Character Custom Outfits

[Hastifer]

I've just started playing KoL, and have happened upon a feature that I like ALOT

You can save outfits. You equip the stuff you want, type in the name of the outfit, then click Save Custom Outfit.

Later, you can choose any of your saved custom outfits, and it automatically equips all the stuff you had on when you saved it.

I can think of three outfits I'd have right now --

Grinding
Challenges
Questing
Low testing
Mid testing
High testing

Ok, that's more than three, so anyway...

Oh, and maybe, here, you could choose which custom outfit counted toward your rankings. I just hate when I'm in my Grinding gear and lose 20 places on the ladder.

Any other add-ons to this? I haven't actually suggested it to the GM yet.

[thingirl]

Let's see, I'd only have two: Grim Xarakk and Normal. But, I like the idea.

[Hastifer]

Oh, and KoL = Kingdom of Loathing, but I figured most forum regulars already know that... which makes the original use of the acronym a somewhat biased action.

So, this is retroactively unbiasing the bias.

I need a basic meat shield

[thingirl]

I need a basic meat shield

OK, WHAT???????? Zm would probably understand that, but I'm :confused:

And I like your new siggie quote.

[wetheril]

I need a basic meat shield

I'm with Thingirl on this. Care to clarify? :)

[zmflavius]

A basic meat shield is the most basic of all shields! Like the basic meat helmet, it is a perfectly normal shield! Which is made of meat. If you could call a shield made of meat normal.

I probably got the description wrong, since I really pirated it from the basic meat helmet description. Here's the link to the actual description.

Turns out there's only a meat shield which uses a dense meat stack and not a regular meat stack.

It's called the meat shield. And I did get the description wrong.

http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Meat_shield

Which reminds me!

I have 1500 dense meat stacks in my DC! I'm a millionaire!

edit: Also, those meat stack/dense meat stack items are all crap. You should buy a quality item from Teek's Battle Shop in the Mall of Loathing!

Not that I have any weapons/shields in it other than a ga-ga radio.

[thingirl]

I'm a bit less confused now. Actually, I might even get it. It's low level gear.

[taproot97]

can you eat the meat ??

[Young Ned]

No. In KoL, meat (http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Meat) is the game's currency, and the idea of eating it simply doesn't make sense to anybody.

Except for those dratted Knob Goblins,* who like to have barbecues every now and then. (Weirdos!)

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*Goblins who live in Cobb's Knob (http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Cobb's Knob). What were you thinking? ;)

[zmflavius]

No. In KoL, meat (http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Meat) is the game's currency, and the idea of eating it simply doesn't make sense to anybody.

Except for those dratted Knob Goblins,* who like to have barbecues every now and then. (Weirdos!)

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*Goblins who live in Cobb's Knob (http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Cobb%27s%20Knob). What were you thinking? ;)

First time I saw that, I didn't get it. I was sure that Knob Goblins were a pun on hobgoblins. I was surprised after reading the explanation on the wiki.

But you can eat fish now.

[Hastifer]

I was trying for the double meaning --

In D&D it means the melee warrior who acts as a living shield for his allies (no group of adventurers should be without one).

[Elrond]

In D&D it means the melee warrior who acts as a living shield for his allies (no group of adventurers should be without one).

In some online games, the term for such a player is the "Tank," who is the group member out front taking the hits while the "more skilled" pick out the enemy. Sometimes it is fun playing that role!

[Joddelle]

The newest version of D&D calls the meat shield the 'Defender.' One of the four basic roles along with Striker, Controller, and Leader.

EDIT: Back on topic, I love the idea that started this thread. Though of course there's the problem of having to carry around all the pieces that make up each set even when you're not using that 'mode'.

I think this would be a great new mount feature. Pack horse! A second mount that can carry 500-encumbrance or so of equipment you can access at any time/place from the 'mounts' screen.


RE-EDIT: You could even store and pull whole 'sets' to/from the mount!

[zmflavius]

The newest version of D&D calls the meat shield the 'Defender.' One of the four basic roles along with Striker, Controller, and Leader.

EDIT: Back on topic, I love the idea that started this thread. Though of course there's the problem of having to carry around all the pieces that make up each set even when you're not using that 'mode'.

I think this would be a great new mount feature. Pack horse! A second mount that can carry 500-encumbrance or so of equipment you can access at any time/place from the 'mounts' screen.


RE-EDIT: You could even store and pull whole 'sets' to/from the mount!

what would be the drawback for the pack horse?

[thingirl]

Probably 2 or 3 times the costs of maintainning it. And it has less total endurance.

[wetheril]

what would be the drawback for the pack horse?

At first, I was going to suggest something about longer travel times, but that is quite irrelevant with coach options, unless the mount system were to change.

[Joddelle]

I think it'd just be what thingirl said - you'd designate one mount as ''riding, and the other as 'pack', and have to pay upkeep on both as you travel.

At the moment, one of your horses is 'stabled' somewhere, and only the one you're riding goes with you as you travel. You can confirm that by seeing that the one you're not riding doesn't need 'tending' as you travel.

So - for a player - twice the effort in mount-tending, as you'd have to go through the process twice (once for each horse you travel with).


EDIT: I still think that simply visiting the Hawklor stables should auto-tend your mount!

[zmflavius]

I think it'd just be what thingirl said - you'd designate one mount as ''riding, and the other as 'pack', and have to pay upkeep on both as you travel.

At the moment, one of your horses is 'stabled' somewhere, and only the one you're riding goes with you as you travel. You can confirm that by seeing that the one you're not riding doesn't need 'tending' as you travel.

So - for a player - twice the effort in mount-tending, as you'd have to go through the process twice (once for each horse you travel with).


EDIT: I still think that simply visiting the Hawklor stables should auto-tend your mount!

Well, maybe the dirty stableboy isn't skilled enough to tend a fine horse.

[Oldschool]

Hmmm, adding one of them as a pack-horse could also serve to finally see a change in that danged indifferent disposition. :)

[zmflavius]

Hmmm, adding one of them as a pack-horse could also serve to finally see a change in that danged indifferent disposition. :)

Probably in the wrong direction, if I know what chargers do when forced to carry a load heavier than an armored adventurer.

[Oldschool]

Any change would be nice. Of course the one not packing all the gear might be a bit cheery....... or else we might have to swap the packsaddle. ;)

[thingirl]

I want Stormgait to love me.

[Joddelle]

Their attitude might well improve if they are of different genders.

[Oldschool]

Their attitude might well improve if they are of different genders.

Lol.... A fringe benefit would be all the gold we could make from Stormgait's progeny.

[thingirl]

If only female horses could be fixed.

[scout1idf]

Instead of a pack horse that I would have to pay more to tend, I would rather have a good old fashion (D&D style) portable hole that I could just fold up and put in my pocket. (Not like yours Oldschool!)

[Joddelle]

Oh, I think we'd all like that better. I think the pack horse idea has more of a Sryth flavour though.

[Oldschool]

Instead of a pack horse that I would have to pay more to tend, I would rather have a good old fashion (D&D style) portable hole that I could just fold up and put in my pocket. (Not like yours Oldschool!)

LOL........ You musta seen that one comin' cause I would've reference that one and wanted to know how would you manage to fold that one. And if you could would you really wanna put it in your pocket. Repped for the chuckle.

EDIT: For those not "in the know" here is "my" portable hole Scout was referring to. Actually it was a portable hole he supplied after another shining "noob" moment by yours truly after which I stated, "well off to find that portable hole to crawl into.....". LOL.


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