Techno Monk - Combat Systems

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VERSION 1.1: MASSIVE CONTENT UPDATE! Update 1 implements a complete progression system and skill trees for improving individual Micro Bombs. Additionally, each bomb type gets their own unique Ultimate which instantly spreads bombs to the 5+ closest targets and can also be customized with powerful upgrades such as turning the Ultimate into a Gravity Mine you throw to pull all targets hit into the detonation point! (See below for full mechanics breakdown for each bomb/upgrade path). Also built entirely new shaders, particle effects, explosions and other visuals, added amazing new chems (see added images above), along with many more fixes, changes, and improvements. See 1.1 changelog on Bethesda.net Starfield creation site for the complete patch notes!

This video goes into detail about many of the new features: youtube.com/watch?v=0ONqU9Bw54Y

The aim of this creation is to add an entirely new character path specifically for Stealth, Melee and Unarmed combat making these totally viable for all content. However, there are many incredible perks and tools that work with any playstyle! There is also a lot of unique flavor and lore to discover along the way.

NEW IN 1.1: Non-melee playstyles are now also more viable than ever with the new Ultimate system and chems to grant yourself charge to cast Micro Bomb Ultimates without needing to use melee at all!

NEW POWERS: The mod also introduces a whole new system to Starfield, with equippable "spells" or powers separate from your Starborn abilities (you do not need to be a Starborn to unlock them). These skills are equipped through hotkeys by assigning their item in your Inventory-> Aid section to favorites, and you use them with the same key/buttons you would any Starborn power. If you played Skyrim think of them as Powers that cast the same way an equipped Shout would. This frees you up to use your equipped weapon and cast your combo powers naturally without having to worry about swapping anything.

The core of the build centers on two new perks, Techno Monk and Temporal Agent, both located in the Physical tree at tier 2 and 3 respectively. Techno monk introduces you to the concept of Shadowstep and builds on your basic stealth and melee capabilities, while Temporal Agent takes this to a whole other level with Micro-Bomb mechanics and advanced gravity and time manipulation!

TECHNO MONK: Become adept at manipulating energy fields through mental discipline and advanced biotechnology, strengthening the body and altering the perception of time.

Rank 1: Remain agile in stealth, negating the movement speed penalty. Melee and unarmed attacks are 50% stronger. Rank 2: Gain Shadowstep when sneak attacking in melee, becoming undetectable and briefly slowing your perception of time. Duration doubled when attacking out of combat. Rank 3: Learn to craft a special catalyst that can further extend Shadowstep duration temporarily. In addition, Shadowstep can also occur when your melee or unarmed attacks are blocked. Rank 4: Learn the Shadow Strike power (Inventory-> Aid) letting you teleport to nearby targets while in Shadowstep.

SHADOW STRIKE: Toggle equipping the Shadow Strike Power, allowing you to step through shadows and teleport silently to a target while in Shadowstep. (See images for additional notes. Visual indication of valid targets when spell equipped.)

TEMPORAL AGENT: Your mind and body have adapted to altered states of time, giving you greater focus and more skillful control of the environment while in Shadowstep. Requires Techno Monk Rank II.

Rank 1: Your keen reflexes allow you to enter Shadowstep when sliding (requires Gymnastics) in combat. You can also incapacitate one enemy at a time for 60s when not in combat. Rank 2: You've always had a knack for tinkering. Learn to craft Shock & Flame Micro Bombs you can deliver with melee and unarmed attacks, and detonate with power attacks. Rank 3: Your arsenal now includes Poison & Frost bombs, and the advanced Mirror bomb which builds charge from damage you take and returns it to enemies or heals you on detonation. Rank 4: Learn the Time Sync power (Inventory-> Aid) letting you synchronize and instantly detonate all your enemy-placed micro bombs, and cast Ultimates.

TIME SYNC: Toggle equipping the Time Sync Power, allowing you to detonate all active Temporal Agent Micro Bombs or cast Ultimates. (See below for individual Micro Bomb detonation behavior.)

PLAYSTYLE:

As you rank up the perks you will unlock new abilities allowing you to combo skills together and create many unique approaches to combat. The main source or these unique possibilities centers around the various mechanics for the different types of Micro Bombs:

SHOCK BOMBS:

• Deals 20% health damage over 10s & slows target 40%.
• Detonation deals 5% health damage in AOE. Does not remove bomb.
• 15% chance to disarm enemies hit by detonations.

