False Idol

Distraction · Summon

Player experience

You plant an idol and the crowd chases it instead of you. You stay hidden while it runs. When it breaks, it explodes. The upgrade makes the chase last longer, and the blast reaches farther.

Product goal

False Idol is a combination tool. The chase draws the swarm off you and into a trap, and the explosion punishes them for taking it. It is the first spell in the Summon home, a shelf that can still grow.

Upgrades

Fixation. The idol holds the chase longer, and the blast reaches farther from a harder center.

As built

Shop gate: round 4.

Cast spends mana, places a marker at the aim point, and hides that seat from enemies. When the marker expires it explodes: swarm enemies and hit volumes in the blast take falloff damage, then the hide drops.

Shop upgrade, required on Distraction:

False Idol (AbilityId.Fixation) — the marker holds attention longer. Rank scales duration, blast radius, center damage, and edge falloff.

Configuration

DistractionSpellFactory

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/Slumber/DistractionSpell.asset

_id: Summon
_name: distractionspell
_manaCost: 10
_cooldownTime: 10
_maxCastRange: 30

StackableAbilityType

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/Rewards/Ability_Distraction_Fixation.asset

_abilityId: Fixation
_displayName: False Idol
_description: Distraction holds attention longer
_maxLevel: 5
_pointCostOverride: -1
_requiresSpell: true
_requiredSpellId: Distraction
_requiresWeapon: false
_requiresAbilityLevel: false
_prerequisiteAbilityId: HealthRecharge
_prerequisiteLevel: 1

FixationConfig

Assets/Data/_AssetData/Addressables/DeepForestLabs/Slumber/FixationConfig.asset

_duration (6)
- [0]: 4
- [1]: 4.5
- [2]: 5
- [3]: 6
- [4]: 7
- [5]: 8
_blastRadius (6)
- [0]: 5
- [1]: 5.5
- [2]: 6
- [3]: 6.5
- [4]: 7
- [5]: 7.5
_centerDamage (6)
- [0]: 50
- [1]: 60
- [2]: 70
- [3]: 80
- [4]: 90
- [5]: 100
_edgeFalloff (6)
- [0]: 0.6
- [1]: 0.65
- [2]: 0.7
- [3]: 0.75
- [4]: 0.8
- [5]: 0.85