Gambling

[fritz]

Perhaps this is too Final Fantasy 3ish, but having a gambling hall where you have to fight a boss/mob for an item I think would be a great idea.

For example when playing Dice:

Rolling two six's summons a hydra.? (These should all be high level creatures, stationary, and they should be timed to dissapear if not killed after a time period.? We don't want to summon 7 hydras and have them ravaging wherever this gambling hall is located.)? Rolling two ace's summons a vampire fledling etc...etc...

Each creature might drop an item, respectful to their creature type, and only useable by certain classes.? The drop % could be based on the quality of the item or the difficulty of the monster.? A glowing cracked quarterstaff, dropped from killing a monk(after rolling the dice) should have a 1% drop rate if that item is exceptional.? Experience for these summoned creatures could be little to none, because we don't want to provide an exploit for easy experience.

Fritz

[The Crazy Animal]

ah so something akin to magical glowing arena dice..  :o

[fritz]

Exactly.  Infact you could place these gambling halls in every city and have the monsters, items, be associated with that town/area.  I don't know if you want to go as far as messing with the faction/alignment of characters.  So having most if not all the mobs neutral through the gambling hall I think would be best.

Silvermere -

Two Aces - toxic rat
     Experience - 0
     Alignment - Neutral
     HPs - 200
     AC/DR - 20/10
     Drops: toxic rat tooth

1 Handed Sharp, Magical 1, 3-12 damage, 1100Speed, 1-8 poison damage.

toxic rat tooth
This small tooth drenched in stink radiates disgusting odors and almost makes you retch.  A small leather wrapping at the hilt allows you to grip this tooth without sacrificing your personal well being.  The rat before you lay lifeless with a toothless grin as if it's ability to harm is still within reach.

Evil City

Four Five - deranged clown

     Experience - 0
     Alignment - Neutral
     HPs - 450
     AC/DR - 55/0
     Drops: loud annoying horn

Offhand, Natural, ENC 50, AC 3/0, Cast Deafen 3x a day (-10ac, -10accy, -mute)

Anyway, harder mobs for towns more difficult to get too.

Fritz

[manihooni]

why did the image of the rabbit from montu python's "quest for the holy grail pop into my head as i read this?
probably cus it's 4 am


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