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

[geh4th]

Admittedly, I'm certainly not an expert at higher levels or late-game play. I was merely reporting the impression I get from reading others' reports. I didn't intentionally mean to spread an untrue sentiment, but in many cases the choice whether to play or not play a particular class of character is entirely based on common perception. That was the point I really wanted to make.

I've said my 2 cents worth on the issue...which might just have about that much value (i.e. nothing.) I'll defer to you more educated folks on the matter.

[Sikret]

Admittedly, I'm certainly not an expert at higher levels or late-game play. I was merely reporting the impression I get from reading others' reports. I didn't intentionally mean to spread an untrue sentiment,

No problem. I know it for sure that you didn't mean to spread false information, geh4th.

but in many cases the choice whether to play or not play a particular class of character is entirely based on common perception.

Yes, similar false rumors had also been spread regardling the uselessness of mages in IA. Many naive players simply believed that rumor and even started to repeat it.

Jealousy rules in modding community. Some people deliberately forge false rumors about IA, some others (= mostly naive players), who don't know how to test those claims, simply believe what they read and even keep repeating them. After a while, the false belief turns to be a common belief shared by many people who do not know what they are talking about at all!

Here in IA's forum, we are present to clarify things and to nullify the effects of those rumors, but there are still plenty of such false statements about IA at other sites. An intelligent player should not allow false rumors to affect his mental state and sentiments.

Any time you hear some such rumors, you can ask me about their validity and credibility, because noone knows more about Improved Anvil than I do. Experienced IA testers are also very reliable sources of information. I believe that you, geh4th, will also become one of those experinced IA experts in the near future.

When I read comments (even negative or false comments), I can almost always correctly detect whether it is written with a good intention or with an ill one. Everything you write has always sounded to be of good intention to me. So, don't worry, I didn't misinterpret what you wrote, geh4th.