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Old November 4th, 2003, 06:08 PM
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Default Occam\'s Razor

Things are slowing down so I thought Id toss abit of humor in here.

I WANT OCCAM'S RAZOR
It must be a powerful weapon. I see it used for the finishing move in some of the most powerful battles in the newsGroups. This is an anti-pretender weapon? yes?


Personally I think that Horn of Cornucopia should have had the power to over-feed enemy troops. Make them too full to fight well. But thats beside the point.

Come on you know-it-alls. Get creative. What powers would an Occams's Razor have?


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Old November 4th, 2003, 06:58 PM

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Default Re: Occam\'s Razor

Hmm, maybe have all its stats the same (5 att, 5 def, 5 prot 5 length) and teach it's weilder the Dispell spell.

If that's too powerfull, maybe it could cast 'Iron Will' or 'Gift of Reason'
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Old November 4th, 2003, 07:04 PM

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It would definitely need to give it's user magic resistance. Maybe also let you hit ethereal enemies?
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Old November 4th, 2003, 07:06 PM
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Default Re: Occam\'s Razor

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Come on you know-it-alls. Get creative. What powers would an Occams's Razor have?
Hmmm, when given the chance to strike at 2 different enemy target's, it automatically picks the less "simple" one... assuming the "simplicity" of a unit starts at zero and goes down by 1 for each special ability (eg: sacred, cold resistant, stealthy, etc...), magic skill level or heroic ability level.
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Default Re: Occam\'s Razor

At the beginning of each battle, all troops beyond the first soldier of each troop type are destroyed.

Duplicate entities thus removed can be restored using a new nature spell, "Necessity".
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Old November 5th, 2003, 01:03 AM
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"Necessity"
Well, "Necessity", "Simplicity", that's the same thing, really... just 2 different ways to implement it.
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Default Re: Occam\'s Razor

New super-combattant: the Master Logician. Makes units with average intelligence disappear in puffs of logic, or at least become terminally confused. Units with very low intelligence, very high intelligence, or deafness, are immune.

He could be a late-game hero for Arco - a hero appeared at your gates: Socrates the Master Logician.

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And he'd be packin' a Babel Fish.
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"Necessity"
Well, "Necessity", "Simplicity", that's the same thing, really... just 2 different ways to implement it.
Well, no, it's only for the sake of necessity that one should multiply entities. Not to mention it being the mother of invention and all. ;P
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Not to mention it being the mother of invention and all. [/QB]
Hmmmm Mother of Invention. That could be an interesting new pretender. Instead of bonuses in alchemy give bonuses in forging.

Maybe in late game any magic that she doesnt have any mages of will suddenly be granted 1 point to her.
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