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Comment: I wrote a handful of proposals during my Tibian time; this
was the only one with any real merit. Some of these may no longer
make sense now that Tibia has changed. Tough. Folks followed these up with a few other decent curses, and I added a few myself. I cannot find any copies of them, though. |
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Punishing people while still allowing them to play? Interesting idea. This would allow GMs to tailor punishments to suit the crime. I haven't thought this out fully, but I'd suggest using a variety of curses to punish various infringements of the rules. A few examples follow: Cone of Silence Or Feeble Voice, Lockjaw, etc. A player guilty of verbal abuse or inappropriate language may suffer this for a period of time. The effect? The player loses the ability to BC, yell, perhaps even to talk and whisper. I can picture these criminals carrying around parcel tags to allow them to communicate... Burning Depot Or Unhappy Refuge. A thief-only character might be punished with this. Players suffering from this curse may enter the depot, but they had better carry out their business within quickly! The depot zone is painful to them, and causes them to lose HP at some rate. Perhaps similar to a poisoning, perhaps akin to burning. Note that the churches and temples would do them no harm. (Perhaps a second version of this curse which causes all protection zones to burn might be useful for punishing Field PKs who hide out in the depot and temple.) Clockwork Orange For lack of a better name. The powers that be can afflict an excessive PK with this. The act of targeting another player is a great strain upon the player, and causes an unnatural yet steady loss of HP and MP. Babbletorment Perhaps Madspeak or Twisttongue. A GM seeking to punish a char with a lesser punishment might mark them with this curse. The victim suffers from an incontrollable urge to blurt out odd phrases every few minutes. These might include: Poor Tom's acold. I am a monkey. Hail me, mighty King of Shellfish! Whack me! I shall gladly pay you! STOP LOOKING AT ME! utevo lux (Yes, this would cast the spell if mana is available) If someone were to come up with a few hundred better phrases, I think this could be a relatively harmless, but very amusing punishment. Earflood Or Echo Hammer. A player who spams soon finds that his/her ignore function does not work. What is more, anything he/she hears is repeated between 3 and 5 times! In some cases, such a player may also be cursed with Cone of Silence to prevent them from retaliating. I have posted this before as a response, but I fear it was too well-hidden inside that thread and lost. Mennorin mentioned that "it would give the GM's a more interesting role in the game" and Lady Rebel Rimule's recent complaints about insults and spam reminded me of the idea. Insults may be remedied with a Cone of Silence, and spam with an Earflood. :D Happy (and Curse-Free) Travels, Khwaj |
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