Job Idea: Spellblade

*Please note, this was designed for fun and I do NOT expect SE to implement this in any way, shape, or form.*

Spellblade (SPB)
Mixed DPS with Enfeebling
Weapon: Rapiers and other Fencing Swords
Attack Type: Pierce
Armor: Caster and Light Armor
Limit Break: One for All (Caster)
Cross Class: Arcanist and Archer
Important Stats: INT for Damage, TP for Weapon Skills, MP for Magic

Sharlayan fencers who infuse their blades with magicks to enchant their attacks and beguile their foes.

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Special Mechanics and Skills

Swarmstrike
Once the Spellblade acquires the Swarmstrike trait, several of their enfeebling skills and spells can stack upon multiple uses.
While stacked, the debuff's timer will restart and there potency/effect's power is times by the amount of stacks said debuff has.
A skill/spell can only have up to 3 stacks on them at a time, while a Spellblade can only stack up to 9 effects at a time.

Skills and Spells effected by Swarmstrike
Wasp Sting
Featherblow
Oil Blade
Cleansing Strike
Sliprain
Shining Air

Weapon and Spell Combos
Spellblades can combo their Weapon Skills and Spells for various effects.
The spells Ardor, Krysta, and Bolt, when used correctly, can grant the user buffs.

Weapon Skills
- Vorpal Slash: Damages a selected target. Potency of 150. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- Shining Blade: Damages a selected target. Potency of 100. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
Combo: Vorpal Slash > Shining Blade: Potency of 200.
- Divine Ruination: Damages a selected target. Potency of 100. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
Combo: Shining Blade > Divine Ruination: Potency of 300. Potency increases by 20 per Ardor, Krysta, and/or Bolt effect the user has on them.
- Wasp Sting: Damages a selected target. Additionally, deals damage over time for 18 seconds. Potency of 60 for the initial attack, 10 for the DoT. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- Featherblow: Damages a selected target. Additionally, increase the chance of landing a critical hit on the target by 5% for 18 seconds. Potency of 100. Instant cast time. 5 second recast.
- Circle Blade: Damages all foes with in 5 yalms of the user. Potency of 100. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- Mage Masher: Deals damage over time on a selected target for 15 seconds. Additionally, places an MP-Refresh on the user for 15 seconds. Potency of 60. Instant cast time. 120 second recast.
- Sabrage: Uses all the user's Ardor, Krysta, and/or Bolt effects. Damages a selected target and places a TP refresh on all party members with in 10 yalms of the target for 15 seconds. The more effects used, the stronger the refresh. Potency of 210. Instant cast time. 200 second recast.

Close Quarter Spells
- Oil Blade: Damages a selected target and increases Magical Damage done onto a selected target by 5% for 18 seconds. If Cleansing Strike is at 3 stacks on a selected target, Oil Blade cannot go higher then 2 stacks. Potency of 50. Instant cast time. 10 second recast, 90 second when used a third time.
- Cleansing Strike: Damages a selected target and increases the Physical Damage done onto a selected target by 5% for 18 seconds. If Oil Blade is at 3 stacks on a selected target, Cleansing Strike cannot go higher then 2 stacks. Potency of 50. Instant cast time. 5 second recast, 90 second when used a third time.
- Sliprain: Damages a selected target and decreases their Attack Speed by 5% for 18 seconds. Potency of 50. Instant cast time. 5 second recast, 90 second when used a third time.
- Doom Blade: Damages all foes with in 8 yalms of a selected target. Additionally, spreads all stacks of Wasp Sting, Oil Blade, and Cleansing Strike the target had to all that were hit. Instant cast time. 120 second recast.

