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Post by vastin on Jul 29, 2008 22:44:03 GMT -5
Heh. Well, while we're on the subject then...
I haven't really had a chance to try out a stealth based character. I think I'm reasonably clear on a lot of the stealth-enhanced attack skills and the like, but I'm unclear on how stealth itself affects the monsters' behavior.
By the descriptions I've heard it seems that perhaps it: a) increases the chance of a monster being born 'asleep', or reduces the chance of them waking up. b) may cause them to move/attack randomly rather than towards you
I'm completely unclear how ranged attacks/spells are affected.
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Post by zekk on Jul 30, 2008 10:01:45 GMT -5
NINJA VANISH! *poof*
...Anyways... yeah, stealth can get pretty good. Most enemies won't target me with a ranged attack/spell when I'm in plain sight. Um.... stupid question, but how do you make a character dump? xD
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Post by Gando on Jul 30, 2008 11:47:47 GMT -5
SHIFT C ...the dump command should be listed there.
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Post by zekk on Jul 30, 2008 14:39:21 GMT -5
This was taken while I was invisible. hence the crazy dex.
[Portralis 0.3.0 Character Dump]
Name : Vrilg Age 14 STR: 4 Sex : Male Height 43 INT: 10 Race : Kobold Weight 71 WIS: 5 Class : S. Stalker Alignment 0 DEX: 141 Death Count 3 CON: 6 CHR: 4 Level 16 Max Hit Points 149 Experience 2058 Cur Hit Points 149 + To Hit 5756 Max Exp 2058 Max SP (Mana) 45 + %To Damage 70 Exp to Adv. 2300 Cur SP (Mana) 45 + To AC 264 Gold 23 Ability P 2 Stat Points 0 Blows/Round: 74 Skill Points 0 Blows/Round(2): 1 Class Level 7 Shots/Round: 1 Class Kills 274 Wpn.dmg: 24-72 Wpn2.dmg: 1-1 Sht.dmg: n/a Sht2.dmg: n/a Infra-Vision: 0 feet (Character Background) 0 You are one of a few children of a wild kobold. You were born in a cave. You have black eyes and pale green scales. ---------- CHARACTER'S SKILLS ---------- --- MISC. INFO --- a) Fighting: 0 A) Polearms: 0 Wpn.dmg: 24-72 b) Spellcraft: 0 B) Daggers: 10 Wpn2.dmg: 1-1 c) Shooting: 0 C) Axes: 0 Sht.dmg: n/a d) Throwing: 0 D) Rods: 0 Sht2.dmg: n/a e) Defense: 0 E) Martial Arts: 0 To_h : 5736 f) Agility: 7 F) Bow: 0 To_d : 50 g) Stealth: 117 G) Crossbow: 0 To_a : 264 h) Combat Feats: 0 H) Firearms: 0 AC : 40 i) Dual Wield: 0 I) Elemental: 0 j) Leadership: 0 J) Alteration: 5 k) Alchemy: 0 K) Mysticism: 0 Dual Wield: Yes l) Crafting: 0 L) Conjuration: 0 Press 'u' to toggle. m) Swords: 0 M) Divination: 0 n) Blunt: 0 N) Magic Defense: 0 Remaining skill points: 0 Press one of the letters to increase the skill. Press 'x' to view next skills page(if any). -------------- RESISTANCES -------------- Fire: 0 Cold: 0 Electric: 0 Acid: 0 Poison: 100 Light: 0 Darkness: 0 Warp: 0 Water: 25 Wind: 0 Earth: 0 Sound: 0 Radio: 25 Chaos: 0 Physical: 0 Mana: 0 [Miscellaneous information]
Maximize Mode: OFF Preserve Mode: OFF Autoscum: ON Small Levels: ALWAYS Arena Levels: ON Persistent Dungeons: OFF
Your body was a Player.
You have defeated 706 enemies.
