Re: Swimming, falling, flying and drowning...

From: Edward Glamkowski (EGlamkowski@MATHEMATICA-MPR.COM)
Date: 10/16/97


>Now here's the real problem... We will have drowning, flying falling and
>everything... But now, wouldn't flying make swimming obsolete? Why would
>one want to swim if one can fly? :)
>
>I solved this with making flying not working above the water and not
>working when it is raining outside *grin* (Ok, so what... it's a pathetic
>, but it's at least better than if it wouldn't work only over the water,
>now I can just tell the users that it's not working if there is water near
>and you can get wet and stuff... ;>)
>
>How did you people solved this?

You have a variety of solutions.  I'd leave it with no
flying underwater, but do away with no flying in the rain.
* Perhaps fly can only be cast on self.
* Or give fly a high mana cost and/or short duration.
* Make it non-cumulative in duration.
* Make it a higher level spell.
* Have it require some obscure or hard to get material
component (e.g., "breath of the west wind").


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