This is a repost from qhcf.net.

Plague and crimson scourge are already pretty debilitating. I hope I didn't butcher that word. Would it make sense, from both a gameplay and funstick perspective, to not make those two spells/communes drop down into the negatives? All that does is waste the affected's time even more as they try to sleep it off.

What I would propose is that once mvs or mana reach 0, they continue to remain at 0 until the effects wear off. Or, at most, make the cap -100 or some such.

Yes, it is annoying when a shaman or necromancer hits me with a malediction like that. Much more annoying, though, is when an npc does it while I'm out exploring and I don't have a cure for it. I see this as a boost to gameplay and especially fun.

As well, those nice little refresh preps would be more tactical to carry around, in my opinion.

Thoughts? Is this just a rehash?

n/t

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I try not to post suggestions biased by what I am or have been playing. This is one of those, though. Were I playing a class with that power I'd hate this change. But as a warrior (actually, as a player)...having a cap would be a dream.

No problemo.

nt

n/t

nt

--Nightshade

I thought, and I could be wrong, that this was tweaked a while back so that the regen back to zero was faster than usual. The negative mv and mana is a strategic benefit for the necro/shaman who already have a tremendous number of people who get away by virtue of flee/teleport. Plus it's more realistic for someone who just got over being sick to take a while to heal back to 'normal'.

nt

--Nightshade

I always assumed the catch was, even if they stacked a 500 hour plague on you, you only have to cure disease once to get rid of all of it.

The annoyance is when the plague IS finally over...

you're resting off not just the length of the plague but the recovery of -1500 mana/mv. This would still ensure those spells and supplications are nasty but the aftereffect not so time consuming.

Never more than -800 I think. And that was the worst in...ten years? My point was if you heal it before it gets that bad. But I agree, it is annoying as hell to deal with if it gets that far. Though, I've also sealed kills as a shaman in lower levels from just that. While they are trying to rest it off, I have worded, healed up and coming back to finish the job. So I'm torn.

At about -150 sounds fair, or maybe -200 on both.

You could then make it so losing that much moves/mana hinders your int/wis, and dex/str. So you get some stat loss instead of the hugely stupid -800 whatsits.

Yhorian