Community-based class design: Shepherd/Skinner/Scavenger

[KoujiGeki]

well they could raise animals and sell there unique furs that you cant find buy slaughtering thousands. leathers to leather workes and teeth for whatever bones are under now. organs to alchemy. you know "eye of newt, fingers of a lalafell, tails of a galka." the rare stuff

[Powercow]

fingers of a lalafell,

Definitely a Culinarian item. >>

I'd love to see a little ranch for housing, but the question would be what kind of nodes would you find out in the world?

I'd love to see a pack of small, defenseless, harmless, and unattackable Marmots or Sheep or something you could brutally slaughter for their skins (sorta how you do now, except only against the ones that don't fight back!) Or maybe you'll just find fresh animal carcasses to skin or harvest meat from, though that's kinda grim.

[Duuude007]

The question would be what kind of nodes would you find out in the world?

I'd love to see a pack of small, defenseless, harmless, and unattackable Marmots or Sheep or something you could brutally slaughter for their skins (sorta how you do now, except only against the ones that don't fight back!) Or maybe you'll just find fresh animal carcasses to skin or harvest meat from, though that's kinda grim.

Other games had skinners that would habitually chase a farming party and skin the stuff they left behind. Quite lucritave, in fact.

As for offhand nodes, I have been playing with the idea of an animal graveyard (pile of mixed bones etc) where you can scavenge for unusual mats.

[Powercow]

Other games had skinners that would habitually chase a farming party and skin the stuff they left behind. Quite lucritave, in fact.

I was kicking that idea around too, the only problem is that it'd be highly dependent on other people, and the other DoL's are all very efficient solo. I mean, you could go pretty meta and have your character find an abandoned farming spot that NPCs "used" to kill enemies, and you'd find a pile of slaughtered random local wildlife, though that's a really meta concept that might take people out of the game.

As for offhand nodes, I have been playing with the idea of an animal graveyard (pile of mixed bones etc) where you can scavenge for unusual mats.

For some reason I thought they planned to remove offhand tools for DoL and DoH. Can't find the link though, maybe I'm just going crazy.

But yeah being able to go into a cave and find an animal's feeding ground or something would be kinda neat. Going too much further with Ghostbusters stuff like finding Undead shrines for scraps of cloth or undead bits would be a bit much for a Shepherd.

[Duuude007]

For some reason I thought they planned to remove offhand tools for DoL and DoH.

They have only mentioned one offhand going away: that of Fisherman. Based on THIS, both logging AND harvesting still exist, at the very least.

[Powercow]

They have only mentioned one offhand going away: that of Fisherman. Based on THIS, both logging AND harvesting still exist, at the very least.

Ah, my mistake then.

Some sort of sifting shovel for the offhand might work then.

[Duuude007]

Ah, my mistake then.

Some sort of sifting shovel for the offhand might work then.

My idea was a digging claw, but this could work too. Any chance we could reference a tool that actually exists? Like scythe and sledgehammer for botany and miner.

Edit: hmmm, a sifting spade, lol.



Not sure if that fits the mood for the job, but would appreciate feedback.

Some other ideas that could be "dated" to be appropriate for the steampunk-ness of FFXIV:


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