[Discuss] Starting more wars

[Talita CS]

On Jan 5, 2008 6:41 PM, Mark Moss <battlemaster at mmoss.org> wrote:
> I'd also support some form of character death.  However, I suggest that
> infiltrator attacks should not be allowed to kill a character.  Otherwise, an
> older character in a position of power would be a constant target of
> infiltrators trying to end his life.  Perhaps characters should have an
> increasing change of dying in battle once they pass 35 or so, and an
> increasing change of randomly dying due to accidents or disease as they pass
> 45 or so.

I really, really support this idea. At least the randomly dying due to
accidents or diseases, and I also support an increasing chance of
randomly falling ill and losing position, after 45 or so. One of the
things I crack my head about is the old age thing. I understand Tom
wouldn't want people to just lose a character they worked so hard on,
but also, I think life is that way, and characters dying of old age is
almost necessary for greater turmoil.

> Maybe gaining honor and prestige should be _more_ difficult for characters in
> realms where there was recently an elder family member.  This could be
> explained as the performance new, but inexperienced character, falling short
> of the deeds of the older, experienced character.

And this is one of the best ideas I have seen lately for decreasing
the number of people that just substitutes their characters in a
regular basis. I've lost good friends in battle and got happy when I
saw them return under another name, but I feel it is better for the
game if we have characters spread out. Perhaps the hardness to gain
prestige and honor could be greater according to the previous
character's position. If he was a ruler, the new member will have a
really hard time, while if he was a simple knight, there could be no
difficulty at all. Also, this trouble could decrease as time passes,
so you can create a character there after, say, 6 months, without much
trouble. Or longer, again, if you were ruler or some council position.
This would also mean that after a long time your character would be
gaining honor and prestige according to the regular formula.

It is a change that might make people at least consider not doing it
continuously.

Talita
Bluelake family