[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by Endoperez:
Are you sure Death ninja need water magic? Water => quickness...

Interesting. You should try doing graphics: if you try enough, you will eventually get something useful... I do most my essays more than once, and whenever I try to draw I make mostly crap, and sometimes something that I can recognize. You could also ask if Illwinter will let you to change the colors of their dragons.

Death Ninja: Yeah... hmmm. I think I'll take it back and make them just death 1 (and cheaper). The wise man already has water, anyway.

As for graphics - that Last part was pretty much assumed=) But it would be fun to get left brain exercise for once. Or right brain, I'm not sure...

Originally posted by atul:
s it so that if you give two weapons to a unit (s)he automatically uses both? If that is the case then here's the nation dedicated to dual-wielding. =) It's just that I've been under impression that in ancient Japan using two swords (long ones, at least) was considered somewhat barbaric. Samurais had katana and short sword, but they weren't used at the same time. Therefore Japan as the nation of dual-wielders strikes me as 'unthematic' (not that it has any relevance to a fantasy setting), but I might very well be wrong. (Of course, for ninjas and ronins everything goes, it's just those samurais with twin katanas...)

While still on that subject, there's this historical figure whose fame was partially owed to the fact he used two swords , Miamoto or something, to succesfully beat a heap of people. Good enough for a hero?

...units always wield as many weapons as they have. But I can give units a piece of armor called a "Wakizashi" that gives +2 defense=) I think I'll make 2 Samurai, ambidextrous (+3, so dual katana still takes a hit) and non-ambidextrous, with ambidextrous ones costing a little more. The non-ambidextrous ones get a piece of armor called a wakizashi, and the dual-wielders get a sword wakizashi, so both get the defense bonus but only dualers get the second attack.

The monks, of course, will all be ambidextrous. But as for dual katanas... should I limit that to "dishonorable ronin"?

Kristoffer and Hana - thanks for the intriguing tidbits=) I'll see how well I can incorporate some of it... a lot might require spell modding, of course... But neither of you mentioned tanukis. I want a tanuki pretender, but I don't really think they're helpful to anyone=) Maybe they should cause bad events (stolen food and artifacts), but cost negative points... or have "Cute +4", like Awe +4, except failing a cuteness throw makes you join the side of the cute one.

Well, I'll try to come up with realistic stats for some of those creatures tonight.

-Cherry