1848, RE: My (slightly refined) idea.
Posted by Zulghinlour on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
>Take away all things barrier. Every mage and anti-paladin >instead gets a despoil/transform type skill that works a lot >like the Scion power despoil. You must have a magical item and >you transform those properties into hp**. No more farming >barrier or worrying about spots. Now you simply have to >transform a magical item to get the effect. Sure, you're >farming magical items, but there are tons of those and the >effect can have a varying range. The hp that'll be added is >dynamic - it varies based on the veil, skill %, hours (older >characters know how to maximize the effect), and even some >randomness.
Meh, I'm really not feeling it. It just turns barrier into the equivalent of a common spell, and even though it requires a magical item, you can't walk into an area without tripping over half a dozen of those.
>But the point is, wands are no longer l33t knowledge and/or a >pain to find and keep hold of.
Rewarding exploration is one piece specifically designed into the ABS system. Though I get the feeling more and more, people don't want to explore, nor get rewarded for it, and places like our area explores don't really fit in the game.
>Aura and shield can work the >same as it is now, for all I care, or they could be scrapped >in favor of increasing the possible payload of a transformed >item in hp or damage reduction. There might even be a few >barrier locations around the dragon lairs, HToS, Yzekon, >Octagonal, and so forth. > >Detect magic could also sense the likely tier of a transformed >item upon identifying it.
No, it'd probably be trial and error, just like it is now.
>** Alternatively, instead of increasing hp, simply increase >the reduction of the transformed item anywhere from 15% - 60%. > Echoes could indicate the tiered resistance upon transforming >the magical item in lieu of detect magic.
I assume you mean give damage reduction instead of hp. Again...Meh.
>* Scions get a new power to replace losing despoil.
And that would be?
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