Difference between revisions of "MRPG Damage Types"

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Revision as of 04:20, 23 July 2012

Damage is going to have to be seperated out into a limited number of 'types'. We already have three different mob types as well as multiple different magic types, hence the damage needs to be split out into a few different varieties, and things deal damage according to their own type.

Damage Types

In an attempt to un-complicate things, there will be as few types as possible, built off of existing things.

  • Mortal: non-magical mobs, base weapon damage, and non-magical traps deal 'mortal' or physical damage. Hence, a sword sheathed in magical fire deals seperate damage from the blade striking and from the flames burning.
  • Positive: Life, Mind, Light, and Holy magics all deal positive-damage(see charge resistance).
    • Life
    • Mind
    • Light
    • Holy
  • Negative: Dark, Death, Change, and Mind deal Negative damage.
    • Dark
    • Death
    • Change
    • Mind
  • Elemental: Elemental is actually split down according to it's individual sub-types. So while all Light spells deal 'Positive' damage, Fire spells deal Fire damage instead of 'elemental' damage.
    • Earth
    • Fire
    • WInd
    • Water

Summary

There are 7 damage types in all:

  • Mortal
  • Positive
  • Negative
  • Earth
  • Fire
  • Wind
  • Water

As well as an 8th, untyped damage we'll call supplemental. As discussed, weapons deal mortal damage, other sources deal damage following into one of those fields. Fire, for example, always deals fire damage whether it is magical fire or not, so Ruby Counter-Magic protects from all forms of fire.

Supplemental Damage

Since supplemental damage is untyped, there is no resistance for it and it cannot be reduced. Therefore any effect which deals supplemental damage is much more powerful as it bypasses all reduction.

Stat Damage

Certain spells or effects will cause damage to stats, reducing them either with a timer or until an effect(spell, potion, ability, etc)is used to remove the damage. Some damage effects the buffed stat, others the unbuffed.

Damage Reduction

All six magical damage-types are covered under Spell resistance. Mortal damage is reduced or stopped through armor class.

There is no counter-magic or resistance for Earth Magic. Only the effect Anti-Magic Aura can reduce damage from earth-based spells.

See Also: