tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219169252198225629.post2337141804382859595..comments2024-03-26T11:13:28.399-07:00Comments on Magician's Manse: Dueling Dice in Swashbuckler!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494391031541363595noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219169252198225629.post-29081165624233805052010-07-16T15:49:09.452-07:002010-07-16T15:49:09.452-07:00I think if I describe the mechanic better, it will...I think if I describe the mechanic better, it will be a lot easier to follow. I'm posting sections right out of my notes--they aren't exactly in any presentable form.<br /><br />I didn't a small playtest last night, running a few mock combats, and the system worked really well. The longest battle took no more than 7 or 8 minutes. What I was trying to do was to make player choices in combat actually matter. There's more strategy than "I run up and hit the goblin," something I think is missing for D&D. <br /><br />Most duels lasted only a single round. After that, one of the combatants usually gave up because he was severely disadvantaged. Once you're own one dueling die, you're in trouble we found out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494391031541363595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219169252198225629.post-79801347873837403352010-07-16T15:35:52.723-07:002010-07-16T15:35:52.723-07:00A little complex, but since the result is interest...A little complex, but since the result is interesting, that's not a bad thing. Pretty clever game mechanic for dueling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219169252198225629.post-47631719469571902322010-07-15T23:34:43.023-07:002010-07-15T23:34:43.023-07:00Yes, combat is deadly. But a character will rarely...Yes, combat is deadly. But a character will rarely be taken out in one round by a higher level opponent and cannot be taken out in one round by a lower level opponent. Most combats will not, as imagine, result in death, but rather surrender or fleeing. I'll talk more about passions late, which is a bit of a place holder term. Here are other ways to gain additional dueling dice, as well, that will discuss in future updates.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05494391031541363595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7219169252198225629.post-33325172152717460242010-07-15T21:24:05.953-07:002010-07-15T21:24:05.953-07:00I like the way the dice simulates a gritty sword f...I like the way the dice simulates a gritty sword fight and am interested to see how you handle passions, which appears to be some kind of combined mission-objective/hit-dice(?) metric. If all these scale linearly won't it will make combat exceptionally deadly? Unless you keep it all within a narrow value range, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com