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Need some names..

Bludgeoning's special is Bashing
Slashing's special is _____
Piercing's special is Backstabbing
Archery's special is _____
Offensive Casting's special is _____

Those are the only ones i need special abilities for

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Slashing's special is Backslashing.

Slashes them in the back of the knees and makes them fall down.

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Force? Be a little more original there Jedi Master...;P...if i think of something i'll post it, btw i like the rest....

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how about Conjure for Cast?

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I like Cleaving

I'd prefer to change sniping...sounds too modern
I like Conjuring, but open for other suggestions on that one

and btw these will be activated automatically... chance of doing a special action is based on skill

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Slashing's special is Swing (not so great... all I can think of... you wind up and take a massive swing at the enemy...if you think about it... that could hurt)
Archery's special is Draw (hold the arrow back longer thus resulting in a faster projectile)
Off. Cast's special is Freeze (okay... not so great ideas from Rummy... this could be a small 10 second thorn-like spurt that freezes an enemy...or are you looking for something else...)

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Rumble, that gave me an idea..

How about for archery, something along the lines of Fire
The arrow would launch on fire and have a smoke trail =)

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Yeah, I was trying to think of a name for that... how about... "Lit Draw"?

hmmm... wheres my thesaurus

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Archery: Pierce

Extra damage and arrow goes through.

Slashing: Cleave or Double Hit

Cleave is extra strong slash.

Double Hit is a second hit.

Offensive Casting: Mana Burn

A little more mana is used, but extra damage and target is stunned slightly.



How would Backstab be triggered automatically? Wouldn't it have to be a back attack?

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backstab already is activated automatically...

as for mana, there won't be any in t2rpg

shall i elaborate? >=)

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I think the special attacks should have to be activated, and if a special attack fails, it takes more time to recover. It would add some much strategy to fighting.

Also, the special attacks should do something special, not just do more dammage.
Bashing pushes the guy back
Backstab just does more damage, but you have to be sneaky to use it
Slashing special should knock the guy down

Wouldnt flaming arrows just be a different kind of arrow?

Offensive casting seems like its own special attack.

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shall i elaborate? >=)

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No mana?

Is there a new name for it, or have spell casting mechanics changed?

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I will elaborate:

For the purposes of balance, all attacks use ammo. Whether or not it's called ammo is a different thing.

Bows use arrows
Spells use charges
Swords use "sharpness"

-Arrows depleat and you have to buy more. that's easy enough.

-Different spells use a different amount of charges, and these must be purchased (they could look like scrolls or something), or perhaps you would need potions to get more charges.

-First, sharpening a sword would be more expensive then buying charges or buying arrows. The reason for this is because swords only unsharpen when a hit is made. An archer could waste all his/her arrows without hitting anything, and same goes for spellcasting and charges. You would see a blacksmith and the sword's "health" would be replenished. Using a dull sword would either cause 0 damage, or perhaps 1 damage only.

And FYI, ATK has been changed in favor of rolls a-la-AD&D. However the weapon damage DOES increase if you have more skill.

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Special attack for archery: remember that scene in robin hood price of thieves where he shoots two arrows at once and hits two people? That would be awesome looking, and it would work with any kind of arrow, including flaming.

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Sharpening swords... ooh... this could tie in with a certain blacksmith... *hint hint*

*cough* H'Dero *cough*


lol :p

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Good idea vec, i like that one.

What should it be called?

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OR Special archery attack: Does a long range shot like this, you point at what you want to shoot at, and the game calculates the angle you have to fire at to hit that point and fires it at that angle, ala football mod.

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that's what happens with arrows in t1rpg, vec...

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Ok, costs an extra charge. You could still call it Mana Burn.

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Okay, here's what I think goes best as of now

Slashing: Cleave
Archery: Ignite Arrow
Off. cast: Mana Burn

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I meant like have it shoot at the higher angle versus the lower angle. So it goes way up in the air and comes down like a minute later.. er i guess that wouldnt be very effective.

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Oh and for the ignite arrow, you should only have like 20 seconds until you catch fire hehe

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Offensive casting: does more dammage if it works, but if it fails you cant move for a second, cause you're weak from the effort involved or something. call it Focus or Chant or Concentrate

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If this is a bonus, it shouldn't really backfire.

JI: How's T2RPG coding going?

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Mind Focus!

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If this is a bonus, it shouldn't really backfire.

JI: How's T2RPG coding going?

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Mabe for slashing, you can do something called a combo slice. And it will hit a person really fast! heh
For archery umm... the only thing i can think of is a power hit or somethin. For OC, how bout you can sum up a whole bunch of zombies from the ground and the zombies will attack the person you targeted. Or mabe you can you the new lightning effect in T2 to be able to call for lightning and strike the person to targeted for lots of dmg.

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JI, if every weapon has its own hp plus possible bonuses (enchanted sword etc), when you pick up a pack that has 50 knives in it, isnt that going to be a ton of data that has to be shuffled around?

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He has a point. Would Lag server.

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