Woodcutting

[Davis]

Originally posted by shangralah
woodcutting ........ reminds me of runescape (ewwww runescape)

RS

It shouldn\'t be a skill. You attack the tree, or have some sort of \"use\" command.

[elscouta]

If you can cut wood, a skill must be created because cutting down trees is not an easy task. Mages and even warriors must not cut trees unless they have learn the skill.

This will also probably avoid a lot of woodcutter running aroung to cut away the forest. Only a few woodcutters will exists who can\'t cut *everything*. And if on top of that nature regenerate or maybe attacks the woodcutters (Treats?), you have a balanced ability.

[Kiva]

One could say that trees re-grow in 2-3 days. That\'d make the woodcutters have to be careful with just chopping down whole forests as they might not have anything to do the next few days then. Now, for each tree, you can get only one log/woodthing. This log (whatever size and diameter it has) can be cut into X rough planks, which then has to be readied for use. Noone would want a house made of rough planks when they can get smooth planks, eh? Meanwhile, all this should take some time, as I know from my woodworking experiences at school, preparing a log for use is BORING! Putting things together is even worse. I kept hammering my fingers.

[Boldstorm]

So if you attack the tree to accomplish wood cutting have your skill imporve your attack rate and yeild from the tree. If you are attacking though will it be possible to critically fail on an attack and possible break your weapon or injure yourself?

[Jaxan]

Aye. The tree could fall on you, your weapon could break if you were using the wrong kind, miss the tree (maybe not, that\'s too Spoonscape-like), or other bad things.

I suppose that when you say a tree regrows in 2-3 days you mean PS days not RL days...

[Wormtail_]

And then, of course, you can cut off parts of trees to avoid cutting it entirely, in case you want to use part of the wood of a tree but not the entire tree.

How tall should the tree regrow? I don\'t think it... realistic... for a tree to suddenly sprout up from... a stump. Once a tree is dead, its dead. It is not something that sprouts up again once you cut off a part of it. At leasts, according to my knowledge/ignorance. You might have to start planting trees, enchant it to grow faster and taller, and then cut it down, or climb up it.

Another bad thing that can happen is the tree may have things inside, or you damage the wood too badly for the wood to be of any \'good\' quality.

[Coyote]

I\'ve got a good idea... I think.

Trees regrow where there are some trees to reproduce.
People can plant trees (druids could speed-up the growth and protect some trees)
People can try to kill people who cut trees (some not sociable druids who prefear nature to humans... Or some active ecologists)
Magic could make trees alive (for fun or to protect one kind of object like: me, , trees, animals... so you never know what an enchanted tree is up to. huhuhu.)
Some kind of enchantements could make trees more dificult to cut in a zone (damned elfs)
Creatures which live in trees could think it\'s a bad idea to destroy their home...

And using a skill to cut trees is a good idea then you can cut \'eme faster when your skill goes highter. And you could get specialised in cutting and working with one kind of wood at the end.

[Taurenthefirst]

i hate runescape


whoops was i not supposed to say the real name?