[Character Equipment]
a) The Bronze Dagger 'Bee Sting' (L:11, K:34/55) (1d3) (+20,+20) (+321 Poison) b) The Bronze Shield 'Water Wall' (+10,+10) [10,+5] (+1000 Water) e) (nothing) f) (nothing) k) (nothing) m) a Brass Lantern (with 6886 turns of light) {25% off} n) The Bronze Mail of the Healthy (+10,+10) [25,+20] o) The Cloak 'Abjurer's Cloak' (+10,+10) [5,+5] p) (nothing) s) (nothing) u) (nothing) x) (nothing) {) (nothing) |) (nothing)
[Character Inventory]
a) 7 Rations of Food b) 5 Flasks of oil c) 5 Scrolls of Identify {25% off} d) 3 Scrolls of Word of Recall {25% off} e) a Parchement - Poisonous Potions f) (nothing) g) (nothing) h) (nothing) i) (nothing) j) (nothing) k) (nothing) l) (nothing) m) (nothing) n) (nothing) o) (nothing) p) (nothing) q) (nothing) r) (nothing) s) (nothing) t) (nothing) u) (nothing) v) (nothing) w) (nothing)
[Home Inventory (page 1)]
a) gold (15555 golds) b) a Leather Armor [5,+0] c) a Tavern Basement Key d) a Monstrous Rat's Head e) a Gorg's Head f) (nothing) g) (nothing) h) (nothing) i) (nothing) j) (nothing) k) (nothing) l) (nothing)
[Home Inventory (page 2)]
a) (nothing) b) (nothing) c) (nothing) d) (nothing) e) (nothing) f) (nothing) g) (nothing) h) (nothing) i) (nothing) j) (nothing) k) (nothing) l) (nothing)
I have 1 in rogues poison weapon, 7 in shadow cloak, 1 in stealth attack, 1 in shadow ball, 1 in dark mist and 3 in one with the shadows. I have 2 points still left....
It is a pain to go through 74 rounds of text.
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Post by vastin on Jul 30, 2008 20:00:58 GMT -5
74 attacks, yeah, thats really a lot of spam.
Which brings me to a related point - given that Portralis allows for really a lot of attacks, would it be possible to have your own attacks auto-spam without needing to touch a button UNLESS a reaction effect comes up, in which case it pauses as normal for you to pass or react?
I've played one or two classes that had large number of attacks, and it got quickly aggravating having to lean on the spacebar every time I attacked - I sometimes miss an enemy attack that kills me because of this with no chance to use a Guard ability because the spacebar defaults through that as well as the meaningless attack reports.
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Post by Variaz on Jul 30, 2008 20:47:28 GMT -5
This point was brought up before... And this time, things only got worse, with the arrival of levelables/crafted items with skill bonus. I'm tempted to put an option where once all combat feats are used, or you choose to skip them, the rest of the messages could just say "You hit the monster with X our of Y blows for Z damages." or something. Problem with this is that I think it kind of removes some "punch" from combat with other weapons, though daggers gives so many blows that it's no longer entertaining battles, but a test of stamina for your fingers. (well, you can just hold down the key, but it's not good when you must use Great Guard or the like).
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Post by zekk on Jul 31, 2008 0:53:07 GMT -5
Well, as you said, it would be an option. player's choice whether it does so or not. put it under hthe "=" menu or something.
Another note about the character dump - "One with the shadows" doesn't give agility like it should, so I would probably have some pretty good ac right now otherwise.
hm....how could I quickfix the skill?
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Post by sekira on Jul 31, 2008 17:15:32 GMT -5
I was just wondering, is my new combat feats menu included in the next release?
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Post by Variaz on Jul 31, 2008 20:59:30 GMT -5
hmmm...no, and to be honest, I don't even remember you posting one before... What thread was it? Your Kensai is included though!
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Post by zekk on Aug 1, 2008 9:53:56 GMT -5
From what I've seen of it so far, the kensai looks pretty interesting. swordmonk? I'm really not bothering to keep this on track anymore; everyone has already said everything they've had to say about my character, I guess.
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Post by sekira on Aug 1, 2008 16:24:50 GMT -5
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T10
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Post by T10 on Aug 2, 2008 15:43:15 GMT -5
The program makes a tombstone with the name of yours and your killer every time you die. Who was your killer?
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Post by Gando on Aug 2, 2008 16:50:14 GMT -5
The program makes a tombstone with the name of yours and your killer every time you die. Who was your killer? huh? Who are you asking this of and why?
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