acidwolf wrote:
This new creature, the Hydra, cannot be defeated by a sword. It takes up one square and can move diagonally or normally, but can only be defeated in the same way as a snake.
Err... If it can move normally, and you cannot kill it with your sword, then how do you get rid of it? Is it a monster that is always moving forward like a serpent?
Another new creature, the Wizard, keeps as far away from you as possible (like a roach queen). Because he is so smart, he does not need a brain to make the best moves. For his attack, every x turns he destroys a random tile on the board. Because of this, sometimes rooms will have to be repeated because the destroyed tiles may make some paths impassable.
I don't think random removal of tiles is desirable in DROD, as I believe Erik has said somewhere that random behavior in DROD frustrates the player (and the hold creator) because he/she cannot predict which tile will be destroyed.
A suggestion:
The wizard will try to destroy the square Beethro is on every 30 moves, maybe with a glow on the affected square on the 29th move to let the player know about it, so Beethro needs to keep moving in order not to be killed.
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