I wish to incorporate an item durability system into my software application, though perhaps not for the immediate reason you might expect. Let me give you a little background information first. I’m working on an application that handles a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Six years ago, I surveyed the 3e Monster Manual(s), evaluating the creatures and assigning them to a “scope” system. “Scope” has been more of a design tool than a system or mechanic, but I’ve revisited monsters and the creature types[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I’m playing this stupid mobile game I downloaded over the weekend. I’m not going to name it for a variety of reasons. As to why I’m “playing” it (it’s an idle dungeon crawler), that’s the subject of this blog[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Obligatory GitHub repository link. I want to say like, a week ago I finished the logic for “optimizing” a character’s armor equipment. It did this by starting with either the heaviest armor (period), or the heaviest ‘light’ armor, then searching[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cookiemonger and I have had FTL for a while and I hadn’t had the opportunity to play it until… somewhat… recently. I’m glad I did though, I got some good hours out of it before I kind of, sort of,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I wrote this program to generate characters using 5e rules. I “enhanced” it in a few ways by incorporating some algorithms to select character alignment, race, class, deity, and so forth. That was um, last year, actually. I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been mulling over this problem I have. In the past, I’ve taken advantage of the players’ defeat of a particular villain to introduce a new villain. Recently I’ve begun to question the “fairness” of such an action. Is it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, this conversation started with my previous post… from an hour ago. Now is the thing about character classes. My group started playing 5e about a year after its release. My first outing was with a tiefling necromancer (“Venger”), and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Boy, have I got a lot to tell you about. I have a list of 60 skills that I’m building into a Career system to replace 5e skills, proficiency, and backgrounds–the Career system is similar to how careers function in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For design purposes, I have a list of attributes I’m culling. I’m nearly to the point where I should be taking pictures with my phone camera, of the notes I’m jotting down by hand. I’m pretty close to writing on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
