Here's one I made a few months back based upon the Hybrid role that will come with Dark Knight.
So far abilities range up to LV 50 but I'll add up to 60 shortly.
Samurai
Primary Stat: STR, DEX (Yes, Melee, and Ranged. It is a Hybrid.)
Main Weapon: Dai Katana (Great Katana)
Weapon Alignment: Slashing, Piercing
Off-Hand/Secondary Weapon:
Weapon Alignment: (Example: Slashing, Piercing... and so on.)
Gear: (Melee, Ranged, Caster... and so on.)
Strengths: Example: High Evasion. Very high attack power.
Weaknesses: Example: Low Vitality. Is resistant to healing. Attack power is mostly depending on charging the abilities. Drains TP at an insane rate. Cannot move while charging an ability. Pick your slices and stabbings carefully.
Stances/Other main mechanics:
If not needed, remove this.
Example:
Stance: Gedan No Kamae (Earthen Stance)
Cast: Instant
Recast: 3s
Effect: Increases Parrying rate by 25%.
Acquired: Lv. 1 (When the Action/Skill was acquired.)
Affinity: SAM (Whom else can learn it through cross-class skills.)
Actions/Skills:
Example:
Name: Tachi: Enpi
Alignment: Piercing
Cast: Chargeable (New: Hold down button to charge, let go to attack.) - Instant to 3 seconds. - (The moment you let go of the button is when the recast timer starts ticking.)
Recast: 3.5s
Range: 5y - Radius: 0y - Melee
TP Cost: 80
Info: Can only be used while in Gedan No Kamae stance. Delivers an attack with a base potency of 90.
Bonus(es): If executed from the side, this attack increases critical hit chance by 40% has a 40% chance to reduce Piercing resistance to the opponent by 13% for a duration of 13s.
Effect(s): When charged-up, delivers an attack with a potency of 190, or 300. Increases movement speed by 10%.
Duration: 15s
Latent Effects: Has a 3% chance to double-attack.
Acquired: Lv. 1
Affinity: SAM
Name: Cloud Shaper (Vertical Slash)
Alignment: Slashing
Cast: Chargeable - Instant to 3 seconds. (The moment you let go of the button is when the recast timer starts ticking.)
Recast: 3.5s
Range: 10-20y - Radius: 10y (Line) - Ranged
TP Cost: 100
Info: Delivers an Area of Effect attack with a potency of 70, 95, or 120.
Additional Effect(s): When fully charged; reduces opponent's resistance to Slashing and Piercing damage by 8%.
Acquired: Lv. 3
Affinity: SAM, WAR
Name: Mist Thrust
Alignment: Piercing, Water
Cast: Instant
Recast: 3.5s
Range: 5y - Radius: 0y - Melee
TP Cost: 50
Info: Delivers an attack with a potency of 110.
Effects: Inflicts "Mist" on the opponent.*
Duration: 15s
Acquired: Lv. 6
Affinity: SAM
*A hazy Mist surrounds the opponent, lowering Accuracy by 7%.
Name: Solidify and Unveil
Cast: Instant
Recast: 2m20s
Range: 0 - Radius: 7y (Small Circle) - Melee, Ranged
Info: Only when playing Solo: Increases Defense by 20%. Prevents usage of Judan No Kamae for the duration.
Only when in a Party: Increases own Physical damage by 5%. Increases Main Stat for all Party members by +1% for each debuff currently affecting the opponent(s) for a maximum of 3 debuffs (+3%). Cannot stack with other "Solidify and Unveil".
Duration: 30s
Acquired: Lv. 8
Affinity: SAM
Name: Tachi: Goten
Alignment: Slashing, Earth
Cast: Instant
Recast: 45s (Is not part of the Global Cooldown.)
Range: 5y - Radius: 0y - Melee
TP Cost: 90
Info: Can only be used after "Mist Thrust". Delivers an attack with a potency of 180.
Additional Effect: If reset by Tachi: Raijinken, then this attack can be performed without the need of performing "Mist Thrust" first.
