Re: [Adonthell-general] Re: Weapons list for DB

[Andrew Phillips]

I've noticed the same trend. In a standard 2d Iso, the various
creatures drop so much random stuff that I often find it hard to carry
it all back to a merchant to sell off. Most of it is utterly worthless
to me. I think having creatures drop less is a good thing. Fewer item
drops means that what is dropped should be more valuable, of course.

As far as item evolution goes, I think the concept is an interesting
one and one worth pursuing. Would we use both the transformation and
mutability approaches to item modification? Additionally, can an item
be transformed in more than one way - IE, a sickle that is first
acid-coated and then poisoned? Would it be a sickle, a dark sickle, a
burning, venomed sickle, or something else besides?

So, the base list would consist only of the basic items by type and
materials, such as bronze, iron, steel, dwarvish steel, and silver
dagger? Just asking for the sake of clarity

Andrew

On 3/27/06, Kai Sterker <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 3/27/06, Andrew Phillips <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > I have no idea what do to with exac stats just now, but I wanted to
> > start on the list of weapons by dividing them into categories, going
> > from the very common to the basically uncommon:
> >
> > [...]
>
> I guess we can start with the list and add stats as we go along.
>
> That aside, I wanted to mention a thought I had about items. In most
> RPGs I played so far, you usually find better armour and items as you
> progress, so you switch the items you are using quite often.
>
> It might perhaps be better if part of the item-switching could be
> replaced by item-improvements. For one we have the Human and Dwarvish
> sills of mechanics, improvements and rune inscriptions, so these
> characters could basically take care of improvements themselves. Elves
> and Half-Elves could at least make temporary enchantments of items or
> pay to have them permanently improved.
>
> That way, items (especially armour and weapons) would not be something
> to buy and sell carelessly, instead they would develop with the
> character and become more and more styled toward the character's
> needs.
>
> So when designing items, we should keep this in mind. We should not
> create a flat item list, but more something like a tree of items and
> their improvements. Of course, for the beginning, a flat list is fine,
> it just shouldn't be all that we think about.
>
> Kai
>
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