[crossfire] Spellcasting skills definition

[Preston Crow]

I like those definitions a lot.  However, we might want to keep the 
exceptions or at least give some good thought to how moving them would 
impact the balance of the skills.


On 08/20/17 02:53, David Hurst wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on improving the messages that players get in general. 
> Today I was working on spell messages which are provided when learning 
> spells (new) and viewing learnt spells via the spell menu (commit #20501).
>
> While working on this I noticed some odd places for spells such as 
> ball lightning in evocation (all other lightning is in pyromancy) and 
> large bullet in evocation while bullet is in sorcery. These may simply 
> be typos but I noticed that we don't appear to have defined what these 
> skills actually represent anywhere server side (there might be some 
> definitions client side I haven't noticed?). I also notice that the 
> current information on our website is very out of date and doesn't 
> include skills like pyromancy.
>
> I am thinking about adding these definitions to the skills and 
> presenting them to players when they learn the skills and updating all 
> relevant documentation (in game, wiki, website).
>
> Based on the way spells are currently classified, and without getting 
> too academic, I thought the following broad definitions might work:
>
> Evocation - Spells that remove energy (cold spells, poison, draining?, 
> depletion?)
> Sorcery - Spells that create things (physical damage, food, strengthening)
> Pyromancy - Spells that add energy (fire, lightning, light)
> Summoning - Spells that call and control monsters (golems, pets, etc)
> Praying - Spells gifted by channeling your gods wishes through prayer
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
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