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<H1>Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Travis Casey <<A HREF="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:30:07 -0400</LI>
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On Friday, April 21, 2000, Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services wrote:
> Along the same lines of danger, why not simply make a weopon inherently
> dangerous to the user who doesn't have the skill to handle it? For example, if
> Bubba the newbie tries to get too fancy with a razor-sharp mithril mega-sword,
> he may accidently cut his own hand off. Or if Buffy the weakling tries to load
> a bolt into her 200 lb. ultra-cool crossbow, she might end up shooting herself
> in the foot. If you made this random, then the gamer might have some
> interesting choices to make as he gains skill. When he's in a tough spot, does
> he gamble with a really cool item hoping he'll have enough skill to do more
> damage to his foe than to himself?
The paper Star Wars RPG has things set up so that someone with a low
lightsaber skill trying to use one is a menace to him/herself.
Shadowrun does something similar with monomolecular filament whips.
In the general case, though, it's not very realistic. That's only a
concern if you're worried about realism, though. :-)
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00482" HREF="msg00482.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</A></strong>,
adam <a href="mailto:adam@treyarch.com">adam@treyarch.com</a>, Thu 20 Apr 2000, 01:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00487" HREF="msg00487.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</A></strong>,
S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:choke@sirius.com">choke@sirius.com</a>, Thu 20 Apr 2000, 22:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00533" HREF="msg00533.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00510" HREF="msg00510.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</A></strong>,
Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services <a href="mailto:Paul.Schwanz@east.sun.com">Paul.Schwanz@east.sun.com</a>, Sat 22 Apr 2000, 04:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00542" HREF="msg00542.html">Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</A></strong>,
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel@io.com">efindel@io.com</a>, Mon 24 Apr 2000, 02:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00563" HREF="msg00563.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Mon 24 Apr 2000, 23:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00548" HREF="msg00548.html">Re: Re[2]: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</A></strong>,
Paul Schwanz - Enterprise Services <a href="mailto:Paul.Schwanz@east.sun.com">Paul.Schwanz@east.sun.com</a>, Mon 24 Apr 2000, 18:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00552" HREF="msg00552.html">Re[4]: [MUD-Dev] defeating twinking through game mechanics</A></strong>,
Travis Casey <a href="mailto:efindel@io.com">efindel@io.com</a>, Mon 24 Apr 2000, 21:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00470" HREF="msg00470.html">[MUD-Dev] Fun and Learning in games</A></strong>,
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