New rogue: Metastasio

[curiousdannii]

With #85 comes new possibilities. What if Metastasio were now a rogue?

My idea is that he would attempt to always remain one room away from the player, remaining out of sight throwing grenades through the doorways. He would wear his hat, which would improve his grenade throwing somehow. He would also carry a tunnel making device to prevent him from being trapped, although the player would try to distract him (perhaps by throwing their own grenades) so that he couldn't build a tunnel in time.

ATTACK doesn't work in rooms where the player isn't. That's okay, we wouldn't really want the whole system for him, just some basic rules that say whether to throw a grenade, move, or dig. And pause, because throwing grenades every turn will be too overpowered.

[VictorGijsbers]

I love it. Perhaps he should be level 2? That way he could appear relatively early in a game without overpowering the player completely.

[curiousdannii]

Two ideas on powers, both for him and the player:

To perform some magical spell to summon grenades when you run out.

To give you the option to immediately retreat after throwing a grenade. His hat in this case would increase the probability of escaping without harm. If we went this way, instead of having him remain out of sight, whenever you enter his room he would instead throw a grenade and retreat. I think I prefer this option. We would give him a bunch of grenades to start with, and if he runs out then he can fight with a sword of some sort (probably a weak one. Or his fists.)

[VictorGijsbers]

Pushing this to Kerkerkruip 10. (As always, anyone is free to tackle it sooner!)

[mciul]

If Arena of the Gods is due for Kerkerkruip 9, could we move this up so he can be Herm's champion?

[mciul]

That might conflict with him being Level 2, or maybe he could get some extra bonuses in the Arena, like the ability to hide during battle.

Here's an idea, not necessarily a good one: Keep Metastasio at Level 2, but make Ningauble a level 4 champion of Herm? I haven't read any Fritz Lieber, and I don't know the legal issues of Fritz Lieber fan fiction...

[rvdpluijm]

Hm... an extra problem I'm now seeing is that Metastasio is based on the fact that he throws items from another room. That would be quite difficult with the Arena of the Gods. Perhaps we should think of something different....

2013/12/4 mciul notifications@github.com

That might conflict with him being Level 2, or maybe he could get some extra bonuses in the Arena, like the ability to hide during battle.

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