# Needful things (simple additions to improve the game) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Drawing Board\ **Created:** [March 23, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570 "2014-03-23T22:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 179

**Author:** ![AseaHeru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/aseaheru/32/8_2.png) [@AseaHeru](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AseaHeru)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3561 "2017-03-27T20:39:38Z")

I thought that already sort of existed in the form of the toxic waste dump. Although, it could use a major facelift… ---

**Author:** ![Logiwonk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/logiwonk/32/1127_2.png) [@Logiwonk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Logiwonk)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3562 "2017-03-28T03:09:30Z")

Sorry, is there a toxic waste dump apart from the Waste Sarcophagus? I was thinking more illegal dumping instead of government sanctioned dumping. ---

**Author:** ![Obscure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Obscure](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Obscure)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3563 "2017-03-30T17:19:43Z")

what about industrial parks? places like towns but instead of homes and shops are full of large buildings with industrial materials, tools and machines. I don’t think i have ever seen anything like that. ---

**Author:** ![AseaHeru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/aseaheru/32/8_2.png) [@AseaHeru](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/AseaHeru)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3564 "2017-03-30T20:23:09Z")

> [@Logiwonk](#): > > Sorry, is there a toxic waste dump apart from the Waste Sarcophagus? I was thinking more illegal dumping instead of government sanctioned dumping. Yeah, it predates multi-tile structures. You can still find them in the middle of random fields. ---

**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3565 "2017-03-30T23:10:10Z")

Buried stashes, notes you can find with coordanites and when you find the area its reveald on the ground with an x or something telling you to dig there. ---

**Author:** ![Azrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3566 "2017-04-01T18:52:27Z")

Since there’s a lot of survivor gear available, how about one more? Survivor rollerskates. Slightly better defense than standard rollerskates/rollerblades, but otherwise acts like them… like basically survivor boots with wheels. ---

**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3567 "2017-04-01T20:31:24Z")

Survivor SpringShoes. ---

**Author:** ![TheWumpus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thewumpus/32/263_2.png) [@TheWumpus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheWumpus)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3568 "2017-04-05T03:07:35Z")

How about a change over on anything that uses batteries for crafting from having to be loaded between batches to just having them nearby? I sure love only being able to craft 8 stacks of dehydrated meat at a time with a basic food dehydrator, then stopping, then reloading, then crafting another 8 stacks. It’d be easier to just have the batteries be part of the recipe like with clothing crafting needing thread/threadlike substance. ---

**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3569 "2017-04-05T08:29:19Z")

> [@TheWumpus](#): > > How about a change over on anything that uses batteries for crafting from having to be loaded between batches to just having them nearby? That’s far more complex than it sounds. Consider UPS tools, more than one UPS tool used in a recipe, UPS tools mixed with regular tools (and vehicle tools, and bionics). It works for thread because all usable tools use thread (same amount of thread at that) and the thread can only be substituted for a different thread item. ---

**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3570 "2017-04-05T20:48:20Z")

This cataclysm futuree at least everyone agreed on the same batteries. thats probably what caused the cataclysm in the first place 😃 ---

**Author:** ![TheWumpus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thewumpus/32/263_2.png) [@TheWumpus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheWumpus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3571 "2017-04-07T03:31:33Z")

> [@Coolthulhu](#): > > [quote=“TheWumpus, post:3568, topic:5570”]How about a change over on anything that uses batteries for crafting from having to be loaded between batches to just having them nearby? That’s far more complex than it sounds. Consider UPS tools, more than one UPS tool used in a recipe, UPS tools mixed with regular tools (and vehicle tools, and bionics). It works for thread because all usable tools use thread (same amount of thread at that) and the thread can only be substituted for a different thread item.[/quote] That is fair enough, hadn’t considered that a food dehydrator could be modded to be atomic, or UPS, or vehicle batt, or be run off bionic power with a UPS cbm. ---

**Author:** ![KillyDigimortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KillyDigimortal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KillyDigimortal)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3572 "2017-04-09T22:27:31Z")

Please make ability to (a)civate hood on clothes, to donning hood together with hats\head flashlight. ---

**Author:** ![pisskop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pisskop/32/1327_2.png) [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3573 "2017-04-10T16:05:01Z")

What if the huge mutation prevented you from using rooves instead of any vehicle? if it could also add a hefty sum of weight to you I think it would work out. Keep in mind that there are both ‘large’ and ‘huge’ mutations, and that according to almost all other references to size thats the size of an SUV or better. ---

**Author:** ![Lazy\_lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Lazy\_lizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lazy_lizard)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3574 "2017-04-10T17:02:41Z")

[quote=“pisskop, post:3573, topic:5570”]What if the huge mutation prevented you from using rooves instead of any vehicle? if it could also add a hefty sum of weight to you I think it would work out. Keep in mind that there are both ‘large’ and ‘huge’ mutations, and that according to almost all other references to size thats the size of an SUV or better.[/quote] Hagrid’s motorcycle from Harry Potter, anyone? ---

**Author:** ![Slax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/slax/32/5385_2.png) [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3575 "2017-04-10T19:19:46Z")

Narcoleptic (Maybe this is already a mutation thing?) You sometimes fall asleep while doing things that require time. ---

**Author:** ![Zem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4491bb/32.png) [@Zem](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zem)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3576 "2017-04-13T09:52:46Z")

Hi! i’ve been playing as a throwing focused character. I was kind of bummed, when i realized javelins don’t go in quivers. is there a reason why that is? I think they should be added as viable ammo for the quiver! ---

**Author:** ![Inconspicuous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e4f/32.png) [@Inconspicuous](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Inconspicuous)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3577 "2017-04-13T22:05:41Z")

Trait “Cold tolerant” You’ve grown accustomed to the cold, and your minimum comfortable temperature is lower than most (Not sure by how much, honestly.) ---

**Author:** ![pisskop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/pisskop/32/1327_2.png) [@pisskop](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pisskop)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3578 "2017-04-16T01:14:12Z")

you mean ‘fur’? 😛 what we lack is heat tolerance. iirc cold blood doesn’t grant any bonus to being warm ---

**Author:** ![lordmatiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@lordmatiz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/lordmatiz)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3579 "2017-04-16T17:39:35Z")

Some trait thoughts: -Prostophobic: You can’t stand thoughts about YOUR OWN BODY PARTS being raplaced with some EVIL MACHINES. (You can’t implement CBM or you simply get bad morale for every CBM in your body) -Prostophile: You love altering your imperfect body with technological miracles! (Good morale for every CBM) ---

**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570/3580 "2017-04-16T21:54:29Z")

The ability to hit zombies to slow them down and such, like reducing their main health pool but giving them leg arm and head health pools, but having them perhaphs be more brittle health pools than living npcs. [Previous page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570.md?page=178) [Next page](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/needful-things-simple-additions-to-improve-the-game/5570.md?page=180)