Submit your new item upgrade requests! Options

[Sikret]

To all players who are playing Improved Anvil:

Please feel free to submit your item upgrade requests and suggestions here in this thread.

Requests or suggestions of item upgrades can be of two different forms: (1) you may mention an existent item's name in the game which you want to be upgradable. (2) You can also suggest a complete upgrade recipe by mentioning a list of ingredients and the new item's description.

New item upgrades will be added to the next version of the mod with the names of people who suggested or requested them.

EDIT: Please check the document "Items.txt" (available in the "documents" folder) to make sure that the item upgrade you have in mind is not already there in the mod and that your suggested upgrade is really a *new* one. Thanks.

This post has been edited by Sikret: Aug 5 2006, 11:24 AM

[rbeverjr]

I love the idea of a sentient, talking weapon. There's only one in the game (Lilacor), and I didn't even find it powerful enough to use very long in the regular game. I think it needs to be enhanced - a lot, in order to be preferable to using 2 weapons. I know that whirlwind can help ramp up the damage of 2 handed weapons, but I still think that an improve hasted 2 weapon wielder will do more damage in many battles due to limited HLAs. You can get 10 APR just be dual wielding with cutthroat (and the grandmastery patch). So, here's what I propose.

1d12 +5 enchantment bonus +2d4 psionic blast
chaotic commands while equipped

The psionic blast affects any target that is hit. Stoneskin does not prevent the weapon from hitting, rather it prevents the regular damage (1d12+5). Stoneskin will not protect against the psionic blast. Magical resistance does not apply, and there is no saving throw. Anything that prevents the hit (high AC, mirror image, etc.) will defend. Also, immunity to psionics or the spell chaotic commands will protect against this effect.

The average IA player should not be able to obtain the ingredient needed to improve Lilacor while at a low level. I think the best place for it would be in Watcher's Keep in the mindflayer lair. Perhaps, it could be the brain of a "noble" mindflayer (a new Sikret creature). Alternatively, the location of the ingredient could be randomized in the loot of suitably challenging creatures in SoA.

EDIT: Hmm. This may still be a might small compared to 9-10 APR dual wielders using Critical Strike. I suppose even this sword would interest solo characters, for those who like to solo.

This post has been edited by rbeverjr: Jun 30 2007, 11:57 AM