Unique Spells

[FaeQueenCory]

um... the skin/spike spells are in the game allready, ALL of them are actually in the game, they just differ but are all the same category and each of them has a different effect:

Earth: Stoneskin
Wind: Blink
Ice: Icespikes
Fire: Blazespikes
Water: Aquaveil
Thunder: Shockspikes
Light: Reprisal
Dark: Dread spikes

Those aren't spikes.
Spikes are buffs that deal X element magic damage when taking physical damage.

SS: deals no damage.
Blink: deals no damage.
Aquaveil: deals no damage.
Reprisal: ok... this deals damage... but it's based on a shield... not an aura. It just adds spike damage to your shield blocks... not to just taking damage. (though I have to concede that this is similar to what spike spells are.)

This is why they lack the common word associated with buffs that deal elemental magic damage when taking physical damage: SPIKE

These are not spike spells.
These are just elemental aligned buffs... and to say that they are "the missing spike spells" is absolutely absurd.
Why is it that Reprisal is not the "light spike"? Shouldn't Temper be it? I mean... it's a light buff.
Or why not Phalanx?
Or Shell.
Or Protect.
THOSE are light based buff spells.
And Foil is WIND! Clearly it IS the "missing wind spike spell". Because... wind + buff = spike.
....
Why not any of them? Because none of these spells are spikes.

EDIT: Also: all spikes are black magic.
Not a single spell you gave as "they're already in the game" are black magic.
They were all white.
Now, "Holy spikes" would have to be white magic... just because that makes sense thematically.
But that would be like "endark" being the only enspell that's black magic as opposed to white.

[Damane]

Those aren't spikes.
Spikes are buffs that deal X element magic damage when taking physical damage.

SS: deals no damage.
Blink: deals no damage.
Aquaveil: deals no damage.
Reprisal: ok... this deals damage... but it's based on a shield... not an aura. It just adds spike damage to your shield blocks... not to just taking damage. (though I have to concede that this is similar to what spike spells are.)

This is why they lack the common word associated with buffs that deal elemental magic damage when taking physical damage: SPIKE

These are not spike spells.
These are just elemental aligned buffs... and to say that they are "the missing spike spells" is absolutely absurd.
Why is it that Reprisal is not the "light spike"? Shouldn't Temper be it? I mean... it's a light buff.
Or why not Phalanx?
Or Shell.
Or Protect.
THOSE are light based buff spells.
And Foil is WIND! Clearly it IS the "missing wind spike spell". Because... wind + buff = spike.
....
Why not any of them? Because none of these spells are spikes.

EDIT: Also: all spikes are black magic.
Not a single spell you gave as "they're already in the game" are black magic.
They were all white.
Now, "Holy spikes" would have to be white magic... just because that makes sense thematically.
But that would be like "endark" being the only enspell that's black magic as opposed to white.

I think you missed the point of what I was saying, the spike spells dont have to deal dmg, they cover your body with a certain element that give you various effects. Some elementals deal dmg back some elemental protect you, but its all the same concept: cover your body with an elemental. Wind Earth Water Light (Blink, Stoneskin, Aquaveil, Reprisal) are protectiv/defenis ones, while Thunder Fire Ice Dark are the offensiv ones. They all fall for me into the same category.
Wind: Avoid dmg by blinking
Earth: consume dmg via a 2. skin
Water: Avoid being interrupted
Light: Reflect dmg with a shield when blocking
Fire: Reflect big fire dmg
Ice: Reflect tiny ice dmg with chance of paralyze
Thunder: Reflect tiny thunder dmg with chance of Stun
Dark: drain HP from your enemy