Would it not be interesting for characters to have allergic reactions to things in-game, such as, say, stings of certain insects or certain kinds of food? This could be chosen to be either completely random or a specific allergy could be chosen at character creation. Of course, it might have interesting consequences if one were to be allergic to Enrikudai...

Possible symptoms of an allergic reaction could include the usual we find over there in RL. Or simply loss of control over your character, as it tries to escape, fighting ability severely dimminished (not to mention crafting, magic, etc.). Perhaps even death could be a consequence.

If allergies were to be implemented, they would of course be an extreme annoyance. However, it would cause players to have to make more careful, and sometimes unique, decisions for their characters.

Certain races could be allergic to different things than other races. Whether members of one race could be allergic to members of another entire race is another matter. Personally, I think it would be an excessively irritating burden. If a bit amusing.

Treating allergies would perhaps be to take some sort of special medicine to enable them to either survive contact with the item that induces an allergic reaction or simply go through an area that is full of that particular item. Other treatments could be used as well, although I personally am too lazy to think of any more.

Pros:

Realistic
Powerful characters with allergies have great weakness - diminsihing their power
Requires more deliberate decision-making skills
(Insert new pro here)

Cons:

Annoying hinderance
Really annoying hinderance
(Insert new con here)

Comments?

I do not think there is another topic on this, so anyway... This shall be in a Q&A format, for what I think is easier to respond to.

1. What is sensory dysfunction?

Sensory dysfunction is where one or more of the five known senses ceases to function properly. Permanent blindness and deafness are not examples, as it is total loss of functioning, but could still be implemented. Temporary blindness and deafness are examples.

In PS, I believe, only sight and sound can be used.

2. When does one suffer from it?

One suffers from it by either choosing it in the character creation screen (if it\'s put in, of course) or has one of the senses disrupted by an outside/inside force. Outside being magic and sudden light, inside being poison.

3. Why should we have it?

This offers strategic advantages, as you could blind or deafen an opponent and surprise them from in front. Or you could have the wonderful feeling of being blinded and stumble around in the dark.

4. How does it affect characters?

It affects characters in one of several ways. Sight can be disrupted by either instant loss of sight (temporary, or permanent?)/hearing or slowly taking away sight/sound. Say, for example, that you can see for 100 feet (just an example). Then, your sight is damaged somehow and you can only see for 90 feet, and depending on what damaged you, it may stay there temporarily or sight may continue to recede to 80, 70, until a certain stop point.

5. What advantages does sensory dysfunctioning give?

As said before, tactical advantages. Also, it promotes realism somewhat, and while that is not always a good thing... Symbionts (see Parasites thread, last page) can draw upon the use of the senses as payment and give something else, or vice versa.

Comments? If there is another thread on this, please post the link, but I am sure there is not.

In an effort to cut down on posts already listed before, I shall try to organize all these posts already made. You can help by either editing this post if you have the ability of a moderator, or finding links in the categories and posting them so someone else can edit it into this post.

I could use a little help writing up brief summaries of the topics.

I shall try to update this as much as possible, or whenever I feel like it. Of course, I may go inactive, which would create some problems.

Table of Contents

1. Weapons
1.1. Other Items
2. Magic
3. Stealth
4. Monsters
   4.1 Races
5. Regional Areas/Weather
6. Combat
7. Transportation
8. Religion
9. Health/Food
10. Government/Economy
11. Entertainment
12. Education
13. Other

1. Weapons

Weapon Stats
Post about weapons having mass and center of gravity as stats, and affecting the weapon\'s many uses.

Chemcial/potion bombs for alchemists
Idea about alchemists having ability to use certain potions as bombs.

Invent a new ranged weapon.
Self-explanatory.

Guns
Idea for having guns in PS - Strong opposition to idea.

Weapons are Rare
Post on having difficult times finding weapons.

Seige Weapons
Ideas on and having siege weapons in the game.

Aiming Projectiles
Idea on how aiming ranged weapons and firing them.

New Ranged Weapon
Idea on new ranged weapon, the boomerang.

Livng Weapons
Discussion on having weapons that live, or interact and move of their own accord.

Living Weapons - Part II
Same as Living Weapons.

1.1. Other Items

Bags and Backpacks
Self-explanatory. Ideally.

Carts

Idea about having different kinds of carts in-game.

2. Magic

Alchemy
Some ideas on alchemy

When a Spell Goes Bad...
Describes effects on caster if the caster fails to cast the spell.

Hierarchy of Summoned Creatures
Self-explanatory, I believe.

Circle Magic
Combining strengths of multiple mages.

