Curious Artila Kahless25 Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I was considering adding a character in my scenario who is interested in purchasing an item that a high-level party is likely to have (e.g. a Vahnatai waveblade). However, I do not plan to have any of these items in my scenario; it is only a bonus for parties who happen to have found one in a previous scenario. What do you think about this? Is it misleading, or is it merely a nice way to get rid of some of the party's excess treasure? Would you be annoyed if this happened to you? I would like to know how people feel about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 Well, I always like to keep unique items. Sort of like a souvenir. In BoE, I kept one of the old School Textbooks (or whatever they were called) from VoDT, the axe Asp from Bandits, a firewalk scroll from RotS, and stuff like that. I certainly wouldn't want to sell those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Crunchy Frog Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I always have too little inventory space anyway (even with all four characters); probably due to my habit of refusing to drop anything I've looted unless I really have to. (And I loot quite a bit.) So I never keep items like that. The idea sounds nifty if the party actually has that item, but rather pointless if they don't. I'd suggest offering above market rate for the item, too, otherwise there's not much point in selling it to that person rather than anyone else. One thing you could try is to have a shop selling one copy of the item a fair distance away from the person who wants the item. Then clever players could buy the item there, then sell it to the guy at a markup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Isaac Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 You'd have to be careful, though. I don't know how BoA deals with item numbers between scenarios. There are two possibilities. 1) It's impossible to check for a kind of item that came from a different scenario. 2) It's possible, but risky. Suppose some other scenario changed item #380 to be a Frying Pan of Doom, for instance, instead of a Waveblade! It is unlikely, because there are plenty of other empty slots to create custom items in, but still a possibility. And waveblades aren't exactly a common item, so a scenario designer could easily choose it to be replaced if they needed more custom items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 This would annoy me personally, but I can't think of any good objective reason why you shouldn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Imban Posted July 27, 2004 Share Posted July 27, 2004 I believe the case is #1 in both BoE and BoA. Sorry, it Just Doesn't Work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Artila Kahless25 Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 Isaac, I have a question about your proposed problem of a designer changing a pre-set item. If the party had a waveblade equipped, would it immediately turn into a Frying Pan of Doom as soon as the party entered the scenario? Or would it happen if the party tried to drop their waveblade and then picked it up again? If the answer to either of these is yes, it seems somewhat dangerous to mes with pre-set items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Imban Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 It works fine. EDIT : har beat kelandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 I am pretty sure the answer to both of those is no. EDIT: As Imban said. Simultaneous post! EDIT 2: Now that was unnecessary, imbna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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