Re: [Adonthell-general] Rules Comments

[Nathan Barnes]

On Saturday 30 March 2002 10:12 am, you wrote:
> One topic you completely forgot about is the 'alignment' thing. Like
> what factors will determine NPC's behaviour during conversations and all
> that. We already discussed that we don't want to have a black/white
> scheme. More something based on the individual NPC. So that'd be rather
> an attribute of NPCs, how much they like the player.

Sorry to just burst in like this, but I have a few ideas related to to 
alighnment and skills.  Whether the depth they would add is worth the 
difficulty of implementing them depends on the implementer.

You could tie the available trainers to the character's alignment.  For 
example, Allen the Just might only train "good" characters and Wicked Ed 
might shun them.  Only Allen teaches the Holy Strike and only Ed can teach 
the Backstab.  That way a few special abilities would only be available to 
qualified characters.

Alignment should probably be based on the player's actions in some way.  For 
example, kicking from puppies and stealing from the poor are "bad guy" 
traits, helping old ladies cross the street and stopping rampaging ogres are 
"good guy" traits.

The only Nintendo game that I can think of that uses this sort of 
behaviour-based alignment system is the Nintendo port of Ultima IV.  On the 
computer, Fallout I and II have something like this and I think it adds an 
interesting level to the game.

-Nathan "thou hast lost an eighth" Barnes