Generic Brainstorming!

[Grimm]

Star Crawl 2

[greepish]

I wonder what Super Crawl Melee would be like o.o

[pratamawirya]

Street Crawl II
Super Street Crawl II
Super Street Crawl II Turbo
Street Crawl Alpha
Street Crawl Alpha II
Street Crawl Alpha III
Street Crawl EX
Street Crawl III
Street Crawl IV

[varsovie]

Every good player are on Mortal Kraw

[ekolis]

I wonder what Super Crawl Melee would be like o.o

Sigmund. VERSUS. Snake!

*cue several minutes of fighting between Sigmund and a snake*

GAME!

Sigmund. VERSUS. Master Hand!

*Master Hand smashes Sigmund flat*

GAME!

Continue?

GAME OVER...

[invisiblesandwich]

A scenery addition - advertising on the walls. For obvious reasons, this will be limited to fictional products/people.

You go down the stairs.
A banner and a flyer come into view.
You read the banner.
"Interested in joining the Sigmund Fan Club? Get your own robe and scythe! Dues are 10 gold per month."
You read the flyer.
"Carry the black torch with Yredelemnul! Accepting new worshippers all the time. Disclaimer: Service is binding for all eternity. Holy beings need not apply."

For extra fun, make it so that people get unhappy when their advertisments are destroyed.

[Pteriforever]

New unique: FePr named "Starkit". Has rN+++ and returns to life == up to twice == on a random nearby level. In addition, the spelling of her name becomes increasingly corrupted as she takes damage.

[Pteriforever]

Randart potions.

[Grimm]

RANDART CHOKOS

[Blade]

RANDART CHOKOS

RANDART STONES

[nicolae]

RANDART TILES

[Grimm]

RANDART........MONSTERS

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Randart suggestions. Because most of them is dull and they usually clone each other.

[greepish]

RANDART TILES

Heh, acidrobin

[ilpalazzo]

thrown spears pin monsters/players to walls when adjacent

[File200]

UNRANDART CHOKOS

And from the creators of House comes a new show on Fox: Fighter MD.

[nicolae]

UNRANDART CHOKOS

And from the creators of House comes a new show on Fox: Fighter MD.

theme song by Melee Attack

[greepish]

Okay a semi-serious brainstorm here, should be renamed if it were taken seriously though ...

Item: Get-out-of-abyss-free card

You get out of the abyss. Not much else to say

Methods of obtaining: Xom acquirement, Scroll of acquirement (misc.), General Store/Artifact Shop (2-3k), extremely rarely on the floor (cure mutation rare).

Obviously Get-into-abyss-free cannot be used (not to mention the horrors accidently using an unIDed one)

[Grimm]

Item: Get-out-of-abyss-free card

Exists. Is called "altar of Lugonu".

[greepish]

Heh, I meant this as more of a boredom reliever, not an early game act of desperation

[Grimm]

The frequency of exit-appearance in the Abyss has been upped considerably, which should go some way to relieving boredom. It used to be impossible for a midlevel character to escape the Abyss.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Item: Get-out-of-abyss-free card

Exists. Is called "altar of Lugonu".

How are you going to carry the whole altar of Lugonu with yourself all the time, Grimm?

[Grimm]

In Soviet Russia, altar of Lugonu carry YOU!

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Could you please find a single altar of Lugonu in Soviet Russia, Grimm? And do not say these were called T-34.

[Grimm]

I suppose all the statues of Stalin have been pulled down.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

GULAG is not the Abyss.

[Grimm]

Shalamov has misled me then.

[nicolae]

For the Soviet Abyss, I'm thinking of the "Door to Hell" in Turkmenistan...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derweze

Also, brainstormingwise, I'm watching "The Thing" (the 1982 Carpenter one, not the prequel that just came out). A mimic, but instead of mimicking features, it mimics your allies. It follows you, staying just out of LoS, and if one of your allies drops out of your LoS, it will attempt to kill it and then it will mimic it. When you come across the mimic again, it will appear to be that ally, and you will be none the wiser. It will have the little heart icon, it will even attack enemies... until it gets adjacent to you, at which point it will reveal its true self and try to kick your ass.

