The four-point spell? I never found that one. It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go. J.D. Fortune, Pretty Vegas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Apparating to anywhere in sarah
> Hi Tom, > I think only in the last book did Harry use a spell on Filch. > a jinx that glued the tongue to the roof of the mouth (which he had twice > used, to general applause, on an unsuspecting Argus Filch); > Harry could have snuck up behind him and used that non-verbal hang upside > down spell on him too. > Of course Sarah would not know of these spells as they were created by the > HBP. > > I was originally going to have Sarah start the game with only three spells > and then give her the rest when she read about them in the library, but > realized the being a graduate from Salem school of Witchcraft, she should > know more spells than three. > So now she knows thirteen, and she does need to practice the Patronis > spell > to get longer lasting ones and reading the books gives her more of the > spells with counters. > Note, her thirteen spells include the 11 in her spell menu plus the > apparate > and Four-Point Spell. > > Phil > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Apparating to anywhere in sarah > > >> Hi Phil, >> I totally understand the need for having maximum energy and spells. I've >> had to put in something similar in my Star Wars FPS game to keep the >> main character from being way to powerful with having too many Force >> skills and to much Force energy. >> In reality the Force is always present so a gamer should be able to call >> upon the Force at any time to use special abilities such as far sight, >> Force pull, Force throw, Force Jump, Force speed, etc... Having that >> stuff unlimited gives the gamer a easy time out running, disarming, and >> defeating all enemies. >> The way I off set this and still stick to the Star Wars cannon is I am >> using a little known Padawan Learner who survived the purge in Revenge >> of the Sith. She has limited Force ability in the start of the game, >> but as you complete levels, use your Force skills, you slowly gain >> extra Force energy, and can get better and more successful at using your >> Force powers. >> Interesting enough since I am allowing you the choice to play light >> sider or dark sider how quick you gain Force skills is in part dependant >> on which side you choose to play. >> If you pick the light side you will advance more slowly as a true Jedi >> won't rush in to experimenting and abuse his or her powers, and mainly >> uses them for defense. >> A dark sider will advance more rapidly as he or she will experiment with >> more distructive Force gifts like casting lightning, distruction, >> blinding your enemies, choking, or any other forbidden power that uses >> the Force negatively. >> An example might be a player is about to enter the Hut palace and two >> guards are there. What strategy will you take. A light sider would use >> Force to confuse or distract them and let him or her pass in safety. A >> dark sider would choke or simply kill them with chain lightning with no >> attempt to preserve life. Both might be effective ways to get in to the >> palace, but the former at least is a posative use of powerful skills. >> Perhaps you could think of some way to add something similar to Sarah. I >> noticed many hexes or jinxes Sarah could do that are a bit taboo for >> her, and thus you can't do them. I'd love to freeze filch in place or >> levetate him for a while and get away. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
