So, this morning around oh... 1AM I got this idea that using enemy powers and other such effects is actually MUCH easier in this addition than it would have been in 3.5. So I got to thinking, how possible is it to do an honest to goodness "Blue Mage" in 4E (If you don't know what a Blue Mage is, in the Final Fantasy series it was a class that could learn enemy spells and attacks after first being damaged by them)? Well, I didn't stop there. Having a class that used the attacks of its enemies seemed so incredibly easy that it would end up being too narrow on its own. So then the idea of using the powers of your own allies popped into my head. Sort of a "Red Mage" concept (In FF, Red Mages were sort of Jacks of all Trades capable of healing, buffing, dealing elemental damage and even wearing moderate armor and equipping strong weapons).
Any ideas to further this concept are appreciated. I'll post up some of my initial ideas on the subject later today.
Any ideas to further this concept are appreciated. I'll post up some of my initial ideas on the subject later today.