Karim was my first hero on the project, and an initial proof of the value of simple, unique resources that tie kits and abilities together.

Narratively, Karim was a villain character, a historian, an arrogant fire mage that wanted to destroy relations between elves and humans due to his hatred for humans.

Given the above and as a fire mage, I positioned him as a relatively low-difficulty character to see initial success with, with some strong combos and rewarding skill checks to drive deeper engagement as players stick with him.

This video shows all of his ability tooltips, as well as his core resource and the passives he unlocks as he levels up.

This video shows his abilities in use in a controlled environment (training dummy).

This video shows some normal mission gameplay with him. This is a mini mission so it’s just a few enemies and a miniboss