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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Human" data-source="post: 5674650" data-attributes="member: 57504">9/4: Before I go any further, I figure I should fill in some options for the previous levels first. Whipping Tentacles, Warlock Attack 1        Disgusting suckered tentacles rise from a portal you’ve summoned, pulling and grasping for a meal.Encounter * Arcane, Implement, ThunderStandard Action, Area burst 2 within 10Target: Each creature in burstAttack: Constitution vs. ReflexHit: 1d6 + Constitution modifier damage, and you pull the target 1 square towards the origin square of the burst.  Deep Pact: You instead slide the target 1 square.    A Thousand Tiny Whispers, Warlock Attack 1Chattering dark mouths create a quiet cacophony, driving those with the time to listen slowly mad.Daily * Arcane, Implement, NecroticStandard Action, Ranged 10Target: One creatureAttack: Constitution vs. WillHit: 2d10 + Constitution modifier psychic damage, and the target is plagued by whispers (save ends). While plagued by whispers, at the end of each of its turns, the target takes psychic damage equal to one-half your Intelligence modifier for each action it had not spent on its turn.Miss: Half damage, and one creature within 5 squares of the target is plagued by whispers until the end of your next turn.9/5: An early update today; not even Labor Day can squash me now!  Siren’s Call, Warlock Attack 3 A beautiful melody leads your hapless foe into a deadly trap. Encounter * Arcane, Charm, Implement  Standard Action, Ranged 5 Target: One creature Attack: Constitution vs. Will Hit: You pull the target 2 squares. Then, the target takes 2d10 + Constitution modifier damage Deep Pact: You slide the target 2 squares instead.  Horrifying Visage of the Dwellers, Warlock Attack 5 Your illusionary magic gives your foes a brief glimpse of what awaits them beneath the waves. Daily * Arcane, Fear, Implement, Psychic Standard Action, Close blast 3 Target: Each enemy in burst Attack: Constitution vs. Will Hit:  1d10 + Constitution modifier psychic damage, and the target moves it  speed away from you. The fleeing target avoids unsafe squares and  difficult terrain if it can. This movement provokes opportunity attacks. Miss: Half damage, and you push the target 3 squares.  Bottled AngerHeroic TierPrerequisite: Murr, barbarian Benefit:  Whenever you use a power with the Rage keyword, you can choose to delay  the rage’s effects until the end of your next turn. If you do, your  first attack after the end of your next turn gains a +2 bonus to the  attack and damage rolls. Increase the bonus to damage rolls +4 at Level 11, and to +6 at Level 21.  Miring MagicHeroic TierPrerequisites: Murr, noxious spray racial power, wizard Effect:  Whenever you hit with an wizard attack power with the acid, poison, or  psychic keywords, you can expend your noxious spray power to slow one  target of the attack until the end of your next turn.  Increase the effect to two targets at Level 11, and to three targets at Level 21.9/6: In addition to the two new warlock  powers, I've updated the murr's racial fluff and instituted a dramatic  change: +2 to Dex or Int, keeping the race in line with the new rules!  Finally, your dreams of a murr rogue (murrogue) can be satisfied.  Murr Ability Scores: +2 Constitution, +2 Dexterity or +2 Intelligence  Once  coastal humans, murr have been transformed into their current amphibian  forms by unknown corrupting forces. Outcast by society at large, their  tenacity and skepticism have allowed them to survive the worst of what  the world has to offer and thrive. Though sometimes desperate and cruel,  the resolve of the murr in the face of darkness is never to be  underestimated. Play an Murr if you want... <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to be slippery, savvy, and smart.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to be an outsider struggling with prejudice and misconceptions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to have a visible connection to mysterious, alien forces.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to be a member of a race that favors the psion, rogue, warlock,      and wizard classes.