[ian-reeds-games] Re: Some thoughts on turns and rounds
- From: Ian Reed <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:13:07 -0700
Hey Allan,
Wow, great stuff. That helps me wrap my head around it a bit better.
I'll need to put some more thought into how we can support all those
various types of modifiers.
Allan said: In your chance of success, you would have to decide if an
attribute would give a modifier or be the modifier
I say: It might be possible to support both scenarios.
If I have a point that is strength = 18.
Then we could add some new type to the game that is a calculated point.
So a calculated point called attac roll would equal 4 if the strength
point is 18.
And the calculated point would have some small amount of math or ranges
that specify 18 = 4, 12 through 14 = 0, 10 = -1.
Then map creators could reference either strength or attack roll as a
modifier since both are points, one is just calculated off the other.
Allan said: I liked the idea of a "critical" success or failure. That
was sheer brilliance.
I say: I agree, sheer brilliance, but I can't take credit for it. Dark
actually outlined that idea a couple months ago when we were discussing
how an RPG maker would work.
It's been in the back of my mind for a while.
I've got a lot of thinking to determine how all those various types of
modifiers can easily be put into the game, but it gives me a great
reference for all the possibilities.
I'll keep the email for later reference when I get closer to it and more
of the foundation has been built.
Now on to your turns and rounds email:
You said: So that means there can be any number of rounds in a turn,
depending on number of teams playing, right?
I say: Actually any number of turns in a round, and yes it depends on
the number of teams playing.
You said: round 2
al turn blaze fizzles at end of al's turn.
Did I get that right?
I say: Almost, it fizzles at the beginning of your turn rather than the end.
So a longer example with 4 teams and I am the second team:
Round 1:
team 1 turn
Ian's turn, casts blaze which has a duration of 1
team 3 turn
team 4 turn
Round 2:
Team 1 turn
Blaze fizzles as my turn begins.
Thanks for the feedback.
Ian Reed
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