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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 09:07:57 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Huibai wrote:
> [much snipping, pardon]
>
> Matt C:>
> :> problem of the former being as you say, "How hurt is 20%?
>
> I figure on using the graphic bar because, as well as a player can
> read the bar (guessing 50%, for example), I imagine that's how
> well he knows his own body.
Hmm, I suppose thats fairly reasonable.. although if you diverge from the
norm (the points Adam W made on 100% being literally 1% and such), you'll
need to make a point of saying so, or trying to indicate it, otherwise you
could have a lot of very dead players. ;)
> Adam:
> : For all practical purposes, 100% health is identical to 1% health.
>
> Yeah, I've always hated that in standard hack'n'slash. So, we
> take care of the combat modifiers for health, just not so overtly.
> The player will surely notice a big slowdown in combat performance
> the lower his health bar goes.
Jolly good. I played on one mud which tried to do this by /increasing/ the
damage you took, the more hurt you were. It was a nice idea, but not
terribly well done - it was on a sort of semi-exponential scale, so you
got hit once and it barely hurt, again (the same hit) and it hurt a
little, again, and it hurt, again, and it REALLY hurt, and then it killed
you. :)
> Now, we use descriptive phrasing as far as "how's the other guy
> doing?" when the player looks at a living. If there's room for any
> misinterpretation from that or no knowledge imparted on the level
> of his combat ability, well that's the limitation on not knowing his
> body as well as your own.
True - but as always, with descriptive phrases, be careful they aren't
ambiguous, or vague in any way, for instance "He seems pretty beat up.",
and "He's hurting quite a bit." are very unclear as to where they would be
relating to each other. You could actually use a %age bar for NPCs, but
throw in innacuracies based on the PCs perception, and such.
> In passing, a friend mentioned to me the idea that a Mud might
> be based on the axiom that players age as they progress. The
> amusing twist is that 'newbies' start out stronger than the old
> pros, who have only experience to go by. In other words, start
> the player in the prime of the hero's life, instead of making him
> build up to it. The rest of his existence is trying not to slip too
> fast into obscurity when he might as well just suicide the char.
> Heh.
Heh. It'd be interesting to see what'd happen if you did that.
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00004" HREF="msg00004.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 01 Jul 1997, 22:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00044" HREF="msg00044.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Thu 03 Jul 1997, 00:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00060" HREF="msg00060.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 03 Jul 1997, 15:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00043" HREF="msg00043.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00059" HREF="msg00059.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 03 Jul 1997, 15:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00063" HREF="msg00063.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Thu 03 Jul 1997, 16:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00064" HREF="msg00064.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Thu 03 Jul 1997, 18:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00070" HREF="msg00070.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Supporting RP+PG</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 04 Jul 1997, 03:25 GMT
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