Another advantage of clearly labeling the enchant scrolls are accuracy and damage: it would quickly teach new players what the +n, +m on their weapons mean. I know at least when I first started playing I guessed wrong as to which was which. :p
jejorda2 wrote:hxy wrote:Maybe just one "Enchant Weapon" scroll, with 50% chance of +Acc, 40% chance of +Dam, and 10% chance of both?
Account for vorpalization and you've got a grand idea.
Do the same for curse scrolls: The new scroll of curses has a chance to curse a weapon, armour, or jewelry, and you can't sidestep it by unwielding your weapon before reading the scroll.
On the other hand, each acquirement category should have its own scroll. When you see that scroll of acquire food in the shop, you'll buy it because it weighs less than a bread ration and is harpy-proof. Or maybe that isn't a good idea after all.
Combing the three enchant scrolls in one could work, but I could also see it getting frustrating- more randomness means it's harder to strategically plan enchants (or to combine ammo stacks!). Rolling voralization into the same scroll sounds
really frustrating to me- what happens when you've got a highly enchanted weapon you want to affix a brand to? You'd have to burn a bunch of enchant scrolls, have most of them roll the I or II effects, many of which don't take effect due to high enchantment, before you finally got your vorpal affixation. Or what if you accidentally put vorpal on a weapon you wanted to enchant, but still be able to use enchant <element> spells on? Or what happens if you waste a vorpal on ammo? I mean, some of these things can happen now, early in the ID game, but later I feel you should be able to apply your resources where you want.
Simplifying and combining curse scrolls wouldn't affect most builds much. It would just mean 2 less bad things in the scroll ID minigame is all. It might cause problems for Ash worshipers who want to curse specific things though. Although, I suppose Ash could just give you the ability to aim curse scrolls, the same way he does now with remove curse.
Separate <category> acquirement scrolls seem like they miss the point to me. The only difference between an un-ID-ed ring on the floor, and a scroll of ring acquirement (for example) would be that the one ring is created at level gen, and the other when you pick it up. It just delays item creation. The interesting thing about acquirement scrolls as they are now is that they give you a
choice- so you can try and get something you want, with a little less dependence on the rng.
Tuesday, 13th December 2011, 03:10 