Ranged Spells
- Ardor: Damages a selected target. Potency of 100. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
Combo: Vorpal Slash > Ardor: Increases the user's Determination by 15% for 30 seconds.
Combo: Shining Blade > Ardor: Potency of 150.
- Krysta: Damages a selected target. Potency of 100. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
Combo: Shining Blade > Krysta: Increases the user's damage by 10% for 20 seconds.
Combo: Ardor > Krysta: Potency of 200.
- Bolt: Damages a selected target. Potency of 100. Instant cast time. 2.5 second recast.
Combo: Shining Blade > Bolt: Increases the user's chances of landing a Critical Hit by 15% for 15 seconds.
Combo: Krysta > Bolt: Potency of 250.
- Stasis Sword: Damages a selected target. Additionally, Stuns the selected target for 2 seconds. Potency of 80. Instant cast time. 30 second recast.
- Shining Air: Damages a selected target. Additionally, lowers the selected target's Accuracy by 5% for 18 seconds. Potency of 50. 2 second cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- Mysterio: Increase the Elemental Resistance of all party members with in 15 yalms by 15% for 30 minutes. 2 second cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- Healing Earth: Removes a single detrimental effect from target. This skill cannot be used during battle. 2.5 second cast time. 2.5 second recast.
- White Flame: Resurrects a fallen player in a weakened condition, 5 yalms behind the user. Can be used during combat. 3 second cast time. 90 second recast.

Other Skills
- Magic Shell: Decrease the damage any party member with in 8 yalms of the user receives by 20% for 5 seconds. Instant cast time. 90 second recast.
- Aspir: Reduces the TP cost of all Weapon Skills while absorbing half the damage of all Spells the user uses and converts them to TP for 15 seconds. Instant cast time. 150 second recast.
- Remise: Causes your next Wasp Sting, Featherblow, Oil Blade, Cleansing Strike, Sliprain, or Shining Air the user uses to stack the maximum amount. Instant cast time. 60 second recast.
- Last Letter: Places 1 stack of Wasp Sting, Oil Blade, and Cleansing Strike on a selected target (in that order). Instant cast time. 60 second recast.
- Subterfuge: Can only be used while the user is under the effects of Ardor, Krysta, and Bolt. Increase the Accuracy of all party members with in 15 yalms of the user by 10% for 15 seconds. Instant cast time. 90 second recast.
- Gambit: Uses up all of a selected target's stacks of Wasp Sting, Featherblow, Oil Blade, Cleansing Strike, Sliprain, and/or Shining Air and increases the amount of Damage done on both the target and user by 10% for a time equaling the number of stacks x 1.5 (rounded to the lowest, whole number). Instant cast time. 120 second recast.
- Checkmate: Uses up all of a selected target's stacks of Wasp Sting, Featherblow, Oil Blade, Cleansing Strike, Sliprain, and/or Shining Air and damages a selected target. Potency of 40 per stack used. Instant cast time. 90 second recast.

Skill Levels and Traits

Skill Level
1. Vorpal Blade
2. Sliprain
4. Ardor
6. Wasp Sting
8. Shining Blade
10. Oil Blade
12. Krysta
15. Mage Masher
18. Healing Earth
22. Aspir
26. Bolt
30. Divine Ruination
*Quest* 30. Cleansing Strike
34. Shining Air
*Quest* 35. Remise
38. Gambit
*Quest* 40. Magic Shell
42. Stasis Sword
*Quest* 45. Featherblow
46. Circle Blade
50. Checkmate
*Quest* 50. Mysterio
*Quest* 52. White Flame
*Quest* 54. Sabrage
*Quest* 56. Last Letter
*Quest* 58. Subterfuge
*Quest* 60. Doom Blade

Traits
8. Enhanced Intelligence: Increases Intelligence by 2.
14. Enhanced Intelligence II: Increases Intelligence by 4.
16. Enhanced Oil Blade: Shortens Oil Blade's recast when used the first and second time to 5 seconds.
20. Aquaveil: Makes the user 25% less likely to be interrupted while casting a spell.
24. Enhanced Healing Earth: Allows Healing Earth to be used during battle.
28. Enchanced Wasp Sting: Extends Wasp Sting's duration to 21 seconds.
32. Swarmstrike: Allows the user to place up to 3 stacks of Wasp Sting, Featherblow, Oil Blade, Cleansing Strike, Sliprain, and/or Shining Air on a selected target. The user can only place 9 stacks total of these skills/spells.
36. Enhanced Intelligence III: Increases Intelligence by 6.
40. Spellbound: Whenever the player lands a Critical Hit with a Weaponskill, Ardor, Krysta, and Bolt's buff duration will increase by 5 seconds.
44. Enhanced Gambit: Shortens Gambit's recast to 90 seconds.
48. Enhanced Mage Masher: Shortens Mage Masher's recast to 90 seconds.

