In the spirit of the Crawl LearnDB's Bad Ideas (https://sites.google.com/site/cherrypickedbadideas/) archive, I offer the following ideas that should be implemented immediately.
* Doing 'give <item> elf' results in 'Are you sure (y/N)?'
* Sleepwalk skill that allows you to spamwalk and regen simultaneously.
* Bandage considered an aggressive action.
* Along with the above, "nosave bandage", which lets bandaging attempts on your character always succeed (I could go on with the bandage jokes, but I won't.)
* Mudsexxing lowers max stun.
* "nosave language". Your character makes no attempt to understand any verbal communication. Useful for inane tavern chatter and lectures from superiors.
* Steal has city and wilderness variants. So does skinning.
* High level spell that temporarily activates staff commands. (Bet that requires a component!)
* New game Arm 3, to be designed and coded concurrently with Arm 2.
Loving the nosave language because that would be funny as hell.
Hint: Turn all text black, turn background text black. Highlight names white.
When you stop seeing his messages pop up, hit enter a lot.
Turn text to grey. Say "Yep, Sarge, heard every word! Got it!"
Make items left and right handed.
Also, running with tools held has a small chance of causing a critical accident.
Quote from: Spoon on December 29, 2011, 07:04:52 AM
Make items left and right handed.
Also, running with tools held has a small chance of causing a critical accident.
... But if items are left and right handed, how would we know which hand to put them in? All we have are "Primary" and "secondary" hands!
Quote from: evilcabbage on December 29, 2011, 08:25:06 AM
Quote from: Spoon on December 29, 2011, 07:04:52 AM
Make items left and right handed.
Also, running with tools held has a small chance of causing a critical accident.
... But if items are left and right handed, how would we know which hand to put them in? All we have are "Primary" and "secondary" hands!
THe player/character would know.
I think it' sucky that EVERYONE knows you are using a weapon in your good hand rather than just your left/right hand.
So I actually think that would be a very GOOD change.
Just have to have an option in chargen to mention if your PC is left or right hand dominant.
Quote from: FantasyWriter on December 29, 2011, 10:25:01 PM
Quote from: evilcabbage on December 29, 2011, 08:25:06 AM
Quote from: Spoon on December 29, 2011, 07:04:52 AM
Make items left and right handed.
Also, running with tools held has a small chance of causing a critical accident.
... But if items are left and right handed, how would we know which hand to put them in? All we have are "Primary" and "secondary" hands!
THe player/character would know.
I think it' sucky that EVERYONE knows you are using a weapon in your good hand rather than just your left/right hand.
So I actually think that would be a very GOOD change.
Just have to have an option in chargen to mention if your PC is left or right hand dominant.
Nah, you can still pull the "I'm not left-handed" trick if you want to.
Create a pause command to help players cope with screen scroll.
Quote from: lordcooper on January 30, 2012, 01:47:46 AM
Create a pause command to help players cope with screen scroll.
Already exists in most clients.
Quote from: Wolfsong on January 30, 2012, 01:55:25 AM
Quote from: lordcooper on January 30, 2012, 01:47:46 AM
Create a pause command to help players cope with screen scroll.
Already exists in most clients.
Nah. It has to actually pause the game until you've finished catching up.
Force everyone who apps during the last week of each month to app c-elves to fill in the pc population gap, and prevent people who app dwarves during the first week of each month from being approved for the same reason.
App a character who's sexually attracted to templars. A breed character, with mutations. Who's a little screwed in the head and doesn't know when to shut up.
Quote from: Spoon on December 29, 2011, 07:04:52 AM
Make items left and right handed.
Also, running with tools held has a small chance of causing a critical accident.
> Hold scissors
You hold a pair of bone scissors.
>Run
Running with scissors is a bad idea, did you mean walk? Y/n
>N
Ok, but it is a bad idea.
You speed up to a run.
>North
You trip and stab yourself in the eye, doing horrendous damage.
>hit mekillot
A mudsex flag for PCs.
