Report 716

Report #716
Skillset: Tracking Skill: Trophy/Headhunter
 Org: Sentinels Status: Completed Nov 2011
Furies' Decision:
We will allow players to behead corpses (with Tracking) if they are holding an
axe in their inventory.
Problem: Bonecrushers who take Tracking are at a disadvantage in comparison to
other weapon specializations when trying to behead a corpse, as they do not
wield the bladed weapon type which is required.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Like Chop in Environment, allow bonecrushers to
 behead corpses if they have a bladed weapon in their
 inventory.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: As above, and allow death to a BashBrain to leave 'a
 mangled corpse' to further equalise across the weapon
 specialisations, as per Rivius' comment below.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Add a bonecrusher flavoured, but functionally
 identical equivalent to the ability. Also, as in
 solution 2, consider equalising across weapon
 specialisations such that a successful BashBrain
 leaves a non-intact corpse.
Player Comments:
---[Raeri on 10/12 @ 08:19 writes]:
Sure, go for it.
---[Enyalida on 10/14 @ 21:11 writes]:
You obviously just need to sharpen your hammers. Or learn to knock people's
blocks off. This is fine by me.
---[Raeri on 10/14 @ 22:56 writes]:
A flavour change to the message if implemented to knocking people's blocks off
instead of chopping is an interesting concept!
---[Rivius on 10/19 @ 17:24 writes]:
Definitely a smart change. Support solution 1.
---[Wobou on 10/24 @ 23:52 writes]:
"You repeatedly bash blah's neck until it splits in two" I am a horrible writer
but I'd love something like this
---[Rivius on 11/2 @ 01:09 writes]:
As an additional suggestion, though somewhat off-topic, I think some equalizing
can be done for behead/brainbash. Brainbash should leave behind a non-intact
corpse, similar to how behead prevents skills such as resurgem. It's a minor
issue in the frequency in which it comes up, but it is there. Perhaps corpses
become "a corpse with a crushed head" or something described much better (I'm a
worse writer than Wobou).
---[Ushaara on 11/7 @ 16:02 writes]:
Solution 2 added to account for Rivius' suggestion. Thanks!
---[Ixion on 11/8 @ 05:47 writes]:
Either is fine, but I suggest another solution to just add a BC line and access
to the BEHEAD <corpse> syntax- just copy the behead severing line with something
more fitting to BC RP. Otherwise, solution 1.
---[Shuyin on 11/8 @ 09:23 writes]:
Why not just add the skill to base knighthood instead
---[Ixion on 11/8 @ 09:45 writes]:
I've pondered that before, but I think it adds flavour to tracking specifically
as they are ones who can make trophies/shrunken heads from them
---[Ushaara on 11/8 @ 15:11 writes]:
Added solution 3 to account for a bonecrusher flavoured, but functionally
identical equivalent to the ability (which would be my preferred solution too,
just couldn't picture how they could behead). I realise that I'm piggybacking a
push for adjusting Brainbash here too, but as Rivius has commented, it's a
change that would further equalise across the weapon specialisations.
---[Inagin on 11/16 @ 03:13 writes]:
I agree with Solution #3 only.