Racial Bonus
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Racial Bonus
To encourage the use of, instead of all using slash weapons, races using "suiting" weapons. e.g. Orcs: Warhammers, Dwarves: Axes etc. I suggest a racial bonus to each type of weapon and a racial minus to another.
e.g. Bonus:
Orcs -> Warhammers
Dwarves -> Axes
Elves -> Bows
Lizards -> Normal wrestling? Slash?
Halflings -> Daggers
Goblins -> Throwing weapons
Fairies -> ???
Gnomes -> ???
Humans -> None? Slash?
And each has a minus etc.
Discuss.
e.g. Bonus:
Orcs -> Warhammers
Dwarves -> Axes
Elves -> Bows
Lizards -> Normal wrestling? Slash?
Halflings -> Daggers
Goblins -> Throwing weapons
Fairies -> ???
Gnomes -> ???
Humans -> None? Slash?
And each has a minus etc.
Discuss.
This' the best idea I've seen in a while, even if it is Alex's.
This would be good in lessening the sword using warrior count I guess, to add some variation. Gnomes could be good with a crossbow as it's the most machine like player weapon I can think of (besides siege engines and the like but I've only ever seen them used rarely in quests in past years), but it doesn't seem greatly suitable. Fairies, I'd say daggers or thrown weapons?
Might piss some players off though, if they've spent time on raising a weapon's skill only to find they'd be better using another.
This would be good in lessening the sword using warrior count I guess, to add some variation. Gnomes could be good with a crossbow as it's the most machine like player weapon I can think of (besides siege engines and the like but I've only ever seen them used rarely in quests in past years), but it doesn't seem greatly suitable. Fairies, I'd say daggers or thrown weapons?
Might piss some players off though, if they've spent time on raising a weapon's skill only to find they'd be better using another.
Re: Racial Bonus
Halflings -> Daggers/Rapiers ((you see i am very interested in improving the structure for all.))AlexRose wrote: Halflings -> Daggers
Humans -> None
And each has a minus etc.
Hey. I think there are already different + and - to damage and hit-chance depending on STR, DEX and PER..are there?
((And even more+/- depending on the weapon..i hope ))
((hurhurr,ma0rcs19s18d18p19+2v`n henaxs!!1111!!!!))
Erm. nice idea after all i think, yet i dare not to suspect a positive estimation in concern of the effort/use.
--Btw..what about racial ITEMS?
-Goblin-Mortar
-Halfling-Spoon
-Elf-Carvingstaff((yes, magical))
-Ork..erm..smithing hammer
-dwarven crucible/pincers
..on and on, d`get my point?
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I think that the master of martial arts, the master of toothpicks, the master of warhammer and the master of swords all should have the same chance to kill each other in fair duels.
Otherwise everyone would train hard on swords only and leave warhammers etc. out.
Hurrr, that's what is currently going on in game
Otherwise everyone would train hard on swords only and leave warhammers etc. out.
Hurrr, that's what is currently going on in game
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Err...I dislike this. In reality this makes no sense. Why would a halfling be better with a dagger? Also make a note that the war hammer is a poor choice for most orcs. It is a two handed weapon that deals high damage with decent strength. It makes no sense for an orc. An elf with a bow?.... This would almost limit races to certain weapon classes.
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I think more limitations are less fun. It would be like..."Oh, theres an orc, he is using a concussion weapon...I had better put my heavy armor on for this one." The orc would think. "This sucks, I really didn't want to use anything in the concussion class because my attributes are more agile."(Not all orcs are brutes...)Korm Kormsen wrote:i think, that this might be exactly the idea of the proposal.This would almost limit races to certain weapon classes.
I don't think either one of the two above things is a good thing.
You could still play a slash orc, there'd just be a bonus to playing a concussion orc. Seems logical that the average orc based on how they are built would use conc, but all I ever see anywhere is slash. Seems a bit weird to have halflings, dwarves and orcs chopping people down with magical longswords instead of stabbing them, swinging an axe at them and smashing them with a huge hammer (respectively).
No race would be naturally better in real life. A person might be better with a certain type(stats).Garen wrote:i also think this is a bad idea, because look at humans today, in the midlages, or whenever you feel like, humans are specialzed in almost all difrent types of weapons, swords, knives, bows, staves,etc. Why would we be "naturaly" better with anyone of those?