[crossfire] Gnome tweaking

[Mark Wedel]

On 04/18/10 11:08 AM, Nicolas Weeger wrote:
> Hello.
>
> The "gnome", and "gnome2" monsters have an attacktype of paralyze, for a level
> of 6.
>
> IMO that is too hard for new players, so I've changed the attacktype to
> physical and magic.
>
> "gardengnome" on the other hand, level 25, keeps his paralyze attacktype :)

  this is mostly off topic, but in some way or another, paralyzation needs to 
get changed or removed IMO.

  As a player, at any level, it is annoying to just get frozen in place an not 
able to do anything about it.  At least with confusion, you may be able to 
wonder out of the area, use a scroll to remove confusion (or get you out of 
there), etc.

  The current solution to this is that most people end up getting a ring or 
amulet that gives +100 resistance to paralyzation, so they don't have to worry 
about it any more.  But that then raises the question of what is the point of 
having an attacktype if most people just get immune to it (on a related basis, 
draining probably needs a fix for the same reason).

  I don't have any good fix - one way might be not allowing the character to 
move, but still do other actions (attack, cast spells, etc) - in a sense, act 
like the characters feet are stuck to the floor.

  This in itself could be pretty annoying - that fighter gets frozen in place as 
he charges the dragon, likewise, hard to retreat.  But it also allows characters 
other actions, like use a remove paralyze scroll (such would have to get added) 
and at least feel like their fate is in their hands.  Right now, if you get 
paralyzed, really nothing you can do except hope you survive.

  (on such a change, the resist paralyze +100 items should probably become +75 
items instead).  But now, with the character being able to do other actions, 
they may say that another item is better use.