A few game mechanics questions

Valdimyr · Post by **Valdimyr** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:25 am

Question (A) Does your constitution play any part in a fight on how much damage you recieve?

Example: (Mob A) hits (Player A) who is level 10 and has a constitution of durable and it deals 6 damage.
(Mob A) hit (Player B) who is level 10 and has a constitution of unhealthy would it deal 6 damage as well or more since he has a lower constitution?

Question (B) When you gain a level, is it your base stats from when you created your character that bases what type of gain you will have?

Reminder: No great detail needs to go into these answers for fear of giving away the mechanics of the code to give a player knowledge of how to abuse the code in anyway possible. A simple Yes or No will be acceptable if any answer at all.

Dalvyn · Post by **Dalvyn** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:53 am

As far as I know, damage does not depend on the victim's Constitution.

And when you level up, you gain an amount of hit points depending on your current Constitution and your class.

Lathander · Post by **Lathander** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:23 am

As I understand it (and I am not a hard code guy), Constitution plays into how much damage you can sustain and has nothing to do with how much you dish out.

Hmmm, I think on reflection that my answer is the same as Dalvyn's in different words.

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:36 pm

question (a)
no... but player (A) would have (say) 100 hitpoints knocking 6 away from the attack leaving 94 HP left

player (B) would have 50 HP knocking 6 away leaving only 46 HP left

Question (B) umm... not too sure what your asking, but i think no is the proper answer from what I think you are asking...
It's not the base really, it's the stats you put into it... and when you level, the multiplier goes off of that...

Zilvryn · Post by **Zilvryn** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:54 pm

HP gains from Con aren't retroactive though, are they?

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:39 pm

Zilvryn wrote:HP gains from Con aren't retroactive though, are they?

by this i am guessing you mean, the sooner you get more con, the more HP you get?

If so, then I have not been given a yes or no answer, but I do not think that is the case... it's the same multiplier if it is now... or retroactive

Dalvyn · Post by **Dalvyn** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:57 pm

I think it's retroactive, just like temporary modifications to your Constitution (from objects or spells) also modify your current maximum amount of hit points.