[1.2.323] (2) Moar Skill Balancing

I think if the system worked similarly to how poisoning works with Poison Mist, it would work. In that system, the mob becomes poisoned by moving into the cloud and staying there long enough to gain the status ailment. This way, the poisoning occurs indirectly of the skill, as it's not the active cast of the skill that poisons the mob. Similarly, poisoning/burning/frostbite, whatever, could work in that the DoT damage occurs COMPLETELY indirectly of the skill used, operating on its own timer and "refreshing" only when the skill that induced the effect in the first place is used again, AFTER the timer has run out. In other words, spamming Paralyze or the Demons wouldn't "refresh" the timer, but would rather induce the effect solely if the effect wasn't already in place. In all other instances the active skill would be viewed by the game as a simple damage dealer.

So this will happen from your description of poison mist?

1. A player casts paralyze.
2. DoT starts. *the player is still able to use paralyze without stopping the DoT*
3. After 5 seconds DoT ends.
4. Repeat from step 1.

Also, now that DoT no longer relies on hp, can a monster be affected by the
same DoT skill from different players?
Ex. A monster being affected by three poison mists from three different f/p mages.