20070418 Coffee Addict

20070418 Coffee Addict

Reaper with no name ^TJ! 22:03, 18 April 2007 (BST)

Suggestion type

New Class

Suggestion scope

New Players

Suggestion description

Most people these days live off of coffee. I mean, how many times have you (or someone you know, just in case you happen to be one of those mutants created by the aliens codenamed M.O.R.N.I.N.G. P.E.O.P.L.E) woken up and felt like tiredly smashing everything around you, only to feel better once you had some coffee? Well, I think we should bring that dynamic to Malton. I mean, having what appears to be billions upon billions of guns, fire axes, first aid kits, and shotgun shells is one thing. But they've got to be running out of coffee by now.

So, I propose that new players be allowed to choose to play as Coffee Addicts. They will be like zombies in many respects. They will not be able to bypass any level of barricades, will be able to attack with their hands and teeth, will have trouble getting around quickly (2 AP per block movement), cannot use guns, will not be able to speak coherently (limited to pre-Death Rattle groans and growls), and will not turn into anything else upon standing up after death (which in this case is really more like falling back to sleep). Unlike zombies, hoever, Coffee Addicts will be unaffected by syringes and will be able to search buildings. However, they will only be able to find Coffee and Coffee Cups (5% and 20% odds, respectively). Only through the use of Coffee can a Coffee Addict rejoin the ranks of the productive and be a survivor again.

Coffee Addict Skills

Caffeine Addiction - As one might guess (assuming they have more brainpower than, say, a squirrel), Coffee Addicts are addicted to coffee. Coffee Addicts ignore most items when searching buildings and instead can only find Coffee and Coffee Cups. Of course, unless you were on a coffee break yourself until now, you would already know they could do that, demonstrating that this is their starting skill.

• Longtime Caffeine Addiction - The Coffee Addict has been drinking coffee for as long as he can remember. As a result, he knows exactly where to look for coffee (and coffee cups). The search rates for both items are doubled.

Alarm Clock Prejudice - As we all know, Coffee Addicts hate alarm clocks. They will smash them at every opportunity. Unfortunately, their zeal often causes them to go a bit overboard and smash other machines as well. Coffee Addicts get +5% accuracy for all attacks against generators, radio transmitters, and anyone carrying one of the following items: radio, radio transmitter, mobile phone, portable generator, GPS unit, DNA extractor.

• Hatred of Light - Coffee Addicts don't like bright lights early in the morning (read: anytime before 3 PM). The annoyance they suffer from this allows them to quickly pinpoint the sources of the infernal lights so that they can destroy them. Really, it's a lot like Scent Death for powered buildings, if you think about it.

Exceptional Grumpiness - The Coffee Addict is very grumpy when he doesn't get his coffee, you know. As a result, he gets +10% accuracy to all non-coffee-cup attacks.

HOT! HOT! HOT! - The Coffee Addict has spilled coffee on him/herself many times. Their skin has become hardened as a result, offering flak-jacket-like protection and a +1 damage bonus to hand attacks.

Flailing Arms - Coffee Addicts often get around by using their sense of touch, as it lets them travel without opening their eyes. Hand attacks gain +10% accuracy.

Stained Teeth - Drinking coffee for so long has stained the Coffee Addict's teeth a gruesome yellow. Now whenever they successfully bite a survivor, that survivor will automatically say either "Ew!", "Yuck!", "Gross!", or "Go brush your teeth, man!". In any case, it causes them to waste an AP.

Withdrawal - The Coffee Addict has been deprived of caffeine so long that he can now tear apart rooms that he knows don't have coffee out of desperation. The results are very similar to ransack.

Out of Filters!? - The Coffee Addict has run out of coffee filters. This makes him angry. Very angry. Thrown Coffee Cups gain +15% accuracy.

• Stupid Coffee Pot!!! - The Coffee Addict's coffee pot is no longer working. Thrown Coffee Cups gain +20% accuracy.

Brewing Impatience - The Coffee Addict is getting tired of waiting for his coffee to brew. Coffee cup smacks gain +15% accuracy.

• Coffee Ninja - This Coffee Addict has been trained in the deadly art of Cup-Ass! Coffee Cup smacks gain +15% accuracy.

Caffeine Resistance - The Coffee Addict has become so resistant to coffee that it no longer wakes him up, ensuring that he will never again be a normal survivor.

Coffee Addict Items

Coffee Cup: 3 damage and 15% base accuracy when used for smacking. When thrown, does 6 damage regardless of flak jacket at 25% accuracy.

Coffee: When used, the Coffee Addict is momentarily woken up enough to function as a normal survivor. However, if he or she does not drink coffee at least once every 24 hours (or is killed), they revert back to their previous state of crankiness. Also, there is a 20% chance that the coffee will turn out to be decaf, which as we all know, doesn't do jack squat.

Voting Section

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Keep Votes

1. Super Keep - Heck Ya! If this got impletemented, I would abandon my current character and make a new one with this class so fast your head would spin around and fall off. --Sonofagun18 11:20, 25 August 2007 (BST)
2. Keep - How the hell does a coffee pot stop working?!--Cap'n Silly ^T/W/P/C 12:06, 25 August 2007 (BST)

Keep - Endymion107 i would keep, or like make a new testing server, for like, screwing around and stuff, lol, cus this is just awesome lol - 21:36 Feb 27

Spam/Dupe Votes

1. Spam - I'm too lazy to read all that, so SPAM-TASTIC!--/~Rakuen~\^Talk I Still Love Grim 01:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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