Occam\'s Razor
 

Things are slowing down so I thought Id toss abit of humor in here.

I WANT OCCAM'S RAZOR
It must be a powerful weapon. I see it used for the finishing move in some of the most powerful battles in the newsGroups. This is an anti-pretender weapon? yes?

Personally I think that Horn of Cornucopia should have had the power to over-feed enemy troops. Make them too full to fight well. But thats beside the point.

Come on you know-it-alls. Get creative. What powers would an Occams's Razor have?

[ November 04, 2003, 16:26: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

Hmm, maybe have all its stats the same (5 att, 5 def, 5 prot 5 length) and teach it's weilder the Dispell spell.

If that's too powerfull, maybe it could cast 'Iron Will' or 'Gift of Reason' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

It would definitely need to give it's user magic resistance. Maybe also let you hit ethereal enemies?

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hmmm, when given the chance to strike at 2 different enemy target's, it automatically picks the less "simple" one... assuming the "simplicity" of a unit starts at zero and goes down by 1 for each special ability (eg: sacred, cold resistant, stealthy, etc...), magic skill level or heroic ability level.

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

At the beginning of each battle, all troops beyond the first soldier of each troop type are destroyed.

Duplicate entities thus removed can be restored using a new nature spell, "Necessity".

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, "Necessity", "Simplicity", that's the same thing, really... just 2 different ways to implement it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

New super-combattant: the Master Logician. Makes units with average intelligence disappear in puffs of logic, or at least become terminally confused. Units with very low intelligence, very high intelligence, or deafness, are immune.

He could be a late-game hero for Arco - a hero appeared at your gates: Socrates the Master Logician.

PvK

[ November 04, 2003, 23:12: Message edited by: PvK ]

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

And he'd be packin' a Babel Fish. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, "Necessity", "Simplicity", that's the same thing, really... just 2 different ways to implement it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, no, it's only for the sake of necessity that one should multiply entities. Not to mention it being the mother of invention and all. ;P

Re: Occam\'s Razor
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hmmmm Mother of Invention. That could be an interesting new pretender. Instead of bonuses in alchemy give bonuses in forging.

Maybe in late game any magic that she doesnt have any mages of will suddenly be granted 1 point to her.