At 02:17 PM 9/9/99 -0700, RON_TALBOT@... wrote:

>My suggestion: random spawn points for the named NPC's that carry the good
>stuff.

Having some predictability makes the game more fun. You can go search for
the legends and have a reasonable expectation of finding them in place.

So far I like best the idea that certain items or NPCs can be looted only
once by a given character. How about adding permanent hate with a
vengence? If you got or would have gotten XP for killing a particularly
valuable NPC, you're on the permanent hate list. That means you have an
extremely high probability of being killed by a super frenzy of that NPC or
some other NPC that shows up there only to exact such vengence. So not
only could you not loot the same item, if you go back after the same NPC
you'll most likely die, even if you just poke it from a distance.

Bob