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In the human race only successful mutants really win.

How good would giant ants be at wrestling?  They have more arms- but are they flexable?  Will dexterity be connected to the model editor thus forbidding humans from p*******ing themselves o****y?

[ July 24, 2002: Message edited by: Kurtulmak ]

Music & sound play on XP *professional*, but screen turns green on 32bit mode.

That's a good question...  I was 17 and completely disgusted- that was the last time I played DND.  

Playing a powerful wizard would be fun.  End-game type stuff.  I argue mainly out of personal preference.

What bugs me the most is that piece of the sun crap.  Magic is dangerous because it can easily unbalance a game and make it silly.  But thats probably going to be up to the makers of the universe... It will be hard to make one that doesn't come out funny.  For example- One kind of monster can always end up taking over the world. Magic can be made too powerful or useless.  There can be too many magic items or not enough food.  All these things make radom universes interesting but can also lead to stupid games.

Maybe the answer is an anti-magic barrier.  Instead of trying to figure out which spell will instantly kill you and how, the presence of an other lifeform will make it harder to bend thier reality to fit your twisted plans.

That's was magic is- breaking the rules.  So one method to counter it would be to have all beings generate a reality shield.  Weak-ass things like rocks have a weak shield.  Plants and bugs are a little harder to warp and change.  HIGHER forms of life are the hardest.  Then you get into willpower/faith/intelligence as anti-magic strengtheners.

This shield is added ontop of the difficulty of the spell- just because rocks can't challage your perception of reality doesn't mean you can make mountains disappear with less effort than killing a apple tree with mind-bullets.

Bad wizards are THREETOE'S universe!  spelguru can put only good wizards in his universe if he wants.  Or really powerful wizards and sissy fighters... That's the beauty of Armok.

Let's face it, fighters are BORING!  They need something to make them more fun to play.  In DND and most role-playing games, including all rogue-likes, fighters merely have one choice: Attack or retreat.  Basic! Animal! Sub-human Fight or Flight reflex!
The only thing that seperates fighters from the animal kingdom is how they choose to equip themselves.  This must change!  I have pushed for a more robust combat system.  Already Armok has combat that in most games would be considered nothing but critical strikes.

By "powers" I'm talking about moves and stances, the ability to control the movement of the fight (backing the opponent against a wall or off a cliff).  Parrying, disarming, all the stuff other gamers call "too complicated" as they stuff thier games with endless spell effects.

But I'm not against fighters having "powers" in the way you were thinking.  Fist of the Northstar was a great flick.

[ July 08, 2002: Message edited by: ThreeToe ]