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Yax the Cat-Eater wrote:
> in that case it's no big challenge at all. I thought it was supposed to
> mean that you can ONLY put your hands on artifacts and nothing else. No
> gold, no stuff, no armors... that would be damn good challenge, well,
> except that food problem.
🙂 Challenges wihout food are extremly
> difficult (at least for me). But i'm actually thinking about trying
> this challenge: only food and artifacts, NOTHING (not even gold) else
> allowed. (It also means no U*E, you know why.)
If you're going to do that, then how about a proposed v1.1?
That Duke Holierthanthou thinks he's so wonderful -- everything he has
is made of Eternium, and he's damn proud of it. Nouveaux-rich. /Your/
family goes back hundreds of years farther than his, and you'll show him!
Your PC is one of those blue-blood, old-money sorts; he simply doesn't
want to debase himself with the <shudder> touching of /anything/ that
isn't an artifact. That steak he had for lunch obviously didn't count.
Your PC may only touch artifacts and food [1]. This means no gold, no
clothing, and no weapons (amongst other categories) unless they're
artifacts (or food.) You must drop your initial inventory immediately
upon the start of the game, except for any food. (Incidentally, I think
this disqualifies Hurthlings because of the cursed ring.) Further,
you're not allowed to use non-artifact/food items from the ground, either.
Your PC is greedy. He will pick up every artifact he sees [2], and he
will not drop the last of any artifact, ever. [3] By extension, he will
never give away an artifact, also.
Your PC is vain. He will wear any artifacts he has, and will only
remove one to wear another in the same slot. [4]
The biggest challenges, I think, will be survival, food, and corruption
in that order. Also, I look forward to seeing how PCs get past the
spoily in the CoC, since the spoily ring is inaccessible to most
character types.
[1] -- I'm not sure it's possible to get past the [SPOILY - ICE CREAM]
level without being able to use food. Also, given the parameters of the
challenge, I'm not sure it'd even be otherwise -possible- to finish
without food, even allowing eat-from-ground.
[2] -- Including in the [spoily] level with the big right-hand side.
Given the other restrictions, good luck getting out. Is this bit too
hard, maybe?
[3] -- Meaning the [spoily] artifact can be picked up and dropped and
thrown, but not the last one.
[4] -- Good luck with food.