Puppet Master

[Soulstrings33]

Also, as a racial power they would get spider crawl. This would allow them to go up walls like a spider with no problem. It's like Spider-Man...with puppets. The razor wire could be web that is embued with arcane energy to sharpen as a deadly instrument.

 

[chronoplasm]

Sounds cool. It might be a little difficult to balance, but I think it is certainly doable.

 

[Soulstrings33]

Ok. From the ground to the top. Starting off let's look at Class Features and At-Wills:

Class Features:

• Puppet Scrying: Puppeteer has the ability to see through the vision of his puppets.
• Scout Puppets: Simple puppets used for spying. (They have no martial abilities.)
• Manipulate mundane object.
• Natural Ventriloquism: Can throw voice at will. (To make this stand apart from the wizard ability, I wanted to suggest that whatever the Puppeteer kills, he can gain the ability to speak that language. Just something to consider)

At-Wills:

• Black Secret Infused Blade: Standard blade attack with flavor
• Puppet Spinneret: The Clipping idea with a different name
• Riposte Manipulation: counter to being attacked; forces opponent to attack self, ally, or move away.
• Dark Hand Blast: Point Blank Shot idea. I don't like this as an At-Will, but its a place holder to balance out the 2 puppet 2 wire power deal for now.

 

[Soulstrings33]

This forum has been pretty dead for a while....I'm starting to feel that this project has been forsaken...

 

[Omnifarious Grey]

Hey there. I just came across this thread and was surprised that someone had a similar idea as I did. I have been working on the idea of a Puppeteer class for a while as well. I currently have the first 3 levels up for review as I am trying to get more ideas and seeing if it is balanced enough. I would love feedback from a fellow designer with the same idea in mind. I also think we could help each other in bouncing off ideas for the classes, as I feel like we both have two different ideas along the same lines with different mechanics.

One thing I have for a suggestion is to have a few more ambiguous powers for the puppet. This would mean having [W] attacks that would do different damage based on how the puppet is made or what kits, if the idea is used, were used in the making.

 

[Sigurd13]

Not sure if this was brought up or not, but I had a very, VERY minor thought: have you considered using "Marionette Control Bars" or something similar as the implement? I only say this because using the gloves takes up a body slot- preventing characters from using other magic gauntlets and gloves and such.
Just a nit picking thought really... but maybe worth a look? ^_~