Body parts

[PrinzMegaherz]

In my past few games I tried to find a way to make non magic commanders more usefull. It is the same with all close combat characters: As long as they are not immortal or have recuperation, their abilities will constantly decrease trough battle afflictions.

I would like to replace lost body parts with artifacts. Maybe things like an mechanical arm or such for my most veteran front line commanders.

What do you think about this?

[Arryn]

It's an interesting idea, but AFAIK, the game presently does not support the "curing" of afflictions by adding magical items. You can gain afflictions via items, but I don't think you can lose afflictions via the same mechanism.

[Sand]

So if a commander has lost an eye and you give him a magical one, he becomes blind rather than using the empty socket?

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Sand:
So if a commander has lost an eye and you give him a magical one, he becomes blind rather than using the empty socket?

IIRC, yes. I'm pretty sure there are several old threads discussing that exact issue, which players consider a "bug".

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Sand:
So if a commander has lost an eye and you give him a magical one, he becomes blind rather than using the empty socket?

No, he puts it in the empty socket. The problem comes when he picks up _another_ eye off the battlefield, since they are cursed and therefore more likely to be found.

[GavinWheeler]

Funny - I recall the exact opposite being claimed in a thread. i.e. That a one-eyed commander would automatically 'use' the empty socket if you gave him a magical eye.

Edit: In other words, I'm agreeing with Graeme, who posted while I was composing my masterpiece. I was replying to the poster before him.

On the other hand, coding this behaviour would presumably involve an extra variable, as you would have to keep a seperate track of how many eyes the commander had lost, and how many eye-replacing items he had.

Anyone have a savegame with a one-eyed commander ready to test this?

[ March 03, 2004, 21:44: Message edited by: GavinWheeler ]