nicolae wrote:Wensleydale wrote:nicolae: Slap together those spellbooks and I'd be happy to code it and submit a patch on your behalf.
Cool, thanks! Here's my first attempt:
- Code:
{ // Arcane Anthology I
SPELL_SHROUD_OF_GOLUBRIA,
SPELL_TUKIMAS_DANCE,
SPELL_INTOXICATE,
SPELL_LEDAS_LIQUEFACTION,
SPELL_OZOCUBUS_REFRIGERATION,
SPELL_FRAGMENTATION,
SPELL_BORGNJORS_REVIVIFICATION,
SPELL_NO_SPELL,
},
{ // Arcane Anthology II
SPELL_OZOCUBUS_ARMOUR,
SPELL_OLGREBS_TOXIC_RADIANCE,
SPELL_GOLUBRIAS_PASSAGE,
SPELL_ISKENDERUNS_MYSTIC_BLAST,
SPELL_CIGOTUVIS_DEGENERATION,
SPELL_LEHUDIBS_CRYSTAL_SPEAR,
SPELL_NO_SPELL,
SPELL_NO_SPELL,
},
If it turns out that Revivification and LCS should just solely be in the high-level books, Annihilations and Necronomicon, I have a single-book version too, which takes out those spells and takes only one each from Ozocubu and Golubria (and ditches Leda. Sorry, Leda):
- Code:
{ // Arcane Anthology
SPELL_SHROUD_OF_GOLUBRIA,
SPELL_TUKIMAS_DANCE,
SPELL_INTOXICATE,
SPELL_ISKENDERUNS_MYSTIC_BLAST,
SPELL_OLGREBS_TOXIC_RADIANCE,
SPELL_CIGOTUVIS_DEGENERATION,
SPELL_FRAGMENTATION,
SPELL_OZOCUBUS_REFRIGERATION,
},
(I suppose calling it Nicolae's Arcane Anthology would be pushing it.)
I think it's fine if Borg's and LCS are in these books, but we'd have to make them at least as rare as the high-level books. And since there are a lot of good spells in there already, maybe we should split them up into three books. Here's my proposal:
Arcane Anthology I:Ozocubu's Refrigeration
Iskenderun's Mystic Blast
Leda's Liquefaction
Cigotuvi's Degeneration
Tukima's Dance
Arcade Anthology II:Lehudib's Crystal Spear
Alistair's Intoxication
Ozocubu's Armor
Shroud of Golubria
Arcane Anthology III:Borgnjor's Revivification
Lee's Rapid Deconstruction
Olgreb's Toxic Radiance
Passage of Golubria
Also note that Orb of Destruction technically belongs to Iskenderun, but this hasn't been mentioned in-game for a long time. I've decided to omit it from this round. If someone comes up with a better arrangement, let me know.
Also! There are two wizards who once had spells, but have since had those spells removed. These wizards are Maxwell (themes: armor, metal, smithing) and Eringya (themes: nature, flowers). If someone wanted to reflavor some existing spells to give one to each of these wizards, we'd be able to put exactly five spells in each book.
Grimm: some comments regarding monster renaming:
1) Why rename giant spore? If it's to better express its danger, I think we need a name better than "floating sporeball" (since spores, by definition, are balls that float :P ). Perhaps a name to express that it explodes, or is fast, or can infect your food.
2) Royal mummies aren't in the bots because I think you're referring to greater mummies. And actually, I think I like "royal mummy" better than "pharaonic mummy" (what a mouthful!).
3) "Grouper" isn't exactly very threatening, how about "piranha" or "lionfish"?