Advancing alternative

Post by **Maeglin Dubh** » December 10th, 2006, 9:23 pm

AFAIK, all defending level-ups are chosen at random, and there's nothing to do for it but suck it up.

Post by **Boucman** » December 10th, 2006, 9:50 pm

and that's actually a FPI

rational is that the defending player should not have to stay in front of his computer.

Glowing Fish · Post by **Glowing Fish** » December 10th, 2006, 10:48 pm

This actually reminds me a little bit of the second Zelda game, where you would get offered a level up at a certain point, but you could choose to forego it and get a more powerful level up after collecting more experience.

Post by **Zhukov** » December 10th, 2006, 11:00 pm

Interesting idea IMHO.

If something like this were to be done, I don't think it should be available in a random 'defending' level-up.

Krispos · Post by **Krispos** » December 11th, 2006, 6:15 pm

Are you suggesting that a unit could go outside his unit tree to level into another unit type? Such as a mermadon leveling into a paladin, or a pikeman leveling into a horseman?

Fiach Dubh · Post by **Fiach Dubh** » December 11th, 2006, 6:22 pm

Only within strict limits, and it would only really work in a campaign where it can be explained. I would say that swapping one melee weapon for a different one would work (horseman-cavalryman, pikeman-swordsman), swapping melee for ranged (or vice-versa) would work (spearman-bowman, dwarvish fighter-thunderer), and if a spearman has access to a stable, he might reasonably be able to become a horseman.

The key would be that all that could change would be the weapon used, and maybe armour.

Krispos · Post by **Krispos** » December 11th, 2006, 9:27 pm

Gotcha. Didn't want to see any Mermen becoming orcs... but I would like to see them become skeletongs ^^... without a sword, that is...

Post by **Maeglin Dubh** » December 11th, 2006, 9:46 pm

That makes absolutely no sense....