• Fireball: Was nerfed once, but still is one of the deadliest tools in the wizard arsenal. One direct hit can take a crew member from full health to crit, break any nearby windows, causing a hull breach, and stun and blow off the limbs of those caught in the blast, and all of this isn't taking into account the actual FIRE part of the attack. ESPECIALLY bad combined with spell shield to protect the caster from the blast. My idea for a nerf is to remove the explosive component altogether, just make it act like a high-damage laser shot that sets everything nearby on fire. May be too extreme of a nerf though.
  

• Polymorph: I have lots of complaints about this spell, and most of them can be summed up thusly: It is too easy to use, RNG can completely fuck the victim by turning them into a useless critter with no abilities and one inventory slot, there is no way to reverse it, and depending on what you get turned into the wizard can one or twoshot you with a followup attack. I have fixes for most of these: 1. Make it take a second or two where both you and the target have to hold still, 2. make it so it cannot be used while stunned like shocking touch, 3. make it so casting it without a staff always turns the target into one of the overpowered critters like space bears or adult ice spiders, 4. make it so a chaplain (or if there is no chaplain, anyone with a bible) can reverse it.  The first two nerfs could also be applied to cluwning.
  

• Teleport: A simple one. Despite the fact there is a delay on it taking effect, there is no way to interrupt it once it starts, and it can be used while stunned too, making basically a "You will remember this day as the day you ALMOST caught the Necbromancer!" button. Make it so being attacked or stunned while casting it will interrupt the spell, and make it so casting it without a staff may cause you to leave a few things behind, like clothing, limbs, or vital organs.
  

• Rathen's Secret: Probably meant to be a gimmick spell, it turns out that it is actually up there with fireball in terms of deadliness. Depending on RNG, it can completely fuck you; I have heard horror stories of people who have had it used on them once and lost all four limbs from it. The short stun can be also used as a way to ensure that magic missile hits, which is a problem for obvious reasons when combined with certain spells.  I would change the limb-removal element to only occur if the target is already missing an ass, and make the stun not take place without a staff.
   
• In general, we could probably apply to "Cannot be casted while stunned" restriction to a few more spells, because as far as I know the only spells with this restriction right now are shocking touch, any spells that require you be holding something, and any spells that require moving, when there are many spells that can be abused to punish anyone who tries to actually do something to a stunned wizard.
  

(08-02-2017, 03:43 PM)Noah Buttes Wrote: I'm of the opinion that polymorph should be reversible but cluwning should not be.

Reverse their roles.

(08-02-2017, 03:33 PM)Dr Zoidcrab Wrote: Can polymorth still be cast without a staff? Had a round with wizard once that used medal awards to hide his robes and just went around polymorphing people and beating them to death with a fire extinguisher while they were recovering.

(08-02-2017, 07:33 PM)medsal15 Wrote: Add a chance to each spell for backfiring. Something probably like 10% chance. Examples: backfiring fireball would set the wizard on fire and throw him in a random direction, backfiring clown's revenge would just give the target clown clothes, etc.

(08-03-2017, 01:30 AM)Berrik Wrote: Chance-based mechanics that shit on an antag round are not good gameplay.