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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:11:30 +0100

Let's see. 2 careers from this Lamuri tribe/clan/group. We're missing a Warrior one, now. I'm going to venture that part of the Quest will be in the jungles where this group lives. Should be fun.

Now, we just need some pirates. The cover makes me think of them.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:56:45 +0100

The next mage career from Heart of Fire has now been added to the career section:

http://www.destiny-quest.com/how-to-play/careers/2

Power up to the max with the ultimate arcane energy booster - the runecaster!

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:12:16 +0100

Great! If I remember, I'm calling him/her/it Sharkbait!

Sharkbait! Hoo ha ha!

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:59:32 +0100

Or maybe that poor soul is destined for destruction?

Cue evil 'mwha ha ha ha ha haaaaa ha ha' laughter ;)

The 'named' hero thing for DQ3 is really a story/narrative decision more than anything else. It lets me tailor the content better and make more of a 'meaningful' journey as you will have taken this character from their 'beginnings' to their... end.

;)

But you do get to change the name, I should add.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:55:15 +0100

That makes sense. So we could see something similar happen to the DQ2 hero. Or maybe that poor soul is destined for destruction?

As for DQ3, that sounds like you're taking the route of Dragon Age 2 almost. Something where you can refer to the hero by name. Reminds me of Quest for Glory where, after QFG2 your character was called the Prince of Shapier by many characters. Or just Hero in general.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:38:17 +0100

I believe you can be male or female in the first book.

Correct. The hero in DQ1 and DQ2 is 'genderless' in that I don't reference 'he' or 'she' in the text. A problem with continuity that I ably sidestepped by introducing Lorcan in 'The Betrayed' quest.

In DQ3 you will play an actual specific character, rather than a generic hero.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

StarScream — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:10:26 +0100

Thats my pick of the bunch, love it.

Wish the career page showed male and female versions lol. I see the male version like Jospeh Gilgun from Lockout, all tattooes and scary class A drugs stare.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm186495744/tt1592525

EAT MA SNAKE!

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

CherubRocks — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:16:41 +0100

LOL, would like to be a venommancer and kick the Snake Charmer from The Seven Serpent's into next week!

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Tatties — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:53:09 +0100

I believe you can be male or female in the first book. I don't think there are any references to gender and I've seen some female "avatars" in the upload hero forum.

Mohican tattooed biker chicks with snakes are cute??! Suppose its personal taste!

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CherubRocks — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:16:10 +0100

Venommancer, sounds cool, the illustration makes me LOL but in a good way, it is cute but fierce, and also a woman!? Is this a hint we may be able to choose the character's gender?

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:43:10 +0100

Choice of faction will not restrict you on later careers. Faction only influences your first choice of career in Act 1.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Tatties — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:36:40 +0100

I wonder, does choice of faction decide what careers you can train later in the book? Can a pilgrim become a venomancer for instance, as well as the pariah ?

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Blazzor — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:51:39 +0100

right now I'm picking pariah then venomancer, guess dpends on special abilities :0

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

silicon spirit — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:40:27 +0100

Rogue ninja assassin snake charming venomancer?! I'll take it

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:45:09 +0100

Rogue? I would have expected a Mage Career with that name. In any case, looks like a fun one.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:38:54 +0100

Become entranced by the fatal charms of the venomous venommancer - the next rogue career from The Heart of Fire.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:22:37 +0100

I don't intend (at this point) to have any duplicate careers but if it suits the narrative and makes sense to have a duplicate in later books then I won't rule it out.

Fear not, I can be very inventive when it comes to careers/classes. You wait to 'till you see the next Heart of Fire one ;)

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:23:28 +0100

Are there going to be any duplicate Careers? I'm thinking that you're going to run out of names at some point.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:43:15 +0100

The Drake has now been added to the careers section

http://www.destiny-quest.com/how-to-play/careers/2

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:32:50 +0100

Hey, I told you a month ago that I had a copy of DQ2 ;)

That does make me think. It might be fun to write an unofficial fan quest that is related to this idea. Maybe an Act 1 difficulty one, but something that would be more fun than not. New career: Farmer, with above said skills. Can only be that career while on the quest. Could be played by any character from any book, the way I'm thinking of it. (portal to another realm, or something)

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Da Boss — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:07:12 +0100

For a moment, when I first read the skill title Turkey Call I thought you were being serious!

Perhaps I should have a secret unlockable 'Turkey Level' (like Diablo's version of the cow level). That would be pretty cool ;-)

No, I'm afraid in this context the pilgrim is more holy travel and less turkey. Although, funnily enough pumpkin pie is a little nearer the mark regarding something in DQ2...

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:26:55 +0100

Rogue, right?

Skill wise, this is what I'm looking for.

Turkey Call - Summons a flock (or rafter if you want) of turkeys to peck at your enemy. Each turkey does 1d6 of damage. You must roll 2d6 to determine how many turkeys are called. You must roll damage for each turkey individually. Their damage ignores armor (getting pecked in the eyes hurts!)

Pumpkin Pie - Bake a pumpkin pie that you can use to throw at your opponent to slow them by 2 Speed for one round. Alternatively, you can eat the pie for 10 hp (hey, pumpkin pies are good)

And to go along with this, there must be a Legendary Turkey boss called The Gobbler. The Pilgrim does double damage, but cannot use Turkey Call on this boss. That is because The Gobbler is the king of turkeys. They will not fight against their lord.

I should emphasize that I'm American, thus pulling in a lot of Thanksgiving related stuff to this.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:34:51 +0100

Added the pilgrim career to the 'How to play' section:

http://www.destiny-quest.com/how-to-play/careers/2

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:36:49 +0100

No shape-shifting powers I am afraid - in this book at least ;)

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:18:19 +0100

The Druid is up on the page now. I can only hope that one of the abilities is a cat form (ala World of Warcraft). Lasts 2 rounds, gives +2 speed and allows 2 damage dice. Although, that might be overpowered.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:47:04 +0100

The two main factions factor significantly in Act 1. That's about all I can say at the moment. There are also three 'minor factions' in Act 2, but they relate to a quest rather than career choices.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Rithe — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:34:20 +0100

This is a really cool idea, Careers based on a faction. Kindof like the Paladin/Shaman in World of Warcraft (before the expansions). Do these factions factor in through the whole book?

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Da Boss — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:43:07 +0100

There are two main factions. You can only side with one faction, based on the decisions that your hero has made. To experience the other faction, you will need to play through again with another hero.

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

Blazzor — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:05:31 +0100

you only play one faction per hero? wonder if you can gain faction standing with more than the one

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Re: Heart of Fire careers

silicon spirit — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:27:51 +0100

Pariah is seriously cool. These careers are really exciting so far. I'm interested to see what the wicca mage will be, might be my choice for book two.

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