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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject: provoke = awesome |
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after a nice fun hunting session involving eoceoe hiding while provoking critters to kill each other for him, i have to admit this is an awesome ability.
if critters didn't take forever to kill each other, i'd totally use this as my primary way of fighting. _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster
Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: I've Got No 'billy
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:09 am Post subject: |
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A heads up, so there aren't any nasty surprises (and note that I'm not saying any of these circumstances apply to you; just a general fyi)
- The Performer's "offense" roll more or less scales according to both yours and the mob's level, although it's not the same as the standardized mental attack check. A 20th level Performer with min-maxed charisma and various charisma buffs will still have a very minimal chance of causing, say, modan kuchos to riot.
- Coordinating with the previous statement, provoking things out of your league carries a greater chance of a botch (when they get angry and attack you instead).
- Certain mobs aren't provoke-able. And speaking of which, the current list of no-no types could probably use some updating.
A couple ideas (not decrees!) off the top of my head, since provoke never really got enough use or [positive] PR for me to consider expanding it.
- Greater skill (or power [level, skill, etc] if you want to be technical) inciting greater frenzy in targets -- power, speed, etc.
- Hidden provoking could use some stealth checks, since lots of sentient creatures would feasibly want to know what devil is whispering in their ear.
- Boons or quest-earned abilities or some similar catalyst as a means to provoke one of the no-no mobs; the mentioned-once-upon-a-time Mourner and "undead", for example. _________________ Mickey Brunner
To make a long story short, don't tell it.
I may be going nowhere, but I'm going nowhere fast.
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Kelvin Watt says, "I stopped drinking coke when no longer drinking beer didn't make my gut disappear."
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Kaelin Rae says, "Wait a minute..."
Kaelin Rae says, "You mean they have a COKE machine that dispenses beer."
Kaelin Rae nods to you.
Kaelin Rae says, "Greaser."
Kaelin Rae looks at you and sighs. |
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:26 am Post subject: |
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sound good! i was thinking of trying to find a way to train stealth anyway so can't hurt!
i do have eoceoe provoke-hunt a bit over his head, but i had no plan to ever expected to provoke something notably higher than me.
i like the idea of riling things into a bigger frenzy, but just in general not toward a specific target. maybe convincing the target to be more defensive (at the cost of offense) or more offensive (at th cost of defense).
what kind of mobs are nono mobs? as far as i'm aware all animals/humanoids are good, but robots/undead aren't, right? _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster
Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: I've Got No 'billy
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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soundless wrote: |
what kind of mobs are nono mobs? as far as i'm aware all animals/humanoids are good, but robots/undead aren't, right? |
Having just checked the code, I noticed that for some reason mechanical and undead aren't exempt from it (I thought they were), so those should be added. Scavenged creatures can't either, but they'd technically fall under undead. In Live (or maybe in the new skill system), it wouldn't be too farfetched to check persuasion for "sentients" and handle animal for everything else, either. _________________ Mickey Brunner
To make a long story short, don't tell it.
I may be going nowhere, but I'm going nowhere fast.
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Kelvin Watt says, "I stopped drinking coke when no longer drinking beer didn't make my gut disappear."
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Kaelin Rae says, "Wait a minute..."
Kaelin Rae says, "You mean they have a COKE machine that dispenses beer."
Kaelin Rae nods to you.
Kaelin Rae says, "Greaser."
Kaelin Rae looks at you and sighs. |
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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think we'll ever be able to lure things like (non-errand-giving) civilians and guards someday? maybe a persusasion skill check?
just saying that because i can see a performer being able to get people to show up somewhere.
i've seen zamde use some spellsong or something in the past that makes fans show up, but i don't know if that's some special item or whatever from forever ago doing it. _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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Haidee Bow chicka bow wow
Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 647 Location: ..where am I again?...
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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i've seen zamde use some spellsong or something in the past that makes fans show up, but i don't know if that's some special item or whatever from forever ago doing it. |
A random effect of Wisecrack's Refrain. _________________ >l in corset
Inside an intricately beaded twilight black suede corset with hot pink lacings you see a buttery nipple, a buttery nipple, a steaming pile of gamojab poop, a speckled red crab, a chocolate chip brownie, a map of Haelrahv, a huge blonde hair ball, a severed Haidee head, and your boobs. |
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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oh, i thought that was just hairloss/horny/asapi-speak
didn't know there was another (amusing!) effect.
now i wish the spellsong wasn't disabled even more _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster
Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: I've Got No 'billy
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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I forgot I disabled it. As soon as I can rewrite a big chunk of it for resists, etc, I'll put it back out. _________________ Mickey Brunner
To make a long story short, don't tell it.
I may be going nowhere, but I'm going nowhere fast.
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Kelvin Watt says, "I stopped drinking coke when no longer drinking beer didn't make my gut disappear."
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Kaelin Rae says, "Wait a minute..."
Kaelin Rae says, "You mean they have a COKE machine that dispenses beer."
Kaelin Rae nods to you.
Kaelin Rae says, "Greaser."
Kaelin Rae looks at you and sighs. |
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Brokyn LLAMA SECHS
Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Posts: 3648 Location: Northern Georgia
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Time to quit WoW so I can start playing with Wisecrack's Refrain.
--William _________________
Haelrahv Wiki!
++Brown Nosing Points |
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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Brokyn wrote: |
Time to quit WoW so I can start playing with Wisecrack's Refrain.
--William |
why do i smell another round of provoke wars?
my hobos can beat your hobos 100% _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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Brokyn LLAMA SECHS
Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Posts: 3648 Location: Northern Georgia
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Lies and deceit!
--William _________________
Haelrahv Wiki!
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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this is also an obvious sign that the 'Osers will be emocore.
our audience must cry AND punch each other in the face. _________________ A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death. |
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Haidee Bow chicka bow wow
Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 647 Location: ..where am I again?...
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Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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Too bad we still don't have ventriloquism. We could make them love us despite themselves. _________________ >l in corset
Inside an intricately beaded twilight black suede corset with hot pink lacings you see a buttery nipple, a buttery nipple, a steaming pile of gamojab poop, a speckled red crab, a chocolate chip brownie, a map of Haelrahv, a huge blonde hair ball, a severed Haidee head, and your boobs. |
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