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ycleption · 04-21-08, 03:50 PM

What if items gave variable benefits according to skill level, so that it didn't matter as much that a low level could get their hands on a mithril equivalent sword?
Something like, 1st tier/copper weapons give no benefit.
2nd tier/adamantium are the same as copper, until someone gets to the fifth level in the weapon skill line.. at which point it multiplies damage by 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc., for each additional skill level, since a fighter has learned how to use the better weapon's advantages more effectively
3rd tier/mithril kicks in at the tenth skill rank, and gives a damage multiplier of 1.5, 1.7, 1.9 for each additional skill rank.

Obviously I'm just throwing out numbers, but I think that kind of thing makes sense, and gets around the the "um.. mithril is too heavy for me... yeah, that's it..."

04-21-08, 03:50 PM	#3
ycleption Mind Flayer Characters Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 985 Thanks: 77 Thanked 458 Times in 249 Posts	Re: Level restrictions on items What if items gave variable benefits according to skill level, so that it didn't matter as much that a low level could get their hands on a mithril equivalent sword? Something like, 1st tier/copper weapons give no benefit. 2nd tier/adamantium are the same as copper, until someone gets to the fifth level in the weapon skill line.. at which point it multiplies damage by 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc., for each additional skill level, since a fighter has learned how to use the better weapon's advantages more effectively 3rd tier/mithril kicks in at the tenth skill rank, and gives a damage multiplier of 1.5, 1.7, 1.9 for each additional skill rank. Obviously I'm just throwing out numbers, but I think that kind of thing makes sense, and gets around the the "um.. mithril is too heavy for me... yeah, that's it..." __________________ ~In the night, my love, tie your heart with mine, and together in dreams they shall defeat the darkness like drums fighting in the forest, against a thick wall of dark leaves. ~Go, ye heroes, go to glory, Though you die in combat go-ory, Ye shall live in song and story. Go to immortality! . . . Go and do your best endeavour, And before all links we sever, We will say farewell for-ever. Go ye heroes go and die, go ye heroes go and diiiiieee!!