On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:11:13 +0200, "Nicolas Weeger (Laposte)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * cursed scroll: ill effect, depending on spell - identify would make player > forget about an identified item, and such. Would require some work to define > ill effects for all spells, though. Option "fast" is to cast some mana > explosion, of course. Or leech player's mana? Could be fun :) > * blessed scroll: add 2 levels to casting. Other option: more exp when used? > > * cursed spellbook: forget a spell > * blessed spellbook: bonus to learn a spell
To be frank, I do not like this idea very much, especially for spellbooks. I do not think that cursed or blessed spellbooks would have any impact on medium and high-level characters (or experienced players, even if they play a low-level character) because they will probably not use an item without identifying it first. The only players that would be significantly affected by such a change are the low-level characters or the players who are just starting to learn how the game works. And they would probably be affected negatively more than positively. For those players, finding a spellbook is like finding a major treasure because they probably do not know many spells yet. If their stats (Int/Wiz) are not very high, they already have a disadvantage because there is a high risk that they fail to learn the spell. A cursed spellbook would not only be a piece of treasure that becomes worthless, but it would be even worse: they would lose one of their hard-earned spells. Having blessed spellbooks would probably not compensate the negative effect that cursed ones could have. I think that crossfire is already too hard and too complex for many new players. Adding cursed spellbooks would not really improve that aspect of the game. Adding cursed scrolls may be a bit more reasonable if the ill effects are not too severe, but I would prefer to avoid them as well. -Raphaël _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list crossfire@metalforge.org http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire