RFC- EUO EQUIPMENT TILES & IDEAS

[Grunkk]

Requested by a couple people, This is a topic based around all the equipment, if you have an idea for a new piece, or a change to an existing piece, post here.

And If you have a talent for graphics, have a go at making some.

[Keighn]

Put a RFC - in the front of that title.

RFC means Request for Comments

Ok, I've actually been working on some of these for a while as I found some of the crafting of weapons and armour % to be off. Prices and a bunch of minor things. I tend to like the better the piece of gear the more effective it is in combat and the higher the price and cost of materials to make it. It'll always need tweaking. Ok, here's a few lists I've made including new specials and subspecials. I'll post my idea of the specials later.

Note: I'm reserving a bit of space in each of these posts for overlay and drop pics.

[Keighn]

Unarmed Weapons:

[Keighn]

Whips:

[Keighn]

Ranged:

[Keighn]

Picks:

[Keighn]

Foils:

[Keighn]

Shortswords:

[Keighn]

Longswords:

[Keighn]

Axes:

[Keighn]

Maces:

[Keighn]

Polearms:

[Dralos]

Wand, Dirk, Estoc, and Cestus should be implemented imo, good job des.

What class would use whips? Would it be classless? Would it have any added affects? (maybe similar to seize+charge as a special).

Maybe brown wind like attack which would represent multiple lashings?

It's piqued my interest even if Egg doesn't want to add it.

[Keighn]

I was thinking rogue for whip. Indianna Jones seemed more of a rogue than anything else. Then again, Catwoman was a fierce fighter but she was also a catburglar. Yeah, looks to be rogue to me. Then again, Simon Belmont wasn't exactly a rogue and more of a fighter. Meh, w/e.

I'd like the whip to be able to latch onto objects so you could swing across and over certain obstacles. Kind of a batman like thing I guess. I'm still finishing up the specials I had written in my brain. They'll have to be tweaked including names. I'm inclined to think you wouldn't charge with a whip. Sieze is in there but its more limited than the monk as this takes rage and not mana. Whip has a range of 2 instead of adjacent.

I've also suggested polearms get a range of 2. Its classic ultima 5 and represents the length of the weapon. Funny in Ultima 4 is adjacent opponents made polearms worthless but I'd rather have the 1-2 range. Just a suggestion. I forgot to put in sap in the shortswords even though its a pure bludgeon weapon. A sap is a perfect weapon to strike from the shadows.

I did notice I put its other specials the same as the lower % specials. Gah, mistake. Trip should probably be ensnare. Picture grabbling an opponents leg from a lucky whip strike and pulling him to the ground (ie.. sort of like a ranged sleeping fist but far shorter duration).

Disarm is similar to the foil attack of the same name. Basically pvp removes weapon or shield. PVM it should probably only lower creatures AS. It shouldn't be as powerful as the foil maneuver and probably deserves a better name. Like Snag or snatch, grab.. w/e. Then again it is at 90% so its just simpler to have the same mechanics.

Entangle I haven't written up but mostly it makes the creature immobile and unable to move. It attacks as if disarmed. PVM probably disarm and can't move. Logical.. probably not as you normally couldn't use your whip to keep striking.

Ideas on paper don't always turn out so great in application.

[Grunkk]

WHERE'S THE SHOBO!

[Keighn]

I'm sure if Egg ever does a ninja/samurai/emperor empire then I'll think of something. Right now I know he said no to Katanas so the rest are prolly out. Some of the weapons I'm suggesting are weird enough.

[Grunkk]

The Neko De (as far as I know) is a japanese martial arts weapon.

[Keighn]

Yeah, I know but I don't think he wants more. Patar and Katar are from India. There's a wide array. I recall when I played D&D actively I quickly started to expand my weapons lists not knowing the history and strengths/weaknesses of them. Most of my ideas back then were just from various PC games and making shit up. I had leather shields not knowing there were actual wood and hide shields from various cultures. I remember when I made rock armour. Had a base AC of -2 man what messed up idea. "I wanna look like a walking boulder; wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

[Grunkk]

What other 'monk' weapons would there be? I don't see the americans comming up with nun-chucks, do you?

[Morpheus]

Shurikens, Darts! (although it's more ninja.. but aren't monk like ninjas anyways.. shaolin monks for instance)

maybe something like Psy Shurikens... monk use their mana to throw psionic shurikens at the enemy (basically saps 1 mana per shuriken and cant throw them without mana)
and they still need to equip the weapon..(so basically something like a mana consuming sling)

Dunno if it's just me.. but whips don't fit in with euo universe for me..