Re: Water magic and matrix gems

["Steven E. Ames" <steve@virtual-voodoo.com>]

> And as a result of becoming that creature of equal rate you forget how
to
> pickpockets. The question is can you pick pockets a little if you
transmog
> into a creature of lower rate? I mean you have extra rates left over.
According
> to my
> own "screw the player" rules though your screwed. My exception is I
might let
> you put the extra into maintaining you DP. What good is turning into a
slug if
> one squit kills you?

Hrm... we all know that this is based on the 'Calvin and Hobbes'
Transmogrify Greg. You were standing right there when the spell was
thought up. I assure you that when Calvin trasmogrifies himself into a
pterodactyl and terrorizes the school he does not forget how to read (as
well as he ever could *grin) or his normal language.

In game terms we can (obviously) do whatever we want. But we should keep
it simple and consistent. So few people cast transmog that I don't
believe its worth a lot of our effort to sort out its ramifications and
parameters.

The only rules I ever _really_ had to stick with:

1. The creature must exist and I must have "seen" it. (That "seen" it
clause has kept me from unleashing a lot of cool shit onto the
unsuspecting populace. Half my time these days is figuring out ways to
track down creatures of my imagination...)
2. Cannot use "spells" as "skills
3. Always screw myself. If there was some question about which way a
ruling should go, go the direction that I don't benefit from. This is
pretty much a transmog meta rule to avoid "looking" like a munchkin.

*shrug* That's my $.02. Larger spew on the nature of rules to follow.

-Steve

>
> > > Of equal or lower rating. Stats don't count toward your rating
hence being
> > > able to buy them down is money for nothing... and would increase
your
> > > rating which would place you outside the parameters of the
transmog.
> >
> > To reply to myself... the purpose of a transmog is to let you change
from
> > one creature into another. It is _NOT_ designed to let you
reorganize your
> > skill purchases. Only those things intrinsic to the creature should
be
> > able to transmog. This means its perfectly acceptable to sell down
racial
> > abilities (including base movement). You might be able to make an
argument
> > for _reorganizing_ your stats but probably not. If your a strength
17
> > human, your going to be a strength 18 ogre/elf/draco.
> >
> > But lets say I'm dead wrong about being able to transmog and that
you are
> > alowd to totally sell everything down to zero and re-organize. Two
things
> > become apparent:
> >
> > 1. Your getting stuff that you never paid for (stats are free in AQ,
if
> >    they weren't I'd be agreeing with you)
> > 2. It still doesn't allow you to build the eep generator that John
Hogg
> >    was talking about (which is where this discussion started).
> >
> > However (*grin*) I'm not wrong on this. Wish I was. My character has
> > transmogrified more than every other adventurer in the game put
together.
> > I was forced to play by some pretty tight rulings.
>
> Yeah screw the player trying to bend things :)
>
> > -Steve
> Greg
>