Create an enemy

**S1x** · 04-04-2011, 08:40 PM

Just tell me:

- a description of the enemy
- Its sprite (optional)
- Stats (optional)
- Attacks/weapons/spells (optional)

As I iron out the rest of the RPG, I'll add my favorites in somewhere.

**X-3** · 04-04-2011, 09:01 PM

ACID HAND
It is a disembodied hand made out of some horrible sludge-like substance. It attacks by punching you, burning your skin with its terrible chemicals. It can also shoot fingers at you.

BURNING SNOWMAN
It is a large snowman that is on fire. It uses magic.

**Cravdraa** · 04-04-2011, 09:35 PM

Good idea.

Jere · 04-05-2011, 02:28 AM

Stopwatch.

A watch that have a high HP, it takes one of your stats and slowly lowers them to 0 (or lowest possible value) when all your stats is down you die.

He dosn't attack just drain your stats away!

***Cosmonautical*** · 04-05-2011, 06:52 AM

Best options I'll do an image for!

**Loot** · 04-05-2011, 09:43 AM

NEED GOLEMS

Clay Golem - A mage apprentice's experiment with creating life.
Regular stats, no problem.
Attacks with physical, weak earth magic.

Stone Golem - He will rock you with bad puns.
Slightly higher defense, weak to magic
Attacks with physical, defends.

Iron Golem - What a waste of metal. Good luck telling him that, though.
High defense, high attack, slightly weak to magic. Low accuracy, low speed, it is made of metal after all.
Attacks with physical.

Diamond Golem - Jk, it's just a cubic zirconia golem.
Very high defense
Attacks with light magic, defends.

Magus - An apprentice of the dark arts, seeks adventurers for their blood.
Low defense, low attack, decent magic.
Uses dark magic

Necromancer - That's MANCER, you sick freak.
Medium-low defense, good magic.
Is there any way to always have two types of monsters appear? That would be sweet to always run into both a necromancer AND a zombie or skeleton. Also uses dark magic.

Corrupted Priest - Gone mad, yet still reversed in holy magic.
Low defense, good magic, good speed.
Uses a variety of magic, can heal (But only, like, 10 HP.)

The classics, and then some.

**KirbyBoy2000** · 04-05-2011, 11:05 AM

Storm Cloud - A black cloud, crackling with electricity.
Magically based, defenses probably average.
Water / Electric spells. Also a spell to boost its Magic Attack called Overcast. :P

...Also I'm not sure on what exactly could have this (far as what the enemies would be); but I'd kind of like to see some fast enemy paired up with a really slow one; with the faster one just constantly casting this to make the slow one more threatening:
Time Warp (...or whatever to fit flavor) - Raises Speed of another target by an absurd amount, but only for 1 (or 2) turns. Basically just letting something instantly attack after its used but not having whatever it targeted stay fast for long.

**LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT** · 04-05-2011, 09:48 PM

Mercenary battle bear - A bear standing in a humanoid pose, dressed as a commando, wielding a shotgun, a knife and grenades.

the demons - you are them

Kargath · 04-06-2011, 05:53 AM

What sort of programmable behaviours can you put in, s1x? I don't want to suggest something unworkable.

**Cravdraa** · 04-06-2011, 09:40 AM

The only thing we can do 100% of the time is determine how often they use either magic or physical attacks. The rest is pretty much purely tricking the monsters into certain behaviour patterns depending on the types of spells we give them and choosing what types of weaknesses or resistances they have. These are more or less suggestions, though. The AI gives each monster a sort of personality in the way it behaves with little rhyme or reason to how they're built, and if they develop an undesirable personality quirk, the best we can do is tinker with them to try and eliminate it, or improvise and try to find a different way to make it work.

This is actually a lot more flexible than it sounds when you get creative about it, so please don't let this comment ruin your fun.

***Cosmonautical*** · 04-06-2011, 10:04 PM

S1x, let me know which ones you choose, and if you've got any input in how they should look.

Kargath · 04-07-2011, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cravdraa

The only thing we can do 100% of the time is determine how often they use either magic or physical attacks. The rest is pretty much purely tricking the monsters into certain behaviour patterns depending on the types of spells we give them and choosing what types of weaknesses or resistances they have. These are more or less suggestions, though. The AI gives each monster a sort of personality in the way it behaves with little rhyme or reason to how they're built, and if they develop an undesirable personality quirk, the best we can do is tinker with them to try and eliminate it, or improvise and try to find a different way to make it work.

This is actually a lot more flexible than it sounds when you get creative about it, so please don't let this comment ruin your fun.

Sounds like another thing to add to my coding wishlist for the VGF revamp...

Right. How about:

Sleeping Shadow Wraith
- Attacks with a low-damage magical attack "Innate Black Aura" every turn
- High defence and HP
- Has a 10% chance each turn to turn into "Awakened Shadow Wraith"

Awakened Shadow Wraith
- Attacks with a medium damage magical attack "Channeled Black Aura" every turn
- Loses high defence, keeps net HP of sleeping form
- 50% chance to use "Black Maim" each turn - heavy physical attack

***Cosmonautical*** · 04-07-2011, 07:00 AM

Haha, well Karg if you want to do a game on the board I'm sure we could come up with a much better engine design between the two of us.

Kargath · 04-07-2011, 09:00 AM

More AJAX! Less refreshes >_>

**Valigarmander** · 04-07-2011, 09:21 AM

Battle Penguin
A penguin with an axe. Attacks primarily with its axe, but can breathe a cone of frost that damages the entire party. Average strength. Resistant to cold, weak to heat.

