They'd have names like "The Glowing Longsword of The Truthbringer," or, "The Glowing Longsword of Mithaniel Marr."
Since we can't have anything like this that would possibly negatively affect a player that they didn't want, destroying this item would reset your religion back to what it was before. Though, instead of the item actually being destroyed forever, it would respawn on the ground in a random place on the same server, so that you couldn't just get it back. If the character is deleted, then once the time period expires that a GM cannot restore the character, the item would respawn in the world. Once an account is cancelled, after 3 months when all the characters are deleted, the item would respawn in the world. This way, the item ALWAYS stays in reletive use.
I think it should be that once in a while, a diety will look for a mortal extension of themselves. They'd do this by casting a weapon of power down to Norrath, and taking the random recipient into their care for the purpose of carrying out their will. Once that being is near his end, he can pass the item on(by destroying it) to another random soul who would then become the diety's new extension.
Hell, maybe even grant a title like "Hand of <whatever>" to the bearer of the weapon once they can wield it.
To most of you, this probably seems pretty stupid and unbalancing and what not. I just don't think that the gods of Norrath have NEARLY as much influence in the game as they should.
Necromancer: How DARE you imply that I was involved in a rude act with my undead servant! I will flay the flesh from your bones! I will summon a thousand maggot-ridden corpses to gnaw your flesh! I will trap your soul in-
Ghoul: My ass hurts.
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Delphi Aegis's account was hax0red to write:
Umm.. Ok.Interesting, but then you'd have n00bs (No, the level 50 kinda n00bs) camping these all day.
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How.... Densetsu.... uughhhhhh:
[QUOTE]Delphi Aegis's account was hax0red to write:
[qb]Umm.. Ok.Interesting, but then you'd have n00bs (No, the level 50 kinda n00bs) camping these all day.
Hence that word random.
Random = not in one fixed spot, Delphi. He means it wouldn't have a defined spot to spawn in each time.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Densetsu said:
You couldn't camp them. It'd be a complete "right place at the right time" kinda thing.
Argh, wtf is with the quote button nowadays? Oi. Anyway.
It sounds kewl, I agree, I'd love to pick up a sword of Karana and have thunder come down and strike my foes.. 
If they ever get truely random random "spawn" type stuff (as in not set points, just a random /loc from a zone, etc), It'd be neat to see.
Dances with Adrecia
Paybacks such a bitch!
Laughs at all the agnostics
Footnote: Faithful enchanterhood is a pain [ 03-20-2002: Message edited by: Skaw ]
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How.... Skaw.... uughhhhhh:
Really now, not enough influence?
Dances with Adrecia
Paybacks such a bitch!
Laughs at all the agnostics
I had originally chosen a god to follow when I started EQ, but my original name wasn't allowed, and when it went back to the name screen, I was unaware it had changed to deity back to agnostic.
Is there some way for me to become a follower of Solusek Ro?
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Delphi Aegis Model 2000 was programmed to say:
If they ever get truely random random "spawn" type stuff (as in not set points, just a random /loc from a zone, etc)
How very strange...
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Skaw got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Really now, not enough influence?
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And Skaw:
Muahahahahahahaha...
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Check out the big brain on Skaw!
Even for Agnostics, these are still great shawls. I wish I had one.
Actually, that's not a very good shawl unless if you're lacking in INT. Low AC for one thing, lack of decent resists, no HP, no mana, etc. 25 cha? Wish charisma was actually useful. I have a hard enough time trying to get rid of some.
I prefer this:
I could upgrade to something better, but the fire resist is nice. 
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Skaw had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
the Cloak of Faith is a reward from being gimped on alot of things as an enchanter. Such as extra work needed to be put in for the epic.
The purpose of my idea is to give the dieties a DIRECT influence on the players in a manner OTHER than killing them(when you visit their plane).
The items themselves would be restricted by diety just for show, since the item converts you. This would be the gods DIRECTLY converting some random individuals to do their bidding.
They could add in messages praising a person wielding one of these weapons when thewy slay a PC or NPC that follows an enemy of the god, if it has any, or praising you for helping followers of the same diety.
I realize that this would make many characters KOS to their own guilds. Well, if this is the case, and you have no other choice, you can destroy the weapon so that it goes to someone else.
Also, since a weapon could spawn and possibly NEVER be found, it should randomly respawn in a set cycle. like if it spawns in the moat in like City of Mist, and nobody gets it for like, oh, a week, it'll respawn somewhere else randomly.
Also, the planes should be restricted from having any weapon of the gods spawning in it. The point is for the gods to effect NORRATH, maybe Luclin, but not to invade another god's plane.
