Re: Stormbringer is wimpy

["Rupert G. Goldie" <rgg@aaii.oz.au>]

Peter Mardahl wrote:

> Why shouldn't people be able to start with magical weapons?  +4 isn't
> really that strong on the scale of what is possible with the Enchant
> Weapon suite of scrolls.  What should be checked for is not the + to magic
> but rather all of those other things like immunties, +to stats....
> 
I thought we were going to restrict the amount you can enchant items to
avoid having super weapons.

> I think of this as a feature.  Some artifacts should not be destructible.
> I'd prefer that they had material type 256 (adamant), but 256 maps to
> zero anyway for some reason.  
> 
The material is probably stored in a char which will map 256 to zero.
> 
> That's true.  Also a feature, not a bug, IMHO.  A +19 sword is magicked
> enough that I'd expect nothing to be able to break it.
> 
> PeterM

I think a +19 sword is a crock, IMHO.

--
Rupert