A watch room to watch PCs mudsex, where the descriptions are all replaced with generic beast descriptions.
Quote from: Nyr on January 30, 2012, 08:05:42 PM
A mudsex flag for PCs.
A watch room to watch PCs mudsex, where the descriptions are all replaced with generic beast descriptions.
Yes please.
Quote from: Nyr on January 30, 2012, 08:05:42 PM
A mudsex flag for PCs.
A watch room to watch PCs mudsex, where the descriptions are all replaced with generic beast descriptions.
It'd be like some late-late night Animal Planet documentary!
Black powder rifles.
Items/chars with long mdescs weigh more.
Somewhere in the middle of the desert, a lone wanderer sneaks out of a vault.
An automated kudos system that receives, and stores, kudos without sending them to you immediately. After 4-5 RL days of not logging in, it forwards one kudo to you, repeating every 4-5 RL days until you log in again, after which it goes back into idle mode.
Quote from: lordcooper on February 03, 2012, 11:41:14 PM
Somewhere in the middle of the desert, a lone wanderer sneaks out of a vault.
No way, a Fallout/Arm crossover would be all kinds of awesome. I want a half-giant with a Gatling laser.
A like / don't like button for other PCs that would add up and present a result at the bottom of the mdesc. You could go "Oh, that templar is at -5, must have been busy today" or "Oh, that f-me is at +10, she must be worth her price".
Tonberries.
Dentist and barber shops for rent, where people can pay the rent and practice their trade for money, as fronts for mobs; basically, interesting places for spotty peaktime rp which are sitting targets when a particular mob gets into hot water.
Teleport items/rooms culturally acceptable and cheap for people to use. The Byn falls halfway apart.
Invisibility cloaks for sell at the whiran temple in Nak.
Armor made from the hide of a sparring dummy.
Instead of the "sorry to hear your character died!" email, we use a script that emails you a link to "Candle in the Wind" on youtube, with your character's name as the video title.
A sorcerer spell that allows you to magically paralyse previously caught snakes in a straight, stretched position, allowing use as reptilian arrows with a poison effect.
Quote from: ghostymudy on March 09, 2012, 05:02:58 PM
A sorcerer spell that allows you to magically paralyse previously caught snakes in a straight, stretched position, allowing use as reptilian arrows with a poison effect.
Also, strapping people to trees. Near buzzards. 8)
The ability to save your character and then load them back up if they die.
Quote from: Lithium on March 09, 2012, 05:22:10 PM
Quote from: ghostymudy on March 09, 2012, 05:02:58 PM
A sorcerer spell that allows you to magically paralyse previously caught snakes in a straight, stretched position, allowing use as reptilian arrows with a poison effect.
Also, strapping people to trees. Near buzzards. 8)
And have them regen so fast that they are stuck eternally emoting having their liver eaten by said buzzards.
Logging in drunk and narrating it on teamspeak.
Quote from: Dan on February 21, 2012, 03:29:57 AM
Armor made from the hide of a sparring dummy.
Dood, I don't know I mean I've never actually -hit- one of those guys!
Tourist guides for the major cities, including social hot spots, problem areas and cheap accomodation.
Quote from: Tuannon on March 12, 2012, 04:03:49 AM
Tourist guides for the major cities, including social hot spots, problem areas and cheap accomodation.
A something something elf is here hawking treasure maps.
>li
A map to Stennial for 150 coins. Many are available.
A map to Mal Krian for 100 coins. Many are available.
A map to the secret entrance to Tektolnes's harem for 4000 coins. Many are available.
A map of the Labyrinth, several nicely furnished accommodations noted in the southeast corner of the map for 20 coins. Only one is left! Get it while it's hot!!!!
1. Ghostriding the wagon/argosy/siltskimmer/etc.
2. Saying anything happened, "Like it was magic." or using the word 'magic' in casual speech in some environments.
3. Winning a Kruth game against a Templar. Or, really, winning anything versus a Templar.
4. subdue weezer.
Add new major city to the game, it differentiates itself from the other major cities by even further diluting those city's populations.
