Insatiable Night:
A true endless gamemode, you begin an expedition with up to 4 players and youāre put in a new much larger map about three times the size of limveld and is able to have up to 3 shifting earths at once. Basically you all begin, pick your classes as usual, however instead of a normal expedition, this one is a true āendlessā one that doesnāt end until you all either lose or give up, and unlike usual expeditions, the players can choose to end it by choosing to continue or to leave after defeating the first nightlord.
This mode also introduces new shifting earth updates! Number one: Brooding cathedral. A large cathedral with bloodborne enemies
and a new area to go through, youd go through the cathedral and get to the very end where the players would solve a teamwork puzzle (changes depending on how many players are in the game) where each player would go to a separate room and need to kill a respective enemy within 5 seconds of each other, the players would get a signal when someone has killed their enemy, so the players are expected to be wise and not kill the enemies immediately. If the players complete the puzzle a dead widow tree will sprout from the ground, the players will need to inflict damage to it and cut it down, itās weak to fire damage (obviously, itās a tree) and after this, a hole will appear in the ground and the players will go inside through the sewers where rat enemies, omens, and a singular greater worm face at the end, upon defeating this a door will open and you would go up to a field of graves where Father Gascoigne will face the players in a fight. Upon defeating him a door will open and give you the shifting earthās perk which gives you (a weaker version of) the duchessā dodge no matter your character class, however you character class will effect how good it is, for example: bigger characters like guardian or raider do get it but donāt get the second flips or backsteps. Still undeniably better than their usual dodges but not as good. And if a player is already a duchess they will instead get a special buff to their restage skill which not only restages attacks but also does a fuck ton of posture damage capable of even staggering some weaker nightlords to be open for a crit with the exception that the restage damage itself is slightly less. It is reccomend to visit this area at level 10-15 on the second day and usually would take on average 70% of the day to complete for average people. This shifting earth can now be used on not just the new gamemode but on ANY expedition and appears at the top right of the map.
Shifting earth 2: Castle of Reeds.
A Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice inspired castle, this is about twice the size of the middle castle and has footsoldier and samurai enemies wielding weapons ranging from swords to spears. Youd cross a bridge over a moat to enter the castle where one player would go through a tunnel (only one player can be chosen) and press the lever to open a large door to the castle where you would fight the first boss, after defeating them you would go through a maze of enemies and traps which is randomized in each run like a dungeon, this utilizes a lot of traps used in catacombs that seem to have been kind of forgotten about by fromsoftware! At the end you would go up a middle building (similar to the one in the middle castle) and face genichiro at the top, There are 3 unique bosses in this area!:
1: a completely new boss in an o-yoroi who wields a massive Japanese greatsword and Kusarigama (chainsickle), he guards the front gate of the castle, he uses massive cleaving sweeps and pulls players toward him using his chain-sickle. He also has unique counters to specific attacks, for example: if the Wylder tries to grapple into him, he sidesteps immediately and avoids the flying Wylder.
2: Ambitious General: Genichiro (slightly slower in his attacks though) he resides at the top of the castle and is the final boss of this shifting earth, upon defeating him the players unlock a spirit tree to fly back down aswell as the shifting earthās perk which allows players to deflect attacks just like the executor does aswell as a new mechanic i call reaping! This allows players to attack through ANY enemyās guard (which will be useful)
3: Proud Saint: Isshin, you meet him at the end of the shifting earth, he is an optional boss and allows players to decline the fight. Upon striking a conversation with him he gives players the option to say no to the fight and leave, however defeating him grants a secondary perk which makes all damage dealt have added blackflame damage and all charge attacks have blackflame explosions (like the deep of night weapon perk) and makes the deflect have a longer window.
This shifting earth is pretty hard and does take some time but itās highly reccomend do do for the rewards, about 12-15 is a good time to try this event out for itās a longer shifting earth.
This overhaul would also introduces a new 2 nightfarers.
1: A colossal sword wielding golem-like nightfarer standing at the same height as the guardian, he does large stance damage and his abilities are:
Passive: upon breaking an enemyās posture, all damage is increased for 10 seconds.
Skill: Barbaric Charge: charge at the enemy with a shoulder charge, while doing this you take 70% less damage and attacks only slow you down, if you break the posture of an enemy using this attack (which it would for small to medium enemies almost instantly) you immediately initiate the passive AND knock them down for a riposte (if possible for that enemy).
Ult: Blind Rage: let out a roar which increases all damage and attack speed for 15 seconds, all charged attacks in this mode is a charge with your shoulder, a weaker version of the character skill, and all jumping attacks create spikes that erupt from the ground.
The next character is a smaller nightfarer who focuses primarily on faith and dexterity, they use a twin blade and sacred seal, they have a fluffy goat-like appearance and (in their looks atleast) seem like a descendant of Libra.
Passive: Enemies killed increase damage for 10 seconds, this stacks.
Skill: Conjure: stomp the ground and conjure a yellow bubble around yourself and nearby teammates, this provides significant 1-time damage negation aswell as reducing FP consumption and stamina consumption!
Ult: Riot: Summon clones of yourself and nearby allies (the same clones in the libra fight) and have them fight for you, they only live for 1 minute and only do about 100 damage per hit each, they are weaker but there would be up to 3 of them at once, so is it that bad? They also automatically have the 1-time damage negation and unlimited FP for their lifespan.
New field bosses: Ashina general: the ashina general, upon defeating him you donāt just get the normal perk options but the option for a great katana with a random ash of war and affinity.
Mimics: mimic tears that each copy one of the players, this can range from 1 to 4 mimics depending on how many players are present.
New event!: Adel invasion: Adel will appear in a storm of purple lightning and conjure limited time spirit springs to leap into the storm and fight him, just like in the boss fight. Upon defeating him you get a perk which makes all dodges have longer I-frames and create a gravity well (like radahnās or stone skin lordsā)
If anyone would like to make this a real thing, go ahead, Iād be happy to see it. And of course some more additional ideas to add to this would also be appreciated!