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khalil wrote:It says that in the GDD You Must Read This Before Posting sticky.
Presumably he didn't read it.

You should probably check your ceiling too.

khalil wrote:Thanks for this thread Mankeli.
It's nice to know no matter how terrible my proposals are, there's someone out there who's proposals are even worse.
Edit:
Mankeli wrote:Thank you but what do you mean. Thanked accidentally, sory.

If a proposal in GDD is terrible enough, it gets moved to CYC.

are you real

I guess the question becomes, is having a very stabber friendly race something that is interesting. If not, is the idea of phasing interesting enough that the species should be tweaked to be less incredibly stabber friendly. FWIW, I think a very hexes-based stabber that sucks at charms is fairly in...

Here's the thing about hydrae. They're dangerous if you encounter them in the lair, while you're still low level and probably lack a means to take them on. By the time you get into the swamp they're nothing. They have no ranged ability whatsoever, so any caster or ranger who can do enough damage to...

What the hell, am I missing something? RC+, RF+, cons-? Fast metabolism 2? Rslow!?!?!?! +30% HP and MP? 2 amulets? Those Apts!? Is there some joke I'm not in on or something? The disadvantages are mainly just annoyances, while the advantages are HUGE! This would be the species to take for every bac...

Knight9910 wrote:I would actually like to see a few more late game gods in the same vein as Jiyva.

Zin could be made a lategame god, since there's little reason to worship him until that point anyway.

Depending on my build, I will seriously consider doing Vaults 1-4 before stepping into shoals, especially if I haven't found Repel Missiles.

Meanwhile Swamp almost always boils down to "Do you have rPois and the ability to fight Hydras without consumables? Okay, you're good."

duvessa wrote:drfi/drgl also have an auxiliary attack

True, but unlike Tm they lose out on part of their starting package (helmet for Gl, wasted exp on Armour for Fi, body armor for both).

tm and mo are among the hardest backgrounds early on because unarmed combat on d:1 is worse than wielding a weapon and without any skills, wearing heavy armour is better than wearing a robe. You also don't really have any tools to compensate for these weaknesses. natm is particularly bad on d:1, as...

All of those are easier than the main game (outside certain edge cases like Hellion Island). While the enemies have bigger numbers and/or more dangerous spells, by the time you're doing them your character is strong enough to handle them with minimal danger. Does it mean you have never died in exte...

Patashu wrote:FR: If Ilsuiw steps next to a kraken, she uses the kraken as a mount.

This would make Shoals more interesting

Bloax please sprite this

Currently the good part of Crawl ends after collecting 3 runes and clearing Zot. And playing bad games is abnormal (I hope). Opposit for me. I can walkthrough 3 runes like a tank, with Tm for example, but Abyss, Panda, Ziggurat? All of those are easier than the main game (outside certain edge cases...

As for the OP: I'd guess that DrTm felt easier because you got used to the Dr apts. As a point of comparison, I got pretty good at getting GrSk through the early game, but when I tried to do MfSk I had a lot of trouble at first despite the fact that, on paper, Mf looks like it'd have an easier time...

I consider 15 rune run as a normal, not 3 rune. Don't want to start holywar. That's nice, but it's objectively false. You consider it objectively false that he considers a 15 rune run normal? That's not how opinions work. No, but it is how facts work. And the fact is that 15 rune runs are the minor...

The whole thing is kind of silly because komodo dragons don't cause sickness in real life. That has been recently debunked. They poison you -> http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/animal-fun-facts-does-komodo-dragon-really-kill-bacteria-filled-bite So just make them poisonous and everyone ...

Let's rework staves of fire; we already have flaming brands. Let's rework staves of cold; we already have freezing brands. Let's rework staves of air; we already have an electrocution brand. What makes this specific case so special? I guess the fact that Pain is based on Necromancy, while flaming/f...

GlassGo wrote:I consider 15 rune run as a normal, not 3 rune. Don't want to start holywar.

That's nice, but it's objectively false.

I've also found that Gargoyle's can cast LRD on themselves to damage all surrounding enemies at the cost of a little bit of their own HP which is... an interesting tactic, I suppose. So far I've never been in a situation where I've even so much as considered it... Gargoyles are vulnerable to LRD an...

Doesn't a Staff of Death actually outdamage the Pain brand with some evocations?

To be back on topic. I still don't see mummies as that weak of a species. It's just except the rPois+, none of their innate bonuses help in the early game... Being hungerless can be huge if you are of Sif in mid-game; letting you, perse Spam Shatter instead of being able to cast it 3 times before n...

TeshiAlair wrote:I think it would be cool to have a Fulminant Prism type thing, where theres an ice trap on the ground that goes off and stuns enemies over it, and slows enemies next to it. Fulminant Prison Or I guess Icy Prison

It'd have to deactivate if you leave LOS though.

Baldu3 wrote:In the end though it feels like another thing that's a greater challenge for close range characters since as you said, it's much easier to deal with for ranged characters.

This is true of basically everything in Crawl.

Knight9910 wrote:Cheibriados.

Cheibriados is a challenge god. Don't worship him unless you're specifically setting out to play a Chei follower.

The idea of a -Attack fixedart is interesting, though I'm not sure how well it could be implemented. Maybe if it gave a large amount of MP/MP regen to support the "attack only with spells" playstyle it enforces. a reference to Homestuck. If this is ever your reason for doing something, you...