Mana Upkeep - A System of Magic
Permanent enchantments require mana out of your stockpile to maintain.

Spell Wish List
Ideas on spells.

Player-Spell Interaction, casting spell materials, etc
Extremely long post on spells and ways to channel. Not entirely sure on this. Too long, even by my standards...

The 4 Schools of Magic
Four different ways of casting magic.

Combining Spells
Combine multiple spells to create a single, unique spell.

Spells Memorized
Memorize spells in order to cast.

Deny Magic
Have option to not use magic at all at char. creation.

\"Fun\" Magic
Spells used purely for humor.

Spirit Power
New magic meter that makes you turn into demon when Spirit Power runs out. Or fills up. Can\'t remember which.

Absolute Spell Control
Have complete power over magic - mana cost, direction, duration, etc.

3. Stealth

Dragging Bodies
Dragging bodies of dead creatures around. And living.

Thieves
Archaic post on thievery - seems very popular when alive.

Stealth Skills
Skills for thieves - lockpicking, jumping, etc.

Lockpicking Gameplay
Post on picking locks, such as how to pick locks and what locks to pick.

Assassinations
Suggestion on system of assassination.

4. Monsters

No Summoning *Normal* Skeletons
Post on creating new undead creatures from bodies of killed creatures.

Parasites
Post by yours truly on having parasites in Planeshift.

Monster
List of ideas on monsters.

Legion of the Undead
Post on turning into creatures after death.

Familiars
Post on having familiars as companions ingame.

4.1 Races

Wishlist for Player Races
Self-explanatory. Hopefully.

5. Reginonal Areas/Weather

Land of Ice and Snow
A zone within PS that is as it says it is - a land of ice and snow. Also has ideas on items, etc. that mold to that zone.

House Building Idea
Idea on how to build houses.

Houses, Mansions, and Castles
Idea exploring having living areas and how they function.

Auction Houses
Thread on having official auction zones.

Building Towns/Guild Functions
Idea on constructing towns and having guilds do it. Guilds building gain advantages of a sort. I think.

Water-zone Based Concept
Several post idea in a thread about several zones based on and in water.

City Wishlist
List of ideas on cities.

Upper Levels and Sky
Having Cloud Shoes that allow you to walk on skies.

A Different World (or Plane)
Post on accessing different plane by sleeping.

Fighting Weather Every Step of the Way
Super long post on having weather affect your character and items.

6. Combat

Battle Idea
Idea on having different battle stances in combat.

On Capturing
Idea made by yours truly on capturing instread of killing.

Combat
Clearing up what PS combat system is like. I think. Posters dislike click-wait combat.

Waging Wars and Conquering Cities
Capturing cities through war.

Disgust at Destruction
Makes a character disgusted at the destruction caused.

Special Moves
Special moves during combat, like picking up and throwing them.

Melee/Ranged Combat with Mouse Input
This one is about using the left/right mouse buttons and mouse movement as attack directions, with footwork and weapon types effecting damage to boot!

7. Transportation

Ships without a Sea
An idea which mixes ships without a sea (but still on water), a different kind of teleportation, a new city, role playing, seasickness, and phobias.

Jumping Skill
Idea on jumping in PS.

Ships and other Vehicles
Having sea ships in the game and other methods of transportation.

Unique Mounts and Town Portals
Each race has mounts unique to it and there town portals leading to each other with instant travel. I think.

Overall Transportation
Ideas on transportation, plus clarification on existing trans.

Teleportation
Idea on mages being able to teleport, setting \"setpoints\" and going to \"setpoints.\"

Traveling Time gets Old Fast
Complaint of traveling being boring and suggestions to negate that time.

8. Religion

Gods
Turning into a God after becoming very experienced. I have not read this other than skimming first few. Edits on this excellent.

Praying
Gaining benefits by praying to a god.

9. Health/Food

Food/Cooking
Idea for how to cook food.

Alcohol and Brewing
Self-explanatory.

Food not just limited to main courses
Idea on having candy/snacks instead of just main courses (e.g, pies, stews, etc.)

Adrenaline
A thread on having an adrenaline rush when you are near death.

Allergies
Self-explanatory.

Sensory Dysfunction
Disabling the senses of characters and creatures.

Stages of Age/Experience
Idea on aging and gameplay based on it.

Healing
Post on more realistic ways of healing.

Stamina and Food Bar
Idea on having a stamina and food bar, plus elaboration.

Tobacco
Idea on smoking substances like pipeweed.

Body Development

10. Government/Economy

The Lotto
Idea on having a lotto in-game.

A Casino
Obviously, about a casino.

