So now that I've been peeking under Des's skirt for a while, time to leave my own mark there!
New Command: !CATWith a lot of help from Ehlanna, I've designed a little alternative to !CLAW. The CLAW combat system is great and easy to use, yet I've had a couple of issues using it. So I developed:
CLAW,
Amethine's
Tweaks!
CAT!The idea is the same as CLAW; level the playing field between two characters. But while CLAW does this by imposing a blanket nerf on the stronger character, this new !CAT system brings both players to a middleground, while also keeping their stats familiar. Let me show an example:
Player Bob has 10 STR, 20 INT, 45 AGI and 25 RES.
Player Dan has 100 STR, 80 INT, 80 AGI and 110 RES.
So Bob has buffed his AGI a lot, and Dan is much more balanced. So if they were both the same level (which !cat essentially tries to do), then Bob should have a high AGI score, and Dan should be higher in the other stats, right?
<+Amethine>!cat Bob Dan
<@Desdaemona>Bob should use STR+13 INT+27 AGI+60 RES+33; and Dan should use STR-37 INT-31 AGI-31 RES-42 when using the !CAT combat system"
If we do some math, then !CAT says that:
Bob should fight with 23 STR, 47 INT, 105 AGI and 58 RES
Dan should fight with 63 STR, 49 INT, 49 AGI, 68 RES
And that lines up with what we expected to see; Bob has high AGI, low STR and Dan is much more rounded.
So how do I use !CAT for combat?When you use !cat, like the example above, you see that Desdaemona tells you how to adjust your stats. You use those stats with your regular !cd rolls.
So if Bob wanted to make a ranged physical attack, he would roll !cd AGI+60 INT+27 +weaponmods.
If you have any enchantments or effects that boost or hinder stats, you add or subtract appropriately. So if Bob had a familiar with ritual bonding, thus giving him +3 to his INT, then he would roll INT+30 because the !CAT results stack with stat modifiers.
If you add :pm to the end of one of the nicknames, then that person will get a PM from Des of the stats given. That way you always have a note of the numbers to use.
Do not use the pm feature to spam or irritate other players.As with any optional combat system, once you start using !CAT, you HAVE to stick with !CAT for the entirety of the fight!
I've spent a long time coming up with this, and couldn't have done it without Abby (and Airy!) helping and teaching me the ways of combat with the monthly Works deliveries as well as a few tests, Naomh and Dragovar and probably so many other people I can't recall (poke me if I forgot ya!) who helped answer various combatdice queries I had. And Ehlanna was a freaking godsend with all the code help and input she gave me! Still, despite all that if there's any issues, problems or suggestions, don't hesitate to let me know. MY IRC and MB pm's are always open!