Re: [Adonthell-general] Adonthell Rules

[Benjamin Walther-Franks]

At Monday 17.06.2002 15:28, you wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:45:27 +0200 address@hidden wrote:
>
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Ben and I got together over the weekend, and we worked a little on the
> > rules. I hope you like them. In fact I think that with a few
> > modifications (tell me what to chance, if you think the rules are
> > understandable/balanced), they should be ready to be released on the
> > web site (at least as a rough draft and for testing purposes). We
> > might even encourage people to test them and tell us whether they like
> > them or not. So, enjoy...
>
> We definately have to release them! It's about time that we release
> something new ... :)
>
> As far as the rules go, I think they are okay for now. I see little use
> in making adjustments to formulas and such before those rules aren't
> implemented and can be tested.
>
> There is one thing that is a little odd in section 1.2: "With each new
> level the character gains, she will receive one attribute rank point
> that she may freely distribute among the four attributes ...", but later
> it says that you get 5 points that can be distributed over attributes,
> abilities and skills.

Sorry, that's a mistake due to us changing stuff around several times, we 
must have overlooked that. The sentence "With each new level the character 
gains, she will receive one attribute rank point that she may freely 
distribute among the four attributes ..." should be removed.


> I also think the part talking about character advancement should be
> changed a little. It shouldn't be possible to raise attributes,
> abilities or skills by more than one rank at a time. For that to make
> sense, you should only be able to distribute points right after
> levelling up. Still, points could be saved for later use. (The only
> exception would be character generation)
>
> Otherwise, you could master some skill right away.

Hm, weren't too sure about that on either. I guess I'll correct it the way 
you said until somebody comes up with something else.

> Another thing I found a little unclear is section 4.2.2: "In close
> combat ...". Is the damage range coming from the weapon (as described
> above) or from the property? If it's not coming from the weapon, each
> weapon would cause the same damage, base on the character's skill. But
> if it comes from the weapon, what for are the properties needed?


Maybe we weren't too sure ourselves...? ;)
I've corrected it, it now reads:

In close combat the characters Melee Damage is added to the physical damage 
range of his damage source (whatever he is attacking with), respectively 
raising the upper and lower boundary of the interval by his Melee Damage 
value. The ranged combat equivalent is the property Ranged Damage, which is 
added to the physical damage range of the wielded damage source (see 
section character stats: attributes and properties).


> Other than that, I like it a lot :).


cool, great you liked it!

> Perhaps you should run a spellchecker over the text prior to releasing.
>
> Sometimes, the table heading is on a different page than the
> corresponding table, which is also a little odd ;). Perhaps it would be
> better to use the\caption{<text>} command to create a caption below the
> table.

Oooh, I'll try that, sounds good.

> And maybe you should enable the bookmarks of the PDF file, so one can
> directly jump to a corresponding section.
>
> If you want me to take care of that, just send me the sources.


I'll send you the .tex file privately, then you can have a look through it 
(maybe change the odd part). Maybe you could also adjust the layout to the 
style the other documents (plot, etc.) had?

Hopefully we'll soon see the rules on the website!


BEN

P.S.: Unfortunately I haven't been able to do more for Adonthell than help 
Nils with the rules, since I'm still too involved in Uni work. I'll be able 
to do more soon, promise! :)