[A new class discussion] Painter, do you need it?!

[AquaRyu]

Hi everyone!

I would like to have yours thoughs on my will & ideas of a new class, The Painter!
As I have a deep lack of vocabulary, I’ll use Google to translate some skills, so I hope there won’t be too much words wrongly used

The Painter

Like the BRD, the DNC or the PUP, the Painter is a disciple of the “Show”
So we need a new kind of discipline, the disciples of the art \o/

In his main hand, he would use a painbrush.
On his off hand, a pallet.

For each action he would need:
- Sheets of paper crafted by woodworkers, of course, the paper is not required when he paints on an ally or on an ennemy
- Gouaches (is this english?), they would be synthetised by alchemy. There would be normal gouaches to paint on paper & ennemis, and specials gouaches to paint on allies & weapons.
- Finaly, a lot of actions would use TP and some of theme MP too.

This painter is a melting of the RDM & the BRD,
And he would be played like the DNC.
He is fighting at a long range of battles to support allies, enfeeble the ennemy.
He need to up his DEX to paint faster, and a lot of MND to enhance his painting effects & duration.

Skills list:

Actions :
- Beam pencil : Creates an elemental beam by drawing
- Target of shooting : Enhances allies accuracy by painting a target on the ennemy
- War's painting: Enhance STR & DEX of allies
- Shaman's Marks: Enhance INT and PIE of allies
- Blue sky (I,II,III,IV) : Recovers Allies HP
- Moutains painting (I,II): Enhances allies physical defense
- Ocean's painting (I,II): Enhances allies magical defense
- Stripes : Causes paralyze by painting the ennemy with stripes on a sheet of paper
- Colors seals : Enhances allies resistances against an element
- Copy : Allow to use an ennemy’s skill
- Hypnosis’ spiral : Sleeping the ennemy by painting a spiral

Watch Paint Dry: Bores target to sleep. ^_^

- Portrait : Enhances jobs potency
- Elementals symbols : Adds elementals damages by painting symbols on a weapon
- Gum : Cancels a bonus on an ennemy
- Solvant : Heals status effect of allies
- Chocobos painting : Adds haste to allies
- Rising sun : Gives day effect to party
- Sleeping (?) sun : Gives night effect to party
- Inspiration: Gives TP to the Painter

Support :
- Oil painting : Enhances paintings effetcs
- Multiples layers : Enhances the number of painting effects an ally can cumulate
- Painting steams : Causes a poison effect on the ennemy if he has a painting debuff on him.
- Exposure : The bigger the party is better are the paintings effects
- Private exposure: transforms AoE to single target.

TP :
- Red area : Fire damages and accuracy dowwn for ennemies, attack bonus for allies.
- Blue area : Water damages to ennemies reduces their TP gains, magic attack bonus for allies
- White area:Light damages and evasion down for ennemies, Regen for allies
- Black area : refresh for allies, dark damages & magic defense down for ennemies
- Body Painting : enhances all the painter stats, but gives him poison
- Living painting : Draws beast who go fight against the ennemy
- Rainbow painting : Recovers HP/MP and giving Regen & Refresh
- New page : This allow to start the fight again by healing allies & ennemies.
- Elemental triptych: this allow to toss 3 magics elementals attacks in a same time
- Firmam : A celestial magic attack

The areas skills :
The areas are bigs circles under the ennemies and allies.
Only one area at a time
An area is always AoE
An area isn’t on allies or ennemies but on the ground.
This means that:
- inside an area, ennemis receive malus, and allies bonus.
- outside of the area the bonus and malus wear off.

We also need a new status effect for Thaumaturges:
White distress: this makes a painter unable to paint and to gain TP

I hope this was undertsandable
So, do you like ?!
Have skill to add?!

Have fun \o/

[Gracious]

This sounds like fun and unique. I can see you thought this through well. I would welcome the chance to try it out.

[Kidkaze]

I like this class a lot! This support class (/job tier?) could be the BRD of FFXIV (supposing they do not follow what they have supposedly have in the .dats)!

Its a well thought out, and presented idea, well done

[Shiyo]

I like it! I love support classes and this needs them!

[SHJcules]

I opened this thread with the raised eyebrow look, but I gotta admit, I am in love with that idea! Very original, sounds like a blast.

This is not just creative for the sake of being creative, it sounds like a fun and useful combination. And not so over the top that it would not fit anywhere in with battle mechanics.

Can't really think of anything to add, your painter has a full arsenal as it stands. But a fun idea would be to give him a desperation move, similar to the two hour JA flair from FFXI, something like;

Eraser: erase enemy from existence

haha, great idea you had though, fun stuff

[Zantetsuken]

I opened this thread with the raised eyebrow look, but I gotta admit, I am in love with that idea! Very original, sounds like a blast.

Not exactly a new idea. Relm Arrowny from FFVI was the first (and only) appearance of the 'painter' job.

Its nifty, but I'd like to see some of the standard FF jobs appear before Painter.

[AquaRyu]

Thanks for all yours comments everyone \o/

similar to the two hour JA flair from FFXI

Even if quote, it's realy realy not against you ^^;
But I have to say, I'm not kine on what's behind the 2HRS system.
You know, the big forced wait to use certains strategies.


I would prefer an enhancement of the max & cost of TP.

For example,
- Firmam: Paints fallings stars & meteors on a painting who fall on the ennemy
10.000 TP & 777 MP Cost

Even if I have to pay 500k for a stack of Champaign crafted by Culinarians who give 3000 TP & 300 MP
( Alcohol is bad for your health) Ho Oh Ho =)


AaaaaAAAaaaah Glee time, see ya later

[Aldora]

That's actually quite an interesting job. (^_^ ) I haven't seen it since Final Fantasy 6 (Relm Arrowny). I like the idea. (^_^ )-b

[Kailok]

You did a great job thinking it out. Here's to hoping SE sees this and takes it to mind along with the plans they have already!

[Gramul]

Cool idea.
Sounds a bit fantastic for the feel of the game, but still a neat idea.