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Frankie, Death or Storm?!

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Survivor
Oct 29, 2011
11
Is this just me? I have both Death and Storm wizards, although I like Death better. But, I think Dr. Von's Monster, better known to players as Frankie should be Storm. Here is why:
1. Dr. Von is storm in Marleybone.
2. Frankie is a creation of technology, and storm is the school associated with technology.
3. The spell itself looks like storm, with all the electricity and computers, etc.
There is a spell called Deer Knight which looks really cool. Death could get a spell that looks like Deer Knight instead, but with more pip use and damage, either attack all, or just like Frankie take health from one enemy, give half to self. What the spell Frankie does is fine, but how it looks is not Death really. Death should be dark and spooky and ghostly and made of skeletons, etc.
On the the hand, storm gets this Owl spell. Isn't Owl more of a spooky Death thing?
Anyways, I think developers lost connection with the game from Celestia on; from spells which don't represent the spirit of schools, to clothing.

Armiger
Jan 11, 2012
2497
NOTHING is single purpose and hasn't been for a long time. Let's examine www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Field_Guard

Class: Undead
Look: Death
School: Storm
Physical Attack: Fire

That being the case, are scarecrows fire or death? Well, the SPELL is Death but the MONSTER is Fire.

Champion
Jan 27, 2010
405
We'll as far as the monster spell goes the Frankenstein is brought back to life by electricity and dr.von is storm but resurrection is a completely School power KI was most likely very torn on where to categorize this spell but chose death.

Archon
Feb 07, 2011
3175
Yes, Dr. Von (the less-cool one) is Storm.

BUT

Storm is known for its creativity~ inventors would certainly fall into that category. But Death specializes in, well, reanimating dead stuff... And Dr. Von's monster is a reanimated dead dude.

Dr. Von Katz=Storm; not a necromancer, as he is using Storm power to shock the monster back to life.
Monster= some old dead dude, reanimated; hence why it is a death spell.



-v.

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Survivor
Oct 29, 2011
11
dayerider on Oct 21, 2013 wrote:
NOTHING is single purpose and hasn't been for a long time. Let's examine www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Field_Guard

Class: Undead
Look: Death
School: Storm
Physical Attack: Fire

That being the case, are scarecrows fire or death? Well, the SPELL is Death but the MONSTER is Fire.
As far as I know, Scarecrow is a Halloween creature associated with crows (death), and dead land after harvest. So, it is Death; I don't see any fire in it.

Survivor
Oct 29, 2011
11
Balance princess on Oct 21, 2013 wrote:
We'll as far as the monster spell goes the Frankenstein is brought back to life by electricity and dr.von is storm but resurrection is a completely School power KI was most likely very torn on where to categorize this spell but chose death.
As far as I know from the original story, the monster is a creation, not resurrection. The story is about how science can go wrong. So, it is closer to storm.
By the way, my main point is that Deer Knight is a better choice for a Death spell than Frankie.

Defender
Jul 26, 2012
137
As you may know, each of the "Spirit" schools is said to draw upon two of the elemental schools. Life draws upon Storm and Fire, and Myth draws upon Fire and Ice.

According to the description for the Death school:

"Death magic sits between Ice and Storm, for the cold energy of undeath draws on those two forces"

So it may make sense that some Death spells like Dr. Von's Monsters may seem especially stormy. It may just be a Death spell that draws more heavily upon the element of Storm. However, it is still a Death spell.

Defender
Aug 26, 2011
158
real answer probably:
KI wanted a 9-pip death spell and weren't sure what monster to use. since frankie is undead he makes a good choice for a death spell. as for the way they did the animation, it leaves a lot of doubt about what school he really is.

Gabriel Ashcaller level 76 overlord

Champion
Jan 27, 2010
405
Well in that case doesn't death already run the gamut on health swapping spells they seem to have quite a few of them and for a deer knight with more damage you could always just blade and feint I guess seeing as deer knight is already a hit all death spell .

Armiger
Jan 11, 2012
2497
Diaako on Oct 21, 2013 wrote:
As far as I know, Scarecrow is a Halloween creature associated with crows (death), and dead land after harvest. So, it is Death; I don't see any fire in it.
I'm talking simply about how it is in the game. The monster I showed is one bit melting pot of schools