Amphistaff?  As in, Yuuzhan Vhong?  

Copyright infringement aside, intelligent weapons would probably be a royal pain to program.  But with this being open source, who knows.   For now I\'ll settle for normal weapons and normal things to use them on.

So \'smithing\' would require some sort of metal base maybe, and a bit of magic/animal training.  

Then you end up with a sword that never shuts up and runs away when you don\'t use it frequently...um, pass.

Anyone here played Morrowind?

It\'s single player, but it uses a skill based system to advance; if you fight with a sword, your sword skill goes up; if you run a lot, your acrobatics skill goes up, and so on.

You have to level 10 skills to go up one level, then you assign points for strength, agility, willpower, intelligence, personality, and whatnot.

The twist is this: you only get three points to assign.  But if you levelled a lot of skills that have strength as a primary attribute (i.e. fighting), then you get a multiplier to strength.  So you can put 1 point into, say, intelligence, where you don\'t have a multiplier, and go up by 1, or you can put it into your strength catagory with a 3 multiplier, and gain 3 pts of strength.

It lets you raise whatever skill you want, but it encourages realistic character growth.

The problem with that system is you end up trying to perfect EVERYTHING.

But just another possibility to consider.

The only problem with having the items trade hands during contests--if I won one of them, I sure wouldnt\' want to give it up.

As to players having a few of these and quitting, perhaps you\'d lose them if the account remained idle for a certain amount of time.

But overall, the biggest problem would be the tilt in game balance.  There\'s just no way to make these powerful enough to be worth it and still not unbalance the game.

OK, I read the first page but I wasn\'t about to read the next three.  Too lazy.  

Anyway, here\'s my idea for a city, since everyone knows by now that I\'m a Klyros fanatic

Name: Greyhaven Aerie

Population: Almost exclusively Klyros

Services: Klyros Smithy, Bowyer, Healers, Guides, Inns, Taverns

Level: Midworld

Greyhaven Aerie is essentially a single massive tower rising into the sky.  Built from stone, it\'s surfaces are smoothely carved and quite polished.  Its lower levels harbor accomodations for land-dwelling races, including inns and most of the shops.

The upper levels are accessable only to the Klyros and to those who have the reputation or coin to find other means of reaching them.  It is here that one can find the most specialized stores, especially those dealing in highly-prized Klryos light armors.

The summit of the Aerie is home to the city council, a gathering of the wisest amongst the Klyros, and the official governing body of the settlement.

Because of the city\'s construction, it serves as an excellent defensive bastion.  Countless arrow slits are carved into the sides, and in many places the higher levels have been staggered to create wide walkways for seige artillery.  Assaulting the tower is nearly impossible; it rises several hundred feet into the sky, making seige towers nearly useless.  The stone walls are twenty feet thick towards the base, which makes direct attacks worthless.  All in all, the only way to take the city would be from within...

This would be a good capital for the Klyros if it were made right...lemme know what you think. B)

I don\'t know, if it\'s possible to destroy housing that isn\'t within a city, you won\'t have anyone willing to risk starting a new settlement.  I\'m not going to waste a month\'s worth of gold to build a house that I know has a good chance of getting looted and destroyed!

This goes back to my argument that while shops, inns, and NPC structures should be fair game for break-ins and destruction, PC housing should not be subject to such things.  It just leaves open too many options for griefers.  There should be NO WAY of getting into a player\'s house without being on an approved list.  Period.

Of course, you would still have con artists who could try talking their way in...

It probably wouldn\'t be too hard to just pick a plot of clear land big enough (and of appropriate terrain) for your house.  If you want a more expensive and thus larger house, you need more terrain.  The advantage of underground dwellings would be that you\'d only need enough surface space for an entrance.

And while I\'m at it, home locks shouldn\'t be pickable.  Thieves should be able to go almost anywhere, but PC homes should have no means of entry.  Even if a Klyros thief were to fly to the top of another Klyros PC\'s tower, there should be some hatch leading downstairs, and that should open only for the person who owns the home.

If you want to grant access to someone, there should be an /invite command similar to a guild--you\'re guildmaster, and you can add or boot people from your guest list as you please.