Mystic Oracle ?

[Sensotaka]

Ok, one for the mages ect., what are the chances of creating an \"oricle\" of sorts. Be it a magic mist in a temple all it\'s own, an old hag in a secluded hut reading the \"bones\", it could be used by priests, warriors, ect. to forsee the immidiate future events and/or see the next step in a quest. It has other possibilities such as delivering background info on quest personalities and quest objectives.

[Altharion]

kind of an empty suggestion :rolleyes:

[Syzerian]

an oricle would be better as an npc who could provide info on recent updates and what is to come in the future
although that would require constant updates

[Asraniel]

yes yes yes... ever played nethack? i love such oracles. It could just be a strange NPC that says some strange things, wich are true, but strange.. would be realy fun :-)

[Saphire]

Oracles telling the future? Maybe not... However generic, sort-of true if you want to belive it, statements work best:
\"You shall be defeated in a horribly bloody battle... But not before causing a great change within the world.\"

or to a player of great consiquence (IE: A king/queen)

\"You shall not be defeated until the forest reaches the castle walls.\"


That second one if from Macbeth, btw. A character [and his army each] chopped down [a] tree, and carried them to Macbeth\'s castle. Who said they had to grow their way to the castle?

[An alternative to this is to have the oracle give a random effect w/ said text message to the player \"You will fall in battle, but shall not die and will rise again!\" could place a effect on the player to cause him to self-resurrect; making the Oracle\'s pridiction true. (of course, the effect from the oracle wouldn\'t be immediately obvious and could only be given out once in a great while)]

[Skizzik]

Originally posted by Saphire
[An alternative to this is to have the oracle give a random effect w/ said text message to the player \"You will fall in battle, but shall not die and will rise again!\" could place a effect on the player to cause him to self-resurrect; making the Oracle\'s pridiction true. (of course, the effect from the oracle wouldn\'t be immediately obvious and could only be given out once in a great while)]

Ooh that\'s nice, people would just be talking to the oracle all day until this message pops up so they can get a free resurrection.