[CF-Devel] Archetypes, New maps, Idease?

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Exactly :)

Shall I start making the arches, pictures and treasure
list(s)? (shouldnt take too long, couple days).

--- Rick Tanner <
     
     leaf at real-time.com
     
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      I think the discussion of iron vs bronze durability
     
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      and how it works in 
     
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      the real world is not what the original post wanted
     
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      to address.
     
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      The default weapons for many of the low level
     
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      monsters (goblins, orcs, 
     
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      zombies, etc.) are more sophisticated then what one
     
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      would find in a 
     
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      typical fantasy/semi-historical context.  In this
     
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      case, iron.
     
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      Mitch pointed out his observation that players
     
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      (presume his server) are 
     
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      easily collecting a massive fortune by picking up
     
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      every dropped weapon, 
     
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      armour piece, etc. and selling it.  
     
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      Now, instead of messing with the base prices for all
     
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      of these weapons and 
     
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      other items that the low level monsters drop - they
     
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      now have new treasure 
     
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      with new pricing and possibly other stats.  As a way
     
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      to potentially 
     
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      simplify things - this new treasure would be based
     
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      on bronze. 
     
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      Examples: 
     
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      An iron (or other metal/alloy/etc.) longsword would
     
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      have a 
     
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      base selling price of 8 gp while a bronze longsword
     
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      would sell for 2 gp.
     
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      A new player wouldn't have to save up 8 gp for the
     
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      longsword in the 
     
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      weaponshop to replace their current shortsword, they
     
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      only need 2 gp to 
     
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      upgrade their weapon.  This would improve their
     
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      chances of survival.  
     
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      Allows them to save up the 8 gp and then upgrade to
     
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      the iron (or other 
     
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      metal/alloy/etc.) longsword.
     
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