came across this on another MUD regarding sdescs

[bardbard#4]

Why not implement a bit of code that modifies sdescs at distances?

To the west is a city street.
[Very far]
A small group of people.
[Far]
Four males.
Three females.
A dwarf.
[Near]
The blond-skinned, blue-haired man is standing here.
The blue-haired, blond-skinned man is standing here.
The blond-haired, blue-skinned man is standing here.
The blue-skinned, blond-haired man is standing here.

etc

?

[spawnloser]

Well, the proposed changes to how we see people at a distance sure would nerf ranged combat.

[Pantoufle]

Players could just RP not taking note of specific keywords from far rather than having to implement yet another shackling coded feature that forces us to do it.

[bloodfromstone]

Since the character in question is rooms away, you have no idea if they are wearing a hair-concealing item (such as a helmet) or not and thus reporting what you saw as both a thick and blond-haired man would be on par with comparing them by eye color.

That is exactly the point I was making with my post.