if an enemy accidentally attacks another enemy, the victim should react

[thejoshwolfe]

currently, if you blind an ant and convince the ant that the lich king standing next to him is you, you can get the ant to nibble away at the lich king until he eventually kills him. Really, the lich king should identify that the ant is a liability, and dispatch him. We could implement this as all enemies having bad tempers and getting pissed off easily.

alternatively, we could implement some kind of verbal communication whereby the victim can say "hey, it's me" so the blind individual won't be confused anymore.

[1-800-thewolf]

I think the former makes the most sense as ants can't talk. But perhaps there's some middle ground. The lich doesn't attack back because he can take the 1 damage and it's not worth his time at first. But then maybe after a couple hits he'll trike back.

That idea also allows for the player to potentially fool monsters by not striking back.

I guess this begs the question: Why is everyone out to get you? Do monsters attack you if you look like a monster?

[andrewrk]

I guess this begs the question: Why is everyone out to get you? Do monsters attack you if you look like a monster?

We briefly discussed this philosophical question, and came up with this proposed answer: every monster is born with your ID number imprinted into their brains and a personal vendetta against you.

Then the question becomes how does one learn the ID number of an individual? Normal vision is one, so if you're blind you don't know the ID number of the thing you bumped into.

[JacekAndrzejewski]

I guess this begs the question: Why is everyone out to get you? Do monsters attack you if you look like a monster?

We briefly discussed this philosophical question, and came up with this proposed answer: every monster is born with your ID number imprinted into their brains and a personal vendetta against you.

Then the question becomes how does one learn the ID number of an individual? Normal vision is one, so if you're blind you don't know the ID number of the thing you bumped into.

• vision
• smell, if you identified and smelled the individual before
• touch, in case of humanoids and other more intelligent creatures
• sounds, if you identified and heard the individual before for long enough time, including echolocation
• electromagnetic radiation detection, think of it as "seeing" brainwaves or heart beating signals (electroreception)
• taste? Dogs probably could lick or bite someone and recognize their taste later
• simple assumption that who you saw before "probably" stays in the same spot (especially if they couldn't really move)