Leaping Lizard
A swift-moving little lizard. Attacks primarily by biting, and can also inflict poison. Low health and defense, but high evasion. Weak to cold.

That's all I can think of at the moment.

04-04-2011, 08:40 PM	#1
S1x VGF RPG Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Loading...... Gender: Posts: 7,289 Thanks: 26 Thanked 493 Times in 201 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Create an enemy Just tell me: - a description of the enemy - Its sprite (optional) - Stats (optional) - Attacks/weapons/spells (optional) As I iron out the rest of the RPG, I'll add my favorites in somewhere.

04-04-2011, 09:01 PM	#2
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,947 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Not sure if any of these enemies will ever fit in, but... ACID HAND It is a disembodied hand made out of some horrible sludge-like substance. It attacks by punching you, burning your skin with its terrible chemicals. It can also shoot fingers at you. BURNING SNOWMAN It is a large snowman that is on fire. It uses magic.

04-06-2011, 09:40 AM	#10
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's Round on the sides and high in the middle. Gender: Posts: 8,470 Thanks: 171 Thanked 662 Times in 404 Posts	The only thing we can do 100% of the time is determine how often they use either magic or physical attacks. The rest is pretty much purely tricking the monsters into certain behaviour patterns depending on the types of spells we give them and choosing what types of weaknesses or resistances they have. These are more or less suggestions, though. The AI gives each monster a sort of personality in the way it behaves with little rhyme or reason to how they're built, and if they develop an undesirable personality quirk, the best we can do is tinker with them to try and eliminate it, or improvise and try to find a different way to make it work. This is actually a lot more flexible than it sounds when you get creative about it, so please don't let this comment ruin your fun. Last edited by Cravdraa; 04-06-2011 at 10:33 AM.

04-04-2011, 09:35 PM	#3
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's Round on the sides and high in the middle. Gender: Posts: 8,470 Thanks: 171 Thanked 662 Times in 404 Posts	Good idea.

04-05-2011, 02:28 AM	#4
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,650 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Stopwatch. A watch that have a high HP, it takes one of your stats and slowly lowers them to 0 (or lowest possible value) when all your stats is down you die. He dosn't attack just drain your stats away!

04-05-2011, 06:52 AM	#5
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Best options I'll do an image for!

04-05-2011, 09:43 AM	#6
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	NEED GOLEMS Clay Golem - A mage apprentice's experiment with creating life. Regular stats, no problem. Attacks with physical, weak earth magic. Stone Golem - He will rock you with bad puns. Slightly higher defense, weak to magic Attacks with physical, defends. Iron Golem - What a waste of metal. Good luck telling him that, though. High defense, high attack, slightly weak to magic. Low accuracy, low speed, it is made of metal after all. Attacks with physical. Diamond Golem - Jk, it's just a cubic zirconia golem. Very high defense Attacks with light magic, defends. Magus - An apprentice of the dark arts, seeks adventurers for their blood. Low defense, low attack, decent magic. Uses dark magic Necromancer - That's MANCER, you sick freak. Medium-low defense, good magic. Is there any way to always have two types of monsters appear? That would be sweet to always run into both a necromancer AND a zombie or skeleton. Also uses dark magic. Corrupted Priest - Gone mad, yet still reversed in holy magic. Low defense, good magic, good speed. Uses a variety of magic, can heal (But only, like, 10 HP.) The classics, and then some.

04-05-2011, 11:05 AM	#7
KirbyBoy2000 Mafia Games Mod Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NY,USA Gender: Posts: 5,912 Thanks: 2 Thanked 63 Times in 54 Posts	Storm Cloud - A black cloud, crackling with electricity. Magically based, defenses probably average. Water / Electric spells. Also a spell to boost its Magic Attack called Overcast. :P ...Also I'm not sure on what exactly could have this (far as what the enemies would be); but I'd kind of like to see some fast enemy paired up with a really slow one; with the faster one just constantly casting this to make the slow one more threatening: Time Warp (...or whatever to fit flavor) - Raises Speed of another target by an absurd amount, but only for 1 (or 2) turns. Basically just letting something instantly attack after its used but not having whatever it targeted stay fast for long.

04-05-2011, 09:48 PM	#8
LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT Videos Mod Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In my pants Gender: Posts: 4,613 Thanks: 2,502 Thanked 767 Times in 422 Posts	Mercenary battle bear - A bear standing in a humanoid pose, dressed as a commando, wielding a shotgun, a knife and grenades. the demons - you are them

04-06-2011, 05:53 AM	#9
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	What sort of programmable behaviours can you put in, s1x? I don't want to suggest something unworkable.

04-06-2011, 10:04 PM	#11
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	S1x, let me know which ones you choose, and if you've got any input in how they should look.

04-07-2011, 07:00 AM	#13
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Haha, well Karg if you want to do a game on the board I'm sure we could come up with a much better engine design between the two of us.

04-07-2011, 09:00 AM	#14
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	More AJAX! Less refreshes >_>

04-07-2011, 09:21 AM	#15
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Battle Penguin A penguin with an axe. Attacks primarily with its axe, but can breathe a cone of frost that damages the entire party. Average strength. Resistant to cold, weak to heat. Leaping Lizard A swift-moving little lizard. Attacks primarily by biting, and can also inflict poison. Low health and defense, but high evasion. Weak to cold. That's all I can think of at the moment.