FLAME BOMBS:

• Deals 20% health damage over 10s. Chance to apply Burning DoT.
• Detonation deals 15% health damage & applies Burning, removing bomb.
• If target already burning, detonation damage is 20% in AOE & spreads Burning.

FROST BOMBS:

• Deals 20% health damage over 10s & slows target 60%.
• Detonation (or expires) deals 10% health damage, removing bomb & freezing enemy solid for 20s.
• 2x melee weapon & 8x unarmed power attack damage vs. frozen enemies.
• Increased crit chance & damage from any source by 25% vs. frozen enemies.

POISON BOMBS:

• Deals 20% health damage over 10s. Decreases enemy resistance by 30%.
• Detonation deals 10% health damage, removing bomb & spreading DoT in AOE for additional 10s.

MIRROR BOMBS:

• Deals 10% health damage over 20s.
• Detonation (or expires) deals damage you took during effect.
• Auto-detonate & spread Mirror Bombs on taking > 50% damage.
• On spread or target dies with bomb, heal taken damage (up to 25%).

NEW v1.1 PROGRESSION SYSTEM: Build Expertise Points (EP) by applying and detonating bombs, and spend them to enhance individual bomb mechanics or unlock powerful Ultimate skills!

Shock Micro Bombs:

• 20EP: 10% chance per damage tick to auto-detonate.
• 20EP: Increase auto-detonate chance by 10%.
• 40EP: Detonation spreads Shock Bomb to nearby targets.
• 50EP: Ultimate: 10% health damage & stagger on application.
• 50EP: Ultimate: Teleport targets into a gravity mine.
• 50EP: Ultimate effects 3 additional targets (max 8).

Flame Micro Bombs:

• 20EP: Increase chance to proc burning by 10%.
• 20EP: Burning proc spreads in AOE.
• 40EP: Heavy attack detonation resets the bomb.
• 50EP: Ultimate: Apply Burning to all targets.
• 50EP: Ultimate: Teleport targets into a gravity mine.
• 50EP: Ultimate effects 3 additional targets (max 8).

Frost Micro Bombs:

• 20EP: 10% Frozen Solid chance per damage tick.
• 20EP: Increase Frozen Solid chance by 10%.
• 40EP: 40% health damage over time while frozen.
• 50EP: Ultimate: 20% health damage on application.
• 50EP: Ultimate: Teleport targets into a gravity mine.
• 50EP: Ultimate effects 3 additional targets (max 8).

Poison Micro Bombs:

• 20EP: 10% chance to spread DOT per damage tick.
• 20EP: Increase chance to spread DOT by 10%.
• 40EP: All poison bomb DOTs are 50% stronger.
• 50EP: Ultimate: Apply spread DOT to all targets.
• 50EP: Ultimate: Teleport targets into a gravity mine.
• 50EP: Ultimate effects 3 additional targets (max 8).

Mirror Micro Bombs:

• 20EP: Doubles bomb DOT damage inflicted.
• 20EP: Decrease damage required to proc heal by 10%.
• 40EP: Increase early detonate/death healing cap to 33%.
• 50EP: Ultimate: Instantly heal 10% for each target hit.
• 50EP: Ultimate: Teleport targets into a gravity mine.
• 50EP: Ultimate effects 3 additional targets (max 8).

SKILL CHALLENGES: You can download the optional free Techno Monk - No Skill Challenges Patch (does not require the No Skill Challenge mod) if you prefer not to have to perform activities to unlock new perk ranks.

HOTKEYS: All individual bombs and special powers can be added to favorites from Inventory -> Aid to assign them their own hotkeys. Alternately, there is a Micro Bomb - Select Menu hotkey that lets you pause the game and pick any bomb directly, and shows which is equipped along with how many of each type you have remaining. There is also a weapon you can favorite for swapping to Unarmed.

OPTIONS: Most aspects of the creation from combat behavior to interface options can be customized by accessing the configuration menu. Read the book "TM: Way of the Techno Monk" from your inventory to access it.

"Let who you are define technology. Do not allow technology to define who you are." -Way of the Techno Monk

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