On Tue, 15 Mar 2011, Eronarn wrote: > If Scrying were an instant ability (last time I checked it was not), > it might see more use. Sometimes you want to know what's around a > corner before you move, but can't afford to spend a turn to find out. > I think it would also fit Ash flavor better if it were not an active > prayer, but an instant flash of insight.
Fine with me. The way I see is this: given Ashenzari's emphasis on information, a cornered follower can use Scrying without drawback. This is unique, as everything else takes a turn (as Adam pointed out). > I would like to revisit what I had proposed with the Ashenzari skill boost: > -Skill boost is based on piety. > -If you have bound magic (jewelry), you can boost one magical skill > (magic skills, invocations, evocations, spellcasting). > -If you have bound body (armour), you can boost one physical skill > (anything else). > -Changing a skill is instant, but costs piety - a lot of it. You can > leave it unswapped for a permanent, passive boost. > > I still feel like this has potential. Having to choose to boost only > one or two skills is more interesting than boosting all of them, if > swapping requires a hefty piety investment. To be sure, the idea has potential. But for reasons I've explained many times by now (and which you still don't have to accept), I went with the reskilling. I am afraid it won't make you happy either, but the power I've suggested (the boost to all lowish skills) arose out of thinking about your idea for a while. I believe that the combination of active reskilling and passive (potential) lowish skill boost, the god is nicely round. > *I still feel that "bound hands" doesn't work well. Yes. Bound hands is out of the business. It's on the wiki, but I didn't add it to the Ash todo list on purpose. > *The way armour layers could be revisited. A two handed weapon doesn't > block swapping gloves - it can be assumed that you only need to keep > one hand in contact with it. Likewise, gloves don't need to block > swapping rings, because you should be okay if you only leave one ring > on. Similarly, a cursed cloak can be bunched up while still remaining > in contact with you, giving you enough room to undo your body armour. > This wouldn't matter that much for normal gameplay, but would remove > some current Ashenzari "no brainers" - don't curse gloves until after > rings, don't curse cloak until after body armour. That's true. There are pros and cons to this, one question is why you cannot butcher only because your wield a cursed blunt weapon. Not sure we have to tackle this right now, but I will add it to the (stripped down) Ash wiki page. David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Crawl-ref-discuss mailing list Crawl-ref-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crawl-ref-discuss
