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Java-based Ancient Domains Engine
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Attributes, hit points, and the balance of power
JADE basically will use the same attributes already known from ADOM:
- Strength, Dexterity, Toughness and Appearance on the physical side,
- Learning, Willpower, Charisma and Perception on the mental/social side and
- Mana on the magical side.
It also will use DV (defensive value) to simulate the difficulty of being able to hit someone and PV (protection value) to simulate the
natural resistance of things and beings to damage. The attribute ranges will also be similar to those in ADOM (1-20 for the human
range, with 9-11 being an average value).
Differences will show up in how hitpoints are calculated: Hitpoints will be based on a constant dependent on your race (trolls are a lot
hardier than gray elves), guild membership (someone trained as a warrior is a lot tougher than someone trained as a merchant), Toughness
(the attribute, naturally), Willpower (the attribute, again, at a much lower rate than for Toughness) and "level". For each new level you will gain
+1 hitpoint. This might seem little at first (and it is) but it will prevent an evergrowing power spiral in which monsters and the character
become tougher and tougher, deal out more and more damage and so on (with all the known balance problems in ADOM). Instead you will
have a very gradual scale. Hitpoints additionally can be improved by training skills:
- Each level in a weapon skill will give you +1 hitpoint (the reason being that combat training exercises your body and teaches you
to withstand pain).
- Each level in Athletics will give you +1 hitpoint (physical fitness also helps to resist damage).
Thus the final formula for determining the total number of hitpoints might look like this:
| Total hitpoints | = |
+ | Race base value (in the range from -5 to +10) |
| + | Sum of all guild bonusses (in the range from 0 to 10 at most) |
| + | Toughness (usually in the range of 1-20) |
| + | Willpower divided by 3 (drop fractions) (1-6 additional points usually) |
| + | Level |
| + | Sum of all weapon skill levels |
| + | Athletics skill score |
Thus - ignoring skill levels, guild membership and race - an average character will have about 13 hitpoints +1 hitpoint per level.
To keep the game fair, monsters naturally will be a lot less deadly than they are in ADOM, there will be a higher healing rate and there
will be greater effects from weapon skills on combat.
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