Re: CF: FBBB v1.01 is now up

[Anthony Thyssen <anthony@cit.gu.edu.au>]

"Mark Wedel" on  wrote...
| On Dec 6, 10:03pm, Anthony Thyssen wrote:
| > Ok. But what is the use of a ``cloak''. It don't change any stats
| > and I have not seen any `un-usual cloaks'.
| 
|  Magic cloaks are quite rare.  There are some uncommon ones which just
| give bonus to AC, and some that are quite rare that give protections/
| immunities.
| 
|  The reason that the standard cloaks don't give protection goes back
| to play balance (same applies for boots I will note).  As the game
| has progressed, more new types of armor have been added (cloaks one,
| high availability of boots another).  If the standard versions of
| these gave out AC points, characters would get 3 or 4 more AC points
| than much of the stuff was originally designed for.  So instead,
| normal ones were added that give no benefits.
| 
My question is do they have any other use at all.
I would think (but don't know) that a cloak could protect you
from rust effects (acid blobs etc) simular to gauntlets. 
This is the case in Nethack, and very usefull it is. Other wise
a cloak there is also of very little protection.

  Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer )    http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/~anthony/
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