Re: Call for mixed blessing-style jewellery and consumables

On 29 Apr 2008 will_asher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> On Apr 28, 4:30 pm, Andrew Sidwell <takka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > ..An amulet/ring of bowman****p that gives a bonus to ranged attacks
but a
> > > penalty to close combat? (But doesn't affect rangers -- they're
already
> > > as practised at bowman****p as they're going to get...)
> >
> >  would be too hard to implement, so I veto it. :)
> An easy way of implementing the bowman****p would be to give the bonus
> to to-hit and to-dam and just prevent all melee like fear does.

I do rather like this idea, on reflection, so it would be nice if it
could be implemented. But it might perhaps fall foul of the Too Much
Junk mantra, since it would be another highly class-specific item -- a
major disincentive to any character save one who was already a bowman or
perhaps mage. Banning melee long-term wouldn't be very sustainable save
for a class that could already do significant long-range damage. My
intention was to even things up a little, rather than exacerbating
existing class divisions...

Perhaps as an activatable ability, then, for a tem****ary bonus boost
coupled with no melee? Or even a scroll -- that might make more sense.
(Probably wouldn't be worth carrying around with you in practice,
though.)

What if it gave you a tem****ary extra shot/round?


In fact -- still brain-doodling -- how about tem****ary Extra Attacks as
a mixed-blessing effect of some kind? Along with speed, it's perhaps one
of the two most prized abilities, powerful enough to be a serious
temptation even with an accompanying drawback.

It would have to be something that activated for an extra attack or two
over a strictly time-limited period, but had some other deleterious
effect while recharging I suppose. Perhaps just food - all that extra
adrenalin makes you hungry; so you can't just gorge yourself and set out
down into the dungeon without any supplies, assuming that your Slow
Digestion will last you until you come back up...




> And maybe if character has extra_shot then it has no effect except
> preventing melee (which could still be helpful for teaching yourself
> to use your bow instead of melee as a ranger).

I really can't see anyone's going to those lengths to alter his playing
style!

> There's also a possibility of amulet/ring/potion of super melee (needs
> better name) which gives great melee bonuses but prevents any range
> shooting or spell casting (but for warriors would do nothing but
> prevent shooting).

This sounds like a variant on Berserk -- which, really, ought to prevent
any effective shooting or bespelling. A berserking warrior isn't going
to stand there calmly picking targets at a distance; he's going to be
swiping out at the nearest thing he can hit.

(Didn't Norseband plan to implement just this, since it was more
in-theme for the bare-sarks?)

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