Posted by curious on December 18, 2000 at 07:09:10:
In Reply to: morale posted by Nepenthe(IMM) on December 18, 2000 at 01:41:06:
> > Alright, now we know what morale is for. I'm guessing orcs, with all those helpfiles about groups and leaders and stuff takes morale into account a lot more than anything else so far. WOOHOO!!! > Orcs were definitely a main reason to start thinking about morale, though I think it does open the door for other interesting possibilities. Imagine someone like the old Knight cabal leader Fortcoeur. For anyone who doesn't go that far back, Knights of his time widely regarded him as someone who, while not a stellar PKer, was just a very inspiring leader, the kind of guy that you'd charge into battle with and feel like things were going to be okay. Imagine a character like that being able to give their groupmates some minor bonuses due to inspiration in game mechanics as well as in a RP sense. Imagine being able to give out a quest skill that allowed a character to, rather than beat all ass (as the saying goes), inspire other characters with rousing speeches like before the first big battle scene in Braveheart. I don't even know all what could or couldn't be done well with morale yet -- it's possibilities waiting to happen and I'm certainly willing to entertain ideas on it.