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Mika ☀️ [G2 Uneven Sutekh] (#318273) Protector View Forum Posts Posted on 2024-02-05 05:43:44	Mamba Venom: The reek of pure death wards off your enemies Hello! Recently I've come up with the idea for an item that I think many of us would find great use out of (especially in february!) I propose the idea of Mamba Venom, an item that repels any non-event NPC battle encounter. How it works Mamba Venom works in a very similar way to Hyena Butter, but targeting npc battles instead of NCLs. Applying the venom to your king's fur repels any non-event battle encounter, as the scent scares off any enemies. A few people have agreed that to make it more balanced with other items, it would last only 15 minutes rather than 30. Location I’m currently in between ideas for where we could find this item. If we go down the route of normal event shops I believe the Black Market in March would fit the theme of this item, and give March a stand out item. At the time, there really is no sought after item or applicator from this event, and adding the venom may help. Another idea, given by user Fraekinn (#57572), is to make it a rare drop item from the Black-Necked Spitting Cobra explore battle. It would have to have a very low drop rate, but it would give incentive for people to fight this enemy, as many have said they skip it due to its difficulty. To fit better with the name, it could also be tied to the Black Mamba enemy in the Rocky Hills biome, but that has a rather large drawback of players needing to be level 16 or higher to access the encounter. Flavor Text: Opening the vial, you pour the dangerous substance onto your fur; just be careful not to groom yourself until it wears off! Any questions or feedback are encouraged, and I would love to iron out this idea even more! If you vote “No” I would really appreciate a comment (or even pm) for why! Random clarifications What battles are being repelled while using this item? Any battle encounter where the only options given are Attack or Ignore. Examples of encounters that do NOT count: The smug leopard flirting with a lioness, NCL encounters, the pretty leopardess, the elephant dung, etc. All of the above encounters allow you to fight, but as that is not their only purpose they wouldn’t count. What about the event encounters? Any battle encounter that is specific to an event is also exempt from the effects of the item. For example, in January there are multiple battles with hyenas and vultures specific to that month. Those will not be affected by the item. What about events that give extra rewards to the year round encounters? During months like March, where if you attack a Shady Poacher, you are given event currency if you win. Due to the rules I stated above, this would become a conflict as it is A. a year round encounter that only allows attacking or ignoring, and B. Is now an event encounter during March I will admit this may be the biggest issue with this suggestion. There are three solutions to this. 1. The year round encounters are repelled no matter what month it is, regardless if they give event currency for a specific event. This option may be the easiest, allowing the item to work as intended, however people wouldn’t be happy to be missing potential currency. 2. Any year round encounter that gives event currency during a specific month aren’t repelled at ALL when the item is used, regardless of the month. Outside of the month that encounter is needed, people may dislike it not being included when using the item, and depending on the amount of encounters like this, it may leave the item practically worthless. 3. Any year round encounter is repelled, except the month where it gives event currency. While this may be the best and most obvious solution, it will also be the most work. I don’t know much about coding, but I know it will be more work to make things exempt 1 month out of the year. I do think this option would make the most people happy. I will likely add to this when I think of things. If there’s any questions, doubts, concerns, etc. please let me know! I love thinking things through and ironing out details, but I can’t always think of all the potential issues/solutions by myself! This suggestion has 319 supports and 2 NO supports. You have liked this post! 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 03/03/24 @ 22:02:41 by Mika ☀️ [G2 Uneven Sutekh] (#318273)