I was reading through this thread about gardening without tools and I liked the idea very much. As I was thinking about the suggested idea I thought about possible ways of somewhat "punishing" the player for digging around in his backyard with his bare hands as gardening without tools seems kind of mighty to me in comparison to the current system where you first have to find certain tools before you can get going with your farming.
My suggestion is:
- running around in the same clothes for weeks or months gets your clothes dirty and worn out (like everytime a zombie maybe grabs you there is a small chance of your clothes getting torn or ripped) - smashing tons of zombies gets your clothes dirty (think about all the blood and guts ;D) - doing gardening (see thread mentioned above) will get your clothes dirty as well
This would be possible results of dirty/worn out clothes: - you get unhappy and uncomfortable - clothes in bad condition obstruct your movement/slow you down
To remove these bad effects one would have to either wash his/her clothes (maybe crafting water bottle + dirty sweater or sink/bath tub + dirty clothes) or find new clothes. Clothes you loot from zombies of course are dirty and in a bad condition from the start, stuff you find in houses has a high chance of being clean and in good condition.
This would - in my opinion - add to the realism of PZ without going too far (like another suggestion I read about having to go to the bathroom from time to time etc. to what the devs already said no)
Let me know what you think (and please be kind as this is my first thread in this forum)
