Skeleton Mage

[Foxwolf]

A skeleton mage, yes I know what your all thinking, "Lich" but this is a weaker version, anyway I made some rough drafts and have a few rough draft graphics to go with it. I may add it to my faction (afinians). Anyway tell me your opinions.

Stats:

HP: 14
Attacks: Touch 6-2 (drain), Magic 3-3 (plague)
Alignment: Chaotic (duh)
Moves: 6ish
XP: 30ish
Cost: 22
Level: 1

[scott]

You should start with a skeleton image and lose the robe. Then you can make parts of it glow or whatever.

Skeletons in Wesnoth are mindless automatons controlled by a Necromancer. Thus, skeletons shouldn't be able to do magic. However, while this is a general rule, I think the Death Knight breaks it, so I'm not going to tell you to knock it off. Good luck.

[Jetrel]

You should start with a skeleton image and lose the robe. Then you can make parts of it glow or whatever.

Skeletons in Wesnoth are mindless automatons controlled by a Necromancer. Thus, skeletons shouldn't be able to do magic. However, while this is a general rule, I think the Death Knight breaks it, so I'm not going to tell you to knock it off. Good luck.

Indeed.

However, the death knight was generally not brought back to life by dark magic, but by raw force of will. (Bad death, back for revenge). He is self-aware, such as the terms used to describe this would go.



Go ahead and use a skeleton mage in your own campaigns, but we'd rather not have it in core unless it's basically a weak lich.

[JW]

A skeleton mage, yes I know what your all thinking, "Lich" but this is a weaker version, anyway I made some rough drafts and have a few rough draft graphics to go with it. I may add it to my faction (afinians). Anyway tell me your opinions.

Stats:

HP: 14
Attacks: Touch 6-2 (drain), Magic 3-3 (plague)
Alignment: Chaotic (duh)
Moves: 6ish
XP: 30ish
Cost: 22
Level: 1

He's REALLY weak. 14 hp? What will his resistancies be? Also, RIGHT NOW an attack cannot have 2 qualities attatched to it, namely Magic and Plague in your example. I hate this situation for this exact reason. That would be an awesome combination. It might even make the 22 cost for a unit with 14 hp worth it!!


Right now something has to change - either the system or the unit.

I vote the system. :p

[Foxwolf]

Anyway here are the new stats:

HP: 16
Attack: Touch 6-2 (drain), Magic 3-4 (plague)*
Moves: 6
XP: 28
Cost: 22

*If this is impossible I change the attack type to staff and add another attack: Staff 5-3
(plague)
New Image:


EDIT: Made a tree:
Skeleton Mage->Black Mage
------------------>Death Mage->Reaper

[Aisikle]

it seems strangely familiar

[scott]

There you go. That looks pretty good.

[Foxwolf]

Any suggestions? For things I should add/edit? Or should I move onto making
the black mage?

[Aisikle]

Any suggestions? For things I should add/edit? Or should I move onto making
the black mage?

perhaps the black mage should become the darkness mage

[Foxwolf]

you mean my frist image of the skeleton mage? and btw this is for a faction.

[Aisikle]

you mean my frist image of the skeleton mage? and btw this is for a faction.

no but you said suggestions i thought you meant 2 do with anything about this topic sorry. what i meant was exactly what i said

[romnajin]

As with the archers that retain some of their bow skills from a previous life, the mages can retain some of their magical skill.

[Foxwolf]

Ahhh, Wolfysx I understand what you mean now, I think black mage is better though, sorry.

[Aisikle]

lol no what i meant was that the black mage should level up into the darkness mage

[Tux2B]

the idea of a skeleton mage sounds strange to me because mages are the worst ennemies of skeletons... It's like mixing two contraries