Sil - taken alive

[Antoine]

There should be circumstances in which, if you lose a fight, you are taken prisoner. You reappear, wounded and with key equipment missing,

• in a locked room
• in a pit with a werewolf
• slaving at a forge
• being interrogated by Sauron, or
• taken before Morgoth himself.

[Philip]

Perhaps if you die at 0 hp with no status effects you are taken prisoner, and yes, with either an orc, wolf, cat, rauko, whatever guard depending on where you are. That could be fun.

[Patashu]

Didn't the old roguelike Mission Thunderbolt do something like this? If a robot caught you you could be taken to a room where you were strapped to a chair, and you had to squirm, break the chair against walls/things and figure out how to escape.

[HugoVirtuoso]

Perhaps, a Potion of Booze *should* cause this to happen 1 in 10 times. Z+Angband (and probably Zangband) had something like this...Potions of Booze can cause players to randomly teleport and *wake up* confused/hallucinating. If this booze + *wake up confused* consequence gets implemented into Sil, this would have very interesting gameplay effects!

[fph]

You drink a potion of booze. You have 2 potions of booze (c) left.
You drink a potion of booze. You have 1 potion of booze (c) left.
You drink a potion of booze. You have 0 potions of booze (c) left.
You feel dizzy.
You wake up hungover and next to a Succubus. It hits! (x5)

[locus]

That might be an interesting mechanic in some games, but Sil's aesthetic draws a lot from simplicity, rather than being stuffed full of interesting interactions like Nethack. I think it would be very out of place.

[Antoine]

Not too sure about the booze thing.

This prisom thing might only happen if you had the right ability ('Survive Capture"?). Deliberately being captured might even be a part of a speedrun technique...

[taptap]

Remember all the prison cells in Sil. This is already implemented as "elf/dwarf/human skeleton".

[HallucinationMushroom]

You awake chained to a high peak of Thangorodrim. The game presents you with a deeply depressing ascii graphic of you crying on the rock face, doomed to suffer for as long as Morgoth wishes to keep you alive.

Congratulations! You have been captured.

[Infinitum]

Also, all descendant playthroughs using that savefile file are now cursed.

[Nick]

The good news is that if you cut off your right hand, you'll escape and learn to type better with your left. Solution may require an eagle.

[buzzkill]

Also, all descendant playthroughs using that savefile file are now cursed.

Best idea ever!