Report 484

Report #484
Skillset: Lowmagic Skill: Winter
 Org: Ebonguard Status: Completed Nov 2010
Furies' Decision:
Having blizzard in a room will prevent MAP use. In addition, can't cast in a
pyro demesne.
Problem: Winter is a skill that costs 3p to make a blizzard. This blizzard does
not obscure exits when a person has Weathersight, all it really does is allow
people to pack snowballs. Great Southern Highway adjacent to Glomdoring Forest.
(road). The shadowy outline of a twisted forest casts a dark gloom here. A
blizzard rages around you, blurring the world into a slate of uniform white. You
see exits leading southeast, south, and northwest.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Make Lowmagic Winter hide the MAP command while the
 blizzard is in effect, irrespective of Weathersight,
 as other room-obscuring effects do.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: If feasibility has changed at all, allow Winter to be
 cast in rooms that do not have weather (such as
 off-Prime), along with solution 1.
Player Comments:
---[Raeri on 11/9 @ 00:04 writes]:
Would also be nice if it could be made castable off-Prime too.
---[Xenthos on 11/11 @ 22:22 writes]:
REPORT 248. That was envoyed by Asmodea a while back and rejected for being
'not feasible'. I'm going for a slightly different tack for the skill, but if
the feasibility has changed that's great too!
---[Raeri on 11/13 @ 12:08 writes]:
I just tested, and it seems that in Lowmagic Winter's blizzard, you can use the
MAP command even if you don't have Weathersight. Exits are obscured though.
---[Narynth on 11/13 @ 17:12 writes]:
Absolutely yes. For 3p, this skill is decidedly lackluster.
---[Sahmiam on 11/17 @ 01:46 writes]:
I agree with both solutions
---[Talan on 11/18 @ 16:29 writes]:
Solution 1 sounds good. Hoping solution 2 stays not-feasible.
---[Raeri on 11/19 @ 23:16 writes]:
Well, at the moment it's basically a more expensive, shorter-lasting version of
Elementalism Fog that you can make snowballs in. Which is limited to Prime and
only really for the odd snowball or surprising novices with. At least make the
Mythical ability in Lowmagic actually worth using.
---[Vadi on 11/29 @ 01:12 writes]:
Solution #1 seems good. The second last skill in Lowmagic (215cr spent) should
be relevant.