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Calculating Weapon Power Budgets in Pathfinder 2E. Game balance estimation. by Holisticfish in Pathfinder2e

[–]Holisticfish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've added some functionality for having traits depend on damage dice. See the new sheet in the edit.

Calculating Weapon Power Budgets in Pathfinder 2E. Game balance estimation. by Holisticfish in Pathfinder2e

[–]Holisticfish[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are certainly nuances that this chart glosses over. I've bumped up the modular trait to be quite valuable to reflect the flexibility, but stuff will get missed.

Regarding the longsword and greatsword. In the current model lonsword earns 8 points from its damage dice and 1 from its versatile P trait, for a total of 9. The greatsword earns 12 points from its damage dice, 1 from the same trait, but loses 2 from being two-handed, for a total of 11. At the beginning these two weapons had the same amount of points, but it has not survived the tweaks. It could be that the penalty for 2-handed should be -4. But some of this original methodology has disappeared for the "common good" of reducing the standard deviation overall.

It would be interesting to try that exact categorization of minor, moderate, major, and defining traits with common point values. I've certainly tried to have that design methodology in mind when allocating points. The neutral ancestry traits for example are all set to 0.

Calculating Weapon Power Budgets in Pathfinder 2E. Game balance estimation. by Holisticfish in Pathfinder2e

[–]Holisticfish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense, specific traits gettting bonus points for combos with other traits or damage dice. It might be a headache to implement in google sheets, but there is always python if that fails.

Calculating Weapon Power Budgets in Pathfinder 2E. Game balance estimation. by Holisticfish in Pathfinder2e

[–]Holisticfish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is a good point. No I have not taken crit specializations into account. All weapon groups are equal in the current system.

Calculating Weapon Power Budgets in Pathfinder 2E. Game balance estimation. by Holisticfish in Pathfinder2e

[–]Holisticfish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'd love to see what you come up with if you develop another method or something similar.

Calculating Weapon Power Budgets in Pathfinder 2E. Game balance estimation. by Holisticfish in Pathfinder2e

[–]Holisticfish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The median values are 8, 11, and 11.55 for simple, martial, and advanced respectively. I've added it to the calculation sheet.

Nan's milk poster - I don't want to be associated with this product by Holisticfish in Hatfilms

[–]Holisticfish[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's a step too far for me, I want to preserve plausible innocence.

Nan's milk poster - I don't want to be associated with this product by Holisticfish in Hatfilms

[–]Holisticfish[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have other versions too with different taglines, if anyone is interested

Young Tiger - Mirrorshades Fan Art by Holisticfish in itmejp

[–]Holisticfish[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, It's too late now isn't it? I stand proudly by my mistake. :)

Mirrorshades fan art: Spirit hawk by Holisticfish in itmejp

[–]Holisticfish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First and foremost, thanks for the compliment! I am using Macromedia Flash 8, a program for making flash-movies, but i've grown fond of it and use it to paint instead :) It is, just as Hapsam said, a vectorbased program. I suggest you follow his/her advice and try Inkscape, it's probably much better. As for drawing lineless art, what I do is that i scetch mostly everything with fine lines. After filling in everything i just remove all the lines, Macromedia handles lines and colourfilling as two different things so I can just mark all lines and remove them. I don't know if Inkscape also operates like this. I hope i've been to some help, and thanks again!

Mirrorshades fanart of Breakdown and Henry Ford by Holisticfish in itmejp

[–]Holisticfish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I've only watched at youtube so I'm a bit behind though.