I thought it might be a good idea, while we're setting up and discussing all this new eumonetic stuff, to consider just what sort of weapon Rheya will be using in combat.

There's often been consideration to giving Rheya some sort of "magic staff" or even some sort of projectile "Techno-Wizard" device. There are some problems with that, though. If we give her a eumonetic device of some sort as a weapon, what happens if the party's eumonetic resources run out (and the player is unwilling to draw from the characters' HP)? Rheya would become practically worthless in combat, whereas our other eumonetics have normal "mundane" weapons to fall back on (Dell's tailblade and Brooke's epee or rapier or whatever). I suppose we could, however, say that her weapon device draws from a seperate source that Pylos keeps powered.

Any ideas? Anyone?

I haven't written up the node on eumonetic devices just yet. I wanted to make sure everyone is ok with the general eumonetics stuff first. It will basically be like the "techno-wizardry" stuff, though.

I don't see any problems with Rheya's weapons requiring energy to use. This only adds strategy, IMO. Rheya's weapons will probably be a bit more powerful than the others', but because of the energy limit the player will have to be more careful with them.

If the player runs out, it's not the end of the world. Most of our battles will be avoidable, and there won't be very many of them. Rheya's other skills will remain useful for puzzles.

I suppose we could give her a simple dagger as a back-up, or something to that effect.

Sorry, Fang, but I don't much like the ring idea. First of all, it doesn't solve Dev's problem, since the rings would have to use eumonetic energy to produce their effects. And then there's the "Mr. T" thing... yeah, I don't think that would look right on Rheya. :P

Hmm... well, spells (err... "techniques") take time to recite... perhaps devices allow for more rapid-fire effects. Or, more efficiency... I'll think about it.

Perhaps ED's allow the use of eumonetic power without the normal physical repercussions (i.e., without depleting HP)? As a downside, their power would be limited by their built-in power source, and their use would be limited to whatever each device was designed for.

In this case, Rheya's weapon could be a simple hand-held device containing a fragment of ore. She could find and use different attachments designed for various tasks, ranging from energy-based attacks to things which might prove helpful for solving puzzles.

Eumonetic devices are normally powered by eumonite. Once the eumonite is depleted, it stops working. Of course, eumoneticists like Rheya can recharge the eumonite from their HP if they need to.

The devices are like automated spell casters. They are engraved with one particular spell which is all they can cast. Many devices also include a mechanical component which harnesses the power of the spell in some way. For example, a eumonetic gun would probably cast the spell "accellerate bullet forward mach 1" to fire a bullet, while using a simple mechanical loading mechanism. A flying device might include a big old parachute, and use the spell "create upward wind".

Well Temp, I still think the EDs should act like eumonite in the sense that they store and channel their own energy...but that's what I think.

Siemova, I was pretty much saying that the ED has it's own spells it can cast and uses the energy stored in it to cast it, not drawing anything from the user (besides the breath that forms the words to cast the spell ;) ).

I guess the best way for me to describe how I see EDs is: eumonite that has a certain storing quota and certain spells it can cast (techniques it can perform, whatever we decide); if left alone, it will draw energy (hopefully to be called eumon...let's see) from surrounding enviornments to recharge itself. So, EDs are eumonite magicians, pretty much, with "MP" and all and the ability to restore the "MP" automatically at a steady rate (restoring of energy would cease when player is looking at it and deciding what it should do, so when the player is faced with a situation where it needs to cast a spell right then, they are left with whatever has been stored, making it more realistic...that make sense?). Am I confusing you guys? Or are you just disagreeing with me?

BTW, we need to decide where eumonite and EDs are gonna get their "eumonetic energy" (in my words, eumon): surrounding people, trees, animals, grass, air...what. In fact, I'll start a thread on that now.

The main thing about eumonetic devices (EDs, as we're saying ... and I hope Endless Dream would be happy ;D) is that they need no directions or prompting as to what eumonetic action to perform. That's all hard-wired in with some sort of ADML-substitute (and I'll write more on that later). They have one, in a few cases maybe two, functions and that's all they do, as Temp was saying.

If this is what we give Rheya, I propose that it be basically just like casting a spell ("spell"?), except that her device is very limited. The downside is she can only program it to cast a handfull of lower-level spells, and it eats up energy from the party's eumonite just like any other eumonetic action. The upside is that the device is rapid-fire, casting this one low-level spell quickly in succession (which would be impossible for a caster who has to speak out the relatively long ADML--or is it "ADEL" now?--phrase); also, the device is designed to waste practically no energy, so it only sucks up a percentage of what it would were Rheya to cast it herself.

At least, that's how I'd want to implement it.

Ok, so the EDs use eumonetic batteries which can only be recharged by Pylos (unless you're, say, our heros? What about that?)...I'd think it'd be a real pain if Rheya could only use a weapon a certain amount of times before needing to buy replacements for the battery...that would get monotonous and expensive...I'd think they could recharge the batteries by themselves, seeing as they do it all the time with their own eumonite.

And I think temp's pretty solid on calling them "techs" now, Dev. And what does ADML (or ADEL) stand for, again?