Re: Cool stuff and NPCs

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:08:10 -0700

> Remember that in RQ, *enchanted* iron had no effect on
> your magic - that was the point of enchanting it! HQ
> iron wrecks your magic, enchanted or not. I'm not
> surprised hardly anyone's using it.

For the record, I was opposed to that particular rule...

> But the fabled weapons and other Cool bits - yes, it's
> a bit sad, isn't it? Presumably just down to lack of
> space. Their weapons do have names, they're just not
> recorded. And the bonuses are presumably all subsumed
> in that "warrior 10W2" keyword.

We do provide named items for NPCs, from Barbarian Adventures we have: Tosti Rune-Friend: Chausable of Jarreth Weavemaker, Three-eyes amulet Iskallus Breathes Free: Keening of the Widow's Heart sword Brass Mule merchant: Brass Mule
Venharl Stormbrow: Stormbrow helmet, Spear of the Winds Andrega Silver Flame: the Silver Scimitar

Now, what we *don't* do is give much of an indication of what these items do.

(Looking through OiD, I do see that I fell down in the imaginative equipment department, just handing out "Iron swords" and the like.)

RR
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