Cloaks which hide identity.

[derwoodly]

Did you switch sides Buddha?

I am a bit confused about what kind of effect putting on a cloak would have.  If your talking about just changing the look of your character, then I am all for that.

I do not think the cloak should hide your name, but it looks like I am alone on that one.  Maybe I have just been conditioned from previous games.

[Kin]

I think it would be good Idea but only if they were rare, or else you would have tons of people wearing them which I dont think would be very good.

[buddha]

Derwoodly:  I am like the wind!  I come and go as I please!

Anyway, I think the names over the head idea is a good one, and I don\'t find any problem in using someone\'s name if it\'s essentially pinned on their shirt.

On the topics of cloaks/spells, I think it\'s a good idea to be able to hide your identity.  That is the purpose of a disguise.  So you should be able to cast a spell which changes your appearance and the name/guild above your head for the duration of the spell.  Some people would still see you as you are, though.  Or, they might just see your correct name but not your correct character.

Of course this would have to be rare.

[Kwip]

I like this idea, it would be good for it also to hide the race and possibly gender and have the user appear be of medium height.

Though I am wondering how it would work, so far all the magic accesible to non-god beings comes from glyphs, does it have smashed-up glyph powder enfused into the fabric?

[darkerdreams]

see, I think that\'s going too far...  hiding gender is easy, race only slightly harder (unless you\'re kran, dwarf or something similarly odd shaped)- it\'s when everyone becomes completely the same size and shape that you get excessive wierdness.

and I don\'t think these should be rare, magical, or all that incredable... how hard is it to get a piece of fabric, pull it up over your face and hide your identity (I own a cloak, and my girlfriend made her own- so the answer to these is- not very.)

[Zan]

I don\'t think that the race should be hidden, since that wouldn\'t be feasable in reality either. A short person can\'t pretend to be tall.

An addition I would like to see is that a skilled thief/spy/whatever is capable of stealing the outfit of his victims and as he disguises him/herself the name of the spy would change into the name of the one they killed.

It wouldn\'t quite work like a cloak but it would be a more advanced type of disguise.

[zanzibar]

Originally posted by Kwip
I like this idea, it would be good for it also to hide the race and possibly gender and have the user appear be of medium height.

Though I am wondering how it would work, so far all the magic accesible to non-god beings comes from glyphs, does it have smashed-up glyph powder enfused into the fabric?

Cloaks can\'t hide height, and they don\'t need to be magic.  Think IRL.

[zanzibar]

Originally posted by derwoodly
Did you switch sides Buddha?

I am a bit confused about what kind of effect putting on a cloak would have.  If your talking about just changing the look of your character, then I am all for that.

I do not think the cloak should hide your name, but it looks like I am alone on that one.  Maybe I have just been conditioned from previous games.

It would only hide your name when the hood was up.

[keder]

Originally posted by Zan
I don\'t think that the race should be hidden, since that wouldn\'t be feasable in reality either. A short person can\'t pretend to be tall.

An addition I would like to see is that a skilled thief/spy/whatever is capable of stealing the outfit of his victims and as he disguises him/herself the name of the spy would change into the name of the one they killed.

It wouldn\'t quite work like a cloak but it would be a more advanced type of disguise.

a short person can wear stilts... a tall person can walk on her knees or crouch... a voluminous enough cloak could hide either.

--- keder maloy