New Type: Prodigy V3

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Type: Prodigy Version 3

Description: Someone who is exceptionally gifted at healing from a very young age. Such individuals are exceptionally rare, even among other prodigies. 

Advantage:

Rank 1: Double Healing Energy (100 would be 200). 50% increase to Senses and one physical or spiritual stat (100 would be 150). Capable of using higher-class techniques one class early (capable of using class 2 techniques at class 4 instead of class 3). 

Rank 2: 150% increase to Healing Energy (100 would be 250). Double Senses, and double one physical or spiritual stat (100 would be 200). Capable of using higher-class techniques one class early (capable of using class 2 techniques at class 4 instead of class 3).

Rank 3: Triple Healing Energy and Senses (100 would be 300). Double one physical or spiritual stat (100 would be 200). Capable of using higher-class techniques one class early (capable of using class 2 techniques at class 4 instead of class 3).

Rank 4: 250% increase to Healing Energy and Senses (100 would be 350). Triple one physical or spiritual stat (100 would be 300). Capable of using higher-class techniques one class early (capable of using class 2 techniques at class 4 instead of class 3).

Disadvantage: Drawback for all Ranks: Choose any (2) from Strength, Speed, Reiatsu Strength, or Spiritual Pressure. The chosen two stats are reduced by 66% (100 would be 34). 66% decrease in either Energy Senses or Instinct (100 would be 34). Release must be healing based, but may contain one offensive power.

Race Restriction: Available to all races

Initial Weapons: One Starting Weapon (i.e. one Zanpakutō, one Doll, etc.)

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This type was created to cover the gap of a healing-primary/offense secondary character. In particular a physical-based healing character, as most HE primary/secondary types are spiritual in nature.

I chose prodigy as a base because I felt that prodigy into genius was a natural progression for type change for such a character to take, should they desire it.

[Edward]

So there are a few issues here that I think first and foremost need to be addressed. The first is that this seems to be more of a reworking of the prodigy version 2 type with way more emphasis on HE. The first issue is that the HE boost at rank 1 is massive, no other prodigy type gives that much of a boost to any single stat at rank 1, nevermind the fact that most types that give that much of a boost to a single stat at Rank one have either serious drawback on other stats and or only boost one stat. In rank 1 you are doubling HE, and adding a 50% boost to senses and Spirtaul stats or physical stats. Those three boosts alone on any given type are massive and rarely done because of the potential min maxing that can happen.

Looking at the stats that you do for a drawback on that..... you're joking right? the 2 offensive stat cut is a bit bad, but can be worked around easily, the largest issue is the third stat you choose for players to cut, ES or Instinct. Given that there is no requirement for putting in SP into either ES or instinct given how this was written someone can just pick ES and keep it at zero giving them two cuts to spirituals or physicals, mix and matching. The final note about release being healing based is more a rule about HE and not a drawback so that's negligible.

This type is primed for min maxing out the wazoo for both Strength and Spirtual pressure builds, as they can both just take the cut to RS without major issues and then for spiritual pressure lose out on strength, for strength lose out on a bit more reiatsu, all while getting a massive amount of HE and senses with decent instinct. The main reason HE isn't included in PV1 is that it would be too strong having a physical tank that could out heal everything that came it's way. This allows for that with less drawbacks.

Looking at this I'm left to wonder why not just go support? If you want a type with a higher oS and decent HE support would be the way to go. as it stands this type is massively one sided and honestly not needed as it does what other types do but better and that isn't what new types are about. New types are suppose to change a way a character is played or do something that is very
niche that can't be done by current types. Prime examples are Fractured, Perma release, Gadgeteer all of those types are something that fundamentally changes the way a character would be played or acts this doesn't.

[Kaen Youji]

In addition to Faust's comments, I'd also like to point out that the fluff you have assigned this type is essentially the Medic type.

But similarly to Faust, I'm struck by the query of "Why not just take Support type"? For a refresher this is what Support type does:

Rank 1: 50% increase in any two desired Stats (100 would be 150).

Rank 2: Double any two desired Stats (100 would be 200).

Rank 3: Double any two desired Stats (100 would be 200), plus 25% increase to one more (100 would be 125).

Rank 4: Double any two desired Stats (100 would be 200), plus 50% increase to one more (100 would be 150).


Disadvantage: Release cannot be combat-based and must consist mainly of support moves. Support Types cannot possess more than 1 direct offensive ability in Release and will have one Physical or Spiritual Stat decreased by 50% (100 would be 50). Senses or Instinct is decreased by 50% (100 would be 50). Increases from Advantages cannot be made to any Stats that have been cut by Disadvantages.

Put your boost into Healing Expertise, Senses and one physical or Spiritual stat, and Support does almost exactly what you want your type to do (in fact it arguably does the job better, because the drawbacks aren't quite as sharp).

Speaking of, I'd be concerned for the drawbacks of this type as well-- it has the old Genius type wording that could theoretically allow someone to make the stat cut one of the stats boosted, thus negating one of their own drawbacks.