Re: [Adonthell-general] Items

[Kai Sterker]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002 13:29:50 -0500 (CDT) Andrew Michael Phillips wrote:

> Any ideas on what minerals would go into which potions?

Hm. I guess we could attribute certain effects to different sorts of
gems and the like. There's probably plenty of esoteric material
available on the web that we could use for inspiration. But as we're
talking about alchemy here, I should also make use of other ingredients.
Various plants and parts of animals. Although I guess latter would be
rather for the evil/offensive potions.

Does anyone feel like doing some research in order to come up with some
potions and required ingredients?


> Might spells involve components?

Components? Like, a magic focus or spell ingredients or something? We
were thinking of something along that lines a while ago, but we didn't
really come to a final result.

OTOH, according to the current rules magic involves already quite some
stuff. A certain rank in the according elements to be able to learn the
spell. Then one must obtain the actual spell. It might be a bit much if
casting the spell has even more requirements (apart from the power it
drains).


> I generally agree with Ben on this point. Should it possible for
> Marcella to become a Green Sister during the course of v0.4?

Good question. Maybe not during the game, but as a possible ending.
 
 
> Again, I agree. I think this particular possibility, at least for
> v1.0, should be conditional on joining or allying with a group.
> Joining one of the mixed companies would be like dual or
> multiclassing, I guess. Or like being in a hybrid class - paladins are
> both strong fighters and clerics, for example.

That's a good way of putting it, actually :). Yeah, I think it would be
quite similar to that.
  

> > > All in all I think this is more a matter of time. For the
> > > beginning we should concentrate on the things we really need. But
> > > if we have the opportunity to include a song or spell, we can do
> > > it without causing much harm, I think.
> 
> So, where should be concentrate first?

Well, the 'ordinary' things. Fighting with the weapons and using the
potions we'll include. Spells or songs would require extra code and
graphics. OTOH, it might not be as work as it seems, in which case we
should be able to include some :).

Kai