[pratamawirya]

For the Soviet Abyss, I'm thinking of the "Door to Hell" in Turkmenistan...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derweze

Also, brainstormingwise, I'm watching "The Thing" (the 1982 Carpenter one, not the prequel that just came out). A mimic, but instead of mimicking features, it mimics your allies. It follows you, staying just out of LoS, and if one of your allies drops out of your LoS, it will attempt to kill it and then it will mimic it. When you come across the mimic again, it will appear to be that ally, and you will be none the wiser. It will have the little heart icon, it will even attack enemies... until it gets adjacent to you, at which point it will reveal its true self and try to kick your ass.

You shout for attention!
Your berserk Stone Giant comes back to you.
The Stone Giant is actually a mimic!
The Ally Mimic hits you!
Ouch! That really hurt!
You die...

[nicolae]

You shout for attention!
Your berserk Stone Giant comes back to you.
The Stone Giant is actually a mimic!
The Ally Mimic hits you!
Ouch! That really hurt!
You die...

TRUST NO ONE

That would be a really annoying way to die, though. If implemented, there would need to be telltale signs to exploit (maybe it doesn't follow orders very well, or can't use weapons), or it could only attack you a turn after revealing its true form.

[greepish]

You shout for attention!
Your berserk Stone Giant comes back to you.
The Stone Giant is actually a mimic!
The Ally Mimic hits you!
Ouch! That really hurt!
You die...

TRUST NO ONE

That would be a really annoying way to die, though. If implemented, there would need to be telltale signs to exploit (maybe it doesn't follow orders very well, or can't use weapons), or it could only attack you a turn after revealing its true form.

Well, if you follow The Thing word for word, it'd reveal itself when injured because the blood would react by itself. Additionally it is intelligent, so it'd only attack if you were alone or attacked.

[nicolae]

Well, if you follow The Thing word for word, it'd reveal itself when injured because the blood would react by itself. Additionally it is intelligent, so it'd only attack if you were alone or attacked.

Technically, you'd have to spill the blood, and then damage the blood somehow...

[AtT]

Well now I just have to go watch the whole movie again.. thanks guys.. (for real I love that movie)

[Pteriforever]

Fjsakdsacbvcsd, god of illusions. Grants mimics.

[nicolae]

Well now I just have to go watch the whole movie again.. thanks guys.. (for real I love that movie)

Yeah, it is a pretty good movie. I don't watch many horror films, but it's nice to see one where it's a group of smart people who get shit done instead of the usual scared teenagers who flop around and die until some spooky old guy tells them the backstory. I was thinking that that kind of who-can-you-trust paranoia might make an interesting addition to Crawl, but staying up super late might not be the best way to think up a good implementation of that. At the very least, the player would have to suspect that an Ally Mimic was around, while at the same time not having to rely on spoilers to know the Telltale Signs, and also making sure that nobody gets a cheap death because the Ally Mimic snuck up and clobbered them.

[Grimm]

Fjsakdsacbvcsd, god of illusions. Grants mimics.

That could be a cool idea. Grants the Mara-like power to create illusions of yourself, or of monsters.

[nicolae]

Fjsakdsacbvcsd, god of illusions. Grants mimics.

That could be a cool idea. Grants the Mara-like power to create illusions of yourself, or of monsters.

And the ability to see through illusions, so that you are only fooled by true illusions, not false illusions. Or... something.

[Grimm]

THE GOD OF GENUINE FALSENESS AND FAKE INAUTHENTICITY

[nicolae]

THE GOD OF GENUINE FALSENESS AND FAKE INAUTHENTICITY

That sounds very Zen. Or, very fake Zen. I think I'm blowing my own mind here.

[greepish]

THE GOD OF GENUINE FALSENESS AND FAKE INAUTHENTICITY

Ah, the god of politics.

[nicolae]

THE GOD OF GENUINE FALSENESS AND FAKE INAUTHENTICITY

Ah, the god of politics.

Based on your Int and Invocations, whenever you commit a sin, there's a chance you can weasel out of it instead of taking a piety hit or penance.

Edit: Now that I think of it, a god of lies and deceit and falsehoods would be kind of cool...

[greepish]

Thief god (https://crawl.develz.org/wiki/doku.php? ... :god:thief) could perhaps use that.

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

A not-so-damaging, but very precise long sword of frost, forged for a warrior who got tired from hearing wails and weeps of his foes but still wanted to fight for his land. The enemies it hits are struck not just by the merciless steel, but also by eerie silence that prevents them from making a single shout.

