Dev Task: Side activities/systems

[NancokPS2]

A side activity would be anything outside of the main combat loop. Things like collectibles, crafting mechanics, etc. I don't know what the consensus is about these, so i propose a few to discuss about.

• Alchemy

  • Players can find various materials by killing enemies, random loot or from merchants.
  • These may have a certain properties that when mixed, are added togheter to a single potion. This allows players to mix several potion effects into a single one. Players may save potion presets for quicker crafting.
  • Some more niche effects may be exclusive to player made potions or it may allow players to have more buffs than it would be otherwise possible with store-bought potions.
  • The amount of effects and their intensity contribute to a "potency" value, players can withstand a certain amount of "potency" at any given time. This potency wears off with the potion's effects.

• Enchantments

  • Players can have an enchantment in each piece of equipment. Most enchantments have drawbacks and are meant to reinforce builds.
  • Most drawbacks are about stat shifting, rising one while lowering another.
  • Optionally, players could enchant themselves up to a certain amount of enchantments. With a similar mechanic to alchemy's "potency"

• Stealth

  • Players could attempt to invade a dungeon causing the least amount of chaos possible for greater rewards.
  • Enemies would be alarmed by traps or by simple line of sight, but hardly due to hearing combat.
  • Players that do not stay hidden will end up attracting more enemies at a time, making fights harder. Some enemies may also damage loot when alerted, causing loot they where guarding to yield less rewards.

• Hunting

  • Players could take bounties involving finding and killing a specific monster type.
  • This kind of activity does not grant any sort of marker or clue, it instead falls on the player's knowledge to find where a monster may be hiding.
  • The bounty may be for a specific monster instead of a type, in these cases the monster will be more powerful than their regular counterpart, and may often avoid fighting entirely, making players have to plan ahead or setup traps to get a chance at combat. Once
  • Monsters of this kind may roam around the entire map and have ways to remain hidden.
  • These monsters will often leave clues on their wake to give players an idea of where to find them. in combat, these monsters will prefer to stop fleeing.

• Artifact trading

  • As part of the usual loot, players may find seemingly useless scrolls, carvings or relics that someone COULD be looking for.
  • Players may keep these for later selling if they find anyone looking for them, but are otherwise nearly worthless when sold at a shop.
  • There is no guarantee that someone is looking for any of these, NPCs may randomly decide they want an artifact of X kind which may or may not exist in the world yet (from a code stand point).

• Negotiation quests

  • Sometimes, a quest may involve getting something from another, random NPC.
  • The target NPC will usually want something in return, players may negotiate by offering to complete a quest for the target or simply by paying with specific items or gold.
  • Different targets may or may not accept certain things.
  • If the NPC is neutral or there is some justification for it, the players may fight them for it.
  • Players with high charisma or a related skill may attempt "rolls" on the target to reduce the requirements from the target, possibly completing it instantly.

• Faction relations

  • Players may improve or harm their relations with specific factions due to a variety of activities.
  • Some quests may include a shift in faction relations towards the participating players
  • Some factions are in conflict with each other, in these cases, increasing/lowering relations with one past a certain point will affect the other. (improving relations with faction A from "disliked" to "neutral" will have no effect, but reaching "friendly" will cause their enemies to loose relations with the player)
  • High relations will cause the faction to give the player better prices and some other benefits.
  • Lowering relations enough will cause the player to be barred from entering the faction's "cities". Players may still accept quests from them, which will raise relations.

[jonathaneeckhout]

Nice proposals again. I think these better fit the beta release as they are additional to the base attack/level/class system.