Re: Olympia proposed G2 changes, for review (long)

From: skrenta@rt.com (Rich Skrenta)

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Here are some changes-to-the-changes so far, based on comments
I've received (thanks folks).

Ocean-land links take two days to cross, up from one.

Quest locations regenerate after 3-8 turns, up from 3-5.

Mines and inns count for a whole civ point, up from 1/2.
A castle's improvement level adds to its civilization
contribution.

feature         contribution
	-------         ------------
	safe haven           2
	castle               1.5 + improvement level / 4
	city                 1
	tower                1
	temple               1
	inn                  1
	mine                 1

Towers are raised to defense 50.  Castles start at defense 50
and rise 5 points with each improvement level.

Archery and defense grant 3-5 points of increase when the noble's
level is < 100, 1-3 points thereafter.  There is a 5% chance the
noble will get luck during practice and rise 10 points.

Resurrection is changed to not required the NP point for
revival.  Instead, the priest must pay 1000 gold times the
number of NPs invested in the character to be revived.
The revived character suffers a 50 point loss to defense.

There are two more relics in addition to the Throne to find:

Crown of Prosperity [402]

The Crown of Prosperity was once worn by the most
	prosperous mortal to ever rule in Olympia, King Damar.
	Damar now wears his crown in the underworld and
	reflects on his past adventures of long ago, before
	the first Great Ending swept away all that he knew,
	and carried him from his beloved city of Kircarth to
	the land of the dead.

Sometimes nobles are able to acquire the Crown and hold
	it for a time.  The crown infuses whatever province it
	ends each turn in with a measure of prosperity and
	economic health, equivalent to a +2 increase in the
	province's civilization level.

However, this prosperity does not last forever, for
	King Damar's ghostly hand invariably will reach out
	from the underworld to reclaim his relic.  The Crown
	can be expected to return to its rightful owner 12-24
	turns after its appearance in the mortal world.

Skull of Bastrestric [403]

The most feared of the ancients was a wizard of
	terrible power known as Bastrestric ther Archymonaged.
	Bastrestric routinely incinerated his foes (or anyone
	who offended him) with bursts of raw aura energy
	directed from his black tower in the castle built on
	Mt. Olympus.

Though he was the most powerful living mage in the
	known world, and by any measure a fearsome, unholy
	force, Bastrestric yearned for ever greater abilities.
	He felt increasingly constrained by the limits of his
	mortal body, and thus in time resolved to abandon it.
	BtA's spirit jumped free of his body, plunging directly
	into the aura rivers which bind together the deepest
	structures of the very world itself.  Only a scorched,
	empty body was left behind in his tower.

BtA's spirit has passed on, but the remants of his
	mortal body continue to radiate intense power.

Use of the BtA's skull (USE 403) causes an intense aura
	burst which a mage will attempt to absorb.  If successful,
	the mage will gain a 50-75 boost to current aura (within
	the limit of 5 times the mage's maximum aura).

There is a 25% chance that the mage will be killed by
	use of the skull.  Non-mages who use the skull will be
	instantly killed.

BtA's skull will vanish with use, or within 10-20 turns
	after appearing in the mortal world.

References

Re: Olympia proposed G2 changes, for review (long)
jeremy@insignia.com (Jeremy Maiden)
Wed, 20 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Olympia proposed G2 changes, for review (long)
jeremy@insignia.com (Jeremy Maiden)
Wed, 20 Nov 1996 00:00:00 +0000