Tabula Rasa Interview

RPGVault has conducted an interview with Carly Staehlin, asking the Tabula Rasa content producer four pages of questions concerning the upcoming MMORPG. A snippet:

Q: What types of weapons will players have at their disposal, and what most influenced you in selecting and designing them?

A: There are Body, Mind and Spirit weapons. The weapons are each related to that attribute such that an attack with the weapon is a Body, Mind or Spirit attack.

Weapons in Tabula Rasa are used as the normal attack means when in attack mode. They are the primary damage-dealing tools.

Body weapons fall into the category of items that are traditionally thought of as weapons. They are matter-cleaving devices. These are inspired by all the classic and familiar weapons found in the real world – swords, guns, etc.

Mind weapons deal with ideas and information as vehicles for damage. There are ideas, words or symbols that are so powerful, that simply by looking at them (and thereby receiving that information into your brain) you will be hurt. We were very much inspired by Neuromancer and the Chinese Ghost Story movies in developing this weapon type.