Heal Kits

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:55 pm

I think Tailoring already does heal kits with weight reduction but...
It would be great to see improved heal kits on Elvin. Increased cost, but weight reduction to let heal kits match heal potions and scrolls.

Let him sell +12 heal kits with weight reduction that brings them down to same as potions and scrolls. Cost 500/kit or something.

This would also help encourage the use of heal kits and heal skill instead of purely going with heal potions/scrolls.

Post by **Lokey** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:25 pm

Well you've been kind enough in the past to bring up the reasons to toss Bio's implementation altogether:

Useable in combat, can throw 2/round, no AoO, useable on a party member anywhere in the module, heals stuff it shouldn't, relies on code that Bio could change at any whim...

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:40 pm

Lokey wrote:useable on a party member anywhere in the module,

Haven't noticed that one before

Post by **Lokey** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:11 am

It's not possible in all areas (because of the nature of specific bug), but can still be done.

Wouldn't be particularly hard to do soemthing else, the real question is how to implement the heal skill. It would be an item that wouldn't eat itself on use (maybe charges--it's like a first aid kit really). That would bring the costs back to Bio standard (kits strike me as really pricey in official campaigns and modules that use mostly default stuff), but might bump down the desireability of tailoring or leather crafting.

I'm thinking something like:
- Not useable in combat.
- Will heal disease, poison with successful check.
- I'm a bit icky on hitpoints, but we still have rest give full heal so that would just add tedium if not included.

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:24 am

Any thoughts on letting them remove ability damage from disease?
What about using a heal gives a certain amount of regen for a period of time.
The higher the heal skill, the more regen.
Obviously wouldn't stack if used several times.

PeregrineV · Post by **PeregrineV** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:47 pm

Heal kits as they stand are a big advantage for melee classes. The healing in combat is a definite plus, and saves the fighter from having to run to safety or dying from a few lucky hits. Sure, it may take 10 kits to survive a fight, and they may weigh a ton, but they are still better than potions.

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:55 pm

Kits don't do much unless you run away to heal in planars.

Remember the Heal potions in Diablo 2?
Maybe make the heal kits work like that.