Snake Sneak
Posts: 97
Joined: Monday, 13th June 2011, 12:55
Remove/reform the spell repel missiles
crate wrote:
where are the remove rmsl threads? rmsl is far, far, far more problematic from a design standpoint than haste is (and this isnt really disputable).
I wrote the patch for the current version of rmsl to reduce the tedium of recasting it. I now think that wasn't the right fix since it didn't get to the real problem which is that it's too effective for a level 2 spell. There really is a need/use for a low level missile protection spell and I think that rmsl actually does a good job in the pre-lair dungeon. The problem is that it stays really good all through Zot.
The best solution I've come up with is a new spell that basically makes a stationairy rmsl effect. There's a patch rotting on Mantis for it (the patch has a higher level version too but I think that's not needed).
So I'd propose:
- replace the rmsl spell in books with wind wall (wind wall could be Air only at L2 or L3 instead of L2 Charms/Air)
- keep rmsl as a Quaz/amulet of the air effect (and maybe amulet of innacuracy to give that one some use)
- keep the dmsl spell as is (it requires a much higher investment and doesn't seem as broken)
If anyone's interested in testing the wind wall spell I can post an updated patch.