Displaying Spells

[Hviti]

With the massive number of spells introduced (and yes, I am quite thankful for all the hard work which went into getting them in), the spell lists for even unguilded wizards has grown to epic proportions. The same goes for a wizard's memorize list. Before the code update, my spell list didn't stretch longer than one or two uses of the return/enter key to display, and my memorized spells list never came near to having to be viewed in more than 1 portion, but now both take at least two enters or more to move through, depending on what client I am using. This might seem a little unwieldy and intimidating for those who wish to play a wizard, especially for newer players and for those who use telnet or another mud client which cannot easily scroll up.

Therefore, while it isn't anything essential, I would like to propose that there be an option to display only spells learned for the spell lists and, for memorized spells, an option to display one level at a time.

For example, a wizard who wished to view memorizeable (that is, known) spells could use a command like "knownspells" to view just the ones he knew (and yes, the color is very helpful with this, it's just a very long list). A command for unknown spells could also be available, though the current spell list would serve quite well for that, I am sure.

Besides this, a wizard could type something like "Spells1" or "Spellbook1"
and display something along these lines:

Level 1 Spells memorized:
orange juice bananas ----------------
---------------- ---------------- ----------------

Level 1 Spells known:
orange juice (journeyman) bananas (not known)
raisin bran (adept) cherries (not known)

Level 1 Spell components:
orange juice an empty glass
raisin bran some sawdust and wood shavings
bananas a pack of monkeys
cherries some fruit pits

Basically, this would combined spells/memorize/spellbook into what IMO would be a more user friendly system. And (hopefully) could be accomplished with cut/paste from current code (though I'm not speaking from personal experience here).

I'm very thankful for the work already done on the spell system, and in no way mean to belittle the efforts of those who got it up and running so quickly.

Comments? Suggestions? "It-would-take-too-long-to-code-and-it-isn't-necessary's"?

[Boe]

Perhaps something in addition to this...

Something that would only show one specified level of a memorized spell list:

mem level 1-2

Level one slots,
________ ________ _______

Level two slots,
________ ________

This would allow for someone who can only cast spells up to level X to only have to see their memorization list of 1-X.

-Kyle