Core concept: The elemental adept has used the elements to hone their body to fighting perfection, channeling their power through blows with hands and feet.
Weapon: Cestus Cestus is a two handed weapon as a martial artist treats their body as a single weapon
Inspirations: Avatar, FFXIV Pugilist/Monk, Jade Dynasty, classic asian martial arts movies
Mechanic: Burst Aura and Combo skills
As you use weapon skill you fill up the burst bar. once full, you can activate it to gain a Burst Aura
Burst Auras persist for their duration when swapping attunments
Fire: your burning spirit materializes as an aura of flame increasing damage of attacks Foes suffer retaliation and burn when they attack. also acts as mobile fire field that ticks damage on foes in it.
Water a cold mist surrounds you, reducing incoming damage, chilling foes within the effect. acts as a mobile water field, healing allies in the effect
Air: the air becomes electrified around you dazing attackers and granting swiftness and fury. acts as mobile lightning field
Earth: Rocks form around you, granting protection and reflects projectiles (maybe a 33% chance)
I am not too good coming up with weapon skills so hopefully i can get suggestions for these.
Combo skills: unlike normal weapon skills, combo skills have no cool down, instead they can only be used as part of a combo based on what combo style you are in
Cestus skills
Fire
- Burning hands (can be used in Imp style) a continuous assault of aggressive punches and kicks (activates salamander style)
- Salamanders lashing tongue: (Can be used in salamander style) A quick kick that inflicts burning (activates Dragon style)
- Ascending Dragon Punch (Can only be used in Dragon style) Uppercut your foes, knocking them back (Activates Imp style)
- Sweeping phoenix tail (can only be used in Salamander style) Perform a leg sweep extended by kicking up flames, forms a wall of fire in front of you (activates Dragon style)
- Flaming wheel kick (can only be used in Dragon Style) leap forward in a flip kick. creating a blast of fire where you land, leap finisher (activates imp style)
Water
- flowing river whip: A fighting style that uses water to whip foes
Air
- Silverwing Strikes: A Tengu martial arts that uses swipes based on claws/talons
Earth
- Crushing Boulder fists: A slow but powerful style inspired by earth elementals
I am not the best at coming up with utilities and traits. I am not too balance minded so I am worried I would make them too weak or too powerful
utilities: Stances
Rock Dog Stance: Gain stability, Protection and stun break
Elite: Elemental Trance: Enter a Zen like state, evading attacks before counter attacking with a powerful move dependent on current element
Traits
Grandmaster – Dual Aura mastery: you are able to have 2 burst Auras active
Grandmaster – Powerful spirit: Burst Auras last longer