New Class Idea

[Duelle]

I would love a scythe and necromancer class but I doubt it will work in this game.

I wouldn't be so sure. Here's something I made up in about 15 minutes.

Doll Mage: Mages that attack targets, and as they do, they absorb fragments of that enemy's soul, which is then used to animated minions to overwhelm their foes. You'd start out being able to animate only one minion, but as you level you'd be able to animate several minions to attack the enemy while you cast your own spells at the enemy (most of which deal damage but also enhance your minions or resets their duration).

Story would be that they were originally necromancers, but after some event had to go into hiding and change their art, leading to them starting to use wooden dolls to bring to life in combat instead of corpses. The questline would obviously have you go against someone who is trying to use corpses (or is killing people to use their corpses, believing it to be a "pure" form of their art). The weapon could be a scythe; maybe a weapon that is both a scythe and a phylactery.

And before you tell me that wooden dolls can't be scary or threatening, remember that this exists.

[Kazrah]

I wouldn't be so sure. Here's something I made up in about 15 minutes.

Not bad. These are the notes that I had at least six months ago on the matter:

REAPER

Origin

"The Harvesters' Society"
**search starts for a hidden organization of what are thought to be elite botanists
**player instead finds a secret cult to worship death comprised of morticians and ritualists
**cult calls itself "the harvesters' society" because it harvests corpses from battlefields
The Path of the Reaper
**spellcasters trained to fight in the defense of the harvesters' society are called the reapers
**each quest is a trial and an initiation ritual

Role

assault-type caster dps

Mechanics

pets, pets, and more pets
**attacks designed around spawning wraiths to fight
**cap at five wraiths active at any given time
more pets, more pain
**damage abilities that increase in damage with each minion spawned
heavier MP consumption
**idea of MP-restoration skills having more importance

Outfitting

caster armor, int-based
great scythe as a weapon
**as to not to be confused with botanist reaping scythe
**simple models to look like basic "grim reaper" style
**advanced models to have fancier and ornate styles, at least as big as warrior axes

Abilities (potency)

wraith strike (150, 30 sec duration, 25y range, 15 sec recast)
**summons a wraith to attack with a potency of 50 for 30 secs
reaping wave (100, 25y range, 2.5 sec cast)
**potency increased by 20 for each wraith active
wither (45 periodic, 21 sec duration, 25y range)
**20% chance to spawn a wraith to attack the target for 30 secs
plague blast (100, 25 periodic, 15 sec duration, 8y radius, 25y range)
blight (30 sec duration, 120 sec recast)
**summon five wraiths to attack for 30 secs
scourge (20 sec duration, 180 sec recast)
**increase all damage dealt by wraiths by 50%
harvest (60 sec recast)
**sacrifice all wraiths, restoring 15% MP for each wraith lost

LIMIT BREAK: Wailing Dead

cast animation: caster spins greatscythe as a horde of wraiths gather and swirl around the target
attack animation: caster raises greatscythe up as a beam of green light comes up from the ground with a moaning noise

Biggest issue to tackle was trying to work around with a concept that would be slightly more acceptable to audiences like China, who have bans on most depictions of the undead (along with many, many other things).

[Duelle]

REAPER

I'm not too hot on RNG summoning of pets, but this could work. I personally think it should have a separate resource to be used for pets, but your approach removes that middleman.

Biggest issue to tackle was trying to work around with a concept that would be slightly more acceptable to audiences like China, who have bans on most depictions of the undead (along with many, many other things).

That's why I would opt for dolls. Though to my knowledge the China issue involves things like bones and the display of internal organs, which is why WoW had to alter stuff like undead player character (whose bones showed through the skin) and abominations (who had their internal organs hanging out). We've seen plenty of dead people in FFXIV so far, and even have our Southern Thanalan zombies (which, to my knowledge, have not been altered when the game released in China).