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Tom

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Re: Quest Writing
« Reply #30: June 23, 2015, 07:19:30 PM »
# Quest: King of the Eastern Forest

My feedback:

  • again, group damage everywhere, and very high values.
  • strength 30 is a very high test. Characters typically have 5 or so in most attributes, on average, ignoring class. So a 4-character party can bring on average about 20 to a test, plus items. +10 from items is rare, they will have to use magic already.
  • you give a LOT of xp for all challenges. My challenges typically have around 100 for normal challenges, 200 for tough ones, and 300 for extremely difficult end-bosses. Don't forget that all of them add up.
  • "cave Chamber" - yaml keys cannot contain spaces and should be all lowercase.
  • with ogre being 2-3 and progress 5, treasures will not be reached on success, because 2+5 = 7 (and 3+5 = 8).
  • again, attribute_damage above 1 should be rare.
  • gold 500 is also quite a lot. Again, remember it adds up. In this quest, they can take almost 900 gold, wow.
  • group_damage 25 is a nearly guaranteed TPK. That should be reserved for much higher level quests.
  • in general, by the story and events, this is a low-level quest and should be scaled down accordingly.
aside from that, it's a nice read and a cute small quest. Very nice.