Size and/or STR let you displace monsters
Posted: Tuesday, 20th January 2015, 03:37
Giants will push popcorn out the the way to get to you. Why shouldn't you, the burly MiFi push rats around too? Let Big and Huge species push stuff around, as well as high-strength chars, and let Small and Tiny Species be pushed, with STR helping resist pushing.
This should do several things:
Shift+Dir should suffice for movement, right? Also, in my mind, this should be fully reciprocal, probably just based on monster Size.
Is this reasonable, or is this merely change without purpose?
This should do several things:
- Buff big melee characters, particularly vs. summoners, smiters, and buffers, and nerf spriggans
- Buff those big nasties who would like to be next you (your cloud of popcorn is no longer sufficient to hold off a Tentacled Monstrosity)
- However, it would add another less-than-obvious mechanic, since monster size is not normally important (except for those stupid whiff-inducing bees).
- Minor and bordering on completely irrelevant: Give STR a tiny bit more to do
Shift+Dir should suffice for movement, right? Also, in my mind, this should be fully reciprocal, probably just based on monster Size.
Is this reasonable, or is this merely change without purpose?