📜 Randalp's Skill Tree – Platebound Defender 📜
A shard path centered around adaptive barrier manipulation and survival efficiency through energy-based plate formations.
🛡 Core Skills (Base Branch)
🔰 Pulse Barrier (1/5):
Tock deploys a rotating shield of energy plates that absorb or deflect force.
Higher levels increase plate count and allow angular redirection.
🪙 Upgrading to level 2 costs: 200 Soul Energy
🔁 Kinetic Reserve (1/5):
Energy from blocked attacks can be redirected into a short-range burst.
Higher levels store more energy and allow multiple discharge types (shockwave, pulse, arc).
🪙 Upgrading to level 2 costs: 200 Soul Energy
⏹ Reinforce Core (1/5):
Tock stabilizes its core to fortify plate integrity, making barriers harder to break.
Higher levels reduce recovery cooldown and allow plate regeneration.
🪙 Upgrading to level 2 costs: 200 Soul Energy
🌀 Magnetic Bind (1/5):
Tock can tether two objects briefly with an invisible link (enemy to plate, enemy to enemy, etc.).
Higher levels increase duration and range.
🪙 Upgrading to level 2 costs: 200 Soul Energy
🔒 Locked Skill Paths (2/5 Locked)
Must reach Level 2 on all core skills to unlock.
🛡 Skill Tree Branching Paths (Examples)
🔲 Path of the Bastion (Focus: Full Defense & Redirection)
🛡 Orbit Guard: Tock's plates orbit at range to intercept projectiles🛡 Layered Cover: Plates stack and interlock to absorb AoE attacks🛡 Anchor Pulse: Generates a stationary dome barrier that roots Randalp in place
🌀 Path of the Retaliator (Focus: Reflective Damage & Countering)
🔁 Energy Whiplash: Returns stored kinetic energy as a directional lash⚡ Feedback Pulse: Plates shock melee attackers when broken🗲 Reactive Fuse: On destruction, plates emit a flash to blind or disorient
🧲 Path of the Sync Engine (Focus: Team Support & Utility)
🎯 Plate Sync: Tether plates to allies to share their defense🛠 Repair Grid: Tock slowly rebuilds shattered plates over time🧲 Field Clamp: Creates a magnetic field that pulls enemies toward anchored plates
Skill Unlock Conditions
Absorb high-tier attacks
• Discharge redirected force effectively
• Protect allies using Magnetic Bind or Shield Sync (later path)
Soul Energy Acquisition
Absorbing attacks fully
• Preventing teammate damage
• Blocking fatal hits using Pulse Barrier
• Syncing shields with ally energy readings
🛡 Future Potential: Core Plate Rebirth
Once all Core Skills reach Level 5, Tock gains the ability to permanently retain one set of plates, allowing instant redeployment even when depleted and unlocking Plate Morphing into new combat shapes (swords, wings, drills).