Re: PBM design: advice please

From: "Gavin Kinsey" <gavin@kinsey.u-net.com>

Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I got a message from the man-thing [Tariz] The Dungeon Master,
> Hi,
>
> Gavin Kinsey <gavin@kinsey.u-net.com> wrote in message
> news:j0.DD.F22hKM94fi5HoT6.NR@kinsey.u-net.com...
>
> > I think you need to provide some information on the effectiveness of
> > the weapons to begin with.  After all, the weapons will have been
> > tested when they were being researched/built.  Actual combat will be
> > under vastly different conditions and so the player will add to this
> > initial information and get a better idea after gaining some combat
> > experience.
>
> Hmmm.  I seem to have heard this a lot now.  My initial plan was to have
> in the game's sourcebook a section with item "cards" with a descriptive
> information and some statistical details such as mass, technology level,
> capacity, ammo etc.
>
> Do you think I should add to this by including the relative Attack and
> Damage rating of each item as well?  It would seem that is what Greg and
> yourself would recommend.

Yes I think that would be helpful, remember that these numbers won't
really mean much to a player until they have actually used the items for
real.  Then they may be able to better assess the effectiveness of new
items by comparing the values.  Even then they need to have used a range
of similar items to work out what sort of scale the numbers are on, which
they need to know to predict the effectiveness of new stuff.

Gavin Kinsey     ICQ #20733693
Email gavin (at) kinsey.u-net.com

References

Re: PBM design: advice please
"[Tariz] The Dungeon Master" <adnd@mailandnews.com>
Sat, 05 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM design: advice please
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 06 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM design: advice please
"[Tariz] The Dungeon Master" <adnd@mailandnews.com>
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM design: advice please
"Gavin Kinsey" <gavin@kinsey.u-net.com>
Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM design: advice please
"[Tariz] The Dungeon Master" <adnd@mailandnews.com>
Wed, 09 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000