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<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:48:05 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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[Matt Chatterley:]
> A far better response to making Shopkeepers into superheroes (just not
> realistic) is simply to make it unworth the risk of belting them. You belt
> the shopkeeper, polish off his guards, pick up the loot, stagger out the
> shop... and stare right down the pointy ends of crossbows held by the
> local guard captain and his posse.
If you're looking for an easy catch-all solution, how about making shopkeepers
have have 5 hitpoints, be worth 0 exp, have 0 gold and no items, and make the
repop time on the town one minute.
> Or alternately in a magical store, before dying, the shopkeeper pushes a
> big red button on his counter, and the entire shop explodes.
I like this very much. Now the question becomes: how do you block him from
pressing the button?
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00783" HREF="msg00783.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -> soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00847" HREF="msg00847.html">OT: Martin Keegan</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00725" HREF="msg00725.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Balancing Addicts</A></strong>,
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