Re: YANI: The Cluebat

dogscoff wrote:
An artifact club. Let's make it wishable, bonesable, randomly-
generatable but NOT giftable (for no reason other than to help stem
the inevitable tide of 'oh no, not another junk artifact to nerf my
altar squatting/ artiwishing' complaints).

Shouldn't it be the quest artefact for the BOFH class? :-P

The cluebat deals enhanced damage to all monsters, but also provides
the victim with a sudden (albeit somewhat painful) burst of mental
stimulation. The higher the enchantment, the higher the damage,
obviously, but the better the inspiration as well. The idea is to
persuade the player to hit himself repeatedly over the head with a
highly-enchanted, highly-damaging weapon in the hopes of gaining some
kind of intellectual boost. Because I'm cruel like that.

I love it already. Hmm, well there is a lot here. It isn't a totally dreadful idea, but beyond that I do not feel qualified to say how good it is. Implement it and see how much it adds and how much it screws up the game balance. If it turns out to be really unbalancing, put it in SLASH'EM. ;-)

YAFM: "Ow, that smarts!"

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