YANI: Inkheart

Hi,

I was thinking about a possible reference to Funke's Inkheart-books (I'm
not sure how popular they are, especially in non-German-speaking
countries, though).

Upon reading a spellbook, there could be a small chance of creating a
random monster, possibly peacheful/tame (and maybe only weak ones, so
this does not open a hole for getting pets easily), or small amounts of
gems/glass/gold. Maybe this could be connected to the time spent
reading the book, so it only comes into effect for long durations and
thus does not alter the game balance.

I thought this could also be a new (and rather unlikely) type of
too-difficult-spellbook-effect, but I'd rather see this happen for
*high* intelligence than for low one, as in Funke's books this is rather
a special gift than a malice effect (well, it *could* possibly be seen
as such...)

Just wondering what you'd say to this idea

Cheers,
Daniel

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On 2008-01-27, Daniel Kraft <d.RemoveThis@domob.eu> wrote:
> Upon reading a spellbook, there could be a small chance of creating a
> random monster, possibly peacheful/tame (and maybe only weak ones, so
> this does not open a hole for getting pets easily), or small amounts of
> gems/glass/gold.
>
> [exposition snipped]
>
> Just wondering what you'd say to this idea

Spellbooks of Create Familar and Create Monster already exist in the game.
I see little need to add Create Loot.

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