Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha'

From: skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)

Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1992 18:30:10 +0000

M22367@mwvm.mitre.org writes:
> Zorba the Greek, player character, stacked over
>     Leftenant Glim, individual, stacked over
>         Gryphon Squad, number 30, carrying spears
>         Eagle Squad, number 20, carrying longbows
>     Trader Vic, individual, carrying a ledger and calculator
>     Jester Control, individual, stacked over
>         Tumblers, number 4
>         Jugglers, number 4, stacked over
>             Pickpockets, number 10, stacked over
>                 Ar'ful Dodger, player character, stacked over
>                     Naive Youth, individual, with a glassy look in his eyes
>         Sword Swallowers, number 3, dressed in a suggestive manner
>     Nearly-Slave Laborers, number 50, dressed in rags

Yes, this is good.  The only solution to the insanely-deep stack
solution which I've heard is to not allow them.  I don't like
this, because it seems mean to cause a STACK order to fail just
because you're trying to stack 10 levels deep.

How about if the description just summarized deep units:

Jugglers, number 4, stacked over
             Pickpockets, number 10, stacked over
		...2 men in 2 units

> Region Deepdark, mountainous, containing
>      City Gloomand, walled, containing
>      City Mudpark, containing
>      Ruins of Tanger-Ray, castle

> The heirarchical description of regional features would help eliminate the
> "man who knew too much" syndrome as well - if you travel through a region you
> would certainly only get a glimpse of the interior features as listed above.
> Only by specifically visiting a city would one find out the going rate for
> swords and such.

Yes, I like this idea quite a bit.

--
Rich Skrenta

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Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha'
M22367@mwvm.mitre.org
Tue, 09 Jun 1992 16:05:32 +0000

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Re: Olympia Stacking 'Gotcha'
M22367@mwvm.mitre.org
Tue, 09 Jun 1992 16:05:32 +0000