Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26149161-20161213010637

Mae govannen, and welcome to the third installment of the Biome Improvement series! In this suggestion we will be focusing on the Dead Marshes. The other two suggestions can be found here, for the Barrow-downs, and here , for the Old Forest.

The Biome:

Currently, the biome is long, flat, and brown. All of this is pretty accurate. But the reeds! The reeds falsh bright green in the dank swamp, and do not fit. I propose that all the reeds be changed to Dried Reeds to remove the strange contrast. These should be even more common and grow in patches as opposed to random scatterings.

However, green was mentioned in the biome. Scummy ween should be found on top of the water, and should be a nasty bright color.

Skulls should also be strewn around. They are the Dead marshes, after all. These would be complemented by the updated marsh wraiths.

The trees should also be removed. No tree can exist in such a poisoned and wet environment, not even a dead one.

Mists were also known to exist in this biome. There should be a general fog on the edge of sight, and when the rest of the world rains it should get even foggier. Night should be near pitch-black.

Finally, a fixed lake called the Mere of Dead Faces should spawn in the center of the biome. This would have if possible an increased spawn rate of wraiths.

The Wraiths:

Note that the wraiths and their corpse-lights should only appear at night.

Currently the wraiths lie in the water and attack with light balls if disturbed. That's not very interesting. I suggest that there foremost be several new textures for the Wraiths added. Elves with weedy silver hair, men with sad faces, and hideous orcs. Both full corpses and heads alone should appear below.

When the player looks in, they should get nausea and weakness. This would replace the wraith attack. Though it's a little less dangerous, it's more realistic than a ball of light.

Sounds:

Various creepy sounds should be heard in the marshes. As a normal ambience, hissing and rattling reeds should be heard. But if a Wraith is disturbed, there should be a faint hiss.

Thanks for reading my suggestion! As always comments, kudos, and constructive critiscism is very welcome.

Ithilion, Discussions Moderator (Auta i lome) 01:06, December 13, 2016 (UTC) 