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DarkCastleMUD / DarkCastle

Dark Castle is a text-based MUD (multi-user dungeon) that was originally based on DIKU MUD around 1995. It has been running since then.
https://www.dcastle.org/
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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Defensive Skills #131

Closed Heaven1 closed 2 years ago

Heaven1 commented 3 years ago

As far as i can tell from reading the source code it is better to have 2 defensive skills such as dodge and parry rather than one of them and shieldblock as you take damage while shield blocking but it doesnt provide any more of a chance for enemies to miss you (or have the damage reduced) than the 2 defensive skills. This seems wrong, you are sacrificing damage using a shield. IMO that sacrifice should provide a more of a bonus.

If im correct about all of this (im not certain) than i suggest a secondary shield skill on top of the existing one which boosts the chance to block damage.

Or perhaps alternatively, provides melee mitigation when using a shield.

TehDreadPirateRoberts commented 2 years ago

I personally use a shield quite often when fighting big mobs and really like how it works. Instead of coding it to add melee mit, I just have found a shield that his a bonus to melee mit right on it...