Barkeep
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Joined: Tuesday, 11th January 2011, 12:28
Should corrosion be temporary and more severe?
* It's annoying to avoid, but important enough over the long term that it's worth the annoyance.
* The consequences are almost never tactically relevant -- losing 1-2 AC in a fight is not generally going to swing that particular fight.
So! I'm wondering if it might make more sense as a temporary effect. Acid attacks could reduce item enchantment more than they do now (multiple points per hit); your item would then regain its enchantment over time (or, preferably IMO, over gained EXP). Maybe enchant scrolls would clear all current corrosion, or maybe that's an ugly idea.
I'd imagine that enchantment level would no longer guard against this temporary corrosion, but still imagine artefacts would be immune.
Just thinking about making yellow dracs and Slime less annoying... thoughts?