Generic Brainstorming!

[byrel]

I see a dungeon vault in the making...

[Zicher]

Flame, frost etc are very good to soften an early dangerous foo...

'Foo' is not a synonym for 'monster'. It's a placeholder most commonly used to represent a set of things that all have part of their names in common. (e.g. potion of gain foo to represent potions of gain str, dex and int; or summon foo to represent the spells with summon in the name) For sets that have a common identifier like monsters or wands, we just refer to them as monsters or wands.

New monster: foo. Also foo captain.

Only if they hit the bar.

[BlackSheep]

Hounds and war dogs should go berserk when they spot a felid.

[Grimm]

I could have sworn I proposed that here many moons ago but it's not showing up. I must have hallucinated it. Good idea though.

[TehDruid]

Sheep enjoy a huge slaying bonus against grass.

[Jeremiah]

Zombies want to eat your brain - so should get faster and do more damage the higher your int.

[Grimm]

Some moons ago we got skill fuzzing, and now we even have turn fuzzing. It's time for species fuzzing. You should, ought to, must be able to play a felogre or a minelf or a humopode.

[Confidence Interval]

First incest, now miscegenation. CYC is on the slide.

[Grimm]

Scototaur

[Confidence Interval]

Sludge Grimm.

[Grimm]

Confidence Spriggan

[Confidence Interval]

Demigrimm.

[Grimm]

Caledemonspawn.

[Confidence Interval]

Grimmling.

[Grimm]

Human...with a Scottish passport (-4 T&D)

[Confidence Interval]

That would not currently be a legal document so the penalty might not apply.

[Grimm]

Not long now though.

[cerebovssquire]

Not long now though.

I don't have my hopes up. Don't the polls indicate that Scotland is probably going to stay part of GB?

[Grimm]

psionics

[Confidence Interval]

psionics

For lack of a better definition, I turn to wikipedia which says "Psionics refers to the practice, study, or psychic ability of using the mind to induce paranormal phenomena".

Isn't that very similar, in terms of outcome if not strictly of process, to spellcasting?

[Grimm]

Yeah but it wouldn't use MP or cause hunger.

[Confidence Interval]

Sounds underpowered.

[Grimm]

Oh it is.

[BlackSheep]

I actually thought you were making a D&D joke.

[Grimm]

Oh I was.

MIND FLAYERS

[Confidence Interval]

I don't get it.

[Grimm]

Did ye doss gadges noat have D'n'D?

[Confidence Interval]

Aye, but my D&D-playing days are long past. Maybe I would've got the joke back in the day.

[Grimm]

It was just, I was suggesting that a school of psionics be added to Crawl alongside the spell system. And then implied that it was because I want to see mind flayers added to the game. That's all. Tosser.

[Confidence Interval]

Why is that funny?

[Grimm]

Because of the word "tosser" at the end.

[Confidence Interval]

That's a good one. I'll remember that. Tosser.

[Jabberwocky]

New unrandart.
The -1 Robe of the Rash Guard (rHydra+++)

[Confidence Interval]

The +2 +2 Axe of the Lumberjack (rCanadians++)

[Jabberwocky]

But that's not a pun or double-meaning.

[pratamawirya]

Sheep enjoy a huge slaying bonus against grass.

Better yet, it heals them.

[TehDruid]

Sheep enjoy a huge slaying bonus against grass.

Better yet, it heals them.

But food in Crawl does not heal, huh. This is no (MMO)RPG.

[nicolae]

a centaur with a roman-themed sword, armor, and helm

called a centaurion

[Grimm]

a diseased undead with with a roman-themed sword, armor, and helm that gives you suppurating lesions

called a lesionary

[Grimm]

a unique tentacled monstrosity in a toga

called Julius


...Seizure, geddit?

[Confidence Interval]

interface modification proposal: change the name of <autoexplore> to <roam>.

[Grimm]

interface modification proposal: change the name of <autoexplore> to <flâner>.

Spoiler: show

ftfy

[Confidence Interval]

interface modification proposal: change the name of <autoexplore> to <flâner>.

Seconded. In which case we should (obviously) also change "Wanderer" to "Flaneur".

[Grimm]

Seconded. In which case we should (obviously) also change "Wanderer" to "Flaneur".

https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?p=52984#p52984

Spoiler: show

I find your constant harping on the subject tiresome.

[Confidence Interval]

No-one implemented it the first time so I thought I'd try again. I could also point out that you were obviously copying my good idea.

EDIT: I also note that the quality of ideas we produced was far superior back then. Sic transit gloria mundi.

[Grimm]

EDIT: I also note that the quality of ideas we produced was far superior back then. Sic transit gloria mundi.

Yes we've already talked about the recent lack of really world-beating fresh comedy concepts, though I'm not going to find that thread. Frankly I'm at a loss for ideas on how to fix it. I think the source material is severely limiting. Joke class, joke monster, joke skill. The end.

I think we'd best switch to completely off topic discussions. I was intending to write something about the Scottish books I've been reading but I composed the post in my head while drunk and now can't remember what I was going to say. Something penetrating no doubt.

[Confidence Interval]

I would, in that case, have retorted with something yielding.

[Grimm]

CI would raise his kilt for a crisp essay.

[Confidence Interval]

Not just any crisp essay. I am picky.

[Grimm]

new monster: javelina

it could throw javelins