Editing Technique design space

'''Work in progress by [[Sanglorian]].'''

Possible changes to [[Techniques]], if we went with the 13-element system. ''Very'' tentative, would not make any changes without checking with the designer(s) of the techniques. 

A monster might get a basic or animal technique and a condition imposer to start, then every few levels pick up a few simple techniques, the occasional exotic technique, and eventually more and more powerful techniques. 

New ideas in ''italics''. 

== Initial thoughts ==
* Splash moves should all have low accuracy. 
* We don't need symmetry. It's nice if different elements have different qualities. 
* I am wondering if we should make touch, reach and reliable techniques quite rare - almost treating belonging to one of these ranges as a special feature of the technique. Or perhaps some elements should use reach or touch more often than others. 

== Animal techniques ==
Low damage, decent accuracy, typically Normal, within the abilities of an ordinary animal. 

* Headbutt (melee Normal)
* Strike (reliable Normal)
* Ram (melee Normal) ''(somewhat higher damage, somewhat lower accuracy than Headbutt)''
* ''Punch (melee Heroic)''
* Shadow Boxing (touch Heroic)
* Hawk (melee Sky)

== Basic techniques ==
Low damage (0.75-1.5), decent accuracy (90-100%), no recharge, no other effects (except splash).

==== Magic ====
* Crystal (ranged Magic)

==== Heroic ====
* Lantern (ranged Heroic)

==== Lightning ====
* Lightning Spheres (ranged Lightning)

==== Metal ====
* Sword (melee Metal)

==== Frost ====
* Ice Claw (melee Frost)
* Chill Mist (''ranged'' Frost, splash)

==== Sky ====
* Gust (ranged Sky)

==== Earth ====
* Rock (''touch'' Earth)

==== Fire ====
* Sunburst (''ranged'' Fire)
* Fire Ball (ranged Fire) ''(lower damage than on wiki)''

==== Shadow ====
* Phantasmal Force (''melee'' Shadow)
* Midnight Mantle (ranged Shadow, splash)

==== Water ====
* Flood (ranged Water, splash)
* Flow (melee Water, splash)

== Condition imposers ==
No damage, high chance to impose a buff on the player or debuff on the enemy (but not both). Should have 100% accuracy unless it's a particularly powerful buff/debuff or it's fast or has another effect. 

* Boulder (hard shell self)
* Breath/Cat Calling (nodding off)
* Sleeping Powder (''area'', nodding off) ''(change from fast)''
* Clock/Conjurer/Insanity/Negation (confusion)
* Fume (enraged self)
* Glower (softened)
* Petrify (dozing)
* Poison Courtship (poisoned)
* Rot (fast, poisoned)
* Fluff Up (recovering)
* Feint (focused self, tired)
* Stone Rot (fast, poisoned)
* Take Cover (sniping self)
* Wallow (healing user, focused self)
* ''Changeling (recovering self, Magic type switch)''
* ''Chameleon (hard shell self, Wood type switch)''
* Arcane Eye (elemental shield self)
* Tinder (burn)
* Blood Nets (lifeleech)
* Canine (wild)
* Feline (''fast,'' wild)
* Clairaudience (feedback self)
* Terror (lockdown)
* Undertaker (prickly)
* Overfeed (slow)
* Barking (flinching)

(blinded, charging, diehard, exhausted, festering, grabbed, harpooned, stuck, wasting)

== Simple techniques ==
Some damage, and a condition or other effect (reliable, fast, type change); or lots of damage (1.6-3). 

==== Normal ====
* Probiscus (reach Normal, lifeleech)
* Stampede (melee Normal, charging self)
* Constrict (reliable Normal, grabbed)
* Goad (melee Normal, fast, enraged)

==== Venom ====
* Slime (reach Venom, festering)
* Pseudopod (reach Venom, festering)
* Web (melee Venom, grabbed)
* Poison Spray ''(renamed from Spray)'' (ranged Venom, poisoned)
* Sting (melee Venom, poisoned)
* Venom (ranged Venom, higher damage)
* Battery Acid (ranged Venom, higher damage, poisoned)
* Muck (reach Venom, higher damage)

==== Metal ====
* Blade (melee Metal, fast)
* Bullet (ranged Metal, fast)
* Perfect Cut (reliable Metal, higher damage)
* Shuriken (ranged Metal, diehard self)
* Rust Bomb (ranged Metal, splash, poisoned)
* Wall of Steel (melee Metal, fast, hard shell self)
* Saber (''melee Metal'', higher damage)

==== Wood ====
* Blossom (ranged Wood, healing self)
* Splinter (reach Wood, blinded)
* Overgrowth (ranged Wood, grabbed)

