Narcolepsy
It would cause the victim to fall asleep at inopportune times. Sort of like sermon, but makes you fall asleep on the tick and able to wake up right after. It would be used to make people trying to run away fall asleep on the tick and screw up their directions. This would be awesome, wouldn't it?
It doesn't have to replace sermon or even go on clerics, but it could go for a shaman or something, too.
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You fall on your face... asleep.
In your dreams, or what?
In your dreams, or what?
In your dreams, or what?
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Haha, giving it to shamans would be funny. Your running, pass out, wake up and have **** yourself the same second. Poor guy.
Edit: But if you cast it on somone who is trying to get away, wont they be sleeping perfectly at each tick for max mana and hp regen? Hell I would cast it on myself. 
Sounds like Insomnia, but not.
he's not saying sleep for a tick and be able to get up, he's talking about falling into a deep sleep every tick, and being able to wake up right after, trying to run away.
Like Icor posted...
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You fall flat on your face... asleep.
In your dreams, or what? x3
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You wake and stand up.
You run like hell.
I like it, a lot actually. and it would be great with shamans...except i think it would be a little redundant. But regardless it seems like I really cool idea, maybe make it a mental spell.
I think it would be more useful than insomnia for Shaman. Replacing it wouldn't be a bad idea.
Of course, it could be more random. Give it a long duration, but have it randomly drop you to sleep for an hour. As it stands, it is possibly too close to giving sleep to Shaman (if that was the class to get it), which would be scary (hence insomnia being a bit different).
In the sleep state caused by the spell, it should give negative gain on mana, move, hp. That would be brutal, but with a totally randomized hit, it won't be nearly so realiable.
Just some thoughts.
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Narcolepsy
It would cause the victim to fall asleep at inopportune times. Sort of like sermon, but makes you fall asleep on the tick and able to wake up right after. It would be used to make people trying to run away fall asleep on the tick and screw up their directions. This would be awesome, wouldn't it?
It doesn't have to replace sermon or even go on clerics, but it could go for a shaman or something, too.
I was just saying that shamans allready have something to help slow down their opponents, giving them two skills that have an almost identical application would be, well redundant. Unless of course you could choose one or the other to use on your opponent but not both sorta like the way certain spells can't both be on you at once.
I think it would be more useful than insomnia for Shaman. Replacing it wouldn't be a bad idea.
Of course, it could be more random. Give it a long duration, but have it randomly drop you to sleep for an hour. As it stands, it is possibly too close to giving sleep to Shaman (if that was the class to get it), which would be scary (hence insomnia being a bit different).
In the sleep state caused by the spell, it should give negative gain on mana, move, hp. That would be brutal, but with a totally randomized hit, it won't be nearly so realiable.
Just some thoughts.
Yea, that would not be fun. Running, collapse to sleep, wake up and run (if you still can) - uh oh! SLEEP! Then you are lit up and kissing that nice set of EQ goodbye. Hehe.
I was just saying that shamans allready have something to help slow down their opponents' date=' giving them two skills that have an almost identical application would be, well redundant. Unless of course you could choose one or the other to use on your opponent but not both sorta like the way certain spells can't both be on you at once.[/quote']
It wouldn't be giving shamans sleep. That would not be fair in the least. It would give shamans an ability to chase, not that they can't already. It was just a random idea and it makes more sense than insomnia, because the way it is right now, it doesn't really make a big impact unless you get away. I am also unsure of this other spell you were talking of that is nearly identical...if you speak of insomnia, it is the complete opposite, if you talk of sermon, it is for clerics, and if you talk of something else, I'm out of the loop.
I also do not like the idea of it doing anything OTHER than forcing the character to go to sleep and waking up as soon as they type "st". I think this is a fun idea because it can totally screw someone's running commands up and allows the shaman to catch up to someone faster than them. What I think it SHOULD do is cause the person to be hit for the other things first, and then fall asleep. So it would go poison, plague, that other spell, and then make them fall asleep, and able to wake up right away.
I do not think clerics deserve this spell, they are fine the way they are, aside from the ray vs path that everyone debates. I do not mandate that if this spell goes in, it goes in on shamans. There are other classes this could go on. It might be neat on invokers, psionicists, liches, anything. You know? It could even be given to a melee class in the form of a melee attack to the head. It would last for a few hours and if you are trying to run, oops, you get whoosy and fall unconscious for a split second.
They could go to Paladins, as an after shock of a mounted charge, so they charge you heavely on the chest and now you are falling asleep because you are narcolepsic because you cant breath well from the trauma.
LOL 
Nice twist ...
A good shaman can use insomnia quite effectivly. In the past i have utilized it in battleas an opener, held off on my mals, ran about...threw a harm or two, landed some mal spells (none that do dmg over time) waited then clunk, the goodie that thought he had a shaman on the run finds himself asleep and soon stacked with the worst mals in the game, no moves no nothing..dead. A fast shaman can easily keep a foe on the hop for a few hours.
The idea is good, but Insomnia is an unbelievable tool...and any, even poor, skilled shaman can destroy an oppnent they get sleeping. nothing beats laying on all your mals, enfeebling till they have no moves then laying on poison, plague, visitation..hit em with dysentary..flee and read your notes while in the next room a rots as he cant heal with blasphemy.
Its a neat idea, but dont underestimate insomnia.
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You hear Paladins death cry.
You recieve 280 Experience points.
Shaman says "Ahhh my equipment is ready."
I said Almost identical, and I was talking abut dysentary...but it's still a good idea don't get me wrong.
Its a neat idea, but dont underestimate insomnia.
Don't underestimate the player (even a semi-skilled would probably know this) who will carry certain items with them that are quite readily available, to prevent insomnia. Insomnia can be powerful but not against a player who is carrying very basic preparations with them, thanks to the time before it actually kicks in. A player pretty much just checks their affects, waits an hour before it kicks in, prepares, and that's it. Insomnia over. Regardless, if a shaman opened with insomnia against me, you can bet I'm not going to stick around. Similar to those who open with blasphemy against communers before anything else.
I definately think the spell in question would work better for shamans because of this. Though it should be moderatly hard to land (as in, not like sermon currently is) but not too hard, in my opinion.
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Enfeeble first. Always. That's my opener. 
Based on the feedback, it seems like everyone agrees Shamans really don't need it. Fine. Clerics don't either. Why not give it to warriors or something? Thump someone on the head could cause them to become narcaleptic for a while or something. Heh.
Wow, I hate shamans because they scare the **** out of me, like Covus... I hate him but love him at the same time, anyhow. That spell would definately make me want to roll a Shaman a lot more... good idea, props.
Seems like it could be a good psionicist spell to me.
Insomina's greatest power doesn't come just from sleep, but more it's effects while still awake.
Right, but it doesn't have an affect on everyone. Only certain people. My reason of being vague is because it is a qclass, still. Narcolepsy would affect everyone equally, while insomnia doesn't exactly affect everyone.