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errett at triusenterprise
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Hi All-
Since there seems to be a bit of discussion of new functions for AB,
I thought I would chuck in my 2 cents. While I think the current work
on the previous datafile issues and the inventory issues are more
important, this may be *relatively* simple to implement.
I'm only familiar with the Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but there may
be other game systems which rely on a similar function. In WFB when
you choose your spells you roll a D6 and then choose the
corresponding spell from the selected list.
Certainly you may want to allow your players to choose which spells
they wish. So this feature would need to be able to be turned on and
off. However, in terms of secret (and validated) lists, it would be a
neat function (IMHO) to have the ability to roll a die (from within
AB) and have it add the appropriate spell to the list of options for
the model.
Preferrably this would not be allowed to be changed unless the whole
model was removed and recreated. While this would not deter those who
may want to control (or 'cheat' as some rules may call it) which
spells their models have by deleting and recreating the model; it
would enforce a certain fairness in that the spells which come to the
table were actually rolled for when this type of validation was
enabled.
So just an idea, I hope that this does not seem presumtuous to write
to the list. I think AB is far and away the most useful tool I've
encountered for wargaming and I cannot see playing without it! I hope
to see its continued evolution.
Thanks for any time spent (or wasted!) on this conjecture.
Errett
Since there seems to be a bit of discussion of new functions for AB,
I thought I would chuck in my 2 cents. While I think the current work
on the previous datafile issues and the inventory issues are more
important, this may be *relatively* simple to implement.
I'm only familiar with the Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but there may
be other game systems which rely on a similar function. In WFB when
you choose your spells you roll a D6 and then choose the
corresponding spell from the selected list.
Certainly you may want to allow your players to choose which spells
they wish. So this feature would need to be able to be turned on and
off. However, in terms of secret (and validated) lists, it would be a
neat function (IMHO) to have the ability to roll a die (from within
AB) and have it add the appropriate spell to the list of options for
the model.
Preferrably this would not be allowed to be changed unless the whole
model was removed and recreated. While this would not deter those who
may want to control (or 'cheat' as some rules may call it) which
spells their models have by deleting and recreating the model; it
would enforce a certain fairness in that the spells which come to the
table were actually rolled for when this type of validation was
enabled.
So just an idea, I hope that this does not seem presumtuous to write
to the list. I think AB is far and away the most useful tool I've
encountered for wargaming and I cannot see playing without it! I hope
to see its continued evolution.
Thanks for any time spent (or wasted!) on this conjecture.
Errett
