Posted by Suprised on October 05, 1999 at 11:04:30:
In Reply to: New Races posted by Rome on October 05, 1999 at 10:41:15:
> Advanced Races. > It might be nice if there were more advanced races, meaning races which were more challenging to play, but had nice extra abilities. Some might be: > Troll: The troll would regenerate very quickly (and extra level x 2 each tick), but would be vulnerable to fire and light. To kill a troll you would need to do something special to finish them off (burn them or chop them up after they are unconscious, mobs would do this automatically if not fighting). Trolls would always lose a full con when they died. All trolls are evil. > Exp Penalty: 500, Str 24, Int 12, Wis 15, Dex 19, Con 24, Chr 14 > Available Classes: Warrior, Shaman. > Exp Penalty: 300, Str 15, Int 24, Wis 23, Dex 24, Con 16, Chr 20 > Available Classes: Warrior, Thief, Invoker, Transmuter, Conjurer, Healer, Bard > Exp Penalty: 300, Str 23, Int 21, Wis 18, Dex 21, Con 22, Chr 21 > Available Classes: Warrior, Thief, Assassin, Invoker, Transmuter, AP. > > Demons/devils: They would feed off corpses like vampires, satisfying their hunger only with the death of another. They would be resistant to negative attacks, but vulnerable to holy ones. They would always be evil. > Exp Penalty: 300, Str 23, Int 22, Wis 19, Dex 21, Con 21, Chr 20 > Available Classes: Warrior, Assassin, Invoker, Transmuter, Conjurer, Necromancer, AP. > > Otherwise they could simply be made available to everyone… > .…Rome…
> Fairy: The fairy’s would be naturally flying, and resistant to magic and lightning. They would all be very small, reduced gnome size (don’t ask how they will wear armor..), vulnerable to smashing attacks (like gnomes) and be naturals with magic (rejuvenate their mana supplies very rapidly, extra 2 x level’s worth of mana each tick). Fairy’s must be good, and can’t be lawful.
> Vampire: As a vampire a player doesn’t eat or drink, but rather must kill to satisfy his hunger. The amount of ‘food’ gained from a kill is relative to the level of the kill vs. the level of the vampire. Vampires are resistant to weapons and negative attacks, but vulnerable to light and holy attacks. Vampires also take damage every hour they are outside during the day. Vampires must be evil, and are considered undead.
> Or.. instead of vampires (which I don’t really like).. with thes, who I do like..
> There are a few ways these races might work. The best way it would seem would be for an imm to find someone who was doing very well with a character, and flag them as ‘elite’. Then when that character died, deleted, or whatever he would have the chance to log back on and pick one of these new races. (His current p-file would be altered so as to allow the next log on with that name and password an ability to change his name, and re-roll using a new race).