/* (cre) Nevvyn: So, this is a vicious, man eating (with one tooth) red,
bladdered piece of fin clad seaweed with extra special sauce?
(cre) Presto: if a seaweed leaves New York, traveling west at 30 miles per
hour, and Nevvyn puts on his fins and leaves Los Angeles 3 hours later
heading east at 35 miles per hour, how many bladders does the sewaeed have
at 2:00 */
inherit "/std/races/base";
void setup() {
set_name( "sargassum" );
set_long( "A seaweed monster.\n" );
set_height( 500 );
set_weight( 5000 );
set_desc( "a large sapient lump of seaweed" );
bits = ({
"tendril", "tendril", ({ 0, 35, ({ "/std/bit", 15 }) }),
// "bladder", "bladder", ({ "tendril", 1, ({ "/std/bit", 3 }) }),
// I wanted to have 3 bladders per tendril, but the bit handler won't allow
// me to do this for some reason.
"root", "root", ({ 0, 70, ({ "/std/bit", 15 }) })
});
inedible = ({ "root" });
unrottable = ({ });
set_skin( "exocuticule" );
add_ac( "blunt", "blunt", 100 );
add_ac( "pierce", "pierce", 75 );
add_ac( "sharp", "sharp", 25 );
set_stats( ({ 2, -4, -2, 4, -4 }) );
} /* create() */
void set_unarmed_attacks( object thing ) {
int number;
number = (int)thing->query_skill_bonus( "fighting.combat.melee.unarmed" );
number = 2 + sqrt( number );
thing->remove_attack( "hands" );
thing->remove_attack( "feet" );
thing->remove_attack( "tendrils" );
thing->add_attack( "tendrils", 100, ({ number, 10, number }),
"blunt", "blunt", 0 );
thing->add_attack_message( "tendrils", "blunt", ({
20, ({
"You tap $hcname$ with your tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ taps you with $mposs$ tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ taps $hcname$ with $mposs$ tendrils.\n" }),
60, ({
"You hit $hcname$ with your tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ hits you with $mposs$ tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ hits $hcname$ with $mposs$ tendrils.\n" }),
100, ({
"You bruise $hcname$ with your tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ bruises you with $mposs$ tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ bruises $hcname$ with $mposs$ tendrils.\n" }),
140, ({
"You hit $hcname$ hard with your tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ hits you hard with $mposs$ tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ hits $hcname$ hard with $mposs$ tendrils.\n" }),
180, ({
"You smash your tendrils into $hcname$.\n",
"$mcname$ smashes $mposs$ tendrils into you.\n",
"$mcname$ smashes $mposs$ tendrils into $hcname$.\n" }),
220, ({
"You crush $hcname$ with your tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ crushes you with $mposs$ tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ crushes $hcname$ with $mposs$ tendrils.\n" }),
0, ({
"You mash $hcname$ with your tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ mashes you with $mposs$ tendrils.\n",
"$mcname$ mashes $hcname$ with $mposs$ tendrils.\n" }),
}) );
} /* set_unarmed_attacks() */
void start_player( object thing ) {
::start_player( thing );
thing->add_property( "gills", 1 );
} /* start_player() */