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

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Damn, I'd play it for sure X)

Definitely a more utility-based dps. I like the juggling of physical and magic damage debuffs and then the consumption of them using checkmate. It's an interesting combination of blackmage and arcanist mechanics that I think would work well.

I would like to simply make the MP regen on Mage Masher a plain 60 potency regen though rather than basing it off damage. It'd be simpler to code and would still allow regen if the target is invulnerable (just a loss of dps, which is reason enough for a dps not to use it).

Otherwise, great job and I hope to see more on how the Sharlyans story works out for this class.

This class would become one of my mains, easily. I adore Spellsword types. Just did a quick skim, but I really fancy your setup, OP. Very nicely done.

So in other words red mage

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Originally Posted by Kurogaea

Damn, I'd play it for sure X)

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

This class would become one of my mains, easily. I adore Spellsword types. Just did a quick skim, but I really fancy your setup, OP. Very nicely done.

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Thank you. ;A; <3

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Originally Posted by Anova

I would like to simply make the MP regen on Mage Masher a plain 60 potency regen though rather than basing it off damage. It'd be simpler to code and would still allow regen if the target is invulnerable (just a loss of dps, which is reason enough for a dps not to use it).

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I had done it that way because when I was making skills I didn't have that many weapon skills at the time but I can see your point.
I think I'll make it like LNC's Heavy Thrust then. ;-D

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Originally Posted by KeluBehemoth

So in other words red mage

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It's Red Mage + Mystic Knight + Elementalist + Fencer + Tactics A2's Spellblade and Green Mage + XI's Rune Fencer.
I almost named it Red Mage but thought Spellblade sounded cooler. :B

Sure bud, it's called REd Mage bud, nice try's. Yoshi says no.

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Originally Posted by Kimbot

Sure bud, it's called REd Mage bud, nice try's. Yoshi says no.

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

*Please note, this was designed for fun and I do NOT expect SE to implement this in any way, shape, or form.*

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Bud =3= <3

Swanky. The potency for Wasp Sting should probably be raised, as it is now 60 + (18/3) * 10 = a total of 120 potency (that's how it works... right?), so it'd be a DPS loss using it versus a standard combo I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong. And the trait should raise the duration by a factor of 3 seconds as well in order to correspond with server ticks. But overall it's a cool idea.

Just going to leave this here. Like the idea though.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/S...inal_Fantasy_V)

@OP I cant believe after reading your post that i am so excited to play a class...that will never be a reality. If you ever decide to create your own MMO let us all know!

It sounds like it would be fun but how would you build this class? Intelligence is for magic attacks but this class needs both str/dex as well wouldn't it?

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Originally Posted by Shamo_Lomenzo

Swanky. The potency for Wasp Sting should probably be raised, as it is now 60 + (18/3) * 10 = a total of 120 potency (that's how it works... right?), so it'd be a DPS loss using it versus a standard combo I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong. And the trait should raise the duration by a factor of 3 seconds as well in order to correspond with server ticks. But overall it's a cool idea.

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With the effect of Swarmstrike and the Enhanced Wasp Sting trait, it would look more like this:
1 stack: 60 + (20/3) * (10) = 126.7
2 stacks: 60 + (20/3) * (10*2) = 193.3
3 stacks: 60 + (20/3) * (10*3) = 260

I will definitely change the duration to 21 seconds, though. :D

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Originally Posted by SinOfWrath

Just going to leave this here. Like the idea though.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/S...inal_Fantasy_V)

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And I will leave this here:

Spellblade (Tactics A2)

;-D

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Originally Posted by AsteriaStarfall

@OP I cant believe after reading your post that i am so excited to play a class...that will never be a reality. If you ever decide to create your own MMO let us all know!

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Thank you. ;A; <3

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Originally Posted by Jetstream_Fox

It sounds like it would be fun but how would you build this class? Intelligence is for magic attacks but this class needs both str/dex as well wouldn't it?

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It would be purely Intelligence-based, both its magical and physical attacks. Like how Ninja is purely Dexterity driven and Dark Knight is purely Strength, despite both having things that could be considered magic.

Loving the concept. Could you provide quick links (goo.gl or w/e) with your signature for your other designs if any of them aren't posted on these forums only?

