This looks very funny!
I don't have the time to test it right now, but I will. We should also
create a page on the wiki to comment and brainstorm on it.
First change I suggest would be to change the cost of defense from XP to
gold. The reason is simple: we have plans to get rid of the XP pool, so
better not to rely on it.
Give each monster some gold to keep the income flowing.
2010/11/23 David Ramsey <pooka...@gmail.com>
> Been silent for awhile, but I've just had some questions on my mind
> regarding current trunk, several of which deal with the Dwarf Hall.
>
> (And for my entry on the development team page, you can put "USA" as
> location and "November 2007" for joining date. Sorry for the delay on
> that.)
>
> 1. The name Dwarf Hall is a bit inconsistent, given the Elven Halls.
> Should it be the Dwarven Hall instead?
>
> 2. "Deep dwarf unborn" has no pluralization routine, so its plural ends
> up being "deep dwarf unborns". Should "unborn" be effectively handled
> as a suffix there, or should we take the easy way out and rename the
> monster to "unborn deep dwarf", which is already handled by virtue of
> ending with "dwarf"?
>
> 3. There was a commit message awhile ago mentioning a proposal to rename
> the greater wraith to the eidolon. I'd support this, as "greater
> wraith" is somewhat bland. Comments, alternatives, etc.?
>
> 4. Are any of the Dwarf Hall monsters suitable candidates for showing up
> in the Abyss? For example, the greater wraith, currently one of the
> rare faster-than-average undead, might fit, and some of the death-themed
> deep dwarf monsters (necromancer, death knight, unborn) also might,
> since human necromancers already show up there, and the undead-themed
> branches seem full enough already. The same question, to a lesser
> extent, also applies to Pandemonium.
>
> 5. The monster version of Cause Fear isn't used anywhere. Should it be,
> and, if so, for what?
>
> 6. One of the reasons that Conjure Ball Lightning is named such is
> apparently that the ball lightning created is permanent as opposed to
> being summoned. By the same logic, since the scroll of summoning
> creates a permanent small abomination, should it be renamed to the
> scroll of conjuring, or is that too potentially confusing?
>
> 7. Should undead abominations be split off into their own monster type?
> I remember in very old versions, abominations were marked as undead
> based on color, which was deemed a hack, and one of the original reasons
> for the "fake undead" flag. However, now that demonic abominations are
> barred from having those colors, the distinction is easier. The
> strength of the abomination (from rotting to average to fresh) could be
> indicated outside of color by using monster->number, and this could be
> useful as a step toward the proposed Twisted Resurrection overhaul on
> the wiki). Besides, even as it is, this would make it much easier to
> place undead abominations in vaults if anyone wanted to do so; under the
> current code, you'd have to place one and then somehow indicate that it
> needs to be run through _undead_abomination_convert(), as well as
> indicating potential mass and strength if random values were unsuitable
> for those. Unresolved issues with this include the need for tile
> changes or additions, as well as for new names (since e.g. "large undead
> abomination" is bland and probably too long), and placement locations.
>
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