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Staffan Björk at 10:13, 5 September 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Consequences */

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‎Consequences

Staffan Björk at 12:55, 24 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 12:46, 24 August 2015

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Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk: /* Anti-Examples */

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‎Anti-Examples

Staffan Björk: /* Using the pattern */

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‎Using the pattern

Staffan Björk at 10:35, 18 January 2015

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Staffan Björk at 21:19, 21 July 2014

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Staffan Björk at 21:15, 21 July 2014

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 == Consequences ==
-[[Health]] is an [[Attributes|Attribute]] which in many cases functions as a [[Resources|Resource]] since it often is depleted during gameplay - if healing abilities exist this is even more likely since it can then be treated as a [[Renewable Resources]]. It allows higher granularity in [[Combat]] by letting [[Damage]] have accumulative effects; by doing this it can also introduce intermittent states between the loss of [[Lives]]. The use of [[Health]] reductions as [[Damage]] can become [[Critical Hits]] when combined with additional effects such as [[Downtime]], [[Disruption of Focused Attention]], [[Skills]], [[Variable Accuracy]], [[Movement Limitations]], and [[Ability Losses]].
+[[Health]] is an [[Attributes|Attribute]] which in many cases functions as a ([[Non-Localized Resources|Non-Localized]]) [[Resources|Resource]] since it often is depleted during gameplay - if healing abilities exist this is even more likely since it can then be treated as a [[Renewable Resources]]. It allows higher granularity in [[Combat]] by letting [[Damage]] have accumulative effects; by doing this it can also introduce intermittent states between the loss of [[Lives]]. The use of [[Health]] reductions as [[Damage]] can become [[Critical Hits]] when combined with additional effects such as [[Downtime]], [[Disruption of Focused Attention]], [[Skills]], [[Variable Accuracy]], [[Movement Limitations]], and [[Ability Losses]].
 Given that [[Health]] is an abstract [[Attributes|Attribute]] on can arguably claim that adding this through [[HUD Interfaces|HUD Interface]] can be enough for an otherwise [[Avatar]]-based game to support a weak form of [[Characters]].
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 [[Attributes]],
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 == Consequences ==
-[[Health]] is an [[Attributes|Attribute]] which in many cases functions as a [[Resources|Resource]] since it often is depleted during gameplay - if healing abilities exist this is even more likely since it can then be treated as a [[Renewable Resources]]. It allows higher granularity in [[Combat]] by letting [[Damage]] have accumulative effects; by doing this it can also introduce intermittent states between the loss of [[Lives]].
+[[Health]] is an [[Attributes|Attribute]] which in many cases functions as a [[Resources|Resource]] since it often is depleted during gameplay - if healing abilities exist this is even more likely since it can then be treated as a [[Renewable Resources]]. It allows higher granularity in [[Combat]] by letting [[Damage]] have accumulative effects; by doing this it can also introduce intermittent states between the loss of [[Lives]]. The use of [[Health]] reductions as [[Damage]] can become [[Critical Hits]] when combined with additional effects such as [[Downtime]], [[Disruption of Focused Attention]], [[Skills]], [[Variable Accuracy]], [[Movement Limitations]], and [[Ability Losses]].
 Given that [[Health]] is an abstract [[Attributes|Attribute]] on can arguably claim that adding this through [[HUD Interfaces|HUD Interface]] can be enough for an otherwise [[Avatar]]-based game to support a weak form of [[Characters]].