Acquired: Lv. 13
Affinity: SAM, NIN
*NIN, of course, does not need to do "Mist Thrust" first... obviously.
Name: Slashing the Horizon
Alignment: Slashing, Wind
Cast: Chargeable - 2s-4s (NOT instant.)
Recast: 3.5s
Range: 6-20y - Radius: 5y (Distant Flaming Arrow-wide Circle that expands while charging for up to a radius of 8y.) - Ranged
TP Cost: 150-250
Info: Delivers an Area of Effect Slashing attack with a potency of 180, 220, or 260 potency depending on charge.
Additional Effects: If 3 or more opponents are within the hitable area, this attack costs 150 TP. If less opponents than 3 is within the hitable area, this attack costs 250 TP.
Acquired: Lv. 20
Affinity: SAM
Name: Mist and Shadow
Cast: Instant
Recast: 13m
Range: 0y - Radius: 0y
Info: Temporarily turns you untargetable to all attacks including Area of Effect attacks and erases all DoTs currently affecting you. Does not work against instant-death moves. Lowers Enmity by 30%.
Duration: 15s
Acquired: Lv. 25
Affinity: SAM, NIN
Stance: Judan No Kamae (Fire Stance)
Cast: Instant
Recast: 3s
Effect: Increases Slashing Damage dealt by 20%. Increases damage taken by 25%. Increases innate healing magic resistance to self by 10%.
Acquired: Lv. 28
Affinity: SAM
Name: Burning Skysplitter
Alignment: Slashing, Fire
Cast: Chargeable - 3s-5s (NOT instant.)
Recast: 10s
Range: 10-20y - Radius: 10y (Line in front of you) - Ranged
TP Cost: 300
Info: Can only be performed while in Judan No Kamae stance after Cloud Shaper (Max Charge). Delivers an AoE attack with a potency of 230, 285, or 320, depending on charge.
Additional Effect: When fully charged; Inflicts Burn which ticks for a potency of 110.
Duration: 9s
Acquired: Lv. 28
Affinity: SAM
Name: Ward of a Samurai
Cast: Rhythmic (Must be timed with the fully charged hit of Burning Skysplitter.)
Recast: 10s
Range: 0y - Radius: 0y
TP Cost: 80
Info: Cancels the Burn effect on the opponent(s) and converts the amount of Burn stacks into 11%, 15%, 19%, or 23% of the total damage dealt by Burning Skysplitter into HP. The amount is not affected by the innate resistance to healing or alignments decreasing healing potency.
Acquired: Lv. 32
Affinity: SAM
Name: Ward of an Emperor
Cast: Rhythmic (Must be timed with the hit of Burning Skysplitter.)
Recast: 2m30s
Range: 0y - Radius: 0y
Info: Solo: Recovers 380 TP.
Additional Effects: If in a Party: Recovers 100 TP to self, 100 TP and 8% MP to all Party members.
Acquired: Lv. 39
Affinity: SAM
Name: Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds
Cast: Instant
Recast: 1h
Range: 0y - Radius: 0y
Info: Rapidly reduces HP to 0. Rapidly Increases Physical damage dealt for up to 200%. Increases Physical damage taken by 299%. Rapidly Increases Enmity gained for up to 500%.
Duration: 7s
Additional Effects: Upon death, grants 1 stack of Sorrow.
Acquired: Lv. 39
Affinity: SAM
Stacks of Sorrow:
A Samurai can have anywhere from 0 to 5 stacks of Sorrow.
They carry on through deaths and are only granted when under 65% HP, or when TP is below 200.
Has a curse called "Erase" which removes the stacks after 1 hour which starts to tick after you got your first stack. They are pretty hard to get, which is the idea.
If you get them however...
Name: Forging a Legend
Cast: Instant
Recast: 2m
Range: 0y - Radius: 0y
Info: Costs 1 stack of Sorrow. Increases Defense by 45% and Evasion by 45% to self. Increases Enmity gained by 10% per attack dealt when Forging a Legend is active.
