> I'm sure I've seen this mechanic about twenty years ago somewhere.

I've indeed seen this multiple times for example in Skyrim [1] and in Minecraft (trough mods)

I think I've seen every concept listed in the article before. Let's hope they don't get much out of it.

1: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Arcane_Archer_Pack_Items#Lig...