbers' temporary solution, there's very, very few options, and that makes them unique.
Shintaos get Rise of the Phoenix, while Reborn in Light is an Epic Moment.

While I like the concept, I'd prefer a game where dying isn't ever a positive thing. If that sentiment pushes devs to remove the Cleric's Martyrdom and replace it with something cool, awesome.

The damage part is pretty insane too, though Reaper scaling means it'd probably get a bit less useful in higher skulls, sadly.

Yeah, ideally though this would be a raid item with a really low drop rate.

Having only 20% of your max hitpoints isn't much, might give you enough time to heal to full health. How would you redesign this as to not make it seem like it would occasionally incentivise dying? (Keeping in mind the timer this would be placed on).

The spirit of the item is meant to be "I'd rather stay alive, but if you kill me.... you will regret it as I'll try to take you with me", not "Hehe, go ahead and kill me, I'll just heal to full health after your attempt on my life backfires on you as per my plan"

It could be solved by making you immune to all sources of healing for 20 seconds.