Skills and Talents

Skills & Talent Tree Design

This document details the racial passive traits, combat class skills (active and passive), and the talent progression framework for CROSS.

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🎭 Racial Passive Traits

Racial traits are locked at character creation, defining the character’s baseline passive strengths and profession efficiencies.

Race	Passive Name	Combat Effect	Profession/Gathering Boost
Dwarf	Stonebound Fortitude	+10% Physical Defense bonus from equipped armor.	+15% Mining & Blacksmithing speed.
Elf	Starlight Attunement	+10% Maximum Mana pool.	+15% Herbalism & Alchemy speed.
Goblin	Trickster’s Haste	+5% Attack & Movement speed.	+15% Farming yield & Scribing speed.
Human	Charismatic Resolve	+5% to all base attributes.	+10% Gold & Experience earnings.

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⚔️ Combat Class Skills (MVP Setup)

Each class possesses one signature Active Skill (auto-cast by overlay AI on cooldown, or manually queued via standalone/extension controls) and one Passive Talent upgraded via points.

graph TD
    subgraph Class Skills
        Warrior -->|Active| WS1[Shield Slam]
        Warrior -->|Passive| WS2[Iron Will]
        
        Rogue -->|Active| RS1[Backstab]
        Rogue -->|Passive| RS2[Opportunist]
        
        Mage -->|Active| MS1[Fireball]
        Mage -->|Passive| MS2[Mana Tap]
        
        Priest -->|Active| PS1[Holy Light]
        Priest -->|Passive| PS2[Divine Aegis]
    end

1. Warrior (Tank / Frontliner)

• 🛡️ Active Skill: Shield Slam
  • Mechanics: Strikes the target for $120\%$ physical weapon damage and generates high threat.
  • Aggro Effect: Forces all enemies within a small radius ($50$ pixel circle) to shift their target to the Warrior for 4 seconds.
  • Cooldown: 8 seconds.
• 📜 Passive Talent: Iron Will
  • Effect: Increases maximum health pool by $+1.5\%$ and threat generation by $+5\%$ per talent level.
  • Max Level: 10.

2. Rogue (DPS / Infiltrator)

• 🗡️ Active Skill: Backstab
  • Mechanics: If behind or in close range of the target, strikes for $180\%$ physical damage. Has a $+30\%$ increased critical strike chance.
  • Cooldown: 6 seconds.
• 📜 Passive Talent: Opportunist
  • Effect: Critical strikes restore $+3$ stamina/energy points and increase movement speed by $+10\%$ for 3 seconds.
  • Max Level: 10.

3. Mage (DPS / Spellcaster)

• 🔥 Active Skill: Fireball
  • Mechanics: Shoots a magical fire bolt dealing $150\%$ spell damage. Has a $25\%$ chance to apply a Burn DoT (deals $10\%$ damage per second for 3 seconds).
  • Cooldown: 5 seconds.
• 📜 Passive Talent: Mana Tap
  • Effect: Spell hits have a $10\%$ chance to restore $5\%$ of max mana. Increases spell damage by $+2\%$ per talent level.
  • Max Level: 10.

4. Priest (Healer / Support)

• ☀️ Active Skill: Holy Light
  • Mechanics: Automatically targets the lowest HP ally in range, healing them for $150\%$ of spell power. If targeted at an undead enemy, deals $80\%$ holy damage instead.
  • Cooldown: 4 seconds.
• 📜 Passive Talent: Divine Aegis
  • Effect: Healing critical strikes apply a protective shield on the target, absorbing incoming physical/magical damage equal to $20\%$ of the heal value for 6 seconds.
  • Max Level: 10.

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🌲 Combat Class Specializations (Subclasses)

At Level 15, players choose a Subclass Specialization (from their Standalone Client or Twitch Extension). This splits their talent options and unlocks a signature specialization active skill:

Main Class	Subclass	Role/Focus	Specialization Active Skill
Warrior	Guardian	Defensive Shield Tank	Stonewall: Invulnerable to knockbacks, +50% defense, absorbs 30% of damage taken by nearby allies for 6s. Cooldown: 30s.
	Berserker	Two-Handed Melee DPS	Reckless Strike: Deals 220% physical damage but reduces own armor by 20% for 4s. Converts damage taken into extra attack power. Cooldown: 15s.
Rogue	Assassin	Single-Target Dagger Burst	Death Mark: Marks an enemy for 5s; 40% of all critical damage dealt to the target during this window detonates as extra shadow damage when the mark expires. Cooldown: 20s.
	Combatant	Evasion & Crowd Control	Caltrop Trap: Drops a spike trap slowing all ground enemies in an area by 50% and applying a bleed DoT. Cooldown: 18s.
Mage	Pyromancer	High Fire AoE Burst	Meteor: Calls down a fire meteor dealing heavy fire AoE damage and leaving a burning floor patch (DoT) for 4s. Cooldown: 25s.
	Cryomancer	Ice CC & Spell Shields	Blizzard: Creates a localized ice storm slowing enemies by 40% with a 10% chance to freeze targets solid for 2s. Cooldown: 20s.
Priest	Cleric	Pure Holy Healing	Sanctify: Places a holy light zone on the ground, healing all allies standing inside it every second for 6s. Cooldown: 24s.
	Apostate	Shadow Healer / Lifesteal	Vampiric Touch: Drains 20 HP/s from the target, distributing 100% of the drained health to the lowest-HP ally within range. Cooldown: 15s.

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👾 Enemy Races & Types

Monsters spawned during waves possess Enemy Types, allowing targeted spell scaling (like the Priest’s Holy Light dealing damage to undead):

1. Undead: Skeletons, zombies, and ghosts.
   • Properties: High physical defense, slow movement. Vulnerable to Holy type damage.
2. Beast: Giant spiders, wolves, and bears.
   • Properties: High movement speed, low armor. Vulnerable to bleed and poison effects.
3. Humanoid: Bandits, cultists, and rogue mercenaries.
   • Properties: Standard attributes. Utilizes basic combat AI (will run around tanks to target backline rooms if not blocked).
4. Demon: Imps, gargoyles, and hellhounds.
   • Properties: High resistance to magical fire. Vulnerable to physical impact and frost spells.
5. Elemental: Golems, spirits, and wisps.
   • Properties: Golems have high physical armor but slow attack speeds; spirits are immune to basic slows/roots.

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🌲 Talent Tree Progression Framework

Players earn 1 Talent Point per level-up. They distribute these points via their UI (Twitch Extension or Standalone Client).

1. Level Locks: Talents are organized in horizontal rows (Tiers) locked by character level milestones (e.g. Tier 1 unlocks at Level 1, Tier 2 at Level 10, Tier 3 at Level 20).
2. Specialization Trees: Choosing a subclass at Level 15 unlocks the specialized side-branch of the talent tree, offering advanced buffs to the subclass’s signature skill.
3. Point Gates: To unlock a higher Tier, a minimum total number of talent points must have been spent in lower tiers.
4. Real-Time Sync: Like equipment changes, when a player saves their talent selection, the client sends a SAVE_TALENTS WebSocket packet to the Master Server. The server validates the player’s level and point allocation before saving to the database and returning the updated state back to the streamer’s overlay client.