Portable Safe Camp Sites

[Glassman]

Just an Idea. How about being able to purchase a campsite that lasts for approx. the duration of one rest and acts as a safe rest area for all those in the area of effect? It comes complete with tents and a campfire and lasts as long as the person who purchased it stays in it or until they next rest. Maybe it allows a slow regeneration of hitpoints over a set amount of time depending on the quality of the camp. The camp could require a certain amount of time to pass before it is re-made too.

Obviously it can only be used outside, and re-spawning monsters will attack if they see it. The camp could even be a craftable item provided the builder has the skill and resources to make it. Possibly even a portable home that can be used to store items, but which may also be destroyed.

[miltonyorkcastle]

interesting idea... though I'm not sure what all coding that might require...

[Harloff]

Isn't a safe rest area that can be attacked by monster selfcontradicting? And what would prevent a group of players from making camp often if they could create the camp on shift?

But i cannot see how a campsite can be safe in the midlle of a wildernes, of course if you found a empty cave and sealed the entrence with rocks or something similar. Thus you should only be able to make these safe campsites in a few locations that would support such a site.

[Glassman]

What I mean is somewhere you can regenerate lost hitpoints as long as you stay in it but which is still susceptible to monster attacks and destruction. The name Safe Rest Area is wrong in this instance, but a camp non-the-less. It would probably take up way too much scripting anywan, but it'd be nice if outdoorsy types could actually craft and carry their campsites with them

[Variable]

I think that there are many ways that this could and unfortunately would be abused. It would make camping CNR/dungeons much easier. It would also have people mass producing magic/infused items since they could just use it in a craft hall and repeatedly rest then craft and repeat.

And there are currently places that emulate a camp, some safe rest areas that are permanent are in camp-like areas.

[Rayenoir]

As anyone who's had someone run past with spiders tailing them from sielwood while resting could tell you, you're quite attackable in the current safe rest areas anyway.

[Glassman]

You're right guys. Good points. Although for a visuals thing, having a character sat on a mountainside before a full moon next to his tent and sleeping bag would make for a pretty nice photo for the old album.

[Phanixis]

Perhaps the rope trick spell?  I loved that spell in PnP.