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Mana potions?

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:30 pm
by keybounce
We have potions for restoring HP in the middle of a battle.

How about potions for restoring MP in the middle of a battle?

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 12:25 am
by Mad Merlin
They already exist, but are only available at higher levels (and from a particularly magical shop).

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:57 pm
by keybounce
But this isn't balanced.

Hit point potions are available like candy. You can get them in the easy-to-access store, they are dropped by monsters, etc.

Mana? Fighters are using it fairly early. Mages live and breathe by it. Exactly the same "My fighter needs an HP boost to kill this boss" applies to "My mage needs an MP boost to kill this boss". Even fighter abilities need MP's long before they get their rocks off the ground.

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:46 pm
by Mad Merlin
There is another way to temporarily boost your MP, available as early as level 7...

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:55 pm
by keybounce
The small magical charm? The magic dagger?

Or is there something else in the way of a consumable?

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:07 pm
by Mad Merlin
keybounce wrote:The small magical charm? The magic dagger?

Or is there something else in the way of a consumable?
Both of those work, but yes, there's also a more potent consumable that I had in mind.

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 11:48 pm
by keybounce
Hmm...

Nothing that I can think of that I've seen in a drop.

Must be a cookable.

Even then, I can buy all the HP potions I want, unlimited supply.

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:13 am
by Mad Merlin
keybounce wrote:Hmm...

Nothing that I can think of that I've seen in a drop.

Must be a cookable.

Even then, I can buy all the HP potions I want, unlimited supply.
It is not a cookable.

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:41 pm
by keybounce
Mhrrr???

A level 7 item
Not a cookable
Restores mana
Consumable
... Probably usable in-combat, from your description ...

...

Gaaahh....

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:53 pm
by Mad Merlin
keybounce wrote:Mhrrr???

A level 7 item
Not a cookable
Restores mana
Consumable
... Probably usable in-combat, from your description ...

...

Gaaahh....
I did not say it restores mana (or MP). I said it can temporarily boost it.

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:20 pm
by keybounce
That wouldn't be the globe of concentration, would it? I was never able to figure out what it did.

Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:28 pm
by Mad Merlin
keybounce wrote:That wouldn't be the globe of concentration, would it? I was never able to figure out what it did.
It would be. You should observe your maximum MP after using one.

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 5:43 pm
by keybounce
But that would require concentration :-)