Druid rework

[Soulmojo]

Change to druid: 

 

All druid forms are unlockable via level up, except the shifter, who has all forms unlocked at level 1. I read this before on the forum, and I really liked the idea.

(Hiravias in PoE1 also expalined he later learned to shift into other forms later)

 

I want to improve druid spiritshift a bit with active abilites available while shifted. I tried to not come up with abilites which overlaps with other classes - which is near impossible - and come up with stuff which makes single class druid function better on its own. 

 

• Taste of the hunt -  This is an already existing spell which would be a prime candidate for a spiritshift ability. The ability does this btw: primary attack + bleed + heal
• Maul - primary attack + knockdown
• Lacerate - full attack as a long bleed
• Single out -  accuracy bonus against marked enemy while spiritshifted
• Apex predator - perception inspiration and +50% hit to crit for 10 second while spiritshifted
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The hunt continues -  this one is a passive -  +4 sec to active form / kill (I know fury has this but imo would be better as an all access)

Smell the blood - also a passive -  +20% damage to bleeding enemies while spiritshifted

The long hunt - passive - +5 sec duration to spiritshift

 

 

Each form retains its existing special ability, and the above listed can be bought putting points into them. 1-2 use / form. 

 

If you have an ability idea post.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[HiddenWings]

Making other druid forms available on level up (via modding) is the easy part: their visibility is currently conditional on you already having the ability, so you can only see the one you picked at character creation. Tweaking this lets them be selected like any other ability. As for restructuring shifter (or druid in general) to add more form abilities, I think that would be a worthwhile endeavor, but that would probably have to come a bit later.

 

My personal tastes on shifter are a bit divergent. I'd prefer it as the complete master of a form, rather than the ability to use all forms. Since spells aren't any weaker and you get some automatically in the current version, I would also like to find some way to work that in. As-is, single class shifter doesn't have a lot to do other than auto-attack, which I think should probably be addressed.