A long sword "Silencer" {frost, Stealth+}. Not so damaging, but quite accurate (+n, +0).
Whenever it strikes an enemy, there is a fairly high chance (three times out of five) that it will create a single square of Silence (yes, the mini-version of Silence spell) for one to two turns, basically making it a Wizardbane or a Lichbane. However, that square is not fixed to the target, so a Wizard might as well move out of it.
Occasionally (one time out of twenty, in example) it breaks out a larger circle of SIlence (1/2 of LoS or radius 3-4 or bigger) that lasts longer and is affixed to the target it just hit. Since this effect is quite eerie, such affixed Silence has a (one out of three) chance of scaring away the affected creature, forcing it to run away -- possibly towards the body-guarded smiters and spell-casters.


What would you think about such an artefact?

[JeffQyzt]

A not-so-damaging, but very precise long sword of frost, forged for a warrior who got tired from hearing wails and weeps of his foes but still wanted to fight for his land. The enemies it hits are struck not just by the merciless steel, but also by eerie silence that prevents them from making a single shout.

A long sword "Silencer" {frost, Stealth+}. Not so damaging, but quite accurate (+n, +0).
Whenever it strikes an enemy, there is a fairly high chance (three times out of five) that it will create a single square of Silence (yes, the mini-version of Silence spell) for one to two turns, basically making it a Wizardbane or a Lichbane. However, that square is not fixed to the target, so a Wizard might as well move out of it.
Occasionally (one time out of twenty, in example) it breaks out a larger circle of SIlence (1/2 of LoS or radius 3-4 or bigger) that lasts longer and is affixed to the target it just hit. Since this effect is quite eerie, such affixed Silence has a (one out of three) chance of scaring away the affected creature, forcing it to run away -- possibly towards the body-guarded smiters and spell-casters.


What would you think about such an artefact?

I'd say add it here: https://crawl.develz.org/wiki/doku.php?id=dcss:brainstorm:item:unrandarts#brainstorming_new_unrands

...but that there are a lot of unrandart swords already.

[Roderic]

Warcrawl IV: Rise of Beogh

[MyOtheHedgeFox]

Let's see. A lot of swords, including the Singing Sword, one scythe, a plenty of spears, a trident, a mace, a hand axe, and a knife.
I, of course, would choose the sword, but there really are a plenty of them there.
Spear is not the choice.
Staves are not the choice as well: they are usually magical.

For some reason, I still think it must be a long sword.

Thanks for telling me about that page, Jeff -- will send it there!

[Blade]

Let's see. A lot of swords, including the Singing Sword, one scythe, a plenty of spears, a trident, a mace, a hand axe, and a knife.
I, of course, would choose the sword, but there really are a plenty of them there.
Spear is not the choice.
Staves are not the choice as well: they are usually magical.

For some reason, I still think it must be a long sword.

Thanks for telling me about that page, Jeff -- will send it there!

A battleaxe or executioner's axe would make sense as well; Executioner's would be nice and thematic but might be a tad overpowered.

[ilpalazzo]

Battle axe sounds like a good choice to me, too.

How about implementing stealth and stabbing for monsters making them invisible until player notices them...

You start memorizing the spell.
A rogue appears and stabs you.
Ouch that really hurt.
You die...
wtf???

[ximxim]

A not-so-damaging, but very precise long sword of frost, forged for a warrior who got tired from hearing wails and weeps of his foes but still wanted to fight for his land. The enemies it hits are struck not just by the merciless steel, but also by eerie silence that prevents them from making a single shout.

A long sword "Silencer" {frost, Stealth+}. Not so damaging, but quite accurate (+n, +0).
Whenever it strikes an enemy, there is a fairly high chance (three times out of five) that it will create a single square of Silence (yes, the mini-version of Silence spell) for one to two turns, basically making it a Wizardbane or a Lichbane. However, that square is not fixed to the target, so a Wizard might as well move out of it.
Occasionally (one time out of twenty, in example) it breaks out a larger circle of SIlence (1/2 of LoS or radius 3-4 or bigger) that lasts longer and is affixed to the target it just hit. Since this effect is quite eerie, such affixed Silence has a (one out of three) chance of scaring away the affected creature, forcing it to run away -- possibly towards the body-guarded smiters and spell-casters.


What would you think about such an artefact?

Nice flavour + a fun mechanic, sounds good.