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RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - Waffleloffle - 07-14-2025
would love to see the Wizard-Kneecapping Measure get moved to something other than a beard, yeah. I get that it's a fun joke but it's like, weirdly out of place with a lot of modern-day goonstation's direction. sure it's Soul but it's also an actively dysphoric thing for a lot of people, and I'm sure that we can find something equally silly that doesn't hit those same notes
RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - Vulwin_Gilran - 07-14-2025
I would like to clarify I am not AGAINST this change, I just wanted to give some info. I believe that wizards need both their hat and robe, so i usually default to removing the hat if disarming a wizard.
I don't have any reason to fight for keeping wizards needing beards, so I would be fine with the need for a beard to be removed. But I would like there to be, as waffle said a shifting of the "Wizard-Kneecapping Measure".
I would personally like it if this new measure had to be done by either the chaplain, or if procuring the ingredients for it involved the cooperation of other departments like sci or botany, cause you know we LOVE it when security gets more reasons to interact with the crew.
RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - Kotlol - 07-14-2025
If we want wizards with no beards.. why not make it a spell called "See-through Beard"
The beard is still there to be shaved, but it's invisible. As long as you know the wizard can cast magic without it...
The funny thing is.. there are outfits that hide the beard too like hoods.
Eitherway....
Adding beard customsation for wizards is just a nice touch. I always wanted to see pink bearded wizards.
RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - Vulwin_Gilran - 07-15-2025
I dont think it should be made something that punishes people not wanting to have a beard by making them waste a spell slot on it,
RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - Kotlol - 07-16-2025
(07-15-2025, 05:16 PM)Vulwin_Gilran Wrote: I dont think it should be made something that punishes people not wanting to have a beard by making them waste a spell slot on it,
It wouldn't waste a spell slot, you spawn with it for free.
RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - Vulwin_Gilran - 07-16-2025
That feels, convoluted and doesnt really make any sense. It would be better to just remove the arcane shame bioeffect linked to beards getting shaved and giving customization options, like was mentioned with a mirror or the like.
RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - Frank_Stein - 07-18-2025
There's already casting limitations applied to the hat and robes, and we have alternatives for those. I don't think we should necessarily force people to have a beard as a wizard. I think the suggestion of making them a part of at least some of the hats would be valid, and you can keep the joke where shaving breaks the hat
Alternatively, maybe the beard provides a bonus rather than a negative? Stick a bottle of beard growing potion on the wizard shuttle so you can choose to have a powerful magic beard that makes your spells work better or skip it to play vanilla beardless wizard. I think that would be consistent with how we treat some clothing bonuses where looking cool means you don't get the best bonuses.
(07-14-2025, 08:14 AM)Lord_earthfire Wrote:(07-13-2025, 02:03 AM)WyrdDoe Wrote: Finally, uh... at the risk of packing too many different things to respond to here, as I discussed in my thread about the barbarang, force-balding is wack, I think the cutting off the beard thing sucks in spirit. No hard feelings if you think it's funny, just uhhh. Yeah.
I think we should push back against the idea that fucking around with other peoples appearance is bad in the game.
Preemptively saying this thread ain't the place to have this discussion
RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - freedo5 - 07-19-2025
(Yesterday, 03:26 PM)Frank_Stein Wrote: There's already casting limitations applied to the hat and robes, and we have alternatives for those. I don't think we should necessarily force people to have a beard as a wizard. I think the suggestion of making them a part of at least some of the hats would be valid, and you can keep the joke where shaving breaks the hat
Alternatively, maybe the beard provides a bonus rather than a negative? Stick a bottle of beard growing potion on the wizard shuttle so you can choose to have a powerful magic beard that makes your spells work better or skip it to play vanilla beardless wizard. I think that would be consistent with how we treat some clothing bonuses where looking cool means you don't get the best bonuses.
(07-14-2025, 08:14 AM)Lord_earthfire Wrote:(07-13-2025, 02:03 AM)WyrdDoe Wrote: Finally, uh... at the risk of packing too many different things to respond to here, as I discussed in my thread about the barbarang, force-balding is wack, I think the cutting off the beard thing sucks in spirit. No hard feelings if you think it's funny, just uhhh. Yeah.
I think we should push back against the idea that fucking around with other peoples appearance is bad in the game.
Preemptively saying this thread ain't the place to have this discussion
Making the beard a defensive ability you buy with spell points
RE: Customization mirror on the wizard shuttle, wizard glam in general - JORJ949 - 07-19-2025
Tug your magic beard 3 times to return to the den