==== Sky ====
* Whirlwind (ranged Sky, fast)
* Wingtip (melee Sky, fast)
* Peregrine (melee Sky, fast, higher damage)
* Biting Winds (ranged Sky, softened)
* Air Chain (reach Sky, higher damage)

==== Fire ====
* Magma (''ranged'' Fire, area)
* Salamander (''reach'' Fire, poisoned)
* Fire Claw (''reach'' Fire, burn)
* Breathe Fire (ranged Fire, higher damage)
* Flamethrower (''ranged'' Fire, higher damage, burn, slow recharge)

==== Frost ====
* Ice Storm (ranged Frost, area, higher damage)
* Ice Spear (melee Frost, splash, higher damage)

==== Shadow ====
* Strangulation (melee Shadow, higher damage)
* Mobbing (melee Shadow, higher damage)

==== Magic ====
* Muddle (ranged Magic, both focused)
* Amnesia (reach Magic, higher damage, both exhausted)
* Starfall (ranged Magic, focused self, tired)
* Ruby (reach Magic, higher damage)

==== Earth ====
* Sand Spray (touch Earth, blinded)
* Thunderball (melee Earth, flinching)
* Mudslide (melee Earth, softened, higher damage)
* Quicksand (touch Earth, stuck, higher damage)
* Grinding (''melee'' Earth, higher damage)

==== Water ====
* Venomous Tentacle (reach Water, poisoned)
* Font (ranged Water, recovering self)
* Kraken (melee Water, higher damage)

==== Lightning ====
* Thunderclap (ranged Lightning, exhausted)
* Battery Discharge (ranged Lightning, healing user)
* Surge (ranged Lightning, charging self)

==== Heroic ====
* Invictus (touch Heroic, enraged self, grabbed)
* Beam (ranged Heroic, blinded)
* Berserk (melee Heroic, enraged self)
* One-Two (touch Heroic, higher damage)
* Radiance (''ranged'' Heroic, higher damage)

== Exotic techniques ==
These do strange things, fitting into a niche rather than being usable often. 

==== Attacks ====
* Energy Claws (melee Lightning, sniping) (melee attack that makes it harder to make melee attacks in future)
* Kindling Flame (ranged Fire, enraged) (ranged attack that makes it harder to make ranged attacks in future)
* Panjandrum (reliable Normal, fixed damage)
* Sleep Bomb (reach Magic, both nodding off)
* Blood Bond (touch Water, both lifeleech)
* Bubble Trap (reach Magic, both grabbed)
* Fester (reach Venom, area, both festering)
* Orbs (ranged Aether, change user type to a random element)

==== Special ====
* Ants, Fiery, Gyser, Sylvan, Touch, Ubuntu (switch target element)
* Gold Digger (take money from opponent)
* Hibernate (heal, nodding off self)
* Levitate (both sniping) (both monsters now benefit from making ranged attacks)
* Life Surge (heal self, charged up) (heal self but at expense of empowering enemy)
* Eyebite (fast, exhausted, slow recharge)
* Scope (scope)
* Clamp On (diehard self, grabbed)
* Sudden Glow (healing user, recovering self, focused)
* Fire Shield (elemental shield self, burn)
* Cloud Aether (switch user and target elements, new elements chosen randomly)
* Ice Shield (elemental shield self, slow)

== Powerful techniques ==
Lots of damage and a condition or other effect, and with shorter recharges than you would expect given their power. 

==== Attacks ====

* Firestorm (reach Fire, area, very high damage)
* Supernova (ranged Fire, charged up, very high damage)
* Lava (ranged Fire, area, burn both, very high damage)
* Surf (ranged Water, splash, very high damage)
* Tsunami (reach Water, area, very high damage)
* Earthquake (''touch'' Earth, area, very high damage)
* Viper (reliable Venom, very high damage)
* Electrical Storm (ranged Lightning, splash, very high damage)
* Frostbite (reach Frost, poisoned, very high damage)
* Snowstorm (melee Frost, splash, exhausted, very high damage)
* Avalanche (ranged Frost, higher damage, splash, exhausted)
* Shrapnel (ranged Metal, fast, splash, very high damage)
* All In (touch Heroic, recovering self, very high damage)
* Give All (melee Heroic, exhausted self, very high damage)
* Tonguespear (melee Normal, lifeleech, ''higher damage'')

==== Special ====

* Refresh (heal self, recovering self)
* Energy Field (fast, charging self, exhausted)
* Static Field (hard shell self, exhausted)

== Reserved techniques ==
These techniques are only used by a single monster family, or access to them through other methods is very limited. 

* Tux Attack ''(melee Frost/Heroic, fast)'' (a rare double-element technique)