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I tried uploading images on imgur and using the BBCodes to update my thread, but they do not show up as if it doesn't recognize the file type or something. Maybe it is imgur's fault? Because the whereas it used to say something to the effect of "imgur.com/blahblah.png" now it is just the imgur website. Does anyone know what happened?
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Well said, Teknician, and thank you for the critique. I will rework Diffusion, Burning Hands, Infusion, Magus Missiles, and Focus Beam right away. Following that I'll work on refining the attack-spell synergy concept, cutting out the overabundance of 'Gain X Attack' and finally building more on the freeze synergy.
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Next: A minion and/or weapon, of any class. Could even be DK related
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I can't find the original pic I used for my profile, but this one is close enough I suppose.
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Custom class thread in fan creations marked as spam. Please and thank you for the fix
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/233607-custom-class-the-magus
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"There are those who spend their lives poring over ancient tomes and texts, unlocking the power of magic, and there are those who spend their time perfecting the use of individual weapons, becoming masters without equal. The magus is at once a student of both philosophies, blending magical ability and martial prowess into something entirely unique, a discipline in which both spell and steel are used to devastating effect. As he grows in power, the magus unlocks powerful forms of arcana that allow him to merge his talents further, and at the pinnacle of his art, the magus becomes a blur of steel and magic, a force that few foes would dare to stand against. Magi spend much of their time traveling the world, learning whatever martial or arcane secrets they can find. They might spend months learning a new sword-fighting style from a master warrior, while simultaneously moonlighting in the local library, poring through tomes of ancient lore. Most who take this path dabble in all sorts of lore, picking up anything that might aid them in their search for perfection." source
In Warcraft lore the term "magus" is often used interchangeably with other magic-user terms i.e mage, wizard, sorcerer. There is no true distinction, but in Dungeon and Dragons those aforementioned terms make a huge difference. With that said, I didn't want to go with "battlemage" or "spellblade" as I'm just bored of those class names, quite frankly. Thus we have the Magus, taking inspiration from D&D while also falling in line with the magic of the Warcraft universe. I tend to get lost in the backstory and the design concepts, while perhaps not being as great at Hearthstone theorycrafting like a lot of y'all around here. I have a decent understanding of balance but hit me those crits though! Also, keep in mind that it's all subject to change. Card names, mechanics, stats, etc. I'd like to create something that blends in with Hearthstone and Warcraft, both conceptually and mechanically. If you're interested in the story, read the spoiler for a spot o' fan fic:
Centuries ago, the Kirin Tor sent an expeditionary group of mages, scholars and artisans into a remote section of the South Seas to investigate the strange weather phenomena in the area that were speculated to have been caused by a disturbance of arcane energy, likely via a nexus of ley lines believed to run beneath the sea there. Since the local weather made travel by air unfeasible, they elected to go by ship. From Stormwind they sailed south on a relatively peaceful voyage, but as they neared their destination things began to go awry. The waters formed into large waves that crashed against the ship, destabilizing and nearly capsizing it. Were it not for the actions of the mages, who weaved arcane and frost to protect the ship, the journey would have certainly ended there. Continuing through the increasingly stormy seas, the group believed themselves safe from the crashing waves and gale-force winds. It was not long before the volatile weather proved to be too much for even the mages of Dalaran to handle. Lightning struck the mast and set fire to the main sail, the winds grew to such strength that they began ripping the wood from the ship, and building sized waves rose against them. It was as if Neptulon himself was keen to sink this ship. In a last ditch effort, the mages conjured an arcane barrier to surround the entirety of the ship, which would protect them from the destruction around them, yet without the ship's sail they were still at the mercy of the tide. Attempting to conjure portals to escape, the mages found that whatever was causing the arcane disturbance was blocking the effects of teleportation magic. This made it impossible for anyone, or anything, to enter or leave the area, unless they were going to swim. The mages kept the barrier around the ship for as long as they could, staying up for days with no food or rest to channel their powerful protective magics. Their energy inevitably ran