Re: Olympia-improvements: Faery

From: Rick Socia <rsocia@pinot.callamer.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

On 18 Jul 1995, Kevin Davis Connery wrote:

> Some possible changes (for Olympia II v2) might be:
>
> 1. Faery can only be exited where it was entered (i.e., if I entered at
>    aa01, and you entered at bb05, when I exit, I will exit at aa01, and
>    you will exit at bb05, even if we use the same exit point from the
>    inside. This fits some classic behavior of the faery lands--though
>    it doesn't fit them all.
>
>    This solves the armies travelling VIA faery, but not the takeover OF
>    faery.

But it doesn't solve my entering at point A, and giving all my
troops/beasts to a noble who entered from point B.

> 3. Make the exit points random rather than fixed.

I was lead to believe that this was supposed to be true in the beginning.
Faery Hills were supposed to show up and disappear not only at random times,
but random locations.  And if you were fortunate enough to find a hill, an
elfstone was needed to enter the hill.

Another possibility is to make elf stones consumable.

Rick

References

Olympia-improvements: Faery
Kevin Davis Connery <keradwc@rahul.net>
Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000