Compromised Stats Invoking Weaknesses

[Amdorin]

Had an idea, nothing major and definitely not begging for it to be imp'd right away, but possibly be of use at a later time as the game progresses. Someone may have mentioned something leading to this idea but here ya go:

The bulk of the idea is that once certain stats drop a certain amount, you begin to take on enhanced penalties or even vulnerabilities. For example:

Human warrior: Amdo
Str 21 (21) Int 20 (20) Wis 20 (20) Dex 20 (20) Con 17 (20-3)

-Amdo is now more susceptible to disease/poison/negative attacks/spells (taking increased damage/duration)

Compromised stats have the following disadvantages:
*everything's open to compromise, this will likely need to be more sensitive to the race involved on a per stat basis, like an elf may need -4 int for an excessive case, but only -2 for con)

[Stiehl26]

I think you have the basis of a good idea here. The kicker of it is that 95% of players just plain rage delete over the smallest things. I would discourage anything that gives these lemmings another excuse to rage delete. We need more 50's with more activity.

[Amdorin]

I guess I'm pro death of chars... rage deleters will delete period.

[Stiehl26]

I totally get what you are saying amadorin, I was just wondering if dev would code for something that would never happen...old age on a character.

[Amdorin]

I know Dav doesn't utilize the age factor and it's more of a homage to where this game came from, but I know there's a little sadist left in him to consider the stat idea

[Stiehl26]

As an addendum to your idea Am, if Dav caused characters to age faster (perhaps much faster), that would lend credence to having your idea implemented. I am sure it wouldnt be too hard to determine the average life (in hours) of all characters for, say, this year and adjust how quickly they age based upon that figure. Perhaps time spent with pvp generated adrenaline could slow down the aging process in some of the physical stats as the character is still in great shape from constantly testing themselves. Constitution, because you lose that for dying, may not be a stat that should be messed with too much...not sure though.

[Amdorin]

No, dav purposefully doesn't use it. It's only a novelty stat.

[Faelon]

I think the idea is a great one, excluding age based stuff. I like the game well enough with out it to be honest. But the rest of it is a really good idea, makes stat based spells/prayers a new way to blast people.

[Dogran]

Wow, I really like that idea, has a lot of merit. Its realistic.

[Resatimm]

Nadrin, make your avatar smaller, or I will mess with it, bring it in a few inches to the left.