Synergies.

[WarBlade]

BTW, from a peek at skills.txt, it seems to me that a single aura could have 6 shared aura attributes and 5 personal passive attributes.

Ahhh. That's excellent news. Now I wonder if this can be used to achieve generator-only synergy benefits, because that is something that can rescue the poor lad in some of his deficiencies.

While the Barbarian, for example, is typically shown wearing nothing but a leopard-skin loincloth that he took after killing the original owner with his teeth*

Or toothless gums as it were, at least for the very experienced. ;)

Well, if it's one of the three resist auras, what can you do, other than add absorb for the Paladin only?

- Maximum Resistance increases?
- F/C/L damage reduced by X (messing with MDR code)?

Adding damage undercuts the HolyFCL auras. Hmm, unless it was a reflector - like an elemental thorns -  but most bosses would be immune to the reflection unless it was turned into a different kind of damage.

Funny you should mention that. I had speculated on the possiblity of using those auras for Thorns synergies allowing Thorns to achieve an elemental damage return. It was after I considered a Sanctuary synergy (magic damage reflection on Thorns versus Undead) that I started to realize the implications of teaming up with a summoner Necromancer and figured the potential might force it back to worthlessly low power returns for game balance.

How about Holy Shield gives 1% damage reduction / level to Defiance (Paladin only)?

*Ponders*
And virtually lock the Paladin into shield-only builds? At this point I'd recommend not using Holy Shield for any synergies that effect Auras or weapon-based combat skills for that reason. It strikes me that the idea to encourage diversity would suffer otherwise . . . think Lance Chargers and Ranger builds really being among those who would want an increased life AKA "damage reduction" as much as anyone. Besides, Holy Shield is not really a skill that needs to be made more desirable at this point.

I like the idea in principle though.