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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -&gt; soft vs. hard enforcement</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins &lt;<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</A>&gt;</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:48:05 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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[Matt Chatterley:]
&gt; A far better response to making Shopkeepers into superheroes (just not
&gt; realistic) is simply to make it unworth the risk of belting them. You belt
&gt; the shopkeeper, polish off his guards, pick up the loot, stagger out the
&gt; shop... and stare right down the pointy ends of crossbows held by the
&gt; local guard captain and his posse.

If you're looking for an easy catch-all solution, how about making shopkeepers
have have 5 hitpoints, be worth 0 exp, have 0 gold and no items, and make the
repop time on the town one minute.

&gt; Or alternately in a magical store, before dying, the shopkeeper pushes a
&gt; big red button on his counter, and the entire shop explodes.

I like this very much.  Now the question becomes: how do you block him from
pressing the button?


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<LI><strong><A NAME="00784" HREF="msg00784.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -&gt; soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, 
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00747" HREF="msg00747.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -&gt; soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, 
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00783" HREF="msg00783.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Balancing Addicts -&gt; soft vs. hard enforcement</A></strong>, 
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 20 Mar 1998, 09:57 GMT
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Joel Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Mon 23 Mar 1998, 14:50 GMT
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J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 23 Mar 1998, 18:43 GMT
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J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 17 Mar 1998, 19:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00725" HREF="msg00725.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Balancing Addicts</A></strong>, 
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