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 ==== with [[Damage]] ====
 [[Energy Penalties]]
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 [[Health]] is sometimes split into several different [[Attributes]]. [[Quake]], for example, has both ''health'' and ''armor'' [[Attributes]] which have very similar properties. [[Call of Cthulhu]] and [[Arkham Horror]] show that one can make distinction between mental and physical [[Health]].
-The [[Damage]] and [[Health]] patterns often influence each other heavily, but [[Health]] modifies [[Damage]] since the latter one can exist without the former. While [[Damage]] causes reductions in [[Health]], there are many ways of modifying this. [[Armor]] can reduce the amount of [[Damage]] taken and acquiring them, or choosing which one to use, can become gameplay elements. [[Invulnerabilities]] can make some types of attacks ineffective while [[Vulnerabilities]] can instead make some types of attacks much more dangerous. [[Difficulty Levels]] and [[Handicap Systems]] can be applied before or during game instances to shift gameplay between [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]] and [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and to try to find [[Player Balance|Player]] and [[Team Balance]].
+The [[Damage]] and [[Health]] patterns often influence each other heavily, but [[Health]] modifies [[Damage]] since the latter one can exist without the former and used together they create [[Energy Penalties]]. While [[Damage]] causes reductions in [[Health]], there are many ways of modifying this. [[Armor]] can reduce the amount of [[Damage]] taken and acquiring them, or choosing which one to use, can become gameplay elements. [[Invulnerabilities]] can make some types of attacks ineffective while [[Vulnerabilities]] can instead make some types of attacks much more dangerous. [[Difficulty Levels]] and [[Handicap Systems]] can be applied before or during game instances to shift gameplay between [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]] and [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and to try to find [[Player Balance|Player]] and [[Team Balance]].
 While complete reduction of the [[Health]] due to [[Damage]] typically leads to [[Game Element Removal]] and [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination|Elimination]], the use of [[Health]] can add granularity to this by introducing additional levels where other effects take place. One example of this can be found in [[GURPS]]: falling below one third of one's [[Health]] halves [[Movement]], losing all requires [[Dice|Die]] rolls every second to stay conscious, and receiving [[Damage]] double to one's [[Health]] requires rolls to avoid death. These effects are in addition to specific ones caused by the [[Damage]] that reduced the [[Health]].
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 [[Attributes]],
 [[Resources]]
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 [[Health]] is basically an [[Attributes|Attribute]] which sometimes can be used as a [[Resources|Resource]], so designing games to make use of [[Health]] to a large extent consist of considering the design options of these two other patterns. While [[Characters]] and [[Units]] are natural choices of game elements to have [[Health]] attributes, the pattern is also often used with [[Avatars]] and sometimes with [[Destructible Objects]] as well.
-A design decision needed regarding [[Health]] is if they are an independent [[Attributes|Attribute]] or based on some other [[Attributes|Attribute]]; [[GURPS]] for example bases it on "Strength" but lets it be modified in different ways while [[Pendragon]] instead lets it equal a [[Characters|Character's]] "Constitution" plus "Size". An alternative to using [[Hit Points]] as a separate [[Attributes|Attribute]] is to let [[Damage]] affect another [[Attributes|Attribute]] instead. [[Mutant: År Noll]] does this with all [[Attributes]] to indicate [[Damage]] cause not only by physical trauma but also stress, confusion, and doubt.
+A design decision needed regarding [[Health]] is if they are an independent [[Attributes|Attribute]] or based on some other [[Attributes|Attribute]]; [[GURPS]] for example bases it on "Strength" but lets it be modified in different ways while [[Pendragon]] instead lets it equal a [[Characters|Character's]] "Constitution" plus "Size". An alternative to using [[Health]] as a separate [[Attributes|Attribute]] is to let [[Damage]] affect another [[Attributes|Attribute]] instead. [[Mutant: År Noll]] does this with all [[Attributes]] to indicate [[Damage]] cause not only by physical trauma but also stress, confusion, and doubt.
 [[Health]] is sometimes split into several different [[Attributes]]. [[Quake]], for example, has both ''health'' and ''armor'' [[Attributes]] which have very similar properties. [[Call of Cthulhu]] and [[Arkham Horror]] show that one can make distinction between mental and physical [[Health]].

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 ==== Anti-Examples ====
-[[Hârnmaster]], a [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Game]], avoids using [[Hit Points]