Tartarus Sorceror
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Joined: Monday, 14th October 2013, 01:05
Make mottled dragons/draconians acidic
2: Because of the above(and honestly, even before it), rSticky is a pointless resistance. It just does not matter. rCorr, on the other hand, is not a bad resist to have, yet would not make mottled dragon armor(which is ring mail, but 1 lighter) overpowered-would, however, make it feel more "cool" to get as an armor when you happen to be playing a character who would like armor of that weight.
3: Simultaneously helps with a couple of draconian issues. It makes enemy draconians slightly simpler, lowering knowledge burden on the player. One less color to keep track of in enemy packs(and no sticky flame in zot, where it is totally worthless), mottled player draconians became the same as what yellow are now(slightly cool, instead of totally lame(maybe also give them acidic bite at XL 7? the way it's gated further doesn't make much sense to me)), and also the draconian colors make more sense compared to dragons that way. It was weird to have yellow, which is close to gold, have nothing to do with golden dragons(high AC, multi-elemental) and instead be acidic... and I think they still even get the message "Your scales take on a golden yellow color!" which muddies things further.
So!!
- Mottled dragons get acidic spit, which can deal moderate damage(should deal less than a firerime drake's 3d12... perhaps 3d8)
- Mottled dragons drop rCorr hide/armor
- Mottled draconians become acidic like yellow draconians are now, to follow mottled dragons and remove golden/yellow confusion
- Yellow draconians are removed