Everyone underestimates the power of stats. Which is why quite likely the most powerful god (Chei) in the game is hated so much. Speed is overestimated in importance; stats are underestimated... I didn't realize it was possible for someone's understanding of the game to be expressible as a negative...

An enemy that deals bonus damage to faster-moving characters sounds interesting. Not sure if Time Travel is worth keeping, though. My impression is that monsters who run away are generally considered really annoying and not that interesting.

Spider could definitely use an overhaul. Once you have rPois, there's not a lot that's really hard: besides certain enemies (Orb Spiders, Emperor Scorpions, Ghost Moths, whatever uniques spawn) the only real danger is getting swarmed while webbed or confused. Something interesting that occurs to me:...

nago wrote:Dg haven't horrible apts, just slightly lower than average.

The average aptitude for most skills is actually -1. Dg don't have any below-average aptitudes, they just don't have any above-average aptitudes either. And of course they level up more slowly than any other race.

I'm assuming the next part is "got dogpiled by the fifty slime enemies it generated and died."

I'm talking about Elf's risk/reward, not the unique's.

I like the idea of a spellcaster dragon, but I'm not sure Elf is the right place for it since its risk/reward ratio is already not that great.

spudwalt wrote:Question: how would this god interact with Transmutations?

I'd assume anything that melds a certain slot would disable the corresponding god power (i.e. most forms suppress your thorn armor). Though letting the thorns stay while transformed would make him very attractive for transmuters.

Web Sense: this is basically useless outside Spider unless certain vaults spawn. The ability to automatically see web traps would probably work, maybe the ability to sense invisible enemies caught in webs or something. Web Generation: This is both very powerful and not that interesting to use, beca...

Code:: +2 pair of boots of the Gate {MR++ Acc+5 SInv}

boots of fuck mages

* barbs against enemies is almost always identical to just dealing more damage, since it's usually trivial to provoke the enemy to move. Perhaps a more interesting status could be used here, such as blind or entangle (no movement)? It might not be very interesting in terms of game mechanics, but it...

I don't think having a 6* ability is a good idea on a god with multiple piety cost invocations. Not counting 1-time gifts (weapon blessings, Zin mutation removal, etc) Jiyva is the only god that gives a new ability at 6*, which is a passive effect.

crate wrote:teleportitis 3 sounds like a really awful thing to give a race because it is just plain not fun at all

Shouldn't it be Teleportitis 1 anyway? Regular imps only blink, they don't teleport across the map.

I was thinking "Deep elf" when I said caster, and the large amount of investment required to use a claymore combined with their terrible melee attributes would make it mostly useless unless it gave some nice resists. Any game mechanic that punishes people for playing an Elf should be vigo...

I'm sorry, crate, but that has not been my experience. If you're finding early game hard as a summoner, you're probably doing something wrong that's making things harder than they need to be. For example, I used to find Transmuters much harder because I was training my skills inefficiently (not foc...

I think granting immunity or piety-based resistance to spines and barbs would make sense. It'd explain why you don't accidentally stab yourself if you move your arms the wrong way. The ability to move through brambles (and only brambles) could be worth considering, a little mechanical nod to the fac...

Klown wrote:
Grinding noise x46

mother of god

and into wrote:Oh wow, can't believe I didn't catch that. Thanks Viashino_wizard!

Always happy to be of service.

Ranged constriction: Active ability, always works; needs clear (shooting path) to target. Creates a kraken-tentacle-style thing from character to target. Each turn, the target receives constriction damage and pulls the target towards the character (like slow apportation on a monster). The damage de...

Nagas (and centaurs) actually can use bucklers since they have normal-sized torsos. It only takes 3 Shields to eliminate the penalty too.

I'd suggest naming a god (not necessarily this one) after D&D creator Gary Gygax. Gygax is a kickass name. "Griggy" sounds like a nickname; how about "Grignax"? :? Once we have the tourney out of the way and some changes have been made to allow more than the current number o...

Lyrick wrote:I have a canine. Next up in the list of upcoming races ought to be some kind of sentient jackal.

Playable Gnolls incoming.

Mechanically, Zin already provides Hell protection, and design philosophy seems to be against players having reliable access to Hellfire (only being available via an unrand crossbow and tier 3 Ds mutation). There actually is a reliable source you always get in every extended run...The Staff of Disp...

Lugonu and Mahkleb are the closest Satan-analogues in crawl (Lugonu's name used to be Lucy, in case it wasn't clear enough). They both rule over demonic realms (the Abyss and Pandemonium, respectively). Hell itself doesn't have a ruling god as far as I know, it's jointly ruled by the four lords. Hel...

Removing book choice entirely and just affecting each visible monster with whichever category has the highest degree also sounds okay, I considered that when making the last set of changes but it's more effort to implement. This seems like a good way to go. Recite already has a fairly lengthy coold...

Beogh is actually fairly strong in my experience. Fedhas is one of the strongest gods. Probably the second strongest after Ely. I'd say Ely isn't as strong as Makhleb. I'd also say Yred >>>> Beogh. I'd also say THE STRONGEST god is Lugonu. Putting distortion on whatever you want and Corrupt, which ...

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