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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster ![](http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h82/cthulhusurfs/bsnv.gif)
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:33 am Post subject: Of Interest To Performers |
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This concerns the New Experience System Rollout (TM). The following changes are not set in stone, but most (if not all) or very likely to happen -- as a rule of thumb, expect the change.
1) I'm making life difficult for sub-par pet Performer characters. As such:
a) Luring will be notably harder.
b) The Lucky Man's Jig spellsong's prerequisite skill level is going to be raised in as little of a current-Performer-invasive manner as possible (unless it is invasive, in which case I apologize while pointing out that it's for the good of the profession).
c) Some other really cool stuff (as I determine it) will be loaded to the high end.
2) I'm making life difficult for opportunistic non-Performers. Racial spellsongs are going to be True Performer only. Ditto for most of the combat-skill oriented ones. I know this is going to unceremoniously sting the Mender's Verse/Great Mother Chant crowd, but we don't feel like sharing our evasion bonuses anymore. So, nyah.
3) Already mentioned repeatedly for several months, "offensive" spellsongs will be the exclusive domain of Performers. And there are a couple others in the works to upset people at the sparring grounds with.
If I can get around to it, I might show some of my blueprints later this week. _________________ 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."
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zamde Maestro ![](images/avatars/11355419e9a820ef13.jpg)
Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 211
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:38 am Post subject: Re: Of Interest To Performers |
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HR-Mickey wrote: |
to upset people at the sparring grounds with. |
That sells itself, right there. _________________ An eye for an eye; but my eye's worth more.
Dixie Pierce says, "I heard Zamde can't have kids cause she lactates poison."
[Telepathy] Yaru Dex projects: I thought Zamde doesn't have kids because her womb is full of aisobs.
You can't spell "slaughter" without 'laughter'.
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!! ![](images/avatars/1829645cd39509672c.png)
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:38 am Post subject: Re: Of Interest To Performers |
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HR-Mickey wrote: |
I know this is going to unceremoniously sting the Mender's Verse/Great Mother Chant crowd, but we don't feel like sharing our evasion bonuses anymore. So, nyah. |
You're doing that on purpose. ![Sad](images/smiles/icon_sad.gif) _________________ 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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Dante Boi Toi ![](images/avatars/0ce1874f3e3beb8359676)
Joined: 12 Sep 2002 Posts: 728 Location: Orlando, Florida
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:22 am Post subject: |
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So will there be more spellsongs coming out that us non-performers will be able to learn?
And boo on the racial spellsong thing. Maybe as a compromise, make it performers and specific race only?
(post 666!!! Mua ha ha) _________________ Help! Help! I'm being oppressed! |
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!! ![](images/avatars/1829645cd39509672c.png)
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:13 am Post subject: |
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Uh... yeah!
I need... my... uh... spellsong for cultural roleplay.
Honest!
![Wink](images/smiles/icon_wink.gif) _________________ 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 ![](http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h82/cthulhusurfs/bsnv.gif)
Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: I've Got No 'billy
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:32 am Post subject: |
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You're doing that on purpose. |
Purposely making Performer a viable profession to play (as opposed to dabbling in), yes. Screwing you out of the tailoring bonus, no. Truth be told, you're one of a rare few that not only uses the Mender's Verse to productive effect, but actually uses it at all. I'm not so totally abhorrent of reaching some sort of compromise, because until instrument crafting/repair is in, Artisans and Technicians would gain the greater benefit of the spellsong. And I'm not opposed to tallying myself some Artisan cool points either, obviously.
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So will there be more spellsongs coming out that us non-performers will be able to learn?
And boo on the racial spellsong thing. Maybe as a compromise, make it performers and specific race only? |
I'm a little more hesitant about the Chant of the Great Mother, but I'm willing to investigate avenues for that too.
The Reel and Dance of Blades, though... I'm not going to budge; with meditations, techniques, etc already on the table (not to mention ludicrous amounts of combat bonuses floating around [IMO]), the combat min-maxers will just have to survive without an extra buff or two. _________________ 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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Kit Cybertech Extraordinaire~ ![](images/avatars/2368041e0db2fc1c55.jpg)
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 3071 Location: Currently cyberwiring your mind
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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HR-Mickey wrote: |
Artisans and Technicians would gain the greater benefit of the spellsong. And I'm not opposed to tallying myself some Artisan cool points either, obviously. |
I see anything about techs and my eyes go whoom! Anyhow, while I know spellsongs are pretty awesome for their bonus giving, I can't really see Kit using them.
Then again, I have this plus 20 singing pin now I can't seem to get a good trade for...so maybe some spellsongs would be good to have. |
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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster ![](http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h82/cthulhusurfs/bsnv.gif)
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:26 am Post subject: |
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Just a teaser, here are a handful of things I don't mind showing from my conceptual workbench. _________________ 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!!! ![](images/avatars/1829645cd39509672c.png)
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:02 am Post subject: |
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restores = ? _________________ 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!
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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster ![](http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h82/cthulhusurfs/bsnv.gif)
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:10 am Post subject: |
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The same as DIRGE. Basically, I'm doing away with the singular ability and replacing it with three alignment-based spellsongs. _________________ 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!!! ![](images/avatars/1829645cd39509672c.png)
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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HR-Mickey wrote: |
The same as DIRGE. Basically, I'm doing away with the singular ability and replacing it with three alignment-based spellsongs. |
i'm not sure what dirge does, either, heh. _________________ 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!
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zamde Maestro ![](images/avatars/11355419e9a820ef13.jpg)
Joined: 06 Nov 2003 Posts: 211
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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It's like the Performer equivalent of the Cleanse power, except you use it on dead critter bodies. When you first get it, it just does focus, and then later as you keep levelling you also get stamina, then hit point, and eventually group coverage. _________________ An eye for an eye; but my eye's worth more.
Dixie Pierce says, "I heard Zamde can't have kids cause she lactates poison."
[Telepathy] Yaru Dex projects: I thought Zamde doesn't have kids because her womb is full of aisobs.
You can't spell "slaughter" without 'laughter'.
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soundless EIGHT YEARS OLD!!! ![](images/avatars/1829645cd39509672c.png)
Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 5970 Location: Spaceship
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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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zamde wrote: |
It's like the Performer equivalent of the Cleanse power, except you use it on dead critter bodies. When you first get it, it just does focus, and then later as you keep levelling you also get stamina, then hit point, and eventually group coverage. |
sweet.
thanks for clearing up the confusion for me. _________________ 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!
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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I'm going to update the thread sometime this upcoming week (with any luck), detailing more plans. _________________ 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."
---
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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HR-Mickey Cloverfield Monster ![](http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h82/cthulhusurfs/bsnv.gif)
Joined: 24 Nov 2002 Posts: 1844 Location: I've Got No 'billy
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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The Good
* Spellsongs and abilities are going to be stretched further along the level range.
* Roundtimes on several spellsongs will be lowered.
* Most of the combat-buff spellsongs will be made Performer-only.
The Bad
* On the whole, lower level songs will only provide an effect on the character performing them.
* Luring will be notably more difficult.
The Ugly
* At some undetermined point in the future, spellsongs will suffer a chance of failure dependent on skill; this chance is lower for Performers. _________________ 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."
---
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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