Tired of ugly or plain spell/skill messages? Here's your chance to nominate them for updating - suggestions appreciated too!
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<B>Shevarash -- Code Forger of Sojourn3
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Spell Messages?
For the love of god, nerve dance and rain of blood.
Nerve dance is close to ok, but it has some really weird grammar. Rain of blood needs to be almost completely redone.. even if all you do is remove "I don't think they appreciated that", that'd be great.
Cherzra has a huge list of this stuff somewhere..
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-Todrael Azz'miala, Ravager
[This message has been edited by Todrael (edited 09-05-2002).]
Nerve dance is close to ok, but it has some really weird grammar. Rain of blood needs to be almost completely redone.. even if all you do is remove "I don't think they appreciated that", that'd be great.
Cherzra has a huge list of this stuff somewhere..
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-Todrael Azz'miala, Ravager
[This message has been edited by Todrael (edited 09-05-2002).]
Resurrect - far too drab a message for the effect. Stick Gargauth on this one 
More as I think of them, but this one jumps right out there.
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Mplor group-says 'dugmaren must be very proud... he levels us up in smoke and de-levels us in muspelheim'
[This message has been edited by Ashemiem (edited 09-05-2002).]
More as I think of them, but this one jumps right out there.
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Mplor group-says 'dugmaren must be very proud... he levels us up in smoke and de-levels us in muspelheim'
[This message has been edited by Ashemiem (edited 09-05-2002).]
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Tanji Smanji
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Shevarash:
<B>*peer Tanji*
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It's not brutal enough or sympathetic enough or BIG enough for a ress failure. What, something like "the pcorpse shudders"? (Yes, I've seen it enough times: I try not to remember it.) And the ress spell itself could be better. I mean, this is a miracle!
So something like this. Start both out the same:
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Sparkles of brilliant white light appear from nowhere, dancing, surrounding the corpse of (PC). The corpse rises softly from the ground, floating in air, and begins to glow slightly, then more strongly. You hear faintly, as in the far distance, mystical harmonies.
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All nicely, tastefully ANSIfied, of course.
Then for a successful ress, something like the current message. For a ress failure, maybe something like:
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But suddenly, the light congeals, freezes, turning yellow, then a muddy red! The corpse falls heavily to the ground, and lays there, sprawling. You hear a faint banshee wail, and the heavy thud of a tomb door closing forever.
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Also ANSIfied of course.
Spammy? Nah, it's _ress_, it should be Big, it should Look Important.
<B>*peer Tanji*
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It's not brutal enough or sympathetic enough or BIG enough for a ress failure. What, something like "the pcorpse shudders"? (Yes, I've seen it enough times: I try not to remember it.) And the ress spell itself could be better. I mean, this is a miracle!
So something like this. Start both out the same:
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Sparkles of brilliant white light appear from nowhere, dancing, surrounding the corpse of (PC). The corpse rises softly from the ground, floating in air, and begins to glow slightly, then more strongly. You hear faintly, as in the far distance, mystical harmonies.
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All nicely, tastefully ANSIfied, of course.
Then for a successful ress, something like the current message. For a ress failure, maybe something like:
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But suddenly, the light congeals, freezes, turning yellow, then a muddy red! The corpse falls heavily to the ground, and lays there, sprawling. You hear a faint banshee wail, and the heavy thud of a tomb door closing forever.
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Also ANSIfied of course.
Spammy? Nah, it's _ress_, it should be Big, it should Look Important.
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Baikalisan
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< 330h/330H 182p/182P 135v/135V >
< T: Cirenina TC: excellent E: drow EC: awful >
You complete your spell...
A drow archer is stunned!
A drow archer slumps to the ground.
Your touch is too much for a drow archer. he lets out one final gasp of agony before falling to the ground dead.
a drow archer is dead! R.I.P.
A drow archer slumps to the ground.
You receive your share of experience.
Your blood freezes as you hear the rattling death cry of a drow archer.
he != He
-Nikelon/Dizhes
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Nobody's perfect.
I'm nobody.
< T: Cirenina TC: excellent E: drow EC: awful >
You complete your spell...
A drow archer is stunned!
A drow archer slumps to the ground.
Your touch is too much for a drow archer. he lets out one final gasp of agony before falling to the ground dead.
a drow archer is dead! R.I.P.
A drow archer slumps to the ground.
You receive your share of experience.
Your blood freezes as you hear the rattling death cry of a drow archer.
he != He
-Nikelon/Dizhes
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Nobody's perfect.
I'm nobody.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Baikalisan:
<B>Resurrect should have a much spankier message than it does. After all, you are bringing somebody back to life.
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It does have a failure message. Check your condensed toggle. The only time it doesn't have a message is if the mob is already silenced.
Glorishan
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Gormal group-says 'damn im worthless'
<B>Resurrect should have a much spankier message than it does. After all, you are bringing somebody back to life.
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It does have a failure message. Check your condensed toggle. The only time it doesn't have a message is if the mob is already silenced.
Glorishan
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Gormal group-says 'damn im worthless'
When ray/stumble/fumble/enervate were given resisted-failure messages, feeblemind was missed. A failure message would be neat.
Prismatic spray could maybe use some recolorizing. It's not prismatic enough!
Dimension door and relocate are lacking when compared to shadow walk.
Charm person is pretty dull!
Yea.
Regards,
Jorus
Prismatic spray could maybe use some recolorizing. It's not prismatic enough!
Dimension door and relocate are lacking when compared to shadow walk.
Charm person is pretty dull!
Yea.
Regards,
Jorus
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Gromikazer
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Hey can we change warrior skills? :P
I have them all colored, but since everyone was suggesting spell changes, I was thinking, there are non-spell skills that could use some changes for more fun. e.g. Headbutt, backstab, assinate, shieldpunch, bash.. they could all use color (more but i dont think i need to type them all out.
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Gromikazer Terrorforge -Veldruk- Orbdrin D'oloth
I have them all colored, but since everyone was suggesting spell changes, I was thinking, there are non-spell skills that could use some changes for more fun. e.g. Headbutt, backstab, assinate, shieldpunch, bash.. they could all use color (more but i dont think i need to type them all out.
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Gromikazer Terrorforge -Veldruk- Orbdrin D'oloth
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