status affecting weapons

[Drawcia]

*sigh* Why is everyone so anti-mage these days? *sigh again* I'll just have to think up of a few more statagies...

[Ovrlndnsea]

Fun > Power

Mages can be a whole lot more fun than non-mages.

[Fredd]

Well, since a forum is designed to be able to suggest ideas, go ahead, and suggest, lol.
For someone to be able to make a weapon that could cast fear, etc.,they would have to be able to imbue the item with whatever magic it needed, with enchantment. So say if Salky wanted to make a dagger that cast fear, he would have to train the spell, learn enchantment least for the spells level, then learn how to blacksmith, unless he quit being cheap, and bought a forged weapon. Then there would have to be some type of permanency spell, that would allow the magic to stay within the item, never fade.
Now if they managed to code it, it would be a pain. Perhaps a spell for create scroll, then create potion, then create weapon. With earth needed to be cast. And the permancy spell with enchantment involved. (Shivers)

[Ovrlndnsea]

They would have to be quite expensive or low-power.

If they weren't, mages would be in trouble.

[Ovrlndnsea]

That would be low-power.

[Narhalles]

make them dish out 1% in that skill per hit and have it culmatative.


so in 30 hits the fear level is at 30%

and enchanting raises it by 1% per hit for every 2 levels you enchant it (starting at +2). (and since enchant caps at 8 that would be 4% per hit.)

so with a +8 wep you would deal in 30 hits 120% fear. BUT! each sec the victim loses 5-20 of the accumilated %. this would give fast hitting races an advantage. (slight but noticiable) and also have it so that unless the %age is higher than the players resists(or monsters resists..) then it takes full effect, and once it drops below it stops instantly.


OR:

add a new bar that is morale. certain races have different amounts of morale. Lions morale bar would only be affected by confusion and paralysis, and other races would have different vulnerabilities.

then the fear spell could remove certain amounts of morale from the bars and anti fear potions and spell would not add resistances, but instead would replenish the morale bar. but then it would be easier to have:


Morale:
Mind:
Bravery:
HP:
SP:

where Morale is affected by Paralysis/Free Action
where Mind is affected by Confusion/Clear Mind
where Bravery is affected by Fear/Bravery

Certain gear would grant percentage resists for these but spells would not. Instead spells would replenish the bars.

[Narhalles]

welll, If you are in a cone of fear/confuse/paralyze now you spam alias's to resits/break the effects..... I don't see how this would be any different.... actually, this would overcome a lot of the spamming.

[Narhalles]

1: I am not rude to you, so you should not be rude to me either....

2: That is a pointless accusation because you provide no evidence to back up your accusations.

3: Insulting people does not make people like you....

4: Insulting people only shows your lack of tack, inteligence, and knowledge.

5: so to conclude... DONT INSULT PEOPLE! It is not kind.

[Narhalles]

just goes to show your immaturity. Please don't insult me or anyone else Lordz.

[Narhalles]

I am not a low level player... or the other word... lol.


I have been around for over a year.
I have had nearly every type of char there is in hte game and have gotten them up to levels 15-20.

[Narhalles]

well I have 20+ chars at a time.... and I have deleted 30+ in my 1 year here. Most have been level 18 when deleted. and I really did do extensive tests.... when ppl would actually do them with me. Although I never have gotten a player to level 25, that is mainly due to reapers. (that and my inability to focus on one char at a time. :S )