Is Cyclops worth it as a pretender god?

[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by PvK:
I like the idea of a MR check to resist getting trapped by harmful items.

Seems like items that require surgery should be a special case, and perhaps some others - not all harmful items need be traps.

"Ooops! I accidentally ripped out my own heart and replaced it with this wierd thing I found in a corpse! How was I supposed to know any better?"

[Taqwus]

With regards to prosthetic limbs -- "Groovy."

[licker]

Originally posted by Taqwus:
With regards to prosthetic limbs -- "Groovy."

"Gimme some sugar baby!"

Followed by several shotgun bLasts...

[Johan K]

This thread was just hilarious!
It's a good thing we have magic eyes and hearts.

[HJ]

Golden left foot

This powerful artifact grants its owner an ability to throw globes of compressed air at the opponents with an amazing precision. Globes cause stun damage to anyone who is hit. His inclination to demonstrate this uncanny talent in his free time decreases unrest in the province he resides in, and the artifact also grants the owner an ability to inspire awe in lesser mortals (awe-3). He also has a small chance to attract Maenads (female humans who fight with *claws* when enraged). The downside is that it lowers its owner's pain threshold, and he is more prone to get afflictions. His leadership skills are also decreased, since his comrades dislike his tendency to hug his brothers-in-arms every time he manages to hit someone with one of the globes.

[ November 18, 2003, 01:44: Message edited by: HJ ]

[Psitticine]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
I like the arm thing. A silver arm of celtic origin springs to mind.

Nuadu Airgetlam!! Toooo cool!

Maybe an iron one available just to replace a missing limb (and perhaps boost strength +1 or so?) with a bit of Construction research, but a unique Version of silver that not only replaces the arm but gives more substantial (+2 to all) boosts to strength, attack, and defense?

That really is an interesting concept, just from the role-playing stance: being able to forge "replacement parts" for afflicated characters. They shouldn't be cheap, may come with problems (shock vulnerability for an iron arm?), but it would be a really cool bit of flavor.

Maybe they'd only be open to the Golem Cult, Ulm, and/or other such master smith types. That might even be the thing to make Ulm a bit more competitive, if they alone should have access to these wonders of smithcraft.

Ever think about adding the Gae Bulga? An awesome weapon, an unstoppable killer usuable only once per combat (since the body had to be cut away from the points to retrieve it) that has a geas upon it that leads to a Curse being placed on its wielder? Not quite the same as the real thing, but I can't think how to do the "somebody you will love will die" thing into game mechanics.

If anyone needs help it's Ulm. And if that advantage is crafting, so be it.

Perhaps the Silver Arm will allow the Smith/Hero to craft items of certain other spheres while not having the magic spheres. I.E. Giving 5 spheres for purposes of crafting to non-earth Spheres.

That would allow them crafting diversity (which Ulm LACKS) but not the spells that are behind it.

Just a thought.