Re: [Wesnoth-dev] poison resistance

[Richard Kettering]

This, at least in my view, would also be nice.
It strikes a balance, because in terms of granularity, nothing more 
complicated than it would have an ostensible use in the wesnoth world.
However, it in itself *would* be useful.  It would have a slight change 
in the dynamics of units which possessed the ability - they would 
suddenly become much more powerful counters against units which used 
poison (it would effectively double their hitpoints against poison 
alone).  Standoffs between units with poison would cause those units to 
quite possibly (especially with assassin-type units) be much more 
effective if they chose to use their melee weapon - such units also 
tend to have low hitpoints and this would prevent them from being much 
more adversely affected by poison than other units who have lots of 
hitpoints, which is the case right now.

Certain potential candidates for poison resistance would be:
Assassins, both human and orcish, having built up some immunity to 
their own devices from having worked with them so long.
Saurians, for being lizardly - association with poison is something 
that always fits the flavor of races similar to small reptiles.

Candidates for full poison immunity would be:
The entire naga race.  Spiders/scorpions (does not match the real 
world, but works great for game flavor - people who don't know much 
about insects would expect this).
Other potential units that haven't been made yet, like dryads.  
Cuttlefish might themselves also be candidates.

Poison immunity would remain as one of the several effects implied by 
the "non-living" flag

On May 17, 2005, at 5:04 AM, Andreas Grosse wrote:

> David White <address@hidden> [14:05:05 00:50] wrote:
> > >         Jetryl has some time ago proposed adding poison resistance, a
> > > feature he would especially like to have for new Naga units.  
> > > Although he
> > > is not quite ready to animate them, I believe that it is time to
> > > impliment this feature.
> > I'm really not so much in favor of poison resistance. I think it adds
> > unnecessary complexity to what should be a simple ability.
>
> I don't think that poison resistance is an idea which is hard to grasp,
> considering the following guidelines:
>
> - let's stick to two levels of resistance: "resistance" (which is 
> always
>   only 50% of the poison damage) and "immunity" (takes no damage from
>   poison). This should be easy to understand, and it's easy to do the
>   math. :)
>
> - Poison resistance/immunity should be tied to certain races/units, not
>   experience levels. I think it is fairly easy to grasp that e.g. a sea
>   serpent or a skeleton could be resistant or immune to poison. What I
>   don't get is why an Elvish Champion should be more resistant than an
>   Elvish Fighter (and it would require more resistance nuances, adding
>   even more complexity).
>
> Overall I think that poison resistance would be a good thing, since it
> completes the poison ability. And, last but not least, it could make a
> race like the Naga more interesting for players without increasing 
> their
> fighting abilities.
>
> Just my humble opinion on this subject :)
> Cheers,
>         majestyk
>
>
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