Shadow (+ Wraith) Touch Attack - vfx/sound?
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:24 pm
The zspawn shadows work beautifully as far as I'm concerned, but no particular "warning" is given that their touch attacks do anything. Like a red flash of light or a "drainy" tone like some mean spells or other... Enervation for instance. Just eventually you get a message of "You're encumbered" and may realize your strength is getting shredded. Usually you'd not be taking up screen real estate with your character sheet open either.
Could some kind of vfx get added to at least set of some alarm bells something bad is happening? Yes, people get a clue from a mini icon by portrait that one of their stats is getting messed with, but not by how much. Vfx are probably easier than giving additional feedback like "{Shadow} drained 2 points of Strength!", "{Shadow} drained 6 points of Strength!" and the like. PnP people may instantly realize "shadows drain STR, wraiths drain CON", but not everyone comes from those roots.
Since these guys don't actually do hp damage, may be a rude awakening to be unconcerned then all of a sudden very concerned, or, y'know, in the bleedout zone.
Could some kind of vfx get added to at least set of some alarm bells something bad is happening? Yes, people get a clue from a mini icon by portrait that one of their stats is getting messed with, but not by how much. Vfx are probably easier than giving additional feedback like "{Shadow} drained 2 points of Strength!", "{Shadow} drained 6 points of Strength!" and the like. PnP people may instantly realize "shadows drain STR, wraiths drain CON", but not everyone comes from those roots.
Since these guys don't actually do hp damage, may be a rude awakening to be unconcerned then all of a sudden very concerned, or, y'know, in the bleedout zone.