Report 973

Report #973
Skillset: Skill: Dessicate
 Org: Hartstone Status: Rejected Oct 2012
Furies' Decision:
We do not believe there is a real problem with "flamed granny panties" at this
time. Issues or contacting your patron are good ways to get them removed if, on
rare occasions, these things do happen. At this time, however, we do not want to
give a mushroom sigil-equivalent to Demigods+.
Problem: Dessicate destroys a single item in the players inventory per use. For
a 1mil essence cost, some essence weight, and 10k essence per use, the skill
mimics imperfectly the garbage destroying properties of nexii and the portal of
fate, one of which every single character has unlimited access to. With
unlimited inventory space, this skill has very little use beyond tiny
conveniences. Looking at Report 948 and remembering back to when dessicate was
suggested, I recall that this skill was thought to be a great solution to the
everpresent "Flamed granny panties" problem described in 948. Therefore, I
suggest these changes.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Change dessicate to work on items in the room of the
 caster, still only destroying those things that decay
 naturally. Introduce a channeled delay on this
 action, to prevent abuse.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Remove the flame sigil restriction on dessicate.
 However, do not allow sigils that have flame sigils
 attached to be targeted by dessicate.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Similar to solution 3, except that it can't target
 any sigils. Items with sigils attached would be valid
 targets, but no sigil (even one that does not have
 another sigil attached).
Player Comments:
---[Eritheyl on 10/2 @ 02:28 writes]:
Solution 1.
---[Ushaara on 10/8 @ 13:13 writes]:
As with report 948, I like solution #2.
---[Enyalida on 10/8 @ 15:53 writes]:
Solution 3 up, to avoid having to code exceptions for sigil'd sigils.
---[Kaikazu on 10/14 @ 15:25 writes]:
Support solution 3.
---[Zynna on 10/16 @ 13:25 writes]:
Solution 3 supported