A recent discussion on the Magic Realm mailing list spurned me into getting the Transform and Melt-into-Mist spells going. Since Absorb Essence is already coded, I was hoping these similar spells wouldn't be too far away. Though there were a couple of complications (you can transform things that are not characters!), I think I've got it together.
I just finished a successful test combat, where I pitted the Witch King agains a Giant. I laughed as cast my transform spell on the poor beast, and it was turned into an.... Eagle. Wait, an Eagle is pretty damned tough. Noooooooo!!!!! The Witch King met his end.
I tried it again, and the Giant turned into a Dragon! Nooooooo!!!!!
Third time's a charm: this time, I decided to Transform the Witch King.... into.... a frog. Nooooooo!!!!
Okay, the Transform spell is cool, and brutal, all at the same time. Now to get "Walking the Woods" working correctly, and I can start thinking about puttin a release together. (I may do Melt-into-Mist too at this time...)
Thanks for being patient!
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Walk the Woods works now, and I'm starting on Melt into Mist. Got the transform part working, just need to get the details (moving along paths/passages, immune to spells, unable to target in combat, etc).
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