Lago 2569 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Quite simply, nobody RPs the troll creatures. Why? Because they turn to stone in sunlight and the short day night cycle makes it impractical for them to RP. The sun weakness is, however, part of what makes the trolls trolls as they were originally written (and without it you might as well play an Orog) and therefore I propose we adapt it rather than discard it. "Trolls have a natural weakness to sunlight and thus inhabit caves, forests, and manmade cover such as the underside of bridges during the day where they can hide from the sun's rays. Direct sunlight will petrify the areas of the troll's hide it shines on in seconds, causing it to "burn" into a stonelike form to protect the troll from further damage. This impedes the movement of the burned parts and more importantly is excruciatingly painful for the troll, causing it to seek cover during the day. Such is the pain that a troll cannot suffer through it via willpower: they will flee for shade or darkness and if prevented will do all in their power to reach it. Looking directly at the sun will blind a troll temporarily, allowing those who trick it into looking at sunlight escape. The petrification wounds take one day or night of non-exposure to heal, although trolls frequently petrified in the same place may keep permanent stony scarring. Only direct sunlight petrifies a troll: reflections off of everyday objects are uncomfortable but do not cause its hide to burn to stone. A true mirror (not reflections off of metallic objects or windows) will petrify the parts of troll hide it is shone on slowly and a concave mirror can be used to focus the sun to hit a troll with its full effect. Note that characters do not carry concave mirrors around with them just because: unless a character is specifically hunting the troll pulling a concave mirror out of one's hat is powergaming. The canopy cover of tree leaves counts as shade during the day, although sunlight patches between the trees must be avoided. (As general guidance, if a mob would light on fire this counts as direct sunlight, although at dawn and sunset this guideline doesn't apply as well). Clerical "sunlight" is highly uncomfortable for trolls and hurts their sensitive eyes but does not petrify them. It may drive them off provided the troll has not been previously provoked. Light from sources other than the sun, be it from torches, fire, natural sources or magic does not petrify a troll. At night trolls cannot be petrified (there is no sunlight to do so) and are at their most dangerous." 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peanut Butter Jelly 24 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Seems good +1, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightly11 | lotc_fox 111 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Sounds good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCanadian 203 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Agreed, this is partly why I stopped playing my troll as often. It's was 15 minutes of running around trying to find something then another 15-20 minutes of sitting in some cave trying to pass the time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCabra (Soda) 1515 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Sounds wonderful to me, Lago! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jistuma 1995 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The lore has been voted by the LM team and has been accepted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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