"finish" for human NPCs

[Applesauce]

I would like to suggest that human NPCs (such as the selectively aggressive Southside mobs) only get incapacitated when you beat them in combat, and you have to actually FINISH them the same way you would a PC. Otherwise they eventually heal and get back up.

[Geras]

Perhaps when they heal and get back up they could be non-aggressive for a little bit too.

[Inertia]

I'm very much a fan of this idea. Anything that makes them feel more like living breathing members of society with dreams and fears and less like mobs is a step in the right direction. Remember the Red Shirts are people, too!

[Lei]

Like.

[Gavin]

Yeah, "like" too.

I like the idea of being able to just RP out non-lethal ends to encounters. If I get jumped in Southside, for instance, I may just beat the crap out of someone, but I'm not going to stab them. So if they're KO'd, I can pretend that they scurried off with a broken nose.

Same with bodyguards. I consider them "real" NPCs, so I wouldn't want them offable without murderous intent!

[Applesauce]

Ping to bring this back on the radar. It would be super cool, not only for Southside but for human mobs in general, to be able to fight and not kill as one might an animal.

[Dice]

Please, please, please. I can't count the number of plot problems this has led to!

[Kinaed]

I don't mind it; I'm not sure I remember why NPCs are different here. I'll investigate that before making a final decision, but I'm not against this change.

[Applesauce]

I wouldn't even mind having to "finish" animals, basically just making everything non-fatal by default.

Or maybe an autofinish flag so we can turn it on for hunting, and off for... not hunting.

[Inertia]

I wouldn't mind having to finish animals either - and not just because they've died and I kept swinging, starting combat with a second critter before. *ahem*