[ian-reeds-games] Re: Some thoughts on randomized numbers
- From: Ian Reed <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:40:35 -0700
Thanks Zac,
I knew there had to be some obvious punctuation I was forgetting. Thanks
for that. I've started to like the R now though so I may just stick
with it.
You said: lets say the unit deals 2 physical damage and 2 magic damage
and you
specify health_protect=1|all, would it protect against 1 of each
damage type or 1 over all, in other words would the unit lose 3 health
or 2 because it removes 1 physical damage but also 1 magic damage?
I say: I was thinking that the all would just be a shorthand for
specifying that number on each damage type.
So the unit would only lose 2 health.
But your question is a great one.
What if we also added a keyword called "any" that was applied after all
damage was calculated.
I think this would only make sense in the protect and protect_mod scenarios.
so health_protect=1|all protects from 1 magic damage and 1 physical damage.
Whereas health_protect=1|any protects from 1 point of damage total, but
does not care which damage type the inflicter was.
So if the numbers were 5% instead of a solid 1 then it would not matter
which one you used I think.
But if you used a range or dice you would get different results just as
with the solid number.
The all keyword is just a shorthand for doing something already
supported, but the any keyword supports something new.
I appreciate the brainstorming. It's much better to get this correct in
the design than for me to have to fix it later and break things for people.
Ian Reed
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