[CF-Devel] Re: New races and spells.

[Mark Wedel]

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      I also like this idea - dwarf in clothes vs dwarf in armour vs dwarf in robe
     
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      kind of thing as mentioned above.  This would be less work than an entire
     
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      range of character/race faces.
     
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      I was thinking for some time now that it would actually be really nice to
     
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      get rid of the class faces and just use race face.  This would liven up the
     
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      scenery a bit and it makes more sense that your race is obvious while your
     
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      class may not be.  Class faces for each race would be ok, but it would be
     
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      more work and it does not allow for the incognito factor - this would be
     
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      especially neat for thieves to do away with class face.  - this wouldn't be
     
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      to hard to do at all.
     
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      The other other idea is neat though if we can get some good graphics.
     
     
  Well, it's not just a simple matter of 'dwarf wizard should have robes' type 
of thing.  After all, pretty much any race/class can use any weapon and armor.

  that priest could use a sword and plate armor and look indistinguishable from 
a fighter in terms of equipment.  Monk and wizards might look very much alike.

  But it really isn't possible to support all of those combinations  (how many 
armor * weapon * race combinatins are there?  A lot ).

  If anything, since we tend to let players set their title, why not let players 
set their faces (animations), within reason?

  A fireborn would be stuck with a fireborn.  A dragon would be stuck with a 
dragon face.

  But any of the 'humanoid' races could have a selection to choose from.  This 
could be as basic or complex as desired.    Player could choose face that they 
feel best matches their character.  If desired (or someone submitted such 
faces), this could get as trivial as just different colored clothing.

  There would have to be an 'approved' list from which the player could choose 
from - you couldn't choose a 'blob' face for example.  And a player could choose 
a face that doesn't really match their character (eg, choose an armored figured 
even if they were nothing, or whatever else).  Players could re-choose as their 
characters change.