Hello. > The basic idea of these quests is that you can apply for being thaught > some alchemy tricks by some some alchemists (and smiths, bowyers). They > ask you to perform some specific tasks before they reveal more of their > secrets to you. This is a bit similar to the quest for becoming the
I like the idea, though it merely goes with the «lock» code as used by the fire resistance potion, I think. > One of the things that hinder the usage of alchemy in the game is that the > formulas are *much* too difficult to find in dungeons and in shops. As a Indeed. You can of course experiment, but exploding cauldrons kill all too often :) > formula for any useful item. Not to mention that having the formula is a > prerequisite, but only a small part of the solution: the ingredients are > usually hard to find and the difficulty for creating the most useful items > is such that there is a very high probability of failure. I had to slay a For many formulaes I find the ingredients way too hard to find as compared to finding the equivalent item. I'll grant you that potions will work everywhere, as opposed to scrolls/spells on cursed/non magic squares. But still, for instance balm of first aid is way too hard to do, for a few hitpoints restored! (as a side note: shouldn't the balm of flying [word of recall] work whether square is cursed or not, like other balms?) As for finding formulas, I'd say your idea of alchemists could be interesting, but shouldn't require combat or such - maybe finding ingredients, or rare items? Nicolas _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
