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Player armor look simplification

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:21 pm
by Jaren
I was wondering if there was some way to simplify armor. It's kinda annoying to look at someone and have to read a small novel just to get an idea of what they look like. Here is what I was thinking.

This is how it looks now:
He is about six feet tall and appears to be in the prime of life. He has straight long black hair. His face is concealed by an ice-coated blackened bronze greathelm. His skin is pale and his body's build is average.
He is holding an ice-barbed rusted scythe in his left hand.
He is wearing an ice-coated blackened bronze greathelm, an ice-coated blackened bronze gorget, a blackened bronze breastplate, a black oilcloth satchel, a black many-pocketed canvas backpack, some blackened bronze vambraces, some ice-coated blackened bronze gauntlets, some ice-coated blackened bronze greaves strapped over a pair of fitted leather trousers bound with a leather utility belt with a black canvas pouch, a gray canvas pouch, a leather haft-frog and a tarnished bronze blacksmith's hammer attached to it and some toe-spiked blackened bronze sabatons.
If we could buy some sort of armor simplification mod from a merchant or something, it could look like this:
He is about six feet tall and appears to be in the prime of life. He has straight long black hair. His face is concealed by an ice-coated blackened bronze greathelm. His skin is pale and his body's build is average.
He is holding an ice-barbed rusted scythe in his left hand.
He is wearing a suit of blackened bronze armor, a black oilcloth satchel, a black many-pocketed canvas backpack, a leather utility belt with a black canvas pouch, a gray canvas pouch, a leather haft-frog and a tarnished bronze blacksmith's hammer attached to it.
This would not make those items disappear but rather hide them under one name. So if you typed look jaren armor you would see the complete list of the armor he is wearing. You could also still type look jaren gauntlets and see the description for his gauntlets.

It would be nice to have these items scripted so you could go to a store and purchase what armor mod best describes what you are wearing. There would be some restrictions of course.

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:39 pm
by Kiyaani
I really like this idea. Some items do have individual scripting if you look at them and that's really cool, but it's still a lot to read a whole outfit instead of just person is wearing a suit - especially if it's all plate armor of the exact same type. This might also help with line length for battles too. I have a fitted dark leather breastplate with intricate thorned tooling along the trim which is all well and good, but can be a mouthful to read every time.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:36 am
by Acarin
This would make me start playing again... So you might not want to add it. Or maybe? No idea.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:25 pm
by Lemuel
Jaren is right on the money, his idea would improve the game, if implemented.

I don't understand his last sentence, though - I may not need to, though.

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:57 pm
by Bryce
[quote=Kiyaani]I have a fitted dark leather breastplate with intricate thorned tooling along the trim[/quote]

...and adorned with ancient glowing blood-crimson Rhuidim death runes that pulsate with every beat of your heart.

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:20 pm
by Kiyaani
Huh... must have missed that in the description. =P

Re: Player armor look simplification

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:52 pm
by Kent
Jaren wrote:I was wondering if there was some way to simplify armor. It's kinda annoying to look at someone and have to read a small novel just to get an idea of what they look like. Here is what I was thinking....


If we could buy some sort of armor simplification mod from a merchant or something, it could look like this:
He is about six feet tall and appears to be in the prime of life. He has straight long black hair. His face is concealed by an ice-coated blackened bronze greathelm. His skin is pale and his body's build is average.
He is holding an ice-barbed rusted scythe in his left hand.
He is wearing a suit of blackened bronze armor, a black oilcloth satchel, a black many-pocketed canvas backpack, a leather utility belt with a black canvas pouch, a gray canvas pouch, a leather haft-frog and a tarnished bronze blacksmith's hammer attached to it.
This would not make those items disappear but rather hide them under one name. So if you typed look jaren armor you would see the complete list of the armor he is wearing. You could also still type look jaren gauntlets and see the description for his gauntlets.
I would have to categorize this as 'The best idea ever for Clok not yet implemented'

- K.