Mage "multiclass" equipment

Mages being limited to 2H staves and gaining no class bonus beyond staff attacks makes them very niche, and punishes diversity. Compare that to Rogue armour which boosts any weapon with 3-hit combos, or Ranger armour which boosts all weakpoint damage.

Mages need options that allow more diversity in gameplay, with room to mix and match styles more.

• Change Mage armour bonus to something more broadly useful, like increased elemental damage or reduced stamina cost for all weapons (Imagine a Sword-Mage with a Spicy Coaltana)

• Add 1H options (like a wand), so Mages can use shields/torches if they want.

• Add 1-2 Mage-themed off hand item categories, like lanterns and scepters. This lets other classes add a bit of magic too.

• Off-hand lanterns could consume candy/resources as fuel, give off moderate light, but empower elemental effects in its radius (or grant other bonuses)

• Off-hand scepters could give special parry effects (but without as much damage reduction as a shield) and grant AoE buffs under certain conditions.

• Maybe add gloves for a dual-wield weapon option to add in other styles of magic attack (channel beams or cones of energy etc)

• Consider adding more "elements" in mage weapons, like Pollen for AoE stun and airborne targeting, Water for clearing enemy AoE effects (and maybe minor healing?), sap for slowing etc. This would add more tactical choices for other class builds to use

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Xarteros