Slime Squisher
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Joined: Thursday, 12th June 2014, 06:56
Anti-luring idea: give pack monsters Recall
- Recalled monsters appear around the casting monster, not the player, so the player is unlikely to be surrounded immediately (which is probably too cruel). The Recall could be instant or delayed - personally I think instant is better.
- A monster's chance of casting Recall increases with how many pack members are "missing" from your LOS and the monster's LOS. This should prevent monsters from uselessly casting it when the pack members are already attacking you.
- Monsters can recall pack members across levels.
- For monsters that can appear alone or in packs, perhaps they could be differentiated somehow (e.g. an "orc soldier" is a pack member, while an ordinary orc is not).
- While this ability might be too harsh on really early packs, I don't think there's any issue giving it to animal-intelligence monsters: "The yak bellows for its herd!"
This almost completely removes the tedious "lure a single monster away from a pack" strategy. It also makes stairdancing significantly more dangerous, which I think is a plus.
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