View source for Post:Innocence Not Working Properly - 12/01/2012 - 04:56

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|a=DR-MELETE
|t=Re: Innocence Not Working Properly
|d=12/01/2012 04:56 AM CST
|n=105
|f=DragonRealms 3.0 \ Empaths
|c=m,d
|p=''>>Against other players, it seems to only trigger on engagement.''

Follow up on this. I had confused myself a bit because the {{PRel|innocence 3.0|innocence spell}} as it exists in our documentation and how it was discussed between myself and The Powers That Be are different. That's my bad. Here's what the release notes actually say about Innocence:

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{{!}} Innocence:<br />
Basic Utility. Prevents general engagement, forces engaged enemies to disengage.<br />
Note: This will have a new mechanism that will actually, really, prevent an Empath from being engaged by non-undead creatures so long as the Empath does not take any aggressive actions.
{{!}}}

Innocence is meant to prevent engagement, and that's pretty much it. I think adding the 'critters think the player is a friend' effect is not game-breaking, but preventing all players from attacking the Empath is just out of the scope of this spell.

I like the idea of such a spell, and maybe it will exist someday, but for now I think Innocence will have to stop with preventing engagement, at least versus players. Do let me know if there are workarounds to that, though.

Again, a spell that prevents people from attacking the empath altogether (with stat contests, etc.) isn't off the table, just that innocence isn't that spell.

[[Melete]]
|sub=Empath 3.0,Magic 3.0,DragonRealms 3.0
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