Originally Posted by
electric_wizard
Alternatively, you could just make the level of the ghost that haunts the loot relate to the power of the items therein.
The ghost could be non-hostile so it could be generated at any point in the game without creating an out of depth opponent. Naturally, if you want the kit your gonna have to take out the ghost - a bit like the water dragon's lair.
I had thought about the Bones feature in JADE ages ago, but then forgot it. This is pretty close to my version, which went ike this:
A gravestone will be generated on the spot where the "bone PC" (BPC) died, with a text like "Here lies [name], the [race\class] that was killed by [reason]. May he/she rest in peace." The PC may decide to ignore the grave or rob it. If he/she digs it open, a ghost of the BPC will jump out. This is similiar to "Great Treasures" graves, except that the treasures are in the the ghost's inventory. (And maybe a special monster type should be developed for this purpose, as normal undead monsters could be unbalanced with their special powers and weaknesses. I will call this monster "Memory" from now on.) Artifacts convert into similiar non-artifact items. The Memory also gets the same attributes, spell and skill list etc. as BPC. In other words, the Memory would be as similiar as possible when it was alive.
That way high-level Memories would have good equipment, but also be very deadly. And weak PCs can just ignore the grave if they don't want to risk their lives. And because the Memory carries all it's items, it MUST be killed in order to gain them.
I hope I didn't write this in a confusing way :|
Last edited by Laukku; 07-20-2008 at 07:07 AM.
Reason: Corrected pronouns to include females. Why on Earth english doesn't have a neutral personal pronoun???
You hit Andor Drakon, the ElDeR cHaOs GoD, and severely wound him.
The greater balor summons some help!
The ratling duelist disarms you. You drop your blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12]. It flies to the west.
Andor Drakon, the ElDeR cHaOs GoD, picks up the blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12].
Andor Drakon, the ElDeR cHaOs GoD, wields the blessed Trident of the Red Rooster (+36, 6d12+18) [+12, +12].