New tribal clan for dwarves which consists entirely of dwarf fortress references.
Additionally, new wear location: nature's pocket.
Whirans can now use farts as weapons, codedly.
The Mud now has an ending! Three one ending, from three different perspectives and nothing you do throughout play matters.
Quote from: Adj on April 16, 2012, 06:39:31 PM
Have your HP restore while getting it on with a prostitute and having a little bit of obsidian deducted from your nenyuk account or inventory automatically per tick of HP.
This one is hilarious. ;D
I actually played on a game once that really did have a pregnancy roll command.
Have a trigger that makes you randomly smack the nearest breed at the bar at random intervals, with a variety of colorful emotes.
Oh, and because I'm on a roll:
Regular monthly angry whore smackdowns at the Gaj. Where they can have a go at each other over (insert bodypart here) jealousy, client envy, and call each other dirty sluts while swinging bottles.
It would almost be a bardic event for Allanaki culture!
Edit to add because it's AWESOME: And the winner of the whore smackdown gets sponsored into the Atrium. 8)
Give everyone the ability to have a cute pet NPC!
Quote from: Feco on April 17, 2012, 10:30:33 AM
Give everyone the ability to have a cute pet NPC!
Back-alley kurtok fights.
Coded cockroach races.
Quote from: Taven on April 17, 2012, 11:00:32 AM
Quote from: Delirium on April 17, 2012, 10:59:32 AM
Coded cockroach races.
I like this idea... :'(
I tried to get this going in game, but got sidetracked by other things and then the Imm who'd said they'd help left staff. :'(
Someone else should try!
Must look both look both ways (e.g. east and west when walking north from south) when crossing major roads or else risk a "run down by argosy" roll.
Quote from: BadSkeelz on April 17, 2012, 08:27:18 PM
Must look both look both ways (e.g. east and west when walking north from south) when crossing major roads or else risk a "run down by argosy" roll.
This would only nab the noobs. Pros look every direction per room. Even the one they just came from.
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on April 18, 2012, 04:06:55 AM
Quote from: BadSkeelz on April 17, 2012, 08:27:18 PM
Must look both look both ways (e.g. east and west when walking north from south) when crossing major roads or else risk a "run down by argosy" roll.
This would only nab the noobs. Pros look every direction per room. Even the one they just came from.
No, -especially- the room they just came from.
Quote from: Adj on April 19, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
How about look northwest
southwest
northeast
southeast
??? Those directions don't exist.
A player finds a Shik that injested halfling blood and uses a deflier/science to bring halflings back to life for his/her own theme park.
Quote from: BleakOne on April 19, 2012, 05:17:30 AM
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on April 18, 2012, 04:06:55 AM
Quote from: BadSkeelz on April 17, 2012, 08:27:18 PM
Must look both look both ways (e.g. east and west when walking north from south) when crossing major roads or else risk a "run down by argosy" roll.
This would only nab the noobs. Pros look every direction per room. Even the one they just came from.
No, -especially- the room they just came from.
ALWAYS LOOK UP.
Quote from: Karieith on April 19, 2012, 07:11:05 AM
Quote from: Adj on April 19, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
How about look northwest
southwest
northeast
southeast
??? Those directions don't exist.
A player finds a Shik that injested halfling blood and uses a deflier/science to bring halflings back to life for his/her own theme park.
They exist you just cant walk in that direction...
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on April 19, 2012, 06:56:01 PM
Quote from: Karieith on April 19, 2012, 07:11:05 AM
Quote from: Adj on April 19, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
How about look northwest
southwest
northeast
southeast
??? Those directions don't exist.
They exist you just cant walk in that direction...
Special app a bishop.
All stock emotes such as "nod", "kiss", and "laugh" are now hemotes.
