Feedback Thread

1. Everything done so far, I like. Getting hit in battle was scary, but I felt like the battle was fair and it was fun. I love the map, and the interactions with NPCs and your descriptions make the game rewarding to play.


2. The only thing I would do differently—and honestly, it's a little thing I wasn't planning to mention because it's not problematic—but since you asked: rather than roll for HP increases, we just get a consistent amount.

Example: the average roll of the HP die for your class (rounded to a whole #) plus your CON modifier

I LOVE that you removed the random attribute rolls and gave us the best starting HP we can get. For some reason, being at the mercy of a die roll in battle works for me, but I prefer permanent character attributes to not be randomized.


3. Nothing. It was hard enough to find a criticism just to answer #2.

I can see you put a lot of thought into this (story and gameplay), and you certainly know how to run a great game. Keep it up!

 

1. Everything is great, so far. I love playing with the POV of each character. I write what my character thinks, put it in plain sight, and the other characters can't react to it! Ha! It's the ultimate tease. I like how the player characters are rolling with the additions we make to the scene. An example is the "dilated eyes" of Baldhart. I mentioned it, and LS just incorporated it. Great stuff.

2. I wish this were a real game and not a play-by-post. I think we are all great at role playing.

3. Bad rolls on rolz.org.

 

If you want, I made a calculator (on Numbers for Mac, but it converts to Excel) to support that, so you can see what it looks like.

I made one in case I ever run a game, but I hope Dragon's Egg will last long enough that I never get the chance. It's way more fun to play your game than to run mine! If you want to use my HP suggestion, there are a few ways to go about it.


OPTION #1: Round up avg. of HP die roll + CON mod. This would mean a barbarian with +3 CON gets 10 HP per level, but a wizard with -3 CON is at 1 HP for his entire life.

OPTION #2: Use actual averages. The barb with +3 CON gets 9.5 HP per level, the wiz with -3 CON gets .25 HP per level. (He'd need to roll a 4 to gain 1 HP.)

OPTION #3: Same as #1, but have a minimum gain of .5 HP so the wizards and illusionists with -3 CON gain 1 HP every other level. (It may be no better than being at 1 HP for your entire life, but it's twice as good as what you can expect from actual rolling.)


By the way, the calculator I made also calculated the "to hit" at each class/level.

I have your email, so I'll tweak what I've got to match option #3 (it's at #1 now, but that sucks for the wimpy wizard).

 

If you do go with the no-roll option for max heath @ level-ups, what I proposed is similar to the expression for HP regeneration:

The HP max increase could be expressed as: 1 + CON MOD + (HIT DIE/2)

(Same as "the average roll of the HP die for your class [rounded to a whole #] plus your CON modifier")

 

You're evil!

 

I take that back. The way the current battle is going, you've given me a very easy choice. I won't depend on die rolls for permanent health if you give me the option not to–especially after seeing so many 1s and below average rolls!

Oh, and for fun, I tested my luck with 9 unofficial rolls (in room MStest1).

Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 7
Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 7
Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 4
Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 4
Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 5
Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 14
Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 14
Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 8
Not the real Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 9

Under my "average rounded up" option, Baldy gets 10 HP per level. I didn't beat 10 until Lv.7, so at Lv.6, I gained 27 HP–just over half of the 50 HP I would've had. At Lv.10, I gained 72 HP when I could've had a gain of 90.

This is why I'll never go to Vegas.



EDIT - Tried a second time, and gained 87 HP. That's slightly above a true average (9 x 9.5 = 85.5), but slightly below the 90 I'd get without rolling.

Spoiler: my second attempt

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 10
(Lv.2 - I'm just as tough as real Baldhart!)

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 11
(Lv.3 - I'm 1 HP tougher than real Baldhart!)

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 6
(Lv.4 - I'm wimpier than real Bladhart by 3 HP.)

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 6
(Lv.5 - I'm 7 HP wimpier.)

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 13
(Lv.6 - I'm 4 HP wimpier.)

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 11
(Lv.7 - I'm 3 HP wimpier.)

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 4
(Lv.8 - Minimum roll - BOO! Now I'm 9 HP wimpier.)

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 15
(Lv.9 - Maximum roll - YAY! But I'm still 4 HP wimpier.)

Another fake Baldhart: 1D12+3 => 11
(Lv.10 - Well, I have 102 HP now. The real Lv.10 Baldhart has 105 HP.
The average die rolling barbarian has 100, so I still came out ahead a little.)

 

If you look at my second attempt at nine HP rolls, I rolled just above true average. I think the die roller is fine. Don't forget that for all the crappy rolls we're getting, I had three awesome feat-of-strength rolls in a row and I rolled max damage.

 

Typically, I think people view the threads to see if they want to join. So we may get more players yet!

 

Well, if people are reading our game, who can blame them? There's some good reading in there. Check out my sig! It's a damn good line, and it links to the game.

 

I hate to be that guy that uses a character from a RPG game for actual stories (who am I kidding, I'd love to be that guy!) but I really like Nodrick. I'd like to perhaps try writing something about him in the future. And I love a lot of the characters in the RPG. It would be great to see stories from them in the Challenges section. OHHHHHHHHHHHH....idea! How about a Dragon's Egg Challenge that could use our characters for individual stories? Just throwing that out there.

 

I'm working on stuff for Baldhart. With Phil as my witness, she existed before I played her in an RPG and so did Nissa. They just didn't have names.