Pet Expansion discussion

[Shadowood]

this is how I would envision pets -

pets should either be purchased from a shop and or won by NPC task.
if by npc task- you select pet and then a mission for that pet is given.

you select pets by demeanor

vile - vile pets are unfriendly - they protect their master - they scratch and bite others - they increase your fame x points per day
friendly - well trained - people approach you to greet your pet - and they offset your influence loss by x percentage

pet upkeep - must invest turn based activities similar to wives and daughters

rat - low upkeep
cat - medium upkeep
dog - medium upkeep
parrot - high upkeep
monkey - high upkeep

pet upkeep must be above 90% to yeild benefits of pet ownership
to long below 40% and your pet will abandon you

pet specific benefits of pet ownership

rat - earn extra gc in plunder (npc paid )
cat - increases voodoo luck for chance cards
dog - increase chance of evasion
parrot - gives voodoo like wives - but they are spy and thief type cards - magpies, spymaster, crystal ball, pirate tales, trade master, booty master.
monkey - gives voodoo like wives- trade cards - potato party, rum festival, tobacco gathering, dutch, spanish, east, west.


upkeep for multi pet owners,

if you choose to own more than one pet, and the upkeep drops below 60% for more than 1 day the following happens
your pets will attack each other and you will lose them randomly

for example due to poor treatment of your cat - your cat ate your parrot.

I like One Eye's line of thinking on this. I would only change a few things. Since he has Friendly and Vile as a choice then that will also effect animal buffs

Rat (Vile) - Earns 5% more plunder (paid from person's purse)
Rat (Friendly) - Earns 10% more plunder (paid from game)
Cat (Vile) - Fishing boats fill 20% quicker
Cat (Friendly) - Earns 10% more population when casting T.I.
Dog (Vile) - When casting Tidal Wave you only 'retrieve' an attack style ship
Dog (Friendly) - Ports sell at a -1 for all resources they sell
Parrot (Vile) - gives voodoo like wives - but they are spy and thief type cards - magpies, spymaster, crystal ball, pirate tales, trade master, booty master.
Parrot (Friendly) - Increased Danger Drop from 1 per hour to 1 per half hour
Monkey (Vile) - When casting Magpie, they assist in pick-pocketing and steal +1 voodoo card
Monkey (Friendly) - gives voodoo like wives- trade cards - potato party, rum festival, tobacco gathering, dutch, spanish, east, west.

[Donald Trump]

-1 to Shadowood. This stuff is too OP. I think wives for voodoo is enough.


I think for pets.

Parrots effect Influence because it showed the pirate owner was powerful. (2% influence bought from port increase)

Monkeys effect plunder because they were used to traumatize other ships. (5% plunder bonus)

Dogs effect ship repairs because they killed rats. (Swarm of worms damage is halved for the first 5 hours, ship repairs cost 50% less).


Very simple modifications. Nothing too OP. After all, they are just pets.

[Bmw]

pets give good rewards just like when my dog eats his own puke then i don't need to clean it up.

[Shadowood]

pets give good rewards just like when my dog eats his own puke then i don't need to clean it up.

[Brazzler]

-1 This stuff is too OP.

How is it OP if everyone can have it?

[Donald Trump]

-1 This stuff is too OP.

How is it OP if everyone can have it?

How do we know everyone will have a pet.

[Bmw]

all of this this whole suggestion would be awsome.

[DezNutz]

this is how I would envision pets -

pets should either be purchased from a shop and or won by NPC task.
if by npc task- you select pet and then a mission for that pet is given.

you select pets by demeanor

vile - vile pets are unfriendly - they protect their master - they scratch and bite others - they increase your fame x points per day
friendly - well trained - people approach you to greet your pet - and they offset your influence loss by x percentage

pet upkeep - must invest turn based activities similar to wives and daughters

rat - low upkeep
cat - medium upkeep
dog - medium upkeep
parrot - high upkeep
monkey - high upkeep

pet upkeep must be above 90% to yeild benefits of pet ownership
to long below 40% and your pet will abandon you

pet specific benefits of pet ownership

rat - earn extra gc in plunder (npc paid )
cat - increases voodoo luck for chance cards
dog - increase chance of evasion
parrot - gives voodoo like wives - but they are spy and thief type cards - magpies, spymaster, crystal ball, pirate tales, trade master, booty master.
monkey - gives voodoo like wives- trade cards - potato party, rum festival, tobacco gathering, dutch, spanish, east, west.


upkeep for multi pet owners,

if you choose to own more than one pet, and the upkeep drops below 60% for more than 1 day the following happens
your pets will attack each other and you will lose them randomly

for example due to poor treatment of your cat - your cat ate your parrot.

I like One Eye's line of thinking on this. I would only change a few things. Since he has Friendly and Vile as a choice then that will also effect animal buffs

Rat (Vile) - Earns 5% more plunder (paid from person's purse)
Rat (Friendly) - Earns 10% more plunder (paid from game)
Cat (Vile) - Fishing boats fill 20% quicker
Cat (Friendly) - Earns 10% more population when casting T.I.
Dog (Vile) - When casting Tidal Wave you only 'retrieve' an attack style ship
Dog (Friendly) - Ports sell at a -1 for all resources they sell
Parrot (Vile) - gives voodoo like wives - but they are spy and thief type cards - magpies, spymaster, crystal ball, pirate tales, trade master, booty master.
Parrot (Friendly) - Increased Danger Drop from 1 per hour to 1 per half hour
Monkey (Vile) - When casting Magpie, they assist in pick-pocketing and steal +1 voodoo card
Monkey (Friendly) - gives voodoo like wives- trade cards - potato party, rum festival, tobacco gathering, dutch, spanish, east, west.

CJ says that there has to be a Donkey.

Donkeys are a MUST have.

[Shadowood]

CJ says that there has to be a Donkey.

Donkeys are a MUST have.

It can't be as OP as Danik would like it to be however.

Donkey's can transport goods or people to ports on the same "Landmass".
So they will only have effect in
Kanoni/Baramas/St Mart
New Land/Seaglory/Vassburg
Pania/Regis/Goroum
Hannes/Neapolis/Caspian
Throakas/Gasp

No clue on Donkeys....

[Grimrock Litless]

-1 This stuff is too OP.

How is it OP if everyone can have it?

As long as its not game breaking, like one cast and rule em all, and everyone can have it, its not op at all.