Minimalist Character?
Posted: January 12th, 2021, 10:53 pm
I don't know if any of you have played an old side-scroller (kind of, anyway. Not really sure how to classify it) called Cave Story. I think it's a wonderful game. Anyway, throughout the game your character gets more health by picking up "health capsules," which are finite in number. So of course a group of people started playing "3HP" (the starting amount) runs, where they would never pick up a single one. I tried this myself, and could not get past the second-to-last set of bosses (for those who know the game, I got to the balcony fights, but could NEVER beat Undead Core).
I think this is a really fun concept though, and I wonder how feasible it is in Eschalon. I had a character who had so many points in Endurance that getting crushed by a portcullis in Fathamurk didn't kill him (though the game registered him as 'in a wall,' so he couldn't move and I had to restart anyway). But is the opposite feasible? A character who has minimum hitpoints (intentionally roll 7 for Endurance, never put more points into it)? Or a character who finishes the game at level 1? I feel like I've seen that done, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly.
I don't have time right now to try this character, but I'd like to sometime later, maybe over the summer. But I'd love to hear what you guys think / see your ideas.
I think this is a really fun concept though, and I wonder how feasible it is in Eschalon. I had a character who had so many points in Endurance that getting crushed by a portcullis in Fathamurk didn't kill him (though the game registered him as 'in a wall,' so he couldn't move and I had to restart anyway). But is the opposite feasible? A character who has minimum hitpoints (intentionally roll 7 for Endurance, never put more points into it)? Or a character who finishes the game at level 1? I feel like I've seen that done, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly.
I don't have time right now to try this character, but I'd like to sometime later, maybe over the summer. But I'd love to hear what you guys think / see your ideas.