Official Yliakum Currency not Universally Accpeted
Self-explanatory.

Jewelers and Gemstones
Post on gems and jewel-crafting as a job.

Basic Rules of Economy  
3 indepth rules to keep an alive and stable mmorpg economy.

Smitihing Job: The Making of a Sword
In-depth post of how to forge a sword.

Commercial Items Ingame
Having brand names for items developed by different types of people.

The Players Run the Game
Players should form trade guilds and those guilds run stores around the city.

Tax Us
Idea on having players be taxed by certain establishments.

Commercial Items In-game
Idea on having personal sigil on created items.

Prisons
Disscusion on having prisons in PS.

Player Government
Players controlling the government. Self-explanatory.

Government

Ore Mining
Basically this one\'s about dynamic mines/random mines/random positioned mines that are opened and then closed when the ore is depleted, with ore regeneration re-opening the mine and private mines ownable by guilds and single players.

11. Entertainment

A Theater
Idea for having a theater and a performing troupe to do it.

Mini-Game Ideas
Ideas for mini-games, such as cards.

Starting the Cards
Idea for a card game.

Recreation?
Post on why recreation in PS would be beneficial.

12. Education

Researching advanced technology
A thread on having players able to research new technology

Anaani Academy
Idea for optional start-of-game tutorial.

Learning
Post on gaining learning time from combat, and using that learn time to gain skills.

13. Other

Science and Magic
About having science intermingling with magic ingame.

Public Hangings
Discussion on having hanging as a punishment.

No More Numbers  
Idea for no longer displaying numbers for all stats.

Ideas for Name Display Ingame.  
Idea for not displaying names ingame by default.

Naturally Gifted Characters
About characters randomly gaining new skills points at creation.

I apologize if this idea has been stated before, but anyway...

Perhaps there can be a certain meter (or something similar) that makes your character become disgusted at all the hacking and slashing they are doing. It is not realistic if people kill a bunch of others and do not feel even remotely regretful (unless they are incredibly sadistic). As people gain experience in combat, they would, of course, get more used to killing, but most would rather not kill for trivial reasons. Of course, there may be a few bloodthirsty races that could be exempted from this idea, but assuming that most other races are not, they probably would rather not kill if they could help it.

Why do characters kill monsters ingame? To gain experience, money, and items. Those things could be gained in methods other than killing. Also, when you destroy a monster, the resulting corpse could smell so disgusting as to make your character retch. Looking on the realistic side, most people would rather not kill if they could help it, and gain exp./money/items in other ways. In other games, the only way to gain those things is to kill monsters.

The main point I am trying to get across is that characters could probably feel extremely disgusted at all the killing they were doing at first, and get used to it later. If such an idea were to be implemented, then people would be forced to use methods other than pure combat to gain money, experience, and items.

What do you think of this idea? Is it horrible, or somewhat feasible?

I believe that it would be interesting to have descriptions of players, creatures, and NPCs alike. While this is not necessary, it does add to the atmosphere. I have attempted to look for topics relating to this, but I have found none, but there may already be a topic on this. I\'m not too sure. I apologize if this topic already has been discussed, though I would like a link to the thread where it has been discussed. Anyway, on with the idea.

I believe that other games have this implemented. Age of Wonders has it for regular units, and they were interesting to read about. It provided reasons why the creatures had certain abilities, a background, and other information. Something similar can be put into this game. That Game also implemented this a few months ago. I just happen to like this idea. Age of Wonders II does not have this for various reasons. So unfortunate, but the develepors of the game are, after all, the developers.

Creatures:

Creatures can be described in several ways. First, a background of what they like, dislike, and why. Why they adapted to their enviroment in a certain way. Habits of each creature. Special abilities of each creature as well, and why they have them. There are much more to say about each creature as well, and the ones I have stated here in this paragraph are only a few suggestions.

NPCs:

It would be interesting to read about NPCs. For the common commoners, NPCs that make up most of the NPC population, a simple description would be useful, like what they do, status of health, wealth, and so on. Basically a brief summary of who the person is and what their life is like.

For \'special\' NPCs, it would be the same thing with extra details. Personality, views on things like war and science, what their job is (this can be for the common commoners), and more. What I\'m trying to say is a more detailed description than a brief description.

Players:

For players, they can create a description of their own player to provide a background. Also, other players viewing the description can get an idea of who the player is, why they are what they are, and perhaps what they plan to do. What I am suggesting is that what is in the description area is entirely up to the player, and they create it themseleves.

So, is this idea interesting? Any comments or suggestions? Anything else? I would like to hear whatever you have to say.

EDIT: Common commoners thingy cleared up.

