Unrealistic Ballstic Curves ?

[PicassoCT]

Just a stupid "Picasso" Question -
If you would want to - could you use really unrealistic ballistic Curves - for example a EnergyBall flying in a spiral - or a Bomb hovering for a second over the Ground before going BANG ? Just out of Interest... and there come the Lightning Balls....

Or just imagine a Projectile collecting other Projectiles out of the Air before going with the collected Ammunition to the Target


Or the legendary Pogo-bomb, who always bounced in Circles twice around the Target before wenting on to bigger and BOOMer Things!

By full controll over projectiles we could even have that cool Matrix Ammunition Thing, freezing in the Bullets, who fall harmless to the Ground...

Or just imagine Brainshaped Projectiles! Hundreds of them - Brainstorming instead of Artillery!

[DemO]

I LOL'd

[lurker]

Or just imagine Brainshaped Projectiles! Hundreds of them - Brainstorming instead of Artillery!

In this party I was playing a TWF barbarian with two mauls, Diehard, and Quick Draw. The other party members were a psion (kineticist), a druid, a ninja/monk, and a spellthief. We were all at level 16 and fighting one of the BBEG's lieutenants, a marilith with a nasty set of weapons. I had dealt quite a bit of damage to it so far.

DM: Okay, the marilith's really mad at you, so it decides to sunder your hammers. *rolls attacks, then rolls damage* Good-bye hammers.
Me:
DM: It looks at you, grins, and says, "And as a follow-up..." and lays into you with the rest of its attacks. *rolls a couple of crits and high damage all around* It then moves back 5 ft.
Me: That puts me at... -9 hp.
DM: The marilith slices off one of your arms and the top of your head. (to the party) You have a nice view of his grey matter.
Party: :yuck:
Psion: See, that's why I prefer to kill things with my brain: so I don't get killed back.
Me: Shut up.
DM: It's your turn, by the way. You have Diehard, right? So you can still act.
Me: Okay. I have no backup weapons, I die next round, I can't close without being stabbed...you said te top of my head was sliced off?
DM: Yes.
Me: I have Quick Draw, so I throw my "grey matter" at the marilith.
DM: :uh-huh: Are you serious?!
Me: I have nothing else and I'm going down anyway. Yes.
DM: Roll Fortitude to see if you survive long enough to actually throw it after tearing it out.
Me: 31 good enough? :D
DM: :looloo: Roll your attack.
Me: 1.
DM: You miss horribly. *rolls* the brain goes right past the marilith and keeps going. Anybody else in the line of fire?
(all check the mat)
Psion: Me.
DM: Roll to see if you hit him.
Me: ...20.
All: :blink:
Me: ...20.
All: :mymy:
Me: ...20.
All: :OMG!
(long silence)
Psion: ...You killed me.
Me: *nods* With my brain.
All: (Lasts about 1.5 seconds, then bursts into laughter)
Psion: I! HATE! YOU! SO! MUCH!

[Neddie]

That makes all of my horrible D&D mistakes so much less cool.

[lurker]

That makes all of my horrible D&D mistakes so much less cool.

It's truly the best thread ever, and is approaching its three-year birthday.
http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=304933

Now, back on topic.
I don't think implementing many of these behaviors in the engine would be very realistic, so a lua api to control projectiles would probably be best? I don't really know much about what would be needed, but I don't think it would take much to provide access to the (vector iirc)...

[Zpock]

I think trepan was talking about giving acess to weapons with LUA? That he might get around to it someday and it mostly consists of grind work.

Anyway that would be very awesome indeed.