Construction Ideas

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Staz
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Construction Ideas

Post by Staz »

Here are a few ideas I've been mulling over related to Construction and assembling items that might hopefully add variety or make things more fun.

Ability Suggestions

Work Slower/Faster - An ability that lets you choose to increase roundtime and decrease energy use or increase energy use and decrease roundtime. One balances the process so that you don't pass out while building at the expense of taking much longer, the other takes less time overall but requires frequent resting.

Straightforward Skill Synergy - Use expertise in a related skill to assist with construction projects in some way. Masonry, Metalworking, Woodcutting, Woodworking. Potentially reduced material cost, less energy use, lowered step count, etc.

Skill Synergy 2: Arcane Assistance - Give unique construction items or effects on constructed items based on level of skills like Arcana, Druidry, and Sorcery or for having certain arcane abilities.

Journeyman - Building the same project enough times will make it easier to build permanently in some way.

Joint Projects

Massive projects like full-sized barns, two-horse wagons, castle fortifications, digging tunnels to connect farms, establishing a logging area to boost woodcutting/woodworking, pottery kiln, etc that cannot be completed without two+ builders assisting on the work.

Dedicated Tasks

Local Tasks - Similar to the tasks in the Warehouse, have tasks at the Stockade or maybe the Sawmill for people with Construction skill where materials are provided for projects that vanish as soon as they are completed for the NPC client.

Long-Distance Tasks - Similar to Scholar tasks, player must travel to another city to assist with a building project.

"Fun" Recipes
Currently most recipes are utilitarian only. Having some purely fun or aesthetic recipes for low-level builders would brighten up the early-level grind.

<Animal>-in-a-Box - Uses an animal figurine, crank handle, short planks, hinges, etc to create a jack-in-the-box-like toy that pops up the animal at varying intervals when the crank is turned.

Other toy ideas: Climbing Frame (monkey bars/jungle gym style thing), Stick Horses, Rocking Horses, Rattles/Noisemakers, Dolls/Dollhouses/Doll Furniture, Pinwheels, Stilts, Spinning Tops, Wooden Puzzles, Swing Set/Rope Swing, Toy Boats, etc etc.

More mature fun ideas: flower press for adding floral prints to parchment, hand loom (dowels and pegs) that allows weaving small things like tea cosies or caps, abacus, tri-fold changing board, hourglass, balancing scales, sundial
Squeak
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Re: Construction Ideas

Post by Squeak »

Had a couple of new recipes that spawned while I was writing letters tonight:
  • A slant-topped <wooden> escritoire -
    A simple <wood> desk with a slanted writing top and a pair of drawers for extra writing materials.
    It is a huge item, mainly made of (material).
    It is a container that can items up to medium, with a capacity of 50.
    It is possible to close and open this container.
    It is a structure that takes up one plot of land.

    Skills Required: Construction (??)
    It requires 1 plots of available land to build.
    The following additional components are required to craft this item:
    -some nails (3)
    -a thick dowel (4)
    -a short plank (4)
    -a furniture drawer (2)
    Tools required:
    -Something to draw cutting lines with
    -something to saw with
    -something to hammer with
    Steps: 56
  • A slanted tabletop (wood) writing desk
    A simple (wood) box with a slanted writing surface and a hinged lid for extra writing materials meant to be placed upon a table or dresser for use.
    It is a medium-sized item, mainly made of (material).
    It is a container that can hold items of a size up to small, with a capacity of 20.
    It is possible to close and open this container.

    Skills required: Construction (50)
    The following additional components are required to craft this item:
    - some nails (x2)
    - a hinge (x2)
    - a short plank (x6)
    Tools required:
    - something to saw with
    - something to hammer with
    Steps: 35
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