Make it so OOC is cast from hitpoints. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CastFromHitPoints)
Quote from: Adj on April 22, 2012, 06:08:55 AM
Quote from: musashi on April 20, 2012, 08:19:44 AM
Quote from: catchall on April 19, 2012, 07:30:28 PM
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on April 19, 2012, 06:56:01 PM
Quote from: Karieith on April 19, 2012, 07:11:05 AM
Quote from: Adj on April 19, 2012, 01:49:06 AM
How about look northwest
southwest
northeast
southeast
??? Those directions don't exist.
They exist you just cant walk in that direction...
Special app a bishop.
I laughed :D
Wow, I just got this. I was thinking a Catholic in a hat the whole time wondering how that made any sense.
No, no, the point was to say "special app a catholic."
The problem was with the word "bishop," when "pope" was truly what was meant.
(http://images.wikia.com/darth/images/a/a8/PopeLightning.jpg)
We all know the pope is a powerful defiler.
Quote from: Feco on April 22, 2012, 02:00:59 PM
(http://images.wikia.com/darth/images/a/a8/PopeLightning.jpg)
We all know the pope is a powerful defiler.
I am
so not catholic, and have
very strong (negative) feelings about the current pontiff, but I still think this picture probably takes things a little too far.
Eh, you've honestly seen nothing yet if you consider that offensive.
Quote from: Morrolan on April 22, 2012, 03:18:42 PM
I am so not catholic, and have very strong (negative) feelings about the current pontiff, but I still think this picture probably takes things a little too far.
I suppose this is where we agree to disagree on humor, and...
Back on topic! Weeeeeee...
- New feature: All creatures will have obsidian coins on their person, amount suggestive of their overal difficulty.
- Players can now buy special hats for their characters, at 5USD a pop.
Edit: Woops.
The typo in your post really made me question the first idea long enough for it to not be that funny anymore :-\
As a bad idea of my own, I say we add vampires to the game. Vampirism makes you ageless and allows you to mudsex anyone at will and free of charge, and sunlight will make you sparkle prettily instead of making you die a painful death.
Quote from: Patuk on April 22, 2012, 04:01:44 PM
As a bad idea of my own, I say we add vampires to the game. Vampirism makes you ageless and allows you to mudsex anyone at will and free of charge, and sunlight will make you sparkle prettily instead of making you die a painful death.
They've already come and gone, can't remember what they were called though.
Hehehe. Darth Pope. :D
> A raptor claws at the raptor-inked man that coincidentally goes by the name raptor.
> assist raptor
Implement a pay-for-karma system and raise the karma cap to 15, with sufficiently powerful classes/perks at those karma levels for the players who reach them.
The karma cap for non-paying players is still 7, though.
At least it'd make it a lot easier to hate gickers and exotic races, under the operating assumption that they've got the money to pay-to-play.
Quote from: MeTekillot on April 24, 2012, 03:20:37 PM
Implement a pay-for-karma system and raise the karma cap to 15, with sufficiently powerful classes/perks at those karma levels for the players who reach them.
The karma cap for non-paying players is still 7, though.
Bad idea. But isn't the normal karma cap 8?
golly gee
i posted a bad idea in the thread titled "bad ideas"
what do you know
Quote from: MeTekillot on April 25, 2012, 03:34:16 PM
golly gee
i posted a bad idea in the thread titled "bad ideas"
what do you know
I was quite aware of that and my "Bad idea" response was me playing along with the title of the thread and its contents. Was just making sure about the cap though, as there have been misconceptions about it, every now and then.
left foot and right foot as separate wear locations, and adjust the track/hunt code accordingly to allow for some truly confusing times...
Quote from: palomar on April 25, 2012, 05:18:25 PM
left foot and right foot as separate wear locations, and adjust the track/hunt code accordingly to allow for some truly confusing times...
Actually, I do not think that would be a bad idea at all.
Except, of course, for the poor staffers who would have to rewrite every boot in game as two objects...
Fairly sure that's a Thing(tm) in 2.Arm.
Beware the one-sandaled man, indeed.
When you walk anywhere you have to write out 'left foot' 'right foot'.
The quicker you type it in, the faster you walk.
Could also add in a 'tiptoe', 'stomp' and 'jog' command.
