So, when I say work, I do acknowledge that rolling a few dice is nothing like doing an actual job. This week, I'm going to look at the costs of doing so and how these random elements might cause work for the player.
#Destiny quest or fabled lands series#
Hello all! Back to my series on the good and bad points of having random elements in gamebooks. I might do the difference between probability and consequences and how they fit together. If they are used for random events, then you need to make sure that the events will be significantly different. It is more exciting to lose 1d6 stamina points towards the end when the character may only have a few stamina points left rather than at the beginning where 1 or 6 points won't make a difference. The variables in the numbers need to be added in the right places so that the random numbers actually have an effect. If you do it, however, you need to make sure that the statistics have been calculated to make sure that these dice rolls are going to be exciting instead of impossible or too easy. Rolling dice can add extra variety to a gamebook and also add extra excitement. to analyse systems and work out how easy it is to win the book.Ĭhampskees in the Fighting Fantazine forum includes tables or probabilities of winning certain Fighting Fantasy books depending on your stats.
One thing I like about gamebook systems is that I can analyse them and work out whether the system makes the game possible to win. Sometimes, it won't make much of a difference, but it might if the treasure is needed to afford something awesome or if a certain roll could kill your character.Ī random event is going to happen to you in Fabled Lands, but it could range from finding a staff to being attacked by a wolf. Instead of finding a fixed amount of treasure or taking a fixed amount of damage when something bad happens, the die roll can add some randomness to it. It can be used to work out how much something happens This can determine whether a wandering monster finds you or whether there is treasure at the bottom of the lake or whether the strange monster will attack you or run away. It can help decide whether something happens or not With enough random events, it is possible to read a completely different story with each read through. There is also excitement from rolling dice because they offer the chance of variety.Īlso, rolling dice means that you never know what's going to happen with each different read through. It takes time, it might result in bad things and if the system isn't thought out properly, then it will just be frustrating.Īs Radnoff said in my last post, there is excitement of the possibility of success, and if success happens in unlikely situations then it is even more exciting. Last time, I wrote about the costs of rolling dice.
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