Additional Effect: Increases Slashing and Piercing resistance by 5% to all Party members.
Latent Effect: Grants Dragoons the ability to play the game properly.
Duration: 12s
Party Duration: 45s
Acquired: Lv. 39
Affinity: SAM
Name: Tachi: Jinpu
Alignment: Slashing, Wind
Cast: Instant
Recast: 30s (Is not part of the Global Cooldown.)
Range: 6-20y - Radius: 3y (Distant Small Circle) - Ranged
TP Cost: The TP Cost is 33% of the current TP available, cannot be below 140.
Info: Delivers an attack with a potency 50% that of the current TP. Cannot be lower than a potency of 120, cannot be higher than a potency of 370.
Example: Current TP = 1000, TP Cost = 33% = 330, Potency = 500 (370). (1000 / 50% = 500 (370))
Example II: Current TP = 300, TP Cost = 33% = 99 (140), Potency = 150. (300 / 50% = 150)
Example III: Current TP = 140, TP Cost = 33% = 46 (140), Potency = 120. (140 / 50% = 70 (120))
Acquired: Lv. 42
Affinity: SAM
Name: When a Thousand Skies Shatter
Alignment: Slashing, Fire, Wind
Cast: Rhythmic (Must be timed with the hit of Burning Skysplitter.)
Recast: 10s
Range: 10-20y - Radius: 10y (Line) - Ranged
TP Cost: 300
Info: Delivers an AoE attack with a potency of 390 to all opponents. Has a 8% chance to grant one stack of Sorrow from each opponent killed by "When a Thousand Skies Shatter" if the opponent is in the same level-range, and if SAM HP is less than 65%.
Acquired: Lv. 49
Affinity: SAM
Stance: Renge No Kamae (Lotus Stance)
Cast: Instant
Recast: 13min
Duration: 15s
Info: Can only be used when HP is less than 30%. Costs 2 stacks of Sorrow.
Effect: Auto-attacks have a 4% chance to cause Stun to the opponent, even if immune. The duration of the Stun depends on how much TP is left.
0-300 - 1s, 300-600 - 3s, 600-1000 - 4s.
Auto-attack cooldown is reduced to 0.65s. 5% of Physical damage dealt by each strike is converted to own HP.
Acquired: Lv. 50
Affinity: SAM
Name: Tachi: Raijinken (Lightning Blade)
Cast: Chargeable - 4.5s
Alignment: Slashing, Lightning
Recast: 12m
Range: 5y - Radius: 0y - Melee
Info: Costs 3 stacks of Sorrow. Delivers an attack with a potency of 1800.
Additional Effect: Grants Enlightning which adds an additional 30 potency of Lightning damage to all attacks.
Duration: 4m
Acquired: Lv. 50
Affinity: SAM
Name: Rebirth of a Legend
Cast: Instant
Recast: 6hours
Range: 0y - Radius: 0y
Info: Solo: Raises you from Death with 100% HP and with 3 stacks of Sorrow. Inflicts "Deep Wounds" which reduces Max HP to 30% of the non-weakened Max value.
In a Party: Raises you from Death with 100% HP and with 3 stacks of Sorrow. Inflicts "Deep Wounds" which reduces max HP to 30% of the non-weakened Max value. Cannot be used if you are the last to die.
Latent Effect: Solo: Reduces the duration of Deep Wounds from 45s to 30s.
Latent Effect: Party: Increases one Limit Break gauge by 30%.
Acquired: Lv. 50
Affinity: SAM
Name: Inner Calm
Cast: Instant
Recast: 3m30s
Range: 0y - Radius: 0y
Info: Restores 300 TP.
Additional effect: You are now "Pacified" and unable to attack.
Duration: 3s
Acquired: Lv. 55
Affinity: SAM
Name: Consumed by the Well of Sorrows
Cast: Chargeable - Instant - 4 seconds
Alignment: Slashing, Water
Recast: 5m
Range: 6y - Radius: 0y
Info: Delivers an attack with a base potency of 80.
The targeted enemy is now "Pacified" for a duration of 9 seconds, and "Heavied" for a duration of 9 seconds.
When charged, this attack has a potency of 190 (2s), 295 (3s), or 385 (4s).
Latent effect: Has a 3% chance to double-attack with the same charge power the first attack had.
Acquired: Lv. 59
Affinity: SAM
Traits:
Born for the Blade
Info: Innate healing magic resistance. All healing magic heals for 66% less.
Acquired: Lv. 1
Enhanced Strength
Info: Increases Strength by 2.
Acquired: Lv. 8
Enhanced Dexterity
Info: Increases Evasion by 2.
Acquired: Lv. 8
Enhanced Gedan No Kamae
Info: Parry rate now goes up to 30%.
Acquired: Lv. 14
Enhanced Strength II
Info: Increases Strength by 4.
Acquired: Lv. 16
Enhanced Dexterity II
Info: Increases Evasion by 4.
Acquired: Lv. 16
You Mist Me
Info: Improves the effect of "Mist", lowering Accuracy of the opponent by 10%.
Acquired: Lv. 20
You Mist Me, Again!
Info: Improves the effect of "Mist", lowering Accuracy of the opponent by 12%.
Acquired: Lv. 24
Enhanced Strength III
Info: Increases Evasion by 6.
Acquired: Lv. 28
Enhanced Dexterity III
Info: Increases Evasion by 6.
Acquired: Lv. 28
Enhanced Tachi: Goten
Info: Tachi: Goten now has a 20% chance of recovering 100 TP to self.
Acquired: Lv. 32
Storm Shaper
Info: Cloud Shaper now has a 10% chance to deal an additional 80 potency of Lightning damage.
Acquired: Lv. 36
...And Soon The World Will Cease To Be
Info: Sorrow Throughout The Nine Worlds now has an increased duration by +2s (9s). Decreases the Increase of damage taken by 100%.
Acquired: Lv. 40
Ripping The Sky Asunder
Info: Tachi: Jinpu now grants Enaero which causes all attacks to deal an additional 30 potency of Wind damage. Can be stacked with Enfire and Enlightning. Additionally, each stack of Sorrow now grants +3% chance of that incoming healing magic ignores the innate healing magic resistance. (Does not ignore non-innate healing magic resistance.)
Duration: 18s.
Acquired: Lv. 44
Awakened to a Blood-red Rising Sun
Info: When a Thousand Skies Shatter now grants Enfire to all attacks, dealing an additional 30 potency of Fire damage. Can be stacked with Enaero and Enlightning. Has a 10% chance of resetting Tachi: Jinpu. Has a 10% chance of resetting Tachi: Goten.
If reset, Tachi: Goten and Tachi: Jinpu recovers 110 TP after being executed. Includes the 20% chance of Tachi: Goten recovering 100 TP.
Duration: 30s
Acquired: Lv. 50
Enhanced Strength IV
Info: Increases Evasion by 8.
Acquired: Lv. 54
Enhanced Dexterity IV
Info: Increases Evasion by 8.
Acquired: Lv. 58
Cross-class Abilities/Skills:
Blood For Blood, Bloodbath, Foresight, Featherfoot, Convalescence.
Limit Breaks:
Shatter the Moon
Info: Delivers an attack with a potency of 1700, inflicts Poison on the target with a potency of 50 per tick.
Duration: 2m30s
Range: 5y Radius 0y - Melee
Shatter the Sun
Info: Grants 1 stack of Sorrow to all nearby (Radius: 25y) Samurais, including self. Delivers an attack with a potency of 4500.
Range: 5y Radius 0y - Melee
Zanmato
Info: Delivers an attack with a potency of 8000. If 4 or more stacks of Sorrow has been gathered, this attack has a potency of 11500.
Removes all stacks of Sorrow if 4 or more stacks had been gained.
Range: 8-15y Radius: 0y - Ranged, Homing.