Ideas for Stendhal/Magic: Difference between revisions

=== Sorted ===

** Heal - Heal another player [[File:Heal.png]] {{done}} - unless they have engaged in PvP within the last 10 minutes

** Mass heal - heal multiple players around - unless they have engaged in PvP within the last 10 minutes

** Mana - Mana give for another player from own bottle [[File:Heal_blue.png]]

** Shield of Light - Increase defense for some time {{done}}

** Knowing - The player has the ability to know what's happened now at this place [[File:Knowing.png]]

** Adding a sound around the player (should somehow fit to the nature)

** Lifedrain - Draining health from the enemy to heal yourself [[File:Drain.png]] {{done}}

** Become - Forcing an enemy to fight at your side for short time [[File:Become.png]] - (make sense when you under attack from more than one enemy)

** Adding a sound around the player (should somehow fit to the nature)

** Freeze - Slow down an enemy for some time [[File:Freeze.png]] {{done}}

** Snow Storm - Push away enemies should depend on the size of the enemy

** Adding a sound around the player (should somehow fit to the nature)

** Fireball - Ranged attack on one enemy [[File:Fireball.png]] {{done}}

** Lava - Ranged attack on several enemies [[File:lava.png]] - stronger than explosion ^^

** Power - Boost skills for short time [[File:New_Power_spell.png]]

** Adding a sound around the player (should somehow fit to the nature)

=== Unsorted ===

::: perhaps only for non-players and only for creature whos level is not much above the caster's level

* Vanity spells (no actual affect except some temporary change to appearance, etc) ''these may be good ones to introduce at the beginning for testing the system as they would have less effect on game play''

** A drawing effect on the player like a sparkle

** Colour a pet / sheep

** Different outfit

* Walk through walls (care needed to be sure disallowed areas aren't reachable, perhaps only to certain preset portals or if there is a path - just might be a long path without the shortcut)

=== Needed Changes To Entities ===

Some spell like Freeze or Weaken Creature temporarily affect specific attributes of an entity. As it is reasonable not to change the attributes themselves, it is necessary to add attribute modifiers to an entity. But as this is not the only kind of effects, that can be applied to an entity, this is documented on a separate [[Ideas for Stendhal/Effects|page]]

There could be another quest, that enables the four other quests and rewards you with the necessary items like spellbook or magic wand. The starting NPC could also sell those items if you lost them after having solved that quest: [[Stendhal Quest Ideas/Learn about magic]]

*** magician's robe

*** magician's hat

**** showing when someone is healed for example

*** sound effects

* Use spell via slash action ''cast'' (the ''spell id'' can be found in the attributes list when inspecting the spell in the spells panel - for example ''[id=22]'', same for creatures as target):

* Casting spells is also possible via mouse and keyboard:

** select spell via shortcut control + number displayed on spell / click on spell to select

** cast spell at target via click

=== Ideas on casting spells via GUI ===

* The spell to be casted should be activated in the spell slot by left-clicking on it (it is then highlighted).

* Casting the spell to an entity could be done by using SHIFT + click or via context menu ("cast fireball").

* Healing spells and area effect spells should not be repeated after casting them.

* Attacking spells should be casted repeatedly until the target is dead. To stop casting the spell you can use the "stop attack" action in the context menu or change the active spell.

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|[[File:Knowing.png]] || Example for the spell "knowing"

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|[[File:Heal_blue.png]] || Example for the spell "mana"

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|[[File:New_Power_spell.png]] || Example for the spell "power"

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|[[File:lava.png]] || Example for the spell "lava"

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|[[File:Become.png]] || Example for the spell "become"

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|[[File:Magicwand.gif]] || A magic wand

* necessary equipment

** magician's robe

** magic wand

** magician's hat

** spellbook

== Mages ==

The player is not going to have to decide his class to be a mage in order to be able to use magic.

We are not going to have a strict line, between warrior and mage.

Players might be 80% warrior 20% mage because they happen to fight 80% of the time and only use magic 20% of the time

Our implementation of magic, the balancing above, is what will ensure, that the player can't be overpowerful or combine brute force with magic, effectively.