So, I posted this on Reddit like a week ago and I’ve been told multiple times that i should send it to the developers at Gearbox. It’s a concept for a player class in the upcoming Borderlands 3. The Class is called #14087 “The Elementalist”. Basically this class, as opposed to a Siren or the Mechromancer even, is a male “Magic” wielder. I actually came up with a backstory and everything, and i’m open to all criticism
Initially, not much is known about #14087, only that he was a Hyperion Test Subject but ECHOs scattered throughout the game reveal more. Shortly after the success of the slag experimentation performed on Bloodwing, Handsome Jack requisitioned a series of Human test subjects to undergo the experiment. Under the supervision of Doctor Samuels, the Preserve was terraformed into many different environments and experiments commenced. After many days and many alterations, the first and only success was produced. This was Juvenile Test Subject 14087 He trained in the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve and learned to harness his abilities. Shortly after the awakening of the Warrior and Jack’s death, Subject 14087 was put to the test. Adversaries of all natures, including Bandits, creatures of Pandora, and even elite Hyperion personnel scattered through the Preserve. 14087 slaughtered them all. After the fall of Hyperion at the hands of the Con-Artist and the former Middle-Manager, Bandits stormed the Preserve and killed Doctor Samuels. 14087 took advantage of the chaos and escaped.
#14087’s action skill is Hand of the Tempest. When activated, 14087 will send put away his Weapons and launches several balls elemental Energy from his hands. This operates in a similar fashion to the Zer0s Kunai (Death Bl0ss0m skill) and the Fire Storm grenade (Tiny Tina’s assault on Dragon Keep) though it utilizes Incendiary, Corrosive, Shock, Cryo, Explosive and Slag. His Melee attack is a Longknife (A dagger with a footlong blade) which can be upgraded to slag an enemy when hit.
#14087, like all other playable characters, has 3 skill trees. The first is called Gifted. It increases #14087’s elemental abilities and resistances and upgrades the Hand of the Tempest skill in several ways, including more blasts, beams (instead of energy blasts) that can hit multiple targets, and the release of AoE Novas upon striking a target/the ground. The Tier-6 skill of this tree is called Arch-Mage, which combines each of the previous upgrades into the one skill and increases the damage dealt to the maximum of 500%
The second is called Experiment. This increases #14087s reflexes, allowing him to run faster, jump higher, perform stronger melee attacks, and even increase shield recharge rate and health regeneration rate when dealing elemental damage. The Tier-6 skill of this tree is called Knight-Master, which increases Maximum Health, Shield Capacity, and Elemental Resistance by 150% upon activation of the Action Skill. The Elemental Resistance increase applies to the constant increase in Elemental Resistance (potentially applied) found in the Gifted skill tree
The third and final tree is called All-Knowing. When invested in, It allows one to know more about their weapons, dealing extra damage at an increased fire rate with quicker reload speed. At a later point, One could even take on an armour-like effect. The Tier-6 is called Foresight, which slows time around the player upon activation of the action skill and increases the chance for one to dodge enemy bullets and melee attacks
#14087 wears the garments (minus the helmet) scavenged from a dead Hyperion Soldier. In addition to this he also wears a cloak, for the most part with the hood down. He is a young Caucasian male, roughly 17-23 years of age with short though thick brown hair and deep Blue-Gray eyes.
So yeah, that’s it. Umm… please pick me.