Hi everyone,
As we mentioned briefly last week, we were working on a new kind of skill check called “Investigate cautiously”. We iterated on that and came up with a solution that we can integrate it to the existing incidents. There are lots of incidents like “Collapsed Golem” or “Ancient Battlefield” that our hero has only 2 options to interact with: investigate or leave. “Investigate” sends our hero to battlemap and “Leave” exits the incident. Now our hero will have the opportunity to “Investigate cautiously” and extract some intel about the battle before he commits to it.
Now these incidents will have 3 options:
“Draw your weapon and proceed!” – sends hero to the battlemap.
“Investigate cautiously (Thievery 55%)” – checks for information about the enemies.
“Leave” – exits incident.
“Investigate cautiously” skill check will use thievery skill. If successful, hero will learn the type and number of enemies. He will also have an opportunity of a surprise attack. Surprise attack will give +10 to all attacks for 5 turns at the start of the battle.
If skill check is unsuccessful, it will mean that the hero made too much noise and enemies became aware of his presence. They won’t call for back up but they will attack and hero will have no choice but to fight.
If hero fails critically (meaning rolling 1-5 on a 100) enemies will not only attack but also call for back up.
Another improvement is about flavor texts of these incidents. Or maybe we should say lack of flavor texts. They were usually very bland. We improved them too. Check below one example:
Old one: “You found the ruins of an old castle. Do you want to investigate?”
New one: “As you wander the untamed wilderness, you stumbled upon the remnants of a once majestic castle, now reduced to a haunting shell of its former glory.”
Here is another example:
Old one: “You have come to a place full of mushrooms. Do you want to investigate?”
New one: "You came to a wondrous place where the luminous glow of blazing mushrooms illuminates the path before you."
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading. May the tides bring you triumph!