User:Veskin7/Black Hand Mage

Class
Sometimes met tough opponents.

Description


Black Hand Mages - the members of the Black Hand order. Information about them among common people is only rumors. The Chantry and the Circle of Magi know about them and they claim their order and their methods as completely forbidden. They don't like even talking about them. But they have a detailed description of the Black Hand Order in their secret books.

Legends speak of their founder – Nal Tar. Once a powerful Aurian Mage, he had been possessed by the power of the Shadow spells in their doctrine. This path had been easier to him to follow, but he just couldn’t have stopped his desire for more of this power. One more reason for his fall was the fact that his request to be the next Aurian mage leader had been declined by others. And so he was consumed by darkness and turned away from his masters and all the men that he knew as friends. He had obtained knowledge of the dark spells and had found the Black Hand order – a secret group of mages that seek their supreme power. They say their master is immortal, because he had lived for centuries. They don’t take sides – they fight with men as well as with darkspawn. But if they will to attack humans, they need a good reason for that – not just ”You are standing in my way – step aside!”

The Black Hand Mages use dark magic that other mages feel afraid to learn because of the destructive sequels. They follow the doctrine of the Black Hand - it gives them limitless dark power and deadly skills that no one possesses. To become a Black Hand Mage, you have to make a big sacrifice - you have to give up your face and it remains forever hidden under the magical shadow of the hood. Black Hand Mages recognize each other by seeing the aura of their likes. They also often use telepathy to communicate.

They move in groups of maximum three mages. They can be met in dungeons, buildings, forests, swamps. mountains - everywhere. They stalk their enemies by becoming invisible and appear together to attack. They always try to keep a distance from their enemies. They cast different spells aggressively. When their life is in danger they become invisible again and run around a corner where they heal themselves.

Black Hand Mages have unified with the Dark Venoms. They often move together - one Dark Venom with an escort of one or two Black Hand Mages.

These Mages wear a hood that hides their face in a magical shadow. They wear the symbol of the Black Hand on their chest - a black hand with an eye in its palm. The hood and the robe are bloody red. The robe has golden edges. The shoulder leather and the cloak are dark bloody red. The belt is dark bloody red with golden locker. The middle belt tunic with the runic symbols is bloody red with golden edge. The side belt tunics with runic symbols are golden. The boots are dark bloody red. The staff is wooden with a shiny ruby on top of it - it glows in red. The clothes of their leader Nal Tar are blue.

Size
Height - 1,8 meters. The staff has the same length - 1,8 meters

Black Hand Mage Skills
Every Black Hand Mage possesses different skills. That allows them to make team combinations.

One Black Hand Mage possesses two obligatory skills and up to five skills selected from the listed below.

The obligatory skills are:

Invisibility
They become invisible and are able to move while invisible. When they attack they become visible again.

Dark shield
A transparent magical shield that absorbs percents of both magical and physical damage. When the shield is down they try to cast it again as soon as possible.

‘’’They also possess up to five different skills selected from the list below:’’’

Dark Lightning
The lightning is purple. It has electrical damage. It also drains and steals the victim's energy slowly.

Magic Web
The black Hand Mage raises his staff and a spider net that glows in dark red appears around the victim. The victim cannot attack and move while in the web. the web lasts up to 4 seconds and fades away. This skill has a cooldown of 10 seconds so the Black Hand Mage can't use it all the time.

Low Defense Curse
When there's a Dark Venom with them, the Black Hand Mages cast this curse to lower your character's defense for a while.

Double Damage Curse
This curse doubles the damage the character takes of both physical and magical attacks.

Meteor
This meteor falls faster and still you have some time to escape, but if you react slowly your character will be damaged by the explosion. After the explosion the ground below burn in flames.

Dark Fireball
The Black Hand Mage casts a purple fireball that flies straight and explodes with a big area of effect. The ground ignites and burn for a while. This fireball also burns the energy of your character.

Fire Breath
The Black Hand Mage points with his staff to your character and flames come out of it trying to swallow you. This spell has limited range. The Fire Breath lasts from 1 to 4 seconds /varies/.

Pyrokinesis
The Black Hand Mage raises his staff or hand and causes an explosion in your character's body followed by your ignition. You burn like a torch for a while and take damage per second.

Dark Lightning Strike
The Black Hand Mage raises his hand/staff and a purple lightning strikes his opponent from above. It also burns the opponent's energy.

Teleport
The classical Teleport spell. The Black Hand Mage uses it to evade attacks and to hide when his health is low.

Stun Blast
It is a powerful blast that stuns your character for a while.

Dark Nova
It is purple, does magical damage to all the foes around and also steals energy.

Suicide Explosion
In desperate times when there is no escape the Black hand Mage decides to take your character with him. His body ignites and burn like a torch while running to your character. When he reaches you, he explodes in huge flames causing a lot of damage. Run away to evade him.

Heal
The Black hand mages heal themselves or each other by casting a bright bolt of energy. This spell has a cooldown and cannot be used all the time.

Healing Nova
Looks like a regular Nova, but it has healing effect on caster and his allies. The Black Hand Mage casts this spell sometimes because it has big cooldown.

Different demon summoning skills
Black Hand Mages can summon different demons. When the demon is summoned he glows for a while like shadow and after that he materialises. If you kill the mage while the demon is still in the glow, you will interrupt his summoning and he will die.

Metal Spikes
The Black Hand Mage raises his hand and sharp metal spikes, 1 meter long, pop up from the ground under your character. The spikes damage you every time you pass trough them.

Black Hand Aura
When activated this aura makes your character's skill points lower. The more powerful the aura, the more lowering the skills.

Black Hand Curse
When casted the Black Hand symbol with dark red flames appears above the victim's head. This spell lowers your skill points, your defence, your dexterity and your resistances. It is meant to be the nastiest curse in the game.

These are the skills. You can add some more unique skills too, because I couldn't invent more. Please remember that the Black Hand Mages possess two obligatory skills - Invisibility and Dark Shield and up to five skills selected from the listed.

Behavior
Black Hand Mages move around their victims while invisible and stalk them until they go to a place where it will be hard to defend themselves. If there is a Dark Venom with the mages they just stalk in the bushes or in the dark and attack when the victims approach. They cast different spells aggressively. They often hide behind different objects and attack when not observed. When in groups they use every advantage they have. They apply different tactics. They fight with ferocity, but when they are hurt, they prefer to save themselves. When this happens they run away, become invisible if possible and heal themselves.

Sounds
Black Hand Mages sometimes use their telepathy to speak in your mind frightening you. They whisper or talk loudly. They shout when struck. Their voices are full-toned.

Items Dropped
Black Hand Mages drop all kind of good items, except for heavy weapons and shields.

Experience
Every time you kill a Black Hand Mage you will get a lot of experience.

Death Animation
When a Black Hand Mage die, he falls to the ground and drops his items. After that his body ignites and burn in flames that are up to 2 meters high. The flames can hurt you. The body burns for a while and turns into ashes.