http://tsunami.thebigwave.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Change_2684 2026-04-09T05:33:18Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.29.2 http://tsunami.thebigwave.net/wiki/index.php?title=Change_2684&diff=10056&oldid=prev 2020-01-20T22:15:56Z

<p>Created page with &quot;Originally Posted : Thu Feb 03 17:42:30 2005&lt;br&gt;Posted by : Razan&lt;br&gt;Title : charm changes&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here&#039;s to ushering in the age of the charmer again!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let me first say t...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Originally Posted : Thu Feb 03 17:42:30 2005&lt;br&gt;Posted by : Razan&lt;br&gt;Title : charm changes&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Here's to ushering in the age of the charmer again!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let me first say that this is a test, this could be insanely&lt;br&gt;bs, insanely abusable, or pitifully crappy - we'll find out&lt;br&gt;with your help (testers). Also, I've backed up all the old&lt;br&gt;charm files so if there are bugs or problems with this it's&lt;br&gt;a simple switchout and we can be back to the previous version&lt;br&gt;of charm.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So - what'd I change?&lt;br&gt;Asking your minion to do a command is now free - ANY command.&lt;br&gt;Bowing, waving, turning on logic, casting a spell, whatever&lt;br&gt;it's all free.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;HOWEVER, any mana the slave spends while doing an ability&lt;br&gt;(spell,skill,etc) will be charged to you 1:1 (he casts&lt;br&gt;pureair for 20 sps, you BOTH spend 20 sps). There is no&lt;br&gt;variability to this (at this time - though this may be&lt;br&gt;a major area for tweaking) based on your level or the&lt;br&gt;slave's level (or even the difference between the two).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the slave successfully spends its mana doing a spell&lt;br&gt;but you don't have the required mana to do the same then&lt;br&gt;the charm will break (after dropping your mana to zero).&lt;br&gt;This has a chance to make the slave very angry and attack&lt;br&gt;you! So be careful about running out of mana!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the slave chooses to cast a spell on its own logic (shielding&lt;br&gt;itself, healing you, conjuring a weapon, whatever) this will&lt;br&gt;also be charged to you! So it's not just commands that you&lt;br&gt;FORCE it to do, it's any mana expendature.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A word of note - if the slave gets SP drained (for example)&lt;br&gt;this will not charge the charmer - we're talking about&lt;br&gt;active abilities here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;At this time I've added some debug info you can look at - I will&lt;br&gt;likely remove it soon after I'm satisfied with this version of&lt;br&gt;charm. To turn it on you need to 'setenv X_verbose 1'. Sadly,&lt;br&gt;I had to add a separate verbosity setting for each type of&lt;br&gt;charm out there (b/c I didnt want to rewrite the setenv command).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So do:&lt;br&gt; setenv charm_verbose 1&lt;br&gt; setenv hypnotize_verbose 1&lt;br&gt; setenv charm_undead_verbose 1&lt;br&gt; setenv command_undead_verbose 1&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Pick the one that's right for your class - again, I'll remove&lt;br&gt;these in a few days/weeks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Finally - the one problem I see with this is that we had &lt;br&gt;previously removed the cap on what you could charm since&lt;br&gt;higher charms would mean higher sp drain, now you only have&lt;br&gt;to fight through the charm spell resist and if you CAN get&lt;br&gt;a high charm you can just spend their SPs. I expect to be&lt;br&gt;changing it back to old charm caps very soon so expect that&lt;br&gt;to be there.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh, and the help file isn't updated yet and I won't do it&lt;br&gt;until we decide if this is good. Constructive feedback&lt;br&gt;appreciated - bug stuff to my attention and if you think something's&lt;br&gt;abusive turn it in and I might reward you, else I might reduce&lt;br&gt;your class out of spite for you abusing it - take your pick.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Enjoy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; - Razan.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[[Category:Changes_Board]]</div>

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