Apartment system overhaul
Has been discussed on IRC and mentioned in #75.
The specific proposal is:
- Make apartments (instanced, not the houses) available to the player early on
- The Tulimshar Inn room could be the first for this.
- Furniture can be obtained via quests
- The only basic, "free" furniture is the bed.
Potential furniture ideas, jesusalva specifically asked me some time ago to write them down here:
- Bed, included by default (maybe even on Nard's ship?)
- Using it causes a well rested effect (replacing the +10% hp you get at sunrise/sundown) you can claim once every 24 hours
- Logging in inside your apartment while eligible for the well rested effect gives it to you automatically
- Storage chest, aka bank and maybe even with some extra slots
- Piggy bank, can be used to store (but not withdraw) money
- Awarded by the bank upon opening an account there maybe
- Magic planter, dispenses 20 of a random herb per day
- Cauldron for potioning
- The potioner in Hurnscald could give you an old, spare one with a quest
- Workbench + Anvil for smithing
- A bit more complex because not all armor is made from metal and an anvil could be separate
- Since cooking is basically unimplemented for now, it is unclear what furniture should be used for this crafting tree
The crafting stations, right now the cauldron and the workbench/anvil could be upgraded for a better chance at improved items. So the spare Cauldron you get more cheap from the potioner is a bit dented for example and by doing other quests you could upgrade it.
Potential apartment ideas which are free to the player:
- Nards ship. Only available at beginning of the game. The bed gives you the well rested effect, which lasts not very long to encourage the player to move on. Once you depart to Tulimshar, trying to use the bed will result in a message like "I do not live here anymore" or something.
- Tulimshar Inn. Bed and Piggy bank, maybe Storage chest, you lose it once you arrive at Halinarzo.
- Halinarzo house or inn (new), starts with nothing except some straw on the ground as the bed since its a poor village. Add some quests to help the player settle in.
- Fortress town?
Apartments which require a monthly payment but come with a fully upgraded bed, a storage chest and piggy bank:
- Tulimshar Inn
- Hurnscald Inn
- Frostia
- Land of Fire