</li> </ul>PHYSICAL QUALITIES No two murr are exactly alike, but most are a bit squatter and tougher  than the humans they once were, their posture slumped and their stance  wide. Their skin tends towards blushless shades of brown, tan, and grey,  sometimes with tinges of green or blue. A few have their fingers and  toes webbed at random, making their hands and feet asymmetrical. If the  process hasn't completely robbed the murr of his or her hair, it quickly  grays or even turns white. Their most noticeable difference, however,  is the face: while their ears have shriveled and their nose has  flattened upwards, their eyes have grown, always on the lookout above a  widened, frog-like mouth. Murr most likely begin their transformation sometime in their teens, and  that same force keeps them alive surprisingly long: their longevity  extends easily to a century, although village pariahs and unlucky  sailors rarely live that long. Their flesh, while pliant, is  surprisingly difficult to scar or burn, and other than their premature  gray hair they stay youthful and spry for much of their lifespan.  PLAYING A MURR A murr is a humanoid creature with a strange, barely-understood genesis.  Some theorize they're remnants of a former seafaring race that  intermixed with humans, their traits sometimes manifesting in the  children born to parents sharing this forgotten ancestry. Others  speculate that they're an altogether new creation, a product of the Far  Realm or the Abyss interacting with our world in unexpected ways. Or  maybe they're secretly young koa-toa posing as a kidnapped child and  can't get the disguise just right. In any case, the discovery of a murr  is a cause for much concern in the borderlands and coasts where they're  usually found.  Murr communities are  rare but real, sometimes created as an entire village is slowly turned,  whereas other times a disparate group will band together and found a  society of their own. In either case, murr are almost subconsciously  drawn to the open sea, and their villages can be found along the ocean  and in the slums of coastal cities alike. As individuals, murr tend to  be outcasts from society in all but the most cosmopolitan of places;  whether from this isolation, or perhaps as a result of the change  itself, a community of murr will tend towards insularity and mistrust,  viewing outsiders with the same suspicion that they themselves are  treated with. A bloc of murr with a grudge is a powerful thing, each  member holding their contempt with surprising persistence.  Those  who do find themselves on the side of a murr will find them fiercely  loyal friends and allies, willing to do anything to repay even the most  simple shows of kindness. As the transformation process will often  affect only one member of a family, older murr often mentor younger  outcasts in place of a true parental figure, teaching them their place  in the world. In battle they use their natural toughness and cunning to  fight even against impossible odds, and are more than willing to die for  the rare few that they trust. Though their appearance and mannerisms  may seem strange to the humans they once were, the murr are at their  heart a devoted, if distrustful, people.  Murr Characteristics: Stubborn, suspicious, reserved, patient, cunning  Murr Names: Typically their original human name, though some murr take on a new name or title once they’ve fully transformed    Pressure of the Sunken, Warlock Attack 19The incredible crush of the ocean bears down, holding its struggling victims fast.Daily * Arcane, Cold, Force, ImplementStandard Action, Ranged 10  Target: One, two, or three creatures Attack: Constitution vs. FortitudeHit: 2d6 + Constitution modifier cold and force damage, or 4d6 +  Constitution modifier cold and force damage if you target only one  creature. In addition, the target is knocked prone and immobilized (save  ends). While the target is immobilized, it can’t stand up. First Failed Saving Throw: Ongoing 5 cold and force damage and immobilized (save ends both). Miss: Half damage, and the target is knocked prone and can’t stand up until the end of your next turn.  Time and Space Asunder, Warlock Attack 19 The  deep dwellers’ twisted awareness of the world suddenly seems sane, and  with and outstretched hand you pluck an enemy out of existence.Daily * Arcane, Implement, Psychic, TeleportationStandard Action, Ranged 10  Target: One creatureAttack: Constitution vs. Will Hit: The target is removed from play until the end of your next turn. Aftereffect:  The target reappears in the space it last occupied or in the nearest  unoccupied space, then takes 4d10 + Constitution modifier psychic  damage. Miss: You teleport the target 3 squares. Then, the target takes 3d10 + Constitution modifier psychic damage.9/7: Just a couple of new Utilities  today, including one that I'm really unsure of. Should Drifting Lights  be available earlier in the build, as it's not powerful enough? Maybe to  make it worthy of a Level 22 spell it should also reveal invisible  creatures? Give me some feedback.  