I think that ships and/or submarines of some sort should somehow be in Planeshift. It would be interesting to have voyages over oceans. As no creature can survive underwater for extremely long periods of times, that is where submarine-like vehicles and ships come in. Having the ability to navigate on water and underwater will create many new possibilities. And of course, there is always the topic of things being realistic being brought up. These ocean cruising vessels will provide the answer to exploring, and from my extremely limited experience, I have never seen or heard of a RPG (any kind) that had this idea implemented into it. Below are some examples of the advantages to having ships and submarine-like things.

One: New and Unique in Many Ways

This is pretty much obvious, as traveling on land and water are different. For one, fighting will be changed somewhat (think guild wars on ships). Drowning will be very interesting. Methods of traveling will be changed, too. Also, this might require teamwork if no NPCs are hired to sail. Thre are many other ways that having ships will change gameplay.

Two: Even MORE places to explore.

Obviously. As said before, no land creature can just dive underwater for a few days or so (unless I\'m mistaken) and come back to the top without drowning first (if they get back to the top). Flying creatures need rest, too. Threrefore, ships and the like are needed to travel from one place to another.

Three: Can be fun, Under Certain Circumstances

Think about it. traveling on land is the same as traveling on water, except traveling on or under water gives you more things to do (or so I think). For example, a mutiny occurs on board. Ouch. Another example: The boat sinks. The third example: A vicious sea monster attacks the ship. And on and on the examples go. Anyways, when all of these are used \'in harmony,\' then sailing can be fun.

If this idea has been brought up before, sorry. It gets boring looking page after page of stuff while looking for the idea you are looking for.

Otherwise, any more ideas or complaints on this?

I am recruiting for a RPT(Role playing thread) called \'Quest for the Crystal. What happnes is that the Crystal in Yliakum has been damaged(somehow), and a group of adventurers(the posters) has been called to retrieve a special item that will repair it. More info will be in a seperate thread from here, if I get at least 3 recruits, with a maximum of 8, including me. New players can join in later, too, with a maximum of 10. Right now, I\'ll be giving you the rules and info:

RULE 1:

No flaming or insulting in any form will be allowed. Treat one another with respect.

RULE 2:

You may not move or make another poster\'s character do anything unless you have the owner of the character\'s permission. Not even I, the Game Master(GM) can move players around unless I have permission.

RULE 3:

Keep Out of Character(OC), or things you have to say that your character is not going to, to a minimum in the seperate thread. Keep them here, if possible. OOC posts are allowed there, as long as it has to do with the quest.

On occasion the GM may include a GM note to more fully describe an item, area, event or story point. These will be marked as GM, not OOC.

RULE 4:

Keep In Character(IC) and OOC posts seperate. Do this by posting \'OOC:\' and the message like that.

RULE 5:

No super characters will be allowed. No super items will be allowed, either. This is for the enjoyment of all, and fairness.
EDIT: You don\'t have to have flaws, but it simply means you can have more abilities. I will judge your character and see if he/she/it(Kran) is too powerful.

RULE 6:

Do not have your character wander off, or make several posts about him and him only. This is an interacting story, and not about one character and one character only.

RULE 7:

This is not exactly a rule, but it would be nice if this happened. Characters can learn of things through different ways. As the crystal is damaged, it should be easy to do this.

RULE 8: This is for creative storywriting, not hack and slash. I will try to put in riddles \'and stuff\' to enhance the atmosphere of this thread.

RULE 9: The GM can do anything with players who enter the roleplay thread withougt his/her permission. Players are granted permission when their character is approved.

Have fun!

These rules(and info) have been borrowed and revised from: http://aow.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=11,242,0,60

Look at the above link for better information.

Remember, IC is In Character, and OOC is Out of Character. All races must be from Planeshift, too, as this is based in Planeshift.

I will tell you how to create a character in another post. Thank you for reading this, and special thanks to those wishing to participate!
EDIT: Oh yeah, and the items, spells, and skills/flaws are to be made up by your imagination, as Planeshift isn\'t exactly \'out\' yet. So basically, all you have to do is have a good imagination, and you\'ll be fine. One more thing: Does GM really stand for Game Master?  ?(

I\'ve got an ideas on pk\'ing. Here they are:

An idea I stole off Runescape and twisted a bit. Perhaps there could be a \'lawless\' land that \'even the Gods avoid\' that could be for pking. These lawless lands I\'m talking about is like an abandoned village, a wild forest, ets. There would be no special advantages or disadvantages in these areas, other than you can pk. And since people can use the terrain to their advantage, there should be exciting guild wars to fight in.