The rat potion

[Tieom]

Ok, so the thieves can buy potions (or eat 5 pieces of cheese) to turn themselves into rats for about a minute.
They still die very easily (rat bite or bootstep), of course. But in a game with a lot of spectators, you could infiltrate the most guarded positions. Getting out w/ the objective would be another matter entirely.
Oh, and if a thief-rat is killed, it makes the "Blaargh!" sound and the thief corpse appears out of the rat.

This isn't really a serious idea, but I think it would be interesting.

[-=V12US=-]

Ok, so the thieves can buy potions (or eat 5 pieces of cheese) to turn themselves into rats for about a minute.
They still die very easily (rat bite or bootstep), of course. But in a game with a lot of spectators, you could infiltrate the most guarded positions. Getting out w/ the objective would be another matter entirely.
Oh, and if a thief-rat is killed, it makes the "Blaargh!" sound and the thief corpse appears out of the rat.

This isn't really a serious idea, but I think it would be interesting.

Hehe, I don't no why but I like it.

*official V12US seal of approval*

[LaughingRat]

CLUB IT!!

Don't look at me like that, I meant the rat!

[Stakhanov]

This idea has been suggested before... and it proved to be quite hard to code (either change the collision radius , or make the player switch pawns 2 times...) and would be open to many abuses and bugs. But if coders are skilled enough to realize this one , it would be an invaluable addition to the game

5 cheese would be too cheap btw. Instead of a specialized potion , why not make it trigger when drinking health , breath potions and eating cheese ? 105-125 loot sounds acceptable if it lasts 10-20 seconds. Oh , and make it wear off automagically when attempting to use catfall
(inventory would be selectable but frob would be disabled btw)

[dude]

This is a cool idea! I think there should be a specialized potion though. It is clearer than the alternative (in various aspects), and the availability can be controlled by the mapper.

[ToTT]

If you turned into a rat, what would happen if a spectator rat ate you??? Would you lose the life? I thought the purpose of spectating was to watch, not influence, the going game.

[Stakhanov]

Interesting point...
It wouldn't be that terrible. If there are no rats in the game , guards will likely step on the suspicious creature. If there are many , the morphing thief has a chance of not being noticed but can be eaten too. Doesn't sound unbalanced.

[Tieom]

ToTT -
If it makes it any easier, think of rats like ghosts. If a thief takes a ratpot, he temporarily steps into the realm of the ghosts, where he can be harmed by them.

Yeah, it's an interesting tradeoff between vunerability and hiding-in-plain-sight invisibilty.

[-=V12US=-]

ToTT -
If it makes it any easier, think of rats like ghosts. If a thief takes a ratpot, he temporarily steps into the realm of the ghosts, where he can be harmed by them.

Yeah, it's an interesting tradeoff between vunerability and hiding-in-plain-sight invisibilty.

Lol, imagine a squashed/eaten rat suddenly turning into a corpse, spewing potions and loot all over the place... that oughta be fun.

[Taffergirl]

Interesting.