out, however, and as the barrier faltered the endless storm around them again ravaged the ship. Before the sea could finally claim its quarry, the clump of wood and metal that used to be a Alliance galleon suddenly ran aground. Having lost most of those they came with, a group of no more than 100 survivors climbed from the wreckage onto the beach of a remote island, which the storm seemed not to touch. Exploring further, the group found that they were on one of the islands of a small archipelago, completely encapsulated but unaffected by the endless storm. Attempts at summoning or teleporting still proved fruitless, and the group had no choice but to carve a place for themselves within this so called "Stormcage," a name befitting the prison they found themselves in. The previous leader of the expedition, human Archmage Aldoz, had perished like many others while attempting to protect the expedition, as he was thrown overboard when a wave suddenly struck the flank of the ship. Though this was a severe blow to their morale, the magi were Kirin Tor; they would not let this affect the mission. So while the remaining crew began work on a makeshift sanctuary, the scholars set out to explore the island. It seemed deserted, and there was no immediate evidence of activity on the other islands. This respite would end after only five days, however, when in the middle of the night their ramshackle settlement came under attack by trolls. Underestimating them, the mages assumed their arcane prowess would best their "primitive" attackers. It became apparent, however, that these trolls were not the run-of-the-mill savages they were perceived to be. Stronger, faster, more cunning; they were a fighting force that understood magic and knew how to counter it. Though powerful, the magi were unable to match the overwhelming force of might and magic laid down upon them, and as such they attempted to flee the attackers. Chased through the jungled island for days, the desperate remnants of the expedition would have to adapt or perish. Warmage Vona, the High Elven de facto leader of the group, would be the one responsible for this evolution. She began teaching the survivors her advanced knowledge of martial skills and battle magics, so that the they would be able to defend themselves against those that hunted them. She had a particular skill in forming weapons from raw mana, most often taking the shape of simple blades. Though more of the expedition would get captured, the group quickly became proficient in countering the trolls' offensive. Being a brilliant strategist, Vona bided her time and constantly stayed on the move, her followers in tow. Despite their capabilities, the group still lacked the equipment they needed to mount a successful counter offensive. Weapons, armor, medical supplies, most of these had been lost at sea or expended in the previous encounters with the trolls. Summoning anything from outside of Stormcage was impossible, and there were no readily available sources of metal from which to forge equipment. Weapon formation became increasingly more taxing on their mana reserves as they constantly needed to use them. Despite this dilemma, Vona seized the first opportunity she was met with. After some reconnaissance into the troll encampment one night, the humans found the source of the trolls' great power: the Loa. A powerful ancient loa of wind serpents once made its home on these islands, protecting itself and its young from outside threats by conjuring powerful storms to encircle his territory. The trolls worshipped this loa for many years, until one from within their tribe sought to claim its power. The trolls imprisoned the great wind serpent, intent on draining its energy for their own use. In response, the thousands of wind serpents sired by the loa attacked the trolls to free their patriarch, but this would only result in the deaths of nearly all of them as well as the loa himself, who in his final moments cursed the skies of his home, so that the storms surrounding it would never subside. Though the trolls had usurped the loa and now held great power, they were also trapped on the islands forever, as harnessing the power of the slain loa could not break the cursed storms. Furthermore, the loa's power required a vessel to be contained, otherwise its spirit would be free to wreak vengeful havoc on the trolls. To this end, the priests of the loa decided it must be the chieftain of the tribe, who had never desired for any of this to occur in the first place, to be the avatar of the fallen loa's power. After being pressured by his people, he reluctantly agreed, though in time he came to love the power he was given, and relied upon it to establish himself as a god-like figure to the rest of the tribe. He united the other smaller, disparate tribes around the rest of the islands, quickly wiping out any competitors with the fury of the storm. Fast forward hundreds of years, the same chieftain was still alive and ruling the islands with an iron fist; and he wasn't going to allow the human and elven scum from beyond the storm to live among his islands in peace. Theorizing that if the chieftain were slain the trolls would lose their power, Vona decided on a simple, yet nigh incredibly difficult strategy: Ambush and