Haha yeah I took it a little far. But I do like the idea of more things like the valpurium +10 sword. They are really helpful for a short time but could screw you over if you're not careful.

The symbiont idea is neat. You would have to eat twice as much but it helps you heal more quickly too. And maybe it keeps growing and you have to "carry" it so it counts towards your burdened/stressed status. The bigger it gets the harder it is to vomit out, and if you wait too long it'll burst out of you

we should totally rename that flag to IS_ERNOMOUSE as a dev easter egg

Do they avoid the traps outside after you place them?

That would certainly help balance Mellis as well

That is a great idea

Ohh I love the igniting enemies within ESP range. That is awesome.

I had forgotten about the buying/selling charisma bonus. However, that does get less effective over time right?

It sounds like we are moving towards making Charisma a much more powerful trait. It's not just a pretty face any more, it could potentially cause others to join your team, etc.

Most other traits have easy ways to slightly strengthen them early on (e.g. reading a ton of books, carrying heavy stuff) so I don't think there is any harm in keeping the buying/selling bonus. But maybe we should make it slightly less effective, and also raise the bar for resurrecting named bosses.

I like all those changes

I like a) limiting limb generation to troll blood only and b) making Mellis less generous

Yeah I think the problem is not lack of history, it's just nobody wants to go to the effort of searching that history.

Anyways sorry for the off topic, I have some ideas on how to make this better and will work on them