RE: Lucidstuck: It's not over!
07-28-2016, 06:12 AM
On the subject of gear:
I would advise against giving too many people straight-up damage reduction. If everyone has damage reduction, then we will simply be beset by monsters with (a) very high strength, (b) nonstandard damage like Whyss' sound, or © status effects. None of which are unprecedented. Instead, we should have a variety of strategies such that no single technique is likely to be effective against all of them.
Perhaps armor that damages the attacker, such as with spikes, or elemental damage, or a mirror ingredient, etc. Or gear which raises Dexterity instead of temporarily manipulating time. Or that safeguards against non-damage effects of attacks.
*berates self for not speaking up when the topic was raised several pages ago* I think it would be most tactical for Emily, with her damage-fueled abilities, to have HP increasing armor like the +300 Vitality Dark Ice Chestplate rather than damage reduction or healing gear.
More on topic, Emily already knows about Nevil's Facade, but only because we told her, and only as an item which would deter monsters from attacking her. Which doesn't solve the problem of explaining to Lexii. I recall telling Garry of the item's existence back when we suspected it of being a tool for Lil Mal, but I don't remember mentioning it to him again. Not gonna check at this time of night.
I would advise against giving too many people straight-up damage reduction. If everyone has damage reduction, then we will simply be beset by monsters with (a) very high strength, (b) nonstandard damage like Whyss' sound, or © status effects. None of which are unprecedented. Instead, we should have a variety of strategies such that no single technique is likely to be effective against all of them.
Perhaps armor that damages the attacker, such as with spikes, or elemental damage, or a mirror ingredient, etc. Or gear which raises Dexterity instead of temporarily manipulating time. Or that safeguards against non-damage effects of attacks.
*berates self for not speaking up when the topic was raised several pages ago* I think it would be most tactical for Emily, with her damage-fueled abilities, to have HP increasing armor like the +300 Vitality Dark Ice Chestplate rather than damage reduction or healing gear.
More on topic, Emily already knows about Nevil's Facade, but only because we told her, and only as an item which would deter monsters from attacking her. Which doesn't solve the problem of explaining to Lexii. I recall telling Garry of the item's existence back when we suspected it of being a tool for Lil Mal, but I don't remember mentioning it to him again. Not gonna check at this time of night.