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Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - TheVeseloff - 04-11-2019
So, an internet outage had happened recently in my house, and i had some time to crawl into my thinking den.
I was thinking of my recent chaplain nerdery, when i struck a golden idea:
''Hmmm... What if... what if... what if... What if wraiths could hear prayers?''
Imagine a round where a wraith didn't decide to act yet, and there is a chaplain (like me) who is about to brag to gods, what if the wraith heard these prayers, and intercepted into the ritual, making a chaplain worship the spirit of spook?
The idea sounds neat to me.
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - FULLDEMOCRATICCOMMUNISTFASCISM - 04-11-2019
Or you could make God an antagonist.
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - Skornzy - 04-11-2019
What if we removed the wraith from the game instead?
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - aft2001 - 04-11-2019
(04-11-2019, 08:25 AM)Skornzy Wrote: What if we removed the wraith from the game instead?
Please don't derail the thread. Whether or not Wraith should stay in the game is an entirely different discussion.
Regardless of whether or not wraiths should continue to be in the game, I do like the thought of wraiths hearing prayers. Also, FULLDEM-(okay your name is too fucking long), the role already exists. It's called 'Admin'.
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - TheVeseloff - 04-11-2019
(04-11-2019, 08:09 AM)FULLDEMOCRATICCOMMUNISTFASCISM Wrote: Or you could make God an antagonist.
I was speaking of it being a wraith thing, so it could use it's cool abilities together with prayers and chaplains
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - Sundance - 04-11-2019
This is a brilliant idea.
Quick edit to expand why - this allows antagonists to collaborate with a wraith. Whether or not the evil spirit will is up to the wraith.
A different method if admins don't want the pray method cluttering up their logs is to draw a pentagram and simply talk while standing on it.
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - Technature - 04-11-2019
oh boy
another advantage wraiths can get
like hearing EXACTLY who asked for something to see ghosts in a desperate attempt to counter him
how bout no?
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - OMJ - 04-11-2019
(04-11-2019, 11:03 AM)Technature Wrote: oh boy
another advantage wraiths can get
like hearing EXACTLY who asked for something to see ghosts in a desperate attempt to counter him
how bout no?
i don't think this is significant enough of an advantage; more so something that's just amusing
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - TheVeseloff - 04-11-2019
Just imagine trying to summon something, hoping for admins to cooperate, and accept the sacrifice, instead having a wraith materializing on the pentagram.
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - cyberTripping - 04-12-2019
this is a cute idea but my first thought is: wouldnt this cause admin chat to fill up with unrelated garbage every wraith round as people try to commune with it
maybe it would be better if it had to be done in the chapel, or in some type of ritual circle, such that the prayer would then be flagged as "this is a wraith prayer, not an admin prayer" and not flood admin's messages
edit: of course, that would prevent the example of intercepted prayers. I think there might not be a way to implement this elegantly, honestly.
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - Cirrial - 04-12-2019
To be fair it is not hard for admins to turn off listening to prayers
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - Kovirii - 04-12-2019
I think this idea is worth a try.
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - Frank_Stein - 04-12-2019
Can't wraiths see all chat anyway?
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - Zamujasa - 04-12-2019
Pretty sure they can, just like normal ghosts.
Comedy option: Prayer could notify Wraiths, but also enable using some stronger and much more unfortunate ability on someone -- sort of like a player-triggered Poltergeist.
Perhaps things like a big max stamina penalty for a minute or two, or an ability for the wraith to throw the victim like Command, or making 5 or so things around them come alive and aggro them. That sort of thing. Nothing abusable for a benefit, but stuff more befitting of someone who tries to channel ethereal power and instead gets a soul full of undead hate.
RE: Give wraiths ability to hear prayers - warcrimes - 04-12-2019
People already pray fairly rarely, making it even more likely to just be bad for you is not a great plan imo