Edit note…re-thought the armor and when the perks are done.
If thralls are going to be (or already are) a main mechanic, i would like to seem them get more depth than grinding to level 20.
Here are 4 things I think would make them “fun” and more immersive in Conan lore:
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1 Level 20 per clan member
All the rest cannot level past 15. Think of the level 20 as your “friend” and the others as just meat shields you trained. -
Have the Level 10 perk be armor temperature and armor type perks.
Armor Type
Light, Medium, Heavy, All types
There are 3 types of temp effects
Cold, Neutral, Heat
The first perk roll at 10 would be 1 of 12 combinations of these two “traits”.
- Level 15 There would be 12 types of weapons
There would be 12 possible weapons
ALL 1H, ALL 2h, 1H Sword
1H Broad Sword, 1H Ax, Mace
War Hammer, 2H Sword, Spear
Daggers, Bow, 2H Axe
- Level 20 would do the rolls we have now, minus the ones with the (-)'s of course. Maybe even higher values since you are getting only 1 master roll.
What this would do, is have the player have a true companion, like Conan seems to always find in his stories.
We could get re-rolls, with a cost if you did not like their level 15 roll, or level 20 roll. You could demote your level 20 or 15 to level 10, and re-roll that and re level. But here is the catch, every re-roll has a negative value done to to the HP, lose 10% of health. And it stacks, so if you keep re-rolling the same thrall, it will eventually have a crappy HP. This would reduce the exploitative nature of it.
As for the level 10 and 15 perks, they would not reduce any atts if you did not match the “traits” you rolled, but you would get buffs if you did.
Armor Temp Trait
Heat–Adds 500 HP
Cold-Adds 500 HP
Neutral–nothing, but you get to choose!!!
Weapons Trait
Exact Weapon adds +10% to the STR rating
Exact Type adds +5% to the STR rating (Except Bow, it would add +20% to ACC)
All would only add nothing, because you are allowed to choose any weapon
Armor Trait
Light armor attacks faster (animation speed)
Medium Armor Buffs Health Regen from food by 3x.
Heavy Buffs Agility points 200
Again, just a thought to make thralls even more immersive, and have more depth than vit, str, Sword of Crom