Get rid of inventory space, and give everyone only two. Secondary and primary hand.
Quote from: Booya on April 26, 2012, 05:47:58 AM
When you walk anywhere you have to write out 'left foot' 'right foot'.
The quicker you type it in, the faster you walk.
Could also add in a 'tiptoe', 'stomp' and 'jog' command.
l east
To the east lies a large field of tulips
[near]
A grove of tulips
tiptoe e
Quote from: Booya on April 26, 2012, 05:47:58 AM
When you walk anywhere you have to write out 'left foot' 'right foot'.
The quicker you type it in, the faster you walk.
Let's add in thighs and calves and make Arm a giant text-based version of QWOP (http://"http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html").
Quote from: Qzzrbl on April 26, 2012, 08:30:44 AMl east
To the east lies a large field of tulips
[near]
A grove of tulips
tiptoe e
;D ;D ;D
After you spamwalk into a doorguard more than 10 times, you will be unable to use that directional command for 10 minutes. You will also be forced to deal with it as an IC issue, like this poor man.
(http://i.imgur.com/S79Fz.jpg)
Quote from: Qzzrbl on April 26, 2012, 08:30:44 AM
Quote from: Booya on April 26, 2012, 05:47:58 AM
When you walk anywhere you have to write out 'left foot' 'right foot'.
The quicker you type it in, the faster you walk.
Could also add in a 'tiptoe', 'stomp' and 'jog' command.
l east
To the east lies a large field of tulips
[near]
A grove of tulips
tiptoe e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skU-jBFzXl0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skU-jBFzXl0)
Quote from: Sav on April 26, 2012, 02:47:41 PM
Quote from: Booya on April 26, 2012, 05:47:58 AM
When you walk anywhere you have to write out 'left foot' 'right foot'.
The quicker you type it in, the faster you walk.
Let's add in thighs and calves and make Arm a giant text-based version of QWOP (http://"http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html").
Actually the more I think about this the more brilliant it sounds. Your ability to coordinate your limbs will be based on a Gross Motor Skills ability, which will start at Novice. It'll be another way to tell the new PCs apart; they'll not only be passing out constantly from overuse of the Way, but they'll be unable to walk in a straight line for the first 5 days of play.
left thigh left calve left foot north
You attempt to take a step with your left leg, but instead fall over in an ungainly sprawl.
left thigh left calve left foot north
You need to stand up first.
stand
You stand up.
left thigh left calve left foot north
You attempt to take a step with your left leg, but instead kick yourself in the face, doing horrendous damage!
If you want a character who starts with Gross Motor Skills above Novice, you'll have to special app it.
Making raptors a playable race.
So two raptors walk into the Gaj...
Mimes
Quote from: Nyr on April 26, 2012, 03:33:45 PM
After you spamwalk into a doorguard more than 10 times, you will be unable to use that directional command for 10 minutes. You will also be forced to deal with it as an IC issue, like this poor man.
After experiencing a bad scare in-game (frightening damage, surprise stab, bards), all directional commands will be rewired for 10 minutes to "flee self."
Make the game 18+ only. Anyone who wants to keep their account active must send a copy of their ID by mail.
Quote from: Akaramu on April 27, 2012, 09:36:24 AM
Make the game 18+ only. Anyone who wants to keep their account active must send a copy of their ID by mail.
Mudsex with characters under the age of 18 by characters over the age of 18 crimcodes the elder character.
Also, High Templar Chris Hansen wants me to have a seat over there.
Just as using multiple keywords increases your chance of a successful psionic contact, crafting is more likely to succeed when you type the whole result, rather than using an abbreviation.
And copy-pasting an item's ldesc guarantees success.
The string " in bed!" will now be automatically added to the end of all "change ldesc" commands.
>change ldesc stands here, watching the entrances
The tall, muscular man stands here, watching the entrances in bed!
Quote from: Nyr on April 26, 2012, 03:33:45 PM
After you spamwalk into a doorguard more than 10 times, you will be unable to use that directional command for 10 minutes. You will also be forced to deal with it as an IC issue, like this poor man.
