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Magni_Steelheart wrote:

"The inventor of this lightweight wonder managed to take the Ice out of an Ice Spear, but couldn't get the remaining spear out of his gut."

This had me in stitches. Brilliant :)

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Necraa wrote:

5% of spell damage leeched back as energy shield (or you could make it life and just have them use ghost reaver, whatever works best for balance, the point is just to give people a way to get leech from spells)

This is already possible; the Leech gems leech from all damage.


Might as well throw my hat(s) into the ring as well, since Reaper's feeling generous again :)
They're largely thematic ideas, so not a lot of numbers in there. Also, boring names. I'm a theorycrafter, not a poet :P Ordered roughly by how much I personally like the idea.


Totem Pole
Item (obviously :p)
-1 Maximum Totems
Totems deal more damage
Totems attack faster
25% Increased Totem size

An entirely alternate graphic for the Totem Pole would also be rad.
Centered around acquiring the +1 Totems passive and using a Ranged Attack totem by reducing the negative effects to some extent.


Hail
Some Bow or Another, beause clearly Unique Bows are lacking
Chunk of Damage
+Attack and Cast Speed
+Projectile Speed
+Radius of Area Skills
Convert Physical to Cold Damage
Convert Fire to Cold Damage
Cannot fire horizontal projectiles
"Like the banana,
Hail is relentless
in its desire,
to reach the Sun"

Blatantly intended for use with Rain of Arrows, with a side of Firestorm if you're into that sorta thing (totem with Firestorm + Flee for defense or something, and Cold Snap is also still available). Cold conversion is there because I have a thing for hailstorms in video games (blizzards are also acceptable), and it fits with Dexterity. EDIT: The arrows fly so far towards the sky they partially freeze, clearly [/retcon]. The flavor text is a joke.
The item would be angled upwards rather than down like other bows.


Quake
Staff
Generic damage modifiers
x% Less Damage dealt
Melee Attacks strike one additional target

In my vocabulary, "target" includes everything, but that's optional. Regardless, a weapon that is most effective against multiple enemies, with a theoretically doubled chance to inflict status ailments (hello Static Blows, Blind). Suffers against spread and single enemies, is less likely to Stun, and blows with Lightning Strike.


Charge
One-hand Weapon
When you gain a Charge, x% chance to gain an additional Charge
x% reduced Charge Effectiveness

Again, obvious what the idea is. Reduces the strength of charges, which also effects your Discharge output (cast speed, crit chance), but you can stack them faster. Could be interesting as a Physical Wand perhaps, due to Power Siphon.


Crimson Gusto
Mid-level Claw, Dagger, or Axe
Medium damage, high-end attack speed
x% Life as Chaos Damage per second
High Life on Hit
When you kill an enemy, move faster for a short while
Gore

The malus is easy to negate with Chaos Inoculation... But then why would you use this thing and not something stronger :P
Credit where credit is due; inspired by a Median XL unique I use too often. Thanks for the amazing game, Laz.


Enduring Flask
Duration of a couple seconds
Consumes all Frenzy and Power Charges
Grants Endurance charges based on nearby enemies
+Maximum Endurance charges

For the duration of the Flask, you'll have a large number of Endurance Charges, but these would disappear once the flask ends. Essentially a replacement for Granite/Enduring Cry, so it would probably have a fairly decent charge consumption. Consumes Frenzy and Power charges because I feel Granite Flasks need a(n additional) downside, and this is functionally similar (but has a lasting effect; Endurance Charges) :)


Flicker Strike
Sword probably
High-end damage modifiers
Melee hits have a chance to teleport the enemy away

*ba-dum*