Change 2768

Originally Posted : Fri Jul 22 21:07:32 2005
Posted by : Razan
Title : manticore skill levels

Manticores have undergone a cosmetic change. Their core skills
are now awarded as you gain levels - much like spiders, mummies,
beholders, etc.

New levels:
VENOM: 5
SPIKE: 10
LEAP: 15
ROAR: 15
RIDDLE: 19+3

This change is indicative of something that I want to see happen
to many subclasses here. I dislike that at level 1 you have
the same abilities that you have at hero levels - just that those
abilities work better. Your character effectively doesn't change
(other than getting beefier). This, I feel (as well as others),
doesn't give players something to strive towards.

As you login a manticore your experience in these skills will
be refunded (I've checked the math, it's correct) and you will
lose those skills. When you level up you'll gain the skills.
The 'You gain skill Foo' text is kind of bland and Morganti's
writing some cool flair text to make this be more thematic.
Expect that in the next few days.

Expect this kind of change to happen to other subs around the MUD
but I also intend to give other NEW things to those subs - including
manticores.

Which brings me to manticore ideas. I need ideas for manticore
"things" such as new skills or abilities. One thing I want to
do is make the manticore a quest-based class on some level - after
all, they're the master of puzzles and riddles and if anyone should
benefit from quests it should be the manticore.

I'm considering making the skill rewards based on quest completion
and also perhaps a greater (double?) experience bonus that comes
from questing a manticore. If you have ideas about this questing
bit please MAIL them to me (I get so many tells, it's hard to
carry on a brainstorming session through tells except from a few
sources at once).

I'd like maybe a new skill or two to be rewarded based on some
hard quests completed. Perhaps a high level quest reward that
let's your manticore weaponry upgrade? Manticores have long had
poor weaponry (even though they have probably the best stats in
the game for a combat class). Ideas, ideas, send them my way.

- Razan.