Just lost a level, and lost all the practices that I had paid for. I consider that kind of bogus, ranking up there with losing maxhp for the level. What do you think?

Eilorn

I saw Kalith tanking maybe 30-40 roaches near Dren. Was serious spam. Someone shouted about him being the Orkin man, or something.

Eilorn (as Danos)

The object of this note is to provide a framework on which to discuss the future character that will be bards on Sojourn. I did a search on the web site for 'bard' and read all notes that it returned. Then I made a compilation of all those comments on bards and sent it out to those who made the comm...

Add a spell along with this: 'control familiar'. This would transfer the mind of the caster to the familiar, and the caster would control the familiar in all ways as if it were his body. To cast, the caster would have to be resting, and while in control, no knowledge would pass from the caster's bod...

How about taking a moment to rethink the order that things match? That is, 'sca' should match scan rather than scare. 'gro' used to match growl before group, but, that was fixed :-). I'm sure there are others, but, that's all I can think of at the moment.

Eilorn.

I'm in agreement, nuke headbutt. I've only ever had it once, but, dying to pixies because you knocked yourself stupid is not amusing. How about giving warriors a new shield skill: shieldthump http://www.sojourn3.org/ubb/smile.gif With this skill you bash the toes of your opponent, possibly slowing t...

The potential gain in less griping about hp loss, from the recording of only the last level would be tremendous, and, it would affect everyone in a positive way. And if you feel you have to record the hp gain for each of 49 levels, it could be packed into about ~32 bytes (5bits/level = 30 bytes 5 bi...

The first char that I had that had headbutt was a merc. I played with it for a while, headbutting stuff, it was fun. Until I knocked myself out. I don't remember what I was fighting, something miniscule, however. I just had to sit there and watch my hp drain slowly away until the welcome mat flashed...

OK, finally hit lvl-10 after about 55 hours :-) Observations after first day of barding: <UL> [*]Lag after forgetting verse is horrible ! [*]I don't think I stuttered once, but, I forgot the song about 50% of the time. Lag is 3 combat rounds, and your group is halfway down the road http://www.sojour...

How about them bards? Awesome huh? You mean you haven't seen them? Let me check... By gosh you're right, I don't see any! I know that there are at least 3 that have made 10, and I know a lot of people have started them, only to dump them by the wayside. My halfling bard (Tworlin) is stubbornly conti...

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Eilorn/Tworlin

If these affects are already implemented, ignore them http://www.sojourn3.org/ubb/smile.gif <DL> <DT> Str <DD>Affects strength stuff: weight of weapon(s) wieldable, weight of shield wearable, and damage of bash, shield punch, kick, weapons. <DT> Agi <DD>Affects lower body skill prowess: kick, flee, ...

These may not be problems, I can't remember if they were problems on Sojourn or not: <UL> [*]item keywords not being apparent from the description. e.g. 'a piece of shiny crystal lies here', keyword=shard. If the keywords are not readily apparent from the description, we need something like 'itemgla...

Shortly after I started playing Sojourn, I was a ranger on EM. A fellow I was grouped with would always say 'Hi Finn as we passed him in the Faerie Forest. Once he forgot the apostrophe, and was dead before the next prompt.

Eilorn.

A bounty hunter should have some 'warrent' to indicate he is empowered to capture a miscreant. If the target subdues the hunter, he destroys the warrent, and the hunter has to go back to the magistrate for a new warrent. Perhaps make it so that warrents can only be obtained once a mud week or someth...

Someone mentioned in another thread about equipment damage. How about using fixed point math and figure 100 'equipment points' for the starting value of a piece of equipment. Have each hp of damage done to you be 1/32768 of an 'equipment point' of damage to an item. You'd need to have a targeted dam...

I hope you're not just planning on balancing the mud for high-level, legendary, Sojourn veterans. Sojourn loses a few veterans to RL periodically, you need new blood coming up through the ranks, and not just vets trying new classes.

Eilorn

AND how about some exp for bards doing something during battle? A little something for each verse, whatever the song, would help immensely.

Eilorn(who may make another halfling bard, if halflings move north :-)

I started out as a physics major, taking compsci because I knew they'd be important to me as a physicist. After the first class (basic :-), I was addicted. After several more classes I was enjoying programming much more than physics, so, I switched majors. Here's a bunch of random thoughts: Don't ex...

How about a new toggle: smartbattleprompt{regular, tank, enemy, both}? Regular is the way it is now. tank only shows a prompt when tank hp changes, enemy only shows prompt when enemy hp changes, and both shows prompt when either changes. Your own hp changing would cause a prompt in any case.

Eilorn

Heh, all you young farts with Trollish constitutions.... Just remember: you lose 5con/year( IF you stay healthy!) http://www.sojourn3.org/ubb/smile.gif . When I mud, it's several hours before bed: no sugar, no caffeine: bottled water, and a popup reminder every half hour to keep hydrated http://www....

When Sojourn went down I was living in Lansdale, PA. Now living in Orem, UT.

Eilorn

Something that's always bugged me about memming: if you tend to put your spellbooks into a bag, invariably you'll forget to take them out for memming, and you'll get all the way to the time for the first spell mem, and it will say "Hmm... did you misplace your spellbooks" or something. The check sho...

It should be a function of the PC weight, strength, and door buffness.... I'm sure there are some doors that a fat, strong, halfling could bash through. And I'm sure even the studliest ogre is not going to bash through the gates at Waterdeep.

Eilorn

I don't remember the affect of Song of Peace , but, perhaps changing it to(or adding this as affects) increasing the regen of those in the room, and enhancing meditation. Thus, warriors could sleep, while spellslingers mem, all at an increased rate. It would be really nice if this were effective fro...

If you're thinking of eq damage, how about implementing blacksmiths to do do repair? Maybe hard to get-to smiths could do magical repairs/enhancements. Or, with the "proper" materials he could perform the magical repair/enhancement.

How about making the help files available online? After a year's absence, I don't remember everything I'd like to. As well circumstances change, and I'll probably try a different type of char as my main char... I'd like to have some time to ruminate over it, before things start up in earnest. Eilorn...

From my notes:
Objects you can create: bag ration raft robe barrel club staff spear dagger shield torch box paper quill

How about Mercs? Any chance of bringing them back? I had a merc many years ago and enjoyed playing him(Knute, Barbarian).