Re: Call for mixed blessing-style jewellery and consumables

On Apr 28, 3:30=A0pm, Andrew Sidwell <takka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Eddie Grove wrote:
> > I tried to think of interesting combinations, but the only one that
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> > seemed good the next day was { +int, +wis, -str}. =A0The problem is
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> > than str, any stat decrease is either meaningless or too painful to
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> > at the point where you would consider a mixed blessing item.
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> This would require multiple pvals, which I'm not going to implement too
> soon. =A0However, noted until then. =A0(multiple pvals filed as issue
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It wouldn't need multiple pvals - just make some stats increase by the
pval amount and some decrease by the pval.  Eg. a "ring of Mind
(+2)" (or whatever you want to call it) would increase int and wis by
2, and decrease str by 2.  A "ring of Mind (-3) {cursed}" would
decrease int and wis by three, while increasing str.

> > Armor and weapons could be consumable. =A0They could degenerate with
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> > how quickly would depend on how many/hard hits they take or give, on
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> > item's quality,
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> I think this is less of a mixed-blessing idea and more a fundamental
> rework of how weapons or armour work. =A0To make it an interesting game
> mechanic, you would need some significant percentage of combat gear be
> subject to wear and tear, and I think that's out of scope for V.

In general, I think that armour and such that wears out is a bad
idea.  We already have acid damage/disenchantment that decreases the
effectiveness of armour/weapons.  Maybe if the AC bonus of set of
armour falls below the negative of its base AC, it will get
destroyed?  (ie. a Soft Studded Armour would get destroyed when it
reaches [4, -4] - not that this ever really happens much in game.)

~Alex Phillips