(http://i.imgur.com/S79Fz.jpg)
Related.
You no longer get to pick north, west, east or south, you must now pick left, right, back, or forward.
You don't get a compass.
Good luck.
Quote from: Feco on April 27, 2012, 06:47:11 PM
Quote from: Nyr on April 26, 2012, 03:33:45 PM
After you spamwalk into a doorguard more than 10 times, you will be unable to use that directional command for 10 minutes. You will also be forced to deal with it as an IC issue, like this poor man.
Related.
You no longer get to pick north, west, east or south, you must now pick left, right, back, or forward.
You don't get a compass.
Good luck.
Ohhh that's harsh.
/Insert stock joke of the 'lol now all women die 'cause they can't tell directions' variety.
The ideas in this thread have gone from "Oh, that's cute." to "Oh my god, that would make the game totally unplayable. Kudos all around.
As far as mimes go, isn't there already a bardic circle for that? If not, I think I've got my next dwarven focus.
Code fatal STD's.
>look
A Room [WE]
The corpse of the tall, muscular man is lying here.
The corpse of the big-breasted blonde woman is lying here.
The corpse of the two-headed, bulging-crotched half-elf is lying here.
The corpse of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman is lying here.
The corpse of the large, mangy gortok is lying here.
The corpse of the muscular, pony-tailed man is lying here.
>e
Another room [WE]
The corpse of the dangling-donged half-giant is lying here.
The corpse of the svelte, green-eyed man is lying here.
The corpse of the melon-breasted, muscular mul is lying here.
The corpse of the one-eyed, horribly-scarred man is lying here.
The corpse of the ugliest, whatever-it-is-you've-ever-seen is lying here.
The corpse of the other tall, muscular man is lying here.
The corpse of the guy who is trying to have an ambiguous sdesc is lying here.
The corpse of the last secret greenish-yellow kank is lying here.
Quote from: Feco on April 27, 2012, 06:47:11 PM
Quote from: Nyr on April 26, 2012, 03:33:45 PM
After you spamwalk into a doorguard more than 10 times, you will be unable to use that directional command for 10 minutes. You will also be forced to deal with it as an IC issue, like this poor man.
(http://i.imgur.com/S79Fz.jpg)
Related.
You no longer get to pick north, west, east or south, you must now pick left, right, back, or forward.
You don't get a compass.
Good luck.
You don't even get right, left, back or forward. You get: antilouward, louward, port quarter and larboard quarter. And they got rid of the weather command.
Quote from: Alkendor on April 28, 2012, 02:20:25 AM
Quote from: Feco on April 27, 2012, 06:47:11 PM
Quote from: Nyr on April 26, 2012, 03:33:45 PM
After you spamwalk into a doorguard more than 10 times, you will be unable to use that directional command for 10 minutes. You will also be forced to deal with it as an IC issue, like this poor man.
(http://i.imgur.com/S79Fz.jpg)
Related.
You no longer get to pick north, west, east or south, you must now pick left, right, back, or forward.
You don't get a compass.
Good luck.
You don't even get right, left, back or forward. You get: antilouward, louward, port quarter and larboard quarter. And they got rid of the weather command.
Nope. Movement is now a random number generator, and Armageddon a weird simulation.
Your character plays you. Real life is just a perma-death mud.
Inspired by a series of posts (http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,31255.msg678637.html#msg678637) over in the RAT thread, alternate messages for the Flee command:
Panic! You can't escape! (current)
Panic! You soil yourself.
Panic! You run around in circles.
Panic! You gibber helplessly.
You flee to the south, urine trailing behind you.
All characters can quit out anywhere, with no combat cooldown or anything.
Quote from: lordcooper on May 05, 2012, 09:17:02 AM
All characters can quit out anywhere, with no combat cooldown or anything.
Including NPCs...oh wait some of them already do that :-\
Quote from: lordcooper on May 05, 2012, 09:17:02 AM
All characters can quit out anywhere, with no combat cooldown or anything.
This is debatable.