Boulder beetles should be targetable by LRD


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Post Monday, 18th August 2014, 10:31

Boulder beetles should be targetable by LRD

"A huge grey beetle with an almost impenetrable rocky carapace, capable of rolling at its foes at high speed."

Most other monsters with rocky skin or bodies can be targeted directly by LRD, so why not add boulder beetles to the list?
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Post Monday, 18th August 2014, 11:26

Re: Boulder beetles should be targetable by LRD

or just remove the "rocky" from the description, lose absolutely nothing, and dont need to implement something that nobody will ever discover without using spoilers.
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Post Monday, 18th August 2014, 11:39

Re: Boulder beetles should be targetable by LRD

If you have cast LRD just once in your entire life you should know it automatically aims at possible targets that are not dungeon features, so there is no need for spoilers or whatever.
I think this would be cool and since boulder beetles are one of the few monsters whose movement the player can influence (and not just in the "chasing player forever" fashion) it could actually lead to neat, stupid things like blowing up enemies by luring a boulder beetle into rolling against them.

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