Drifting Lights, Warlock Utility 22 Motes of light float carelessly through the air, sticking to anything they encounter and illuminating them. Daily * Arcane, Conjuration Minor Action, Close burst 5 Effect:  You conjure five drifting lights in five squares within the burst. The  drifting lights use your defenses, and they last until the end of the  encounter, they are hit by an attack, or you dismiss them as a free  action. The drifting lights cast bright light on adjacent squares and  dim light out to five squares, and creatures in the same space or  adjacent to a drifting light cannot benefit from concealment or total  concealment. As a move action, you can move each of the lights 3  squares. Deep Pact: While adjacent to a drifting light, you may benefit from the concealment granted by your Shadow Walk class feature.  Spaceless Step, Warlock Utility 22 Your mind having been warped by the deep dwellers, stepping between the cracks of reality comes easy. Daily * Arcane, Teleport Minor Action, Personal  Effect:  You gain a teleport speed equal to your move speed until the end of the  encounter or for 5 minutes. Whenever you teleport at least 1 square in  this manner, you gain the benefit of your Shadow Walk class feature.9/8: I've decided to condense a week's worth of warlock and murr into one post each, so that I'm not cluttering up the board.  Oppressive Darkness, Warlock Attack 23The darkness of their minds is deeper than anything under the waves.Encounter * Arcane, Fear, Implement, PsychicStandard Action, Ranged 10Target: One, two, or three creaturesAttack: Constitution vs. WillHit: 1d12 + Constitution modifier psychic damage, and the target is blinded until the end of your next turn.  Deep Pact: Aftereffect: All creatures have concealment against the target until the end of your next turn.    Sting of the Man-o-war, Warlock Attack 23Sometimes the frailest creatures of the depths are also the most dangerous, as you prove to your victim with a swarm of cruel jellyfish.Encounter * Arcane, Implement, PoisonStandard Action, Ranged 10Target: One creatureAttack: Constitution vs. ReflexHit: 3d8 + Constitution modifier poison damage, and the target grants combat advantage until the end of your next turn.  Deep Pact: The target is also knocked prone.9/9: Still waiting for a mod to clean up this thread, but I guess I can just use the following posts for more powers and options when I write them. Speaking of...  The Kraken’s Unrelenting Grip, Warlock Attack 25The thick, barbed tendrils of the Kraken burst forth at your command, holding your foe aloft and screaming. When the beast is finished with its victim, it callously tosses it aside.Daily * Arcane, Implement, ZoneStandard Action, Ranged 10Target: One creatureAttack: Constitution vs. FortitudeHit: 4d12 + Constitution modifier damage, and the target is held immobilized 20 feet above the ground and takes ongoing 10 damage (save ends both).Miss: Half damage, and the target is slowed and takes ongoing 5 damage (save ends both).  Aftereffect: You slide the target 2 squares and knock it prone. Clinging SprayParagon TierPrerequisites: Murr, noxious spray racial powerEffect: Your noxious spray power instead deals ongoing acid damage equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier. Increase the ongoing damage to 8 + your Constitution modifier at Level 21.9/10: Skipping ahead a bit, mostly because inspiration has yet to strike for the other Level 25 power.  Breath of the Leviathan, Warlock Attack 27Channeling the breath of the legendary slumbering beast through your own lungs, you unleash a roar of staggering power.Encounter * Arcane, Cold, Implement, ThunderStandard Action, Close blast 5  Deep Pact: The power’s range is area burst 2 within 5 squares.Target: Each creature in burstAttack: Constitution vs. FortitudeHit: 2d12 + Constitution modifier cold and thunder damage, and the target is deafened until the end of your next turn.    Tentacle Burst, Warlock Attack 27Your flesh gives way to the arms of the deep, reaching and clawing and grasping for life.Encounter * Arcane, ImplementStandard Action, Close burst 3Target: Each creature in the burstAttack: Constitution vs. ReflexHit: 2d8 + Constitution modifier damage, or 2d10 + Constitution modifier damage if the target is cursed. In addition, the target is immobilized while it is within 3 squares of you until the end of your next turn.Deep Pact: You also slide the target 1 square.</blockquote>

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