Re: [spoon-discuss] Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a gnome out of my hat!

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, October 6, 2003, at 07:48 PM, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > So if you can mix two basic gnomes to get one yoyo gnome, and two yoyo
> > gnomes to get three basic gnomes, then if basic gnomes are stage n,
> > yoyo gnomes are stage n+1, and basic gnomes are stage n=n+2?
>
> -If you did it the other way, basic gnomes would be stage n, yoyos 
> stage 2n, and basics stage n=4n. Here's a thought: Don't make that 
> combination. Besides, Basics will be defined to be stage n in the 
> rule, so your evil plan is foiled again.-

Then the rule will contradict itself, saying Basic Gnomes are both n 
and n+2. I'm not speaking in favor of the other scheme either; I'm 
saying find a new scheme, preferably one that works.

> > I think I'd prefer hit points to be things a gnome starts out with;
> > then you can specify that squeezing/breeding reduces hit points. That
> > way we can define other things that also reduce hit points later.
> -Well, you can add the other actions (throwing, for example) to the 
> list of things that reduce their hit points... how many ways are you 
> expecting to be able to hurt the little guys?-

I'd rather not have to put everything that might damage Gnomes in the 
same place. The way it's currently phrased, another rule could say, 
"when X happens, the gnome involved loses 1 hp", it wouldn't do 
anything, since for some reason the number is explicitly put in another 
rule. Also, what if we allow healing of gnomes and whatnot? A couple 
minor modifications to the system could make the rule obscenely ugly.

--
Wonko

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