Could I ask what situations you imagine it being especially fun or powerful in, though?

Also, unlike my own designs tend to be, yours actually seems very implementable with XIV's current systems. I would love to see it in a 4.0 Sharlayan expansion (was hoping to see a new mage of every role there, tbh, lol).

Sort of remind me of blue mage.

What's the point? People will just complain it doesn't do enough DPS.

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Originally Posted by SonKevin

What's the point? People will just complain it doesn't do enough DPS.

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Ninja does less dps than a Dragoon or especially Monk, while typically providing more raid dps in a full party, especially when healers are free to dps. Why would Spellblade, if balanced to about the same, be received differently?

My ONLY worry with this is the other job choices it will make nearly impossible by its implementation (Fencer class, Red Mage job, etc). But hey, if it works, and they wouldn't, then so be it. ...Though I really would love a end-game viable (nearly) pure physical Fencer class/job.

You should work at SE. If you turn it into a tank I could even pay extra real life money to unlock the job.

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Originally Posted by Shurrikhan

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I only post my job concepts on these forums. >w>()
As for the what situation I would imagine this being especially fun in, I personally enjoy playing supporters and/or debuffers, so I would think it would be fun in any situation. :-D
In terms of when I would imagine it would be most powerful, I would say against a single target, versus a group. It only has two AoE abilities. >w>()

I would love Sharlayan for the next expansion. All the gear we get from Sharlayan-location is so whimsical and elegant. ;w;

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Originally Posted by SonKevin

What's the point? People will just complain it doesn't do enough DPS.

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Different ways to play the game? >w>()
Or at least, another aesthetic. XD

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Originally Posted by Freyyy

You should work at SE. If you turn it into a tank I could even pay extra real life money to unlock the job.

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You could try my Red Mage tank. It kind of similar and I reused some of the stuff from there here but I will admit, it's not as good as this one... >w>
Red Mage

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

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Still working on a few ideas of my own, but I just wish I knew for certain if classes were going basically extinct or not, and how many jobs future expansions will include so I can make sure not to block off future possibilities. Right now I'm working on the Dervish (think Dancer-like dodging/theatrics concept but with less support, more destruction/confusion-orientated cool shit [particularly through wind magic], and using a scimitar, typically dressed in desert garb, every good evasion temp-tank) or Adept (similar niche, so I'll use just the one I prefer of the two; this one's martial artist and melee caster, staff-user, a bit of a spiritualist), Templar (think Sword Saint/Rune Fencer, highly technical possibly upgrading to Mage Knight or Mage Hunter), and Ronin (moves build uniquely upon others and via the resources they provide such that you could effectively have a 11-move "combo" [not even a 11-move "rotation" but an actual 11-move "combo"], likely upgrading to Samurai as a tankier variant). No idea when I'll actually have the abilities for them done, let alone appropriately mathed out, though. v.v

Looking to have a 2-3 jobs that fit directly with each expansions main idea and possibly another (especially if only 2 initially) appearing around the time I'd hope the expansion starts taking a turn for the better/worse/lighter/ominous (around say .3 or .4), into the sort of plot stream that runs parallel to and through each expansion. Looking at Sharlayan, Ala Mhigo, and then Doma/beyond Eorzea as tentative expansion ideas for now.

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

It would be purely Intelligence-based, both its magical and physical attacks. Like how Ninja is purely Dexterity driven and Dark Knight is purely Strength, despite both having things that could be considered magic.

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Actually it's interesting you say Drk is Str, since Drk is my second main at 60. I used Str until I got into Alex runs with it and found that the class has a lesser survival chance then Pal and War.

this class sounds pretty sweet but please get rid of the utility nonsense. Ninja has Goad, both brd and mch has tp and mp utility and because of this it really hurts their over all dps. Sure their openers are awesome but once the smoke clears it really starts to get boring fast except for Nin (gotta love those mudras). We don't really need more utility classes instead we need a heavy hitting spellblade class that simply reaps havoc on the battle field. I want to see thunderstorms and huge fire balls being slung from the blade not tp/mp water puddles.

But seriously though SpellBlade sounds freaken epic.. I would switch to that in a heart beat even if it has utility :)