DUSKRUIN NEWS: GM Avaluka previews the new line of weapons and shields that will be opening soon in the Duskruin Shop called Petal to the Metal: Phytomorphic gear with Phytoorphic Putrescence! Add a foraged item to it for your own Plant-themed style, Disintegration Flares of Plant Powered Pow, and more! With Tiers and Unlocks – such a great new adventuring option. Pricing to be announced. Details:
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GM Avaluka
[Duskruin] Phytomorphic Weapons/Shields
on 16 Aug 2025 11:21 AM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #forums/paid-events channel
Debuting this Duskruin at the shop “Petal to the Metal” is the new combat script Phytomorphic Weapons/Shields. Imbued with the power of nature, these armaments are able to draw essence from the flora around them and channel it into “Phytomorphic Putrescence” flares, a script flare with disintegrate damage. They are additionally able to absorb the essence of Foraged Items you PUSH into them, allowing their appearance to change. Random flora from the area you are in, as well as whatever Forged Item may be fused with the weapon/shield, appears in the flare’s messaging. The Foraged Items you PUSH into the item work like Veolas – you can customize the look of the weapon/shield when types of Forageables are added to it.
=Unlockable Features=
Phytomorphic Putrescence flare tiers (up to T4)
Each unlock increases the strength of Phytomorphic Putrescence flares. The flares always have a normal flare rate. Each flare will pull a random flora from the room unless you lock the flora in via CLENCH.,
Arboreal Agony ability
When unlocked, this adds a SMRv2 attack to a successful Phytomorphic Putrescence flare that, when it hits, will make the target “Disoriented”. The power of this ability is tied to the tier of Phytomorphic Putrescence.,
Deciduous Decay flares (up to T5)
When unlocked, this adds an additional SMRv2 flare that, when successful, debuffs the target and adds the debuffed stats as a buff to the wielder of the Weapon/Shield. While not in combat, you can switch between “Floral Focus” (TD debuff/CS buff) or “Botanical Brutality” (DS debuff, AS buff) Each tier buffs the SMRv2 roll and adds -3 TD/-5 DS to the debuff: a full -15 TD (or -25 DS) at T5.
The buff to the wielder lasts until the next applicable strike or 2 minutes, whichever comes first.,
Fluff actions.
There is an additional tier of fluff actions, which includes a way to force the item to absorb a random flora from the current room without having to make a flare go off.
The shields have an unlock like Animalistic where you can make it do the flare on a successful block in forward+ stances.
Additional unlock for shields: * Boreal Block (shields only)
Unlocking this adds the ability for Phytomorphic Putrescence flares to go off on a successful block in a forward or greater stance.
An example of the fluff verb (that is in the T2) where you can manually change the random flora in the room you are in: Twisting your wrist while brandishing your mithril falchion, you swing it in a complicated circle. Verdant-hued light blooms over the ground and turns into ethereal sprigs of tarragon that get drawn up into the mithril falchion in a flurry of fragments.
It works with any foraged item, I believe, so there are a lot of options.
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