Dark Legacy MUD Forum

I think the engraver should do a tad bit more then just change the short desc of the item. For a small amount of glory (maybe 25 glory per piece?) the keyword of the item can be changed.

i.e. The Short desc would be "A blue diamond templas" but the keyword could be "poodle" so, get poodle instead of get templas.

It's late and im not sure of my coherency at this point (I really should read these things before midnight someday...)

Anyhow, back to the engraving. Changing the keyword would not necessarily change the short desc of the item. Engraving and rekeying would be two separate processes.

The reason I'm bringing this up, is because of the pk thread and the concerns about looting. On my last mud (which is where i swiped the idea from ) my pk characters had all of their valuable eq rekeyed so that is was difficult to loot. Very convenient. Kept me from losing my most valuable eq. I think implementing something to that effect would not only be beneficial if pk/looting comes around, but also for characters who have everything they wear engraved and forget exactly what is what

Umm... crap. I lost my train of thought. Anyhow. ummm... flame away everyone.

Rekeying isn't in the spirit of the game, and in reality is pretty cheap. Its really a non-concern though, because I seriously doubt that you'll ever seeing looting return to DL.

Rekeying also plays havoc when Caretakers try to find specific items, for whatever reason they might be searching for them.

well make it so we can at least ADD keywords?

how about just rekeying containers?

I have sooo many portals littering my cit and its quite annoying to sift through them "exam 3.portal" etc. Whereas I could just type "exam gems" or "exam big bag of emeralite"

Also, while im babbling about containers and cits. Would it be possible for the long desc to also be changed on those? instead of "a portal floats here" (or whatever the long desc is) "A portal full of sparkly gems floats here"

That would also help quite a bit with the organization and keeping my cit sparkly clean!

I have a GREAT idea. Make a room called /gems/ and put your /gem portal/ in it That way you can name the room "a room full of sparkly gems".

Well Avest, I already do have a room for my pretty sparkly gems. And btw, were you trying to be condescending?

Anyhow, theres other rooms where I have a bunch of different portals and I can never remember whats in them. so as soon as i walk into the room ill see "ooo, ok i have ar drainables, res drains, and dam roll drains, and a portal of ore" Ahh... convenience. gone are the days of 7.portal.