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Nil Eyeglazed

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Ghosts power devices
« on: August 08, 2011, 06:51:14 pm »

So I was thinking of more fun stuff for ghosts to do, stuff that's sort of appropriate.  How about machinery coming to life on its own?

Right now this would only affect screw pumps and mill stones.  But screw pumps can cause some serious havoc when they run on their own.  I think it would be fun.

I think this should be something reserved for energetic poltergeists, with the poltergeist spending a little bit of time on the machinery in question, sort of how ghosts haunt specific people sometimes.  If it would be possible, it would be especially cool for miller or pump operator ghosts to do this.
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2011, 06:59:48 pm »

Excellent idea. Perhaps levers could be thrown into the mix, not random levers, but the levers that the dwarf has pulled at one point or another.

Perhaps the ghost will repeat past actions, for example if you pulled three levers every siege the dwarf would pull those same levers when a siege showed up. Potentially being helpful.
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2011, 07:00:46 pm »

Excellent idea. Perhaps levers could be thrown into the mix, not random levers, but the levers that the dwarf has pulled at one point or another.

Perhaps the ghost will repeat past actions, for example if you pulled three levers every siege the dwarf would pull those same levers when a siege showed up. Potentially being helpful.

Or doing it seconds after another dwarf did it and causing FUN.
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2011, 02:12:17 pm »

Excellent idea. Perhaps levers could be thrown into the mix, not random levers, but the levers that the dwarf has pulled at one point or another.

Perhaps the ghost will repeat past actions, for example if you pulled three levers every siege the dwarf would pull those same levers when a siege showed up. Potentially being helpful.

Or if he set traps up and cleaned them, he might activate the trap when someone walks through it. Perhaps a more energetic and "cheeky" poltergeist might activate the new pump it sees... fun.
This would give even more reason for quick burials.
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Re: Ghosts power devices
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2011, 03:08:45 pm »

AWSOME IDEA!
we could have more important lever depending on which kind of object they're connected.
« Last Edit: August 10, 2011, 10:16:35 am by peskyninja »
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