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July 3, 2025

[Poll] How should Ilreth dash?

Hello patrons!

Talking about Ilreth, the catty elf that definitely looooooves humans

I had two ideas for how she could dash forward. One is using propulsors in her boots:

I didn't polish the animation鈥檚 ending much because I felt it was... I don't know... Imagine being in the middle of a fight and suddenly exposing her whole chest while lunging at the enemy?

So I came up with this second idea, where she installs jets on her scythe and uses it to launch herself forward:

Which one do you prefer? If you think the tech should be more embedded in her attire, I could still try to make the first animation work!

This also gave me a new idea... Kalyskah is SUPER fast during the prologue, and I thought Ilreth could have a speed boost too鈥攂ut instead of hovering like Kalyskah, she would skate, a bit inspired by Shadow the Hedgehog 馃ぃ

I am really enjoying this whole artificer train of thought. And remember, it will take a while, but eventually (probably next year), Ilreth will become a playable companion in the prologue. So we are taking extra care with her moveset to ensure she is not only fun to watch in combat, but also satisfying to play when we finally have the budget and time to develop the companion system.

Comments (9)

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Nev 路 July 3, 2025

Boosted with her scythe would offer even more possibilities, like riding on it like a witch :D

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DCeptous 路 July 3, 2025

First animation looks pretty unhealthy for the back, so definitely second.

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Lil J 路 July 3, 2025

Definitely 2

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Michael Michael 路 July 3, 2025

The first animation, where she push her chest out, that looks like a good idea to use your body hypnotize the enemy.

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Herensuge 路 July 3, 2025

A scythe with a propulsor could really be a powerfull weapon. The damage that thing could do... Uffff

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Dreamatrix 路 July 3, 2025

First pic, the floaty will not be there right? Her shadow not connected to her.

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Kalyskah 路 July 4, 2025

Oh, that was not her shadow, it was the rig.

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David McMahon 路 July 3, 2025

Having her chest out in front of her heading right for the enemy would be a nice distraction and she should get a slight bonus to attack for that reason.

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Fir3walker27 路 July 3, 2025

Cool work