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New Item Suggestions:

Post by Apokriphos »

I think that there should be NS4 gear that is class, race, & deity restricted.

I feel such an addition would improve NS4 for the better, and make some items more of a pinnacle for a specific class. The gear would not differ in enhancement from the item typically found in various areas of NS4 (in this case, the kukri in halls of the dead)- thus preventing this from being overpowered, but its existence would add to the variety of the world and influence more players to role play with their respective gods. Also, only need trivial developer time would be needed to design the items and their descriptions - and I volunteer myself if I could help in any way.

An example of a deity restricted item would be:

Fragment of Godsbane:
+6 Kukri /w unusual stats along with the typical, like 1d4 divine damage, +1d6 sneaks and 2 casts/day of darkness.

Weapons like these would only usable by the most devout followers of the dm involved (Mask, in this case), and would be spawned in the recipients inventory, and would be no-drop, so unable to be transferred. There could even be a preferred item for each deity that represented his/her favored weapon or item, granted only to builds & players who epitomize their god's ideals, like a champion.

Class only items could be of a somewhat lesser stature, given out by DMs as more general rewards for quests oriented towards a specific class - like a ranger only archery contest on who could destroy a target the quickest - the reward being a ranger only bow.

Race & alignment only items could be a rare drop off a faction's epic guards, nexus creatures, or others of their faction - for example the shadow legion epic guards could have a chance of dropping an evil only elf usable weapon, or the Mystral Ascendancy epic guards might be able to drop a powerful evil wizard/sorcerer only helm. These items don't have to be of the highest caliber, perhaps some of the Northern Coalition guard could drop a lower level good only weapon.

The overall effect of this addition would improve & diversify faction battles and increase the roleplay and in character friction of those super huge multi-faction XP parties in NS4, because you never know when your god is watching :twisted: .

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Yeah not a bad idea... the deity restriction would need to be custom I think.

I have made some gear with restrictions... most of it has to wait for 1.69, but there's a decent ammy in DWP with class restrictions on it... not sure if anyone's found it yet.
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drop rates in dwp are very discouraging... so far we've been lucky to see 1 drop every ~50 mobs killed. About as bad as neg plane for drops - and a lot of drops aren't nearly as good as neg plane drops which is also disappointing and discouraging.

so... feel free to bump up the drop rate a bit so we may all gaze upon this new ammy in all it's glory!
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You'll be happy to know I bumped up the drop rate a bit last weekend.
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Post by Mythri Wolfwood »

Went on a DWP run last night and we ended up with 3 gear drops having only made it as far as the maze-like area with the Creeping Doom mobs. Seemed like a decent drop rate for the amount of time we spent there (minus all the dying :lol: ).

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Post by Korr »

I like the idea of restricted items... it makes UMD alot more worthwhile to have in the higher levels. Otherwise UMD enough for scroll success is all my bard ends up using.

Maybe theres things about UMD I dont know, but the wiki says the scaling effects for higher levels was helped...
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I know this is an old thread but someone else bumped it first :P

I didn't put in a diety on most of my toons because I had no idea what the gods were when I started playing. That said, is there any way to change your diety for those of those that forgot or didn't know?
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i like this idea as well id say stick with the gods favored weapon for the list of who gets what tho some weapons would get no love this way so some fudging would fix that

here is a mostly cannon list of FR dietys and their favored weapons are listed

http://www.arelith.com/deities.html

contrary to that list i think gond should use a light hammer rather than a warhammer as it is more of a tool than a weapon for the wonderbringer and lt hammer needs some love ;) but for the most part they all seem spot on tho mystra with her shrunkin is perhaps a bit much for a magely type to sacrifice to use perhaps a dagger instead or other mage class weapon. minor tweaks like that would give you what your looking for and add some nifty weapon choices to thoes that are devout enough.
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Post by Dalan »

http://www.nsrealm.com/deities2.asp

The list for deities is located in the Neversummer 4 Documentation forum, along with alot of other pertinent NS4 information.

At character creation you must choose a deity, and all DMs have the power to see what deity you have chosen.

If you do not specify a deity at that time, then it's too late. The Wall of the Faithless for you!
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Dalan wrote: At character creation you must choose a deity, and all DMs have the power to see what deity you have chosen.
If you do not specify a deity at that time, then it's too late. The Wall of the Faithless for you!
Translation: When you create a new character and log them in to the server for the first time, if you don't select a deity you will have an additional option to select one at the login dialogue (where option #4 is "Enter Neversummer"). If you skip that...just pray to your faction's god. Good-aligned gods might take pity on teh noobz, bad ones like 'Tep will smite you for not being more decisive. :wink:

I think that's how it works...

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Post by frogofpeace »

Interesting. I could have sworn there was some documentation that said a deity would be assigned you if one wasn't chosen. I guess my clerics will just have to shout praises all the more so the gods will know their affiliation!
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Dumathoin be my god, hell, Torres' bio says "Paladin of Dumathoin".
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Dumb-a-thon? I didnt know Torres was into fundraisers! (j/k but couldnt help myself)
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