Report 547

Report #547
Skillset: Knighthood Skill: Gripping
 Org: Paladins Status: Completed Feb 2011
Furies' Decision:
Solution 3
Problem: Gripping is used to protect against weapons being knocked out of hands
or being unwielded. However, there are many drawbacks to this ability. A lot of
things need to be wielded to be used (rope for Rustle, Mechanical Battering Ram,
throwing objects, etc). Having a 5 second equilibrium time to rewield is a
hassle and deterrent to doing or using those other things.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Allow items to be used from their inventory (rope for
 Rustle, Mechanical Battering Ram, and other items
 that may need to be currently wielded). This follows
 the precedence made for MagicTome and axes for Chop.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Make Gripping only effective on weapons so other
 things can be unwielded without trouble while weapons
 can still be sheathed. This will kind of imitate the
 effects of a Great Rune of Gripping, where only the
 weapon with the artifact gets the benefit of Gripping.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #3: Remove the equilibrium time that is spent putting the
 ability up completely.
Player Comments:
---[Lehki on 2/15 @ 21:35 writes]:
Solution 1 would be neat for everybody (use powerstones from inventory maybe?!)
but 2 also sounds good.
---[Inagin on 2/18 @ 08:55 writes]:
Using powerstones from inventory would indeed be neat... but those with the
Gripping ability cannot take Enchanting!
---[Janalon on 2/21 @ 18:51 writes]:
I believe stealth blowgun (darts) and various rope moves (truss, waylay) are all
possible while wielding a gripped kata weapon. On that basis, I would agree with
solution 1
---[Iytha on 2/22 @ 11:39 writes]:
I support any of these, but would like to empathically say 'no' to powerstones
from inventory, as it would eat powerstones with 1% that people save up to use
for designs that need powerstones.
---[Xenthos on 2/24 @ 00:52 writes]:
I like solution 2, having to relax grip to get rid of other things is quite
bothersome. I get around having to do that with weapons simply by sheathing
them, but there is no similar thing to do with other items.