On 19/10/05, Brendan Lally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/19/05, Anton Oussik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19/10/05, Brendan Lally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm inclined to say that at least there should be a /big/ hit points > > > penalty as well (maybe 50% - though with a small ac bonus too ?) > > > > Create a naked wraith, try using it to fight something, and say that again. > > A lvl 100 wraith with high level karate is still reasonably powerful.
Yes, but I want it to be playable like this, so someone might want to change to this mode and stay in it... for ever? A problem I see with staying in non-corporial form for ever is food. You would still use up food but have no way to replenish it. When feeding off others with wraith_touch food should go up as well as hp. Would this need a new attack type food_steal? Maybe wraith in this mode should also see invisible? > > > Would you change the face as well, to give some clue they are in this > > > mode? > > > > Being invisible will change the face automatically. It will be like > > wearing god finger. > > on a related but tangential point, would it be possible to make > invisible characters appear on their controller's screen? I am > thinking with the face having a medium alpha value, so that it appears > to be partially seethrough. I often find it hard when controlling an > invisible character to know where they are. I thought of that before, and then you will not be able to tell if someone cast reveal invisible on you. Maybe set to 75% transparrency for own invisible character? > > > > Also you should not be able to go into void squares to get to other > > > > "floors" or mechanic sections of the map. You should be able to apply > > > > exits though, to get around between maps. > > > > > > not all boulder layouts are seperated by squares with no tiles on. > > > > True, but I do not see this as a huge problem if sometimes you can > > wander into a mechanism. x-ray vision allows you to see many of them, > > and that is not much of a problem. > > yes, but there are maps designed so that x-ray vision won't let you > see them, where as your walking through walls would (scorn gatehouse > is an example of this). I still do not see this as a huge cheat to be able to see some mechanisms. I imagine ghosts in ancient castles could too! > > Yes, I dislike both examples I gave myself. It seems something new > > needs to be introduced into the game, and placed around towns to allow > > wraiths get new bodies. Something not already found anywhere. > > taxidermists? I imagine this should be a relatively big thing to shed one's body, so taking a physical form should require a ritual of some sort to be performed. Maybe a map with a large pentagram, with lots of people reading some prayers, and if wraith steps over the body and stays there for half an hour they get re-incarnated? _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