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Skaw had this to say about Tron:
Yeah Adrecia, but with the Neriad Shawl, you'd be able to kick off several other items for resist gear/better hp+mana items.
Perhaps, but it all boils down to what the enchanter is focusing on. I'm trying to focus on ac/hp. Not doing very well though.
I think this is far superior to the Neriad Shawl, though:
Sure, it's five less int, but you gain some mana, stamina, and ac with it. *shrug*
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Erm, I mean HP. [ 03-20-2002: Message edited by: Skaw ]
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There was much rejoicing when Densetsu said this:
Skaw, Adrecia, I'd appreciate this thread not being hi-jacked into a discussion of which cloak you'd like best.
Hehe, sorry. 
But I think, with some tweaking, your idea would actually work. Would be hard to convince the Verant staff of that though. Or actually... dun dun dun... who knows?
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This insanity brought to you by Adrecia:
Hehe, sorry.But I think, with some tweaking, your idea would actually work. Would be hard to convince the Verant staff of that though.
Or actually... dun dun dun... who knows?
If only there was a way to get them to actually see it...
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quote:The weapons would have stats enough that even a caster would want them. If I designed them, they'd be massively uber, since there would be so few of them. I'd also thought of having them re-distributed for non-use. I think though that it would need to be a decent amount of time, like measured in months. sometimes things just happen.
Vanaric Buryniksar had this to say about dark elf butts:
Why not instead of just having weapons have armor too, that way a caster might get some use out of it too, because face it even if the weapon is uber, casters arent gonna be meleeing much. Its a good idea, there just needs to be some control, like if a person doesnt wield the weapon for an certain amount of time, it poofs and returns to the spawn cycle.
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Skaw had this to say about Pirotess:
This could lead to eventual Avatar quests, given by the gods.
If these were a result of quests like that, though, then uber guilds would farm the quests and trivialize many encounters, leading to large nerfs. This also defeats the whole purpose. These items should choose YOU, not the other way around. The choice YOU make is to click on a weird looking weapon on the ground or not, then to keep it or not. The weapon takes a normal adventurer and converts them into a being of hightened power, so to speak. It wouldn't make you invincible or anything like that, but WOULD give you a decent advantage. Restricting this to just the uber players of the game would make it just like everything ELSE. I'd want it to be truely unique, not "just another quest for uber guilds to do for all their members" like epics are. These would be TRUELY epic.
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Vanaric Buryniksar obviously shouldn't have said:
Well they could make it so that the effects on the weapons would be a DD/Dot/buff/whatever for a melee but if a caster picked it up, it could act as a focus item for their spells or a buff, that way both melees and casters get equl benefits with the weapon.
Wouldn't it be awesome to wield The Fiery Spear of Solusek Ro, or The Massive Broadsword of Rallos Zek? The weapon skill used would be something that your class could use, so you aren't stuck with 0 skill in using it. Maybe it would even include a unique animation for swinging it.
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A sleep deprived Densetsu stammered:
The weapon skill used would be something that your class could use, so you aren't stuck with 0 skill in using it
*Imagines a caster using a sword as a 1 blunt
weapon* o_O
Okay ...Ebay shouldn't be a problem given the unique nature of the weapon. 
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*Edit: How about one epic weapon for EACH of the several EQ deities, instead of just one per server?*
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Vanaric Buryniksar wrote this stupid crap:
*Imagines a caster using a sword as a 1 blunt
weapon* o_O
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Tarquinn was listening to Cher while typing:
The onlyproblem I see is that it could end on mules, newbie characters that aren't played much, twinks or that it will be Ebayed.
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ACES! Another post by Densetsu:
If these were a result of quests like that, though, then uber guilds would farm the quests and trivialize many encounters, leading to large nerfs. This also defeats the whole purpose. These items should choose YOU, not the other way around. The choice YOU make is to click on a weird looking weapon on the ground or not, then to keep it or not. The weapon takes a normal adventurer and converts them into a being of hightened power, so to speak. It wouldn't make you invincible or anything like that, but WOULD give you a decent advantage. Restricting this to just the uber players of the game would make it just like everything ELSE. I'd want it to be truely unique, not "just another quest for uber guilds to do for all their members" like epics are. These would be TRUELY epic.
But, the quest could involve going into the other gods plane, and retrieving items from the creatures there, or defiling some temple of that god, which would plummet the faction standings of the deity your assaulting, and its allies. And making the factions Irrepairable would keep from farming, this way people of that deity, and its allies, would only want to help others do this quest. It would also result in alot of Evil/Good/Neutral based guilds, designed to complete these quests..
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