slay the chief. He hadn't been around for so long being a brute, the chieftain was cunning and this made him a difficult target. Even with his own great power he was never without his personal guards and a harem of loyal servants dedicated to ensuring his comfort and security. However, as with gods he was arrogant beyond comprehension. When his power and honor were challenged he would not stand down until his challengers were subservient or destroyed. This made it easy to lead him into a trap, where he was beset upon by Vona and some of her apprentice warmagi. The ensuing battle saw the chieftain slain, but at great cost. As the chieftain died, because there was nobody to contain the power of the loa's spirit, it broke free from the chief's corpse, causing a massive explosion of lightning-charged spirit energy that killed Vona and everyone else in the area. Upon learning of the news, the trolls mobilized immediately to try and capture the holdouts, but the many years spent relying on their chieftain's power made them weaker in its absence, and the magi were easily able to defend themselves from this final offensive. The trolls were pushed off the island and fled back to their own, and the expedition rejoiced on the beach as the conflict finally ended. The scholars continued research on the storm, hoping to find a way to escape from it, and in the meantime the settlement gradually transformed the island into a town. Conflicts with the trolls eventually started up again, but the island city of Stormcage was well prepared at this point, and the battles never got much worse than beach-bound skirmished. Over time the people of Stormcage would come to thrive here, all the while honing the unique style of battle magic taught to them by the hero Warmage Vona, who died so they could live. This style became known as the magus: A mage characterized by the orientation of their magic towards survival and warfare. Eventually the magi of Stormcage would find a way to break through the storm, which was in fact the same way they came in. They built boats of enchanted wood that would resist the crashing waves and ripping winds. They built lightning rods on the masts that kept lightning strikes from damaging their vessels. These rods were connected to conduits aboard the ships built to contain the rampant nature energy, which was then harnessed by the magi for various purposes. Through science and magic, and numerous failed attempts, the people of Stormcage finally reconnected to the rest of the world. The Kirin Tor was intrigued greatly by this development, having thought the expedition they sent many years ago had been lost. More of these specialized ships were commissioned and began sailing from Stormwind's harbor regularly, bringing all sorts of people to and from Stormcage for all sorts of reasons. Though the trolls always remained a threat, they could no longer hold a candle to the force the island city had become. This commerce between Stormcage and the outside world went on for nearly 300 years before ties were cut off due to the imminent threat of the Orcish invasion. Stormwind was sacked, the lightning rod vessels destroyed, which resulted in Stormcage becoming isolationist for the ensuing wars, protected from the chaos by the storm. Eventually, when the world became relatively peaceful once again, they slowly began to venture out again. They sailed to Stormwind, happy to find that it had recovered and even become the new hub of the Grand Alliance. Now, thanks to their current leader, Lord-Magus Ugo Steel-Eyes, Stormcage has become a staunch ally of the Alliance while still remaining mysterious to foreign adversaries. The way of the magus continues to spread throughout the cultures of Azeroth as well, breeding a new (Hearthstone) class of combatant in this wild world of war(craft).
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Once again, I'm open to all of your criticism. Especially those who have designed complete classes already, I'd love to hear what those folks have to say. I'll continue making cards once I've complete any potential revisions to the previous sets. Coming soon...
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Did a legendary minion for each class. Broken or balanced? Let me know.
Coming soon: Legendary spells :]
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Slightly off topic question, do you know of a resource like this for the other expansions as well? I want to design a complete class and I think something showing what each expansion entails for each class would be very useful!
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Thanks all for the positive reviews as well as the positive criticism!
Per your suggestions, I've revised the spells from the basic set and some of the classic minions.
Blood Tap: Spend 0 mana, 2 damage to your hero and get Spell Damage +1 that turn. Two Blood Taps and you get Spell Damage +2 for a turn, without having lost any mana for spell use. But as stated by the previous poster, Spell Damage affects the damage you do to yourself as well. So from that standpoint I actually feel as though Spell Damage is, for the Hemomancer, somewhat a a risk vs reward mechanic. You get to burst your enemies down, but you're also bursting yourself down!
Dark Sight: 1 mana, 1 damage and you draw a random spell from your deck. The potential synergy has somewhat been lowered, as most Hemomancer decks are going to pack a large amount of spells to be effective. As a result when you use this card early game, it might add a late game spell to your hand.
Crimson Destruction: Essentially Swipe, right? That 1 extra damage deal to every other enemy can be a game changer, and so you take 1 damage per enemy hit by the spell.
Dark Transfer: As you may be able to tell, this spell has switched mana cost with Crimson Destruction. Destroying a minion is about 5 mana, and I wanted to keep the card's main effect without increasing its cost too significantly. So as a result I feel like 5 mana, 5 damage to your hero and limiting the health transfer to another minion is a fair nerf to the card.
Vampiric Shade: As stated by NayrSlayer13 (thanks for the strong logic man, helped a lot), this card's synergy with Blood Tap created a pretty unfair combo, especially considering it's a stealth minion. Now, I wanted to keep the stealth and I also wanted this card to keep some sort of synergy. As a result I made it have early game interaction with your self damage and also took out the LIfesteal, because quite frankly there has indeed been too much lifesteal throughout the set!
Zealous Reaver: This was essentially a worse Chillblade Champion before I buffed it, so I think the changes speak for themselves.
Bloodstone Teleporter: Stated as being too slow, which I agree with. I increased the health but I won't change it other than that. Gotta have some meh stuff in there right?
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First of all, thank you very much for the review! And yes I realise balancing is an issue with these spells. Do you think Dark Transfer would become less OP enough if the health could only be given to minions?
Blood Tap - I agree with you on this matter. I wanted to add a little taste of the ramp style to the class. I also really like the artwork. What if I rework the spell to be like Innervate instead? Take X damage, gain 1 mana crystal this turn or w/e.
Blood Mirror - This one is a little different. You see, mirror entity only activates when your -opponent- plays a minion, not when -any- minion is summoned. So for 3 mana and 2 damage you summon a copy of any minion, even ones you just summoned.
Volatile Bloodgem - Maybe this card is a little uninspired but I just wanted to add another aoe really. This one ended up turning into some sort of a random stat distribution mechanic. Maybe I'll just scrap the idea.
Vengeful Amalgamation - Would changing it to where it only gains Health when the hero is attacked by an enemy be good enough? Rather than just every time the hero takes damage which admittedly would get out of hand.
Zealous Reaver - That's what I was thinking! I am going to buff this one a little.
Bloodstone Teleporter - What about a (2) cost reduction? Then I can also lower the amount of Lifesteal in the minions as you recommend.
I'm glad you like the concept! It's my very first custom class. I got an idea for a Battle Mage and Saboteur next, which I plan on going into with the knowledge I glean here :D
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It took me a while but I've finally finished the entirety of the classic set. In my opinion, the cards are all well-balanced but again I require others' opinions. So at this point I'd love to hear what people think about the class and what changes to my design philosophy I should make before getting into the expansion cards.
Thanks :)
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I've reformatted the basic set and gotten about halfway through expert. I feel as though I've gained a greater understanding of how the mana cost/health cost ratio should be on spells, but I'm nonetheless curious to see whether my spells and/or minions still need balancing.
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The Hemomancer [WIP - Custom Class]
http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/197758-the-hemomancer-wip-custom-class
First ever fan creation for this website. Would appreciate the restoration of the thing I've been working on for the past 3 days
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Maybe this isn't the place for it, but I've been working on my custom class post, the Hemomancer, every day for the past two or three days. I'm new to the custom Hearthstone scene and so maybe I don't have that great of an understanding of things but regardless I feel like this is ridiculous...
I was just working on it, typing the Pros and Cons list and I save the changes to see the thread has been marked as spam and automatically locked. I'm sure it's based on the forum mechanics but what the hell? The first post I have ever put on this site, putting a ton of creative energy into it and it gets shit on.