Reaper

based on current loot tables, you'll get wooden scraps and like it!

 

Cool looking. Can't wait to see them.

 

And bad apple drops, of course.

 

Few things here...

1. The animations and the creature itself looks awesome! Excellent job @matpsch . The only thing I might suggest changing is how on the death animation, you can sort of see the "feet" of the creature. Is there any way to smooth that layer a bit so it doesn't look like it has human feet when it topples over? (Or was that intended?)

2. I agree with others that these need to be disguised very well and be around other trees that look exactly the same but just deco variants. Also, we should not be able to tab-target them until they aggro on us. (Ie., make them neutral until we get in range and they become aggressive).

3. I also agree that the initial "surprise, I'm converting from tree to attacker" should be fairly quick and should probably also root the player in place... maybe long enough for it to walk over to them? Nothing would be scarier than seeing that thing run at you and you can't get away!

4. Lastly, loot tables for these things should definitely contain some kind of wood, but I think it would be a good opportunity to include new materials that might be used for the upcoming brewing skills. Or maybe there could be some bee hives that we can some how convert to wax through crafting? Just putting that idea out there.

 

Just a couple of thoughts here while on the subject.. I've been wanting reapers for a long time. They are one of the few critters in Ultima kinda scare me early on. That being said.. these are not the reapers of old who never moved (or rooted for that matter) but attacked with magic. Lighting bolts and sleep mostly if I remember right. Put you to sleep, zap you to death. Probably poison too not that I think about it.

I've no problem with changing the creature a bit for the 'new franchise' but I'll be a little disappointed if they're limited to physical attacks.

 

Reaper madness!

 

Just don't try to smoke these trees.

 

if you could capture a few of them you could have a reaper syrup farm...!

 

Please, please, please make him harvest-able on death. Like he's dead and then you click on him to harvest taking a certain harvesting skill.

 

Very cool, and looking very nice!

My feedback;
Reaper Walk animation.. Try to make it more of a shuffle or '2-step' type movement / more jerky. Unless that is really intended to be how it is now..

 

We need some baby reapers too for 2 and 3 skull areas.

 

Ahhh that would be so cute. I just don't want groups of reapers standing around like all other mobs. I love how they can surprise you mixed in with the other trees. I would as mentioned love the giant rock creatures coming out of the rock occasionally.

 

saplings sappers?

 

It would be neat if they wandered around for 30 seconds or whatever, and then rooted themselves for a few minutes, then picked themselves up and wandered some more to find another rooting place.

 

Rock Creature madness. please, please, please.

 

strong hands

 

Reapers!! Would love to see a reaper type tree that I could grow from a seed. One that I could plant in the yard and to moves when people walk past. . Mongbats next?

 

Oh he is so adorable. He would be lovely in the game haha. I know people love new things but I still love him to be in the many secret discoveries of this world. I don't want everything common seen everywhere but I think it is wonderful if they are seen from exploring the world not over done and everywhere, but just my opinion which has created a world with repetitious mobs that are almost the same everywhere.

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