New HLA's for Swashbucklers Options

[Sikret]

Swashbucklers will no longer have access to "Use Any Item" HLA. Instead, I decided to add other HLA's for them. So far, four HLA's are added:

They already had access to one warrior HLA; so, I decided to add three more (though the total numbers of these new HLA's they can pick are fewer than the numbers a warrior can pick):

- Hardiness
- Critical Strike
- Resist Magic

I also added one new HLA:

- Acrobatic Combat

Description:

By using this ability, a high level swashbuckler can improve his agility and fighting expertise (in both defense and attack) to an extraordinary level. Acrobatic Combat grants +6 bonus to AC and +3 bonus to THAC0 for 5 rounds.

Suggestions for more new HLA's are welcome.*

Thanks.

* Ideas for new HLA's should be original (not copied or taken from other mods).

This post has been edited by Sikret: Oct 21 2008, 10:06 AM

Reason for edit: Fixing typos

[Kerkes]

@ Sikret

Yes, I agree with AC thing you wrote. Dunno where I got -25 , I never got up to that number (-19, -20 perhaps with Berskerkers, without Shield of any kind, 2-handed wpns). But enemies also attack incredibly quickly (say Granlords, Elite Fire Giants), and are bound to hit you regardless, for massive damage. Another thing is the Critical Strike HLA, which can be used with imp.haste, but not with WW.
Swashs also take a while to get to really low AC, and they won't be able to use Full Plate without UAI.
Their bonuses max out at +8 I believe, no? With WW, bonus to hit is actually +4, damage is decreased by 4, which is not that much "bonus" anymore, especially since you'll be using WW before lvl40.
As for decreasing your AC, I believe there are some potions which give -10 to AC vs.blunt, there are ways to decrease it against missiles. Don't know about slashing but that Golden Girdle.
Anyway, am looking forward to see how much useful will swashs be, it's really been a while since I last played one (never in IA actually).

@Matti

perhaps this ability would go better with asassins..

@Apsis

This is like a "kamikaze strike"!!!