Offhands for casters?

[Mog77]

So, I got to thinking on my recent drive to the store about how unused that offhand slot on my summoner is, and sort of got a ding of inspiration for a few ideas for some classes.

For summoners, your offhand would be a quill that would perhapse add your egi glamour, or perhapse change the effectiveness of your pets in some way without being a stat stick. Perhapse for astros, their offhand could be a custom built deck for their cards, to lean pulling certain buff combos in your favor. I dunno, it's just a shame to see that slot go unused when it has good potential. Anyone else for ideas?

[Mikhaill]

The SMN/SCH should use a plume like the one they use when summoning.
AST is their deck.
MCH is their tool box.

[Lyrinn]

It's a nice thought until you realize that's one more item you need to grind out/pray RNG drops (I support the idea by the way, just don't like the inevitable dilution it would cause to the loot tables >.>).

[Mog77]

It's a nice thought until you realize that's one more item you need to grind out/pray RNG drops (I support the idea by the way, just don't like the inevitable dilution it would cause to the loot tables >.>).

I believe it should be more of a class quest thing, there would be very few but would enhance your class and give options

[Lyrinn]

I believe it should be more of a class quest thing, there would be very few but would enhance your class and give options

Class reward would be fine as long as they allow it to be customizable, similar to relics. Taking AST as an example, having a deck that offers, say, +10% to drawing one particular card and -10% to drawing another card or -5% to drawing two cards, etc., would allow for a huge variety of possible decks while enriching the bland substat system we currently have. Like maybe during progression, you want to draw more Ewers but during farm runs, you want more Balance, so having an off-hand you can modify at a whim (e.g. sphere scrolls) would be nice. I don't know, just throwing out random ideas, but there's a lot of potential if they implement it correctly.

[Rikkustrife]

Bards should get a harp.