tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post4068706818019716102..comments2021-03-30T10:28:30.176-07:00Comments on Chrysalis Games: Races for RealSidoniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04672763315881318183noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post-77961523467248579322011-01-04T20:42:22.998-08:002011-01-04T20:42:22.998-08:00It seems like we're getting hung up on the wor...It seems like we're getting hung up on the word "mandatory". All I mean to say is that I hope every player cultivates one dragon character. I also hope they try out all kinds of other characters, and that the appeal for those characters equals the appeal of a dragon character. Hopefully we can get it right and it will be :)Sidoniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672763315881318183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post-88477881147702495062011-01-04T19:58:10.956-08:002011-01-04T19:58:10.956-08:00"I don't think it teaches the wrong lesso..."I don't think it teaches the wrong lesson to reward long-term, committed characters with power..."<br /><br />But this is only for dragon. No other class seems to get stronger just by its nature. You even said in another paragraph you hoped it'd be 'mandatory' in the sense everybody would have a dragon alt that would grow for them. I'm sorry, but "everybody Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post-29248085433081234442011-01-04T10:04:45.081-08:002011-01-04T10:04:45.081-08:00Sprites will have their own magic which will help ...Sprites will have their own magic which will help them observe the world (and definitely communicate with it). One thing we're thinking of for them is an enhanced invisibility effect which only certain other players will be able to detect, making sprites excellent spies.<br /><br />Every race will be powerful and will have its own perks, but dragons are designed to be special. I think most Sidoniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672763315881318183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post-81645023411134786202011-01-02T14:30:00.634-08:002011-01-02T14:30:00.634-08:00benign magic -> spells or skills that don't...benign magic -> spells or skills that don't actually do anything horrendously useful (think on the usefulness scale of DR cleric's continual light). Of course, I understand they're an almost entirely hands-off class.<br /><br />I am eager to play one, though, especially if they can still talk/interact/roleplay with other players. My first character thought, shockingly, is NOT &Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post-3513163178342039332011-01-01T07:41:47.419-08:002011-01-01T07:41:47.419-08:00The way we see sprites working, they will innately...The way we see sprites working, they will innately be able to see in the dark and fly, and will be unaffected by underwater and heat conditions. <br /><br />In addition to this, I'd like to see them able to do things like look into containers (unless they've been warded by a player) to see what's inside. The concept is for players to be able to see the world without really being Sidoniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672763315881318183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post-54365460256601898732010-12-26T13:36:15.258-08:002010-12-26T13:36:15.258-08:00Sprites sound like my kind of class, even if I gue...Sprites sound like my kind of class, even if I guess they're designed to hardly be a class at all. Just chillin' out with the players and seeing the world. Will they at least have illumination for dark areas (or, perhaps, completely benign magic as utilities?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post-77705851406770204222010-11-02T22:31:38.137-07:002010-11-02T22:31:38.137-07:00Hi :)
You raise a good point about newbies pickin...Hi :)<br /><br />You raise a good point about newbies picking dragon and being sorely disappointed -- we had that happen quite a few times on DR when newbies would pick the "Werekin" race thinking they would automatically get a shifting character when in fact they got the same 7% chance as everyone else.<br /><br />One idea that could help with that (and which I had been turning around Sidoniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04672763315881318183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313906858673503094.post-65054573133619780992010-11-02T13:38:54.792-07:002010-11-02T13:38:54.792-07:00Dragons are popular among mudders, and they make a...Dragons are popular among mudders, and they make a good selling point - but if newbies log on and find themselves playing "a weak, frail human", it's going to be a pretty big letdown. It's also rather unusual from a thematic perspective. Why not just start them out as hatchlings? Even if it's just cosmetic, it'll still give them the "coolness" factor.<br /><Richard Woolcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738523963280329505noreply@blogger.com