[spoon-discuss] Can you dodge?

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shoulda included this with the last message, but I hadn't thought of it yet:

If you hadn't guessed from the last post, I'm standardizing "attacks" and 
giving the players, as well as a small number of other things, Hit Points.  
A part of this is some familiar things, such as Pinball Guns, will become 
"weapons", a class of objects that can be used to attack.  Right now, I have 
a simple "X weapon does Y damage, which might be modified by Z player's 
Amulet of Double Damage or whatever" set up.  And as a part of this, if 
someone attacks a valid target, it automatically hits.  That's the way it is 
now; shoot someone with a pinball gun, and you have no chance of missing.

The question is, would we want to have there be a chance to miss on things, 
and if so, how much?  Should hits be automatic in most cases, and only if 
you have something special, like a good set of armor or good dodging 
ability, do you have a chance to avoid attack?  Or should it be more random, 
with a chance to go either way if it's a normal attack and the target has no 
special defense?

In either case, I think Pinball Guns should keep a good chance to hit.  I 
mean, all you have to do is make contact, and they're right there next to 
you.

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Next topic:
I hadn't really thought about this until now, but do we want to go far as to 
add types of damage?  If we do, I think we should limit it to two; Forceful 
(bludgeoning or crusing in some games), which armor shouldn't help against, 
and Mangling, which involves cutting or stabbing, and armor should help 
with.  I think that might be getting a bit complicated, but if people want 
to protect against certain things, it'll be easier than listing a bunch of 
different places damage could come from.

Orc In A Spacesuit

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