Dungeon Crawl Reference

By Andy:

Whew, thanks Eino! I was a bit afraid that no one would like this idea,
but decided to post it anyway since nothing happens otherwise... :/

As for piles of objects, I was envisioning something like Apportation,
which only affects the topmost object of every item pile in sight (that way
you only have a single "projectile" coming from each pile). This would
serve at least 3 purposes I can think of: first, it will keep the display
from being bogged down by (possibly) hundreds of projectiles occuring at
once. Secondly, if the player casts the spell multiple times, only the
topmost item will be affected: this means that a pile can be used as many
times as it has items in it (because the spell uses a single item from the
pile upon each casting.) Third, it will allow the caster to observe what
will be launched at the target, since only the top item is visible by
looking (in Tiles, anyway.)

Thank you both: I completely forgot to put
"what-happens-in-cases-like-piles-of-100-darts" down! Another thing I was
thinking (and another reason to put this as a Level 9 spell) is that ANY
object is affected, as in armor, staves, books, maybe even food. Using
this spell would, like I said, be much the same as if each item was Thrown,
*except* that it would be a "perfect" throw, not "you awkwardly throw
____". To further distinguish this spell, perhaps all projectiles could
have very long ranges (10-20 squares); this would also be rather neccessary
for cases like:

Pile
|
|
You
\
\
\
Enemy

...where a pile of items is at one end of your range of vision, and an
enemy is at the opposite end of your vision (i.e. pile in the North, enemy
in the South. I didn't put it as a straight line because the player would
risk hitting themself with any projectile!)

Thanks again!

Could be a cool spell. I like spell ideas with dramatic visuals, and think
they'd be fantastic monster spells. Nasty against player archers. Also,
could make a yaktaur/centaur shaman who casts this spell after the
bandmates have first pincushioned the player once. Mwahahaha!

On the player side, sounds like a natural missile weapons/Translocations
combo. Also good against yaktaurs and stone-throwing giants (imagine a
back-and-forth between the above mentioned shaman and a player Warper). The
number of flying objects could depend on the spell power, which fixes the
100 darts problem. Not sure about L9 in that case. Love the idea!

--Eino

A pile of 100 darts weights very little and would be pure murder with this
spell.