Sorcerer's Place PoE Item Poll!

I like it Tal. I also like that the final result is the culmination of multiple ideas from multiple individuals... voted on by the community. Really feels like a community item from that perspective.

 

Sounds good. A couple of things:

1. Do we know that damage will be in the xDy dice roll format? I thought that was more from D&D rules, but I don't believe PoE follows that ruleset.

2. The last sentence of the history:

This implies that whoever has the staff is in some kind of mortal danger. I know there's the 5% chance of 1d6 piercing damage, but that's relatively minor compared to the ominous sound of that sentence. It almost suggests that there should be some sort of side quest associated with the staff (after you get it), but obviously there won't be.

 

As far as damage output goes, it's still powerful if we're thinking max early teen levels in D&D terms. Triple damage types, bludgeoning plus 4-16 extra in total is in the ball park of Flail of the Ages +5 from ToB!

Oh well, I suppose Obsidian could throw in a blanket percentual nerf if they deem it necessary.

 

Ooh, or better yet: Make it like Lilicor, but have the staff quote various accounting concepts and principles. “Debits on the left, credits on the right”, “Fixed assets should be depreciated over their estimated useful life”, “2+2 equals whatever you want it to be”, etc. I could provide the voice file for added authenticity. Those “deemed unworthy” would be non-accountants, and the grizzly end would be as dmc describes.

Now we’re getting somewhere!

 

One thing I noticed that Obsidian will surely need to adjust somehow is the spells per day attributes:

PoE doesn't use the spells per day system that DnD uses. It may have changed, but when I was following this much more closely I believe spell power was largely on a per encounter basis. So you can cast so much per encounter, and then you'd essentially be at full for the next. At any rate, I'm sure Obsidian will have some thoughts on how to adjust for that.

 

Sorry for not jumping into the discussion earlier but you guys seemed to have had it well in hand but now it might be too late. Wasn't the entire idea a staff that boosted spellcasting? A mage doesn't use a staff to hit with, a staff with on-hit abilities is pointless. Anyhow, I think I am too late in the discussion but cut the extra damage on melee and focus on the extra spells or even that the on hit stuff is on spells cast. I really need more time and energy so I can involve myself more in things I care about. :s

 

You have to remember that this item is the culmination of input from a lot of individuals. If you read through some of that you'll see that the knockback effect and keeping the item usable for multiple classes has been a bit of theme, actually.

In my original concept of the item I had suggested a long range knockback ability, like how Saruman and Gandalf were knocking the crap out of each other from halfway across the room in the Fellowship of the Ring movie, in the Orthanc battle.

But yeah, even short range knockback is useful for any wizard, even the most melee averse, I would think. Nasty enemy gets too close (come on, it happens to every wizard). Knock them backward, and then run behind the nearest friendly tank type.

And furthermore, I think we are largely thinking about this item with our DnD hats on rather than our PoE hats. In PoE, as I understand it, Wizards are not relegated to being backline, frail party members. They can stride forward in full plate if they so desire, and be highly melee oriented. I would think this item, as it currently stands at least, would be highly desirable for either variety of wizard.

 

Done and done, at least as far as I'm concerned!