Thief Ideas

Thief!Apr 9, 2004 at 1:58pm   QuoteEdit Post by Dank on Apr 9, 2004 at 1:58pm here's some AD&D skill trees. i'd love to see the game scrap the half-assed practice methodology in favor of this type of enhanced skill cost pointing... instead of a few pracs / level, you'd get skill points (could be variable between a min and max gain / level dependent upon stats) ... and then you could spend them picking up skills from, at the very least, guildmasters, but then the options become endless... as you could try to pick up a variety of skills from just about any mob that was programmed to teach you. [Human Racial Tree] Skill Cost (CP) Attack Bonus (Shortsword) 5 Hit Point Bonus 10 Experience Bonus (5%) 5 New Ability: Only needs 1 hour sleep a night 15 New Disadvantage: Severe (Addicted to stimulant drug) +15 [Required Tree] Skill Cost (CP) Priest XP Table 30 Rogue THAC0 20 Rogue Hit Dice 20 Rogue Saving Throws 20 [Optional Trees] Skill Cost (CP) Stealth Skill Tree (Primary) 12 Pick Pockets 10 Open Locks 10 Hide in Shadows 10 Climb Walls 5 Backstab 10 Find/Remove Traps 10 Reading Lips 3 Disguise (4) 4 Weapon Proficiency (Shortsword) 10 Gaming (5) 2 Unarmed Combat Skill Tree (Secondary) 5 INT Bonus +3 Gaming +2 (7) 2 Level 2 Skill Cost (CP) 25 Discretionary Thief Skill Points 10 +5 to Disguise (9) 5 Level 3 Skill Cost (CP) 25 Discretionary Thief Skill Points 10 +3 to Disguise (12) 5 Thief Weapon Proficiency (Garrote) 10 Level 4 Skill Cost (CP) 25 Discretionary Thief Skill Points 10 Detect Noise 5 Bribe 5 Level 5 Skill Cost (CP) 25 Discretionary Thief Skill Points 10 Escape Bonds 10 Level 6 Skill Cost (CP) Thief Weapon Proficiency (Dagger) 10 25 Discretionary Thief Skill Points 10 Level 7 Skill Cost (CP) 25 Discretionary Thief Skill Points 10 Move Silently 10 Level 8 Skill Cost (CP) 25 Discretionary Thief Skill Points 10 Thieves' Cant 5 +2 to Disguise (14) 4 +1 to Gaming (8) 1 Level 9 Skill Cost (CP) 25 Discretionary Thief Skill Points 10 +2 to Disguise (16) 4 Ventriloquism (5) 4 Ventriloquism +2 (7) 2 what could you do with ventriloquism? fiik... but future developers could build it into the puzzle system. this is a pretty robust list. that should give this tired old thread something substantial to move forward with.

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