Generic RPG notes based on previous RPGs I've played throughout the years. Things I liked or didn't like in those games, as well as notes of what I might implement in a game of my own.

RPG-Battlesystem-ideas.md

Battle System:

These ideas probably will require quite a rewrite of the current battle system. It'll probably be left for last. Weapons will need several notetags I guess:

Notetags

• weapon:melee
• weapon:ranged
• weapon:rangedmelee (spear)
• shield:bashable

Who/what can attack who/what?

• Melee can't attack Flying
• Melee can counter Flying attacks
• Ranged can attack Flying
• Magic can attack Flying
• Flying is extra vulnerable to parry/counter
• Flying usually has a lower magic def?
• Flying can attack Flying
• Flying creatures can't block (they are too busy keeping themselves in the air)
• Flying Ranged creatures are more vulnerable to ranged weapons or magic?

Battle Choices

• Block:

  • No attack opportunity
  • Absorb: 75% chance to absorb x% of the damage
  • Parry: 0%
  • Counter: 0%

• Parry:

  • No attack opportunity
  • Absorb: 0% chance to absorb x% of the damage
  • Parry: 60% to parry the attack and make the enemy miss
  • Counter: 25% chance to counter the attack; making the enemy miss and doing x% damage of your regular attack to the enemy

• Counter:

  • No attack opportunity
  • Absorb: 0% chance to absorb x% of the damage
  • Parry: 25% to parry the attack and make the enemy miss
  • Counter: 40% chance to counter the attack; making the enemy miss and doing x% damage of your regular attack to the enemy

• Fight:

  • Normal attack opportunity
  • Absorb: 20% chance to absorb x% of the damage
  • Parry: 10% to parry the attack and make the enemy miss
  • Counter: 5% chance to counter the attack; making the enemy miss and doing x% damage of your regular attack to the enemy

• Magic:

  • Same percentages as fighting, but taking magic defence into account

• Skill:

  • Similar to Fight (and/or Magic), but with more powerful attacks.

• Bash:

  • If you have a strong shield, you could perhaps get the Bash option
  • Chance to confuse the enemy
  • Big chance to miss and get confused yourself

D&D ideas:

• Piercing / Slashing / Crushing

RPG-Droplist.md

Humanoids

Equipment they wear

• the weapons they fight with
• the armour (body armour, helmet, shield) (though this would be marked as broken or damaged; you hit it heavily of course to be able to kill them!) (unless you only used magic?)
• boots

Items they carry

• gold
• accessories
• potions

Animals

Bodyparts

• (bat/bear)claws
• batwings
• talons
• bunny feet
• feathers
• pelts/furs/hides (sell to leathermaker)
• fox tail
• frog poison pouch
• sticky mucus
• (Dragon/reptilian) scales
• (snake) teeth
• ink? (squids?)
• meat

Miscellaneous

• Slimes might drop slimed items (slimes are known to absorb things)
• Dragons hoard all sort of valuables
• fish can 'carry' rings or other (small) items that were lost at sea

Creatures that can carry gold:

• Humanoids
• Dragons
• Monkeys

RPG-General-ideas.md

Ideas

Fatigue:

• Allow characters to get tired
• Recover by resting
• Battles and spells have a bigger impact on fatigue
• Energy drinks can give temporary relief.
• Certain items can reduce how fast you get tired

Steps counters:

• The global steps counter that is already present:
  • Display it in the menu, below the Gold.
  • Do something special at x steps taken?
• Per Character steps counter. Tie in with Fatigue.
• Travel points
  • See if I can recreate the travel points from MUME.
  • Set a timer on walked areas so the system can't be games easily

Secrets counters:

• Secret 'sub'areas trigger counters
• Display x out of y secrets discovered on a map
• List of discovered/undiscovered secrets at the end of the game?
• Or perhaps as rumours in a pub?

Reputation

• Each town or 'county' has its own reputation counter
• Doing quests can improve your reputation
• Failing quests or taking the wrong conversation choices can ruin your reputation
• Reputation determines shop discounts (even negative ones)
• Reputation determines which quests are available for you

Random

• Script to optimise all equipment
• Different currencies per regions, each with their own exchange rate(s)