[Norseband] Monster-related code: *major* changes needed

Greetings, everyone!

After my last request for help, it occurred to me that Norseband needs to
rewrite some monster-related rules so that they won't conflict with changes
we've already made. To be specific--

1. The Plague and its carriers: Norseband has already reworked the Black
Breath as the Plague, so *any* creatures with a disease attack could
transmit it to the player. (Some undead still infect the living through
their rotting flesh; however, rats and fleas ought to be much more dangerous
than before.)

2. Summoning spells: Some letters have been dropped or reassigned to
other monsters in Norseband; this makes a few monster-cast summoning spells
work incorrectly. (For example: "V" stands for Valkyrie rather than
Vampire; since Valkyries aren't undead, they shouldn't be called by a
"summon high undead" spell.) If my friends and I can find a decent coder,
we'd appreciate some new summoning spells which fit the theme more closely.

3. Insanity attacks: Norseband doesn't use the SAN stat at all; instead,
different forms of insanity are represented by mental corruptions (as in
Gumband). A monster which "attacks to cause insanity" should afflict its
target with a random mental corruption (although the player is allowed a
saving throw).

4. Monster missiles: Monsters should be able to throw spears or boulders.
(Spears are reflectable missiles; they cause more damage than arrows, but
less than bolts. Boulders cause massive damage with no bleeding; unless the
target has boulder-throwing skill, they are usually NOT reflectable.)

5. Balls, bolts, and breath weapons: More existing damage types should be
available in monster spells. I can easily see demons threatening an enemy
with hellfire, frost-giant lords calling down ice storms, or sky drakes
invoking a meteor shower (among other examples).

If any of you have the technical ability to make one or more of these
changes, I'd greatly appreciate your help (and would give you written credit
for it). Many thanks for your time!


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Ingeborg S. Nordén
(runelady@chorus.net)