Critical Misses - Revision history

Staffan Björk at 12:32, 31 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:31, 31 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 12:17, 31 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 11:43, 29 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 11:42, 29 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 11:37, 29 December 2014

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Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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‎Consequences

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 10:58, 29 December 2014

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Staffan Björk at 10:51, 29 December 2014

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 === Examples ===
-[[Critical Misses]] are often mandatory or optional parts of the combat rules of [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]]. The various editions of [[Dungeons and Dragons]] typically have optional rules for these misses, while games like [[GURPS]], [[Hârnmaster]], [[Mutant]], [[Role Master]], and [[RuneQuest]] have them as part of the core rules in most editions.
+[[Critical Misses]] are often mandatory or optional parts of the combat rules of [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]]. The various editions of [[Dungeons and Dragons]] typically have optional rules for these misses, while games like [[GURPS]], [[Hârnmaster]], [[Mutant]], [[Rolemaster]], and [[RuneQuest]] have them as part of the core rules in most editions.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 === Examples ===
-[[Critical Misses]] are often mandatory or optional parts of the combat rules of [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]]. The various editions of [[Dungeons and Dragons]] typically have optional rules for these misses, while games like [[GURPS]], [[Hârnmaster]], and [[Mutant]] have them as part of the core rules in most editions.
+[[Critical Misses]] are often mandatory or optional parts of the combat rules of [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]]. The various editions of [[Dungeons and Dragons]] typically have optional rules for these misses, while games like [[GURPS]], [[Hârnmaster]], [[Mutant]], [[Role Master]], and [[RuneQuest]] have them as part of the core rules in most editions.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 Combat is a common feature in many games, and in some of these the successes of actions performed during combat is determined by combinations of the combatants' skills and randomness. In such systems, there sometimes exist specific rules for unlikely events that will cause additional effect which the combat system normally does not produce. Such negative events &ndash; from the perspective of the attacker &ndash; are called [[Critical Misses]].
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 === Examples ===
 [[Critical Misses]] are often mandatory or optional parts of the combat rules of [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]]. The various editions of [[Dungeons and Dragons]] typically have optional rules for these misses, while games like [[GURPS]], [[Hârnmaster]], and [[Mutant]] have them as part of the core rules in most editions.

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 ''Predetermined random effects in combat that are negative to the attacker.''
-Combat is a common feature in many games, and in some of these the successes of actions performed during combat is determined by combinations of the combatants skills and randomness. In such systems, there sometimes exist specific rules for unlikely events that will cause additional effect which the combat system normally does not produce. Such negative events &ndash; from the perspective of the attacker &ndash; are called [[Critical Misses]].
+Combat is a common feature in many games, and in some of these the successes of actions performed during combat is determined by combinations of the combatants' skills and randomness. In such systems, there sometimes exist specific rules for unlikely events that will cause additional effect which the combat system normally does not produce. Such negative events &ndash; from the perspective of the attacker &ndash; are called [[Critical Misses]].
 === Examples ===

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 ''Predetermined random effects in combat that are negative to the attacker.''
+Combat is a common feature in many games, and in some of these the successes of actions performed during combat is determined by combinations of the combatants skills and randomness. In such systems, there sometimes exist specific rules for unlikely events that will cause additional effect which the combat system normally does not produce. Such negative events &ndash; from the perspective of the attacker &ndash; are called [[Critical Misses]].
-This pattern is a still a stub.
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 === Examples ===
 [[Critical Misses]] are often mandatory or optional parts of the combat rules of [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Games]]. The various editions of [[Dungeons and Dragons]] typically have optional rules for these misses, while games like [[GURPS]], [[Hârnmaster]], and [[Mutant]] have them as part of the core rules in most editions.
 == Using the pattern ==
-Creating [[Critical Misses]] depend on determining when attempts to perform actions can fail with disastrous effects, and what the risk for these failure are. The latter requires the presence of [[Randomness]] in a game while [[Skills]] levels typically help determine the risk and each individual [[Skills|Skill]] relates to actions that can fail. [[Upgrades]] and [[Weapons]] can in turn affect the risks.
+Creating [[Critical Misses]] depend on determining when attempts to perform actions can fail with disastrous effects, and what the risk for these failure are. The latter requires the presence of [[Randomness]] in a game while [[Skills]] levels typically help determine the risk and each individual [[Skills|Skill]] relates to actions that can fail. [[Upgrades]] and [[Weapons]] can in turn affect the risks, and open up to new types of [[Critical Misses]]; [[Weapons]] might for example be dropped or firearms may misfire or even hit the wrong targets.
 [[Critical Misses]] are not caused by [[Performance Uncertainty]] since they are instead the causes of algorithmically determined risks.

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 == Consequences ==
-=== Can Instantiate ===
+[[Critical Misses]] are a type of [[Critical Failures]] applied to [[Combat]], and as such are a type of [[Critical Results]]. They typically give the affected players [[Penalties]].
-[[Critical Failures]],
-[[Critical Results]],
-[[Exceptional Events]],
-[[Penalties]],
-[[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]]
-=== Can Modulate ===
+[[Critical Misses]] work against players being able to have [[Predictable Consequences]] for their actions, and may qualify as [[Exceptional Events]] unless they are too common. While not sought after by players, experiencing them may lead to [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]]. They naturally are opposites of [[Critical Hits]].
-[[Combat]]
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-=== Potentially Conflicting With ===
-[[Critical Hits]],
-[[Predictable Consequences]]
 == Relations ==

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 == Using the pattern ==
+Creating [[Critical Misses]] depend on determining when attempts to perform actions can fail with disastrous effects, and what the risk for these failure are. The latter requires the presence of [[Randomness]] in a game while [[Skills]] levels typically help determine the risk and each individual [[Skills|Skill]] relates to actions that can fail. [[Tools]], [[Upgrades]], and [[Weapons]] can in turn affect the risks.
-=== Can Modulate ===
-[[Combat]]
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-=== Diegetic Aspects ===
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-=== Interface Aspects ===
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-=== Narration Aspects ===
 == Consequences ==
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 [[Critical Results]],
 [[Exceptional Events]],
 [[Spectacular Failure Enjoyment]]
 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
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 === Can Be Modulated By ===
 [[Skills]],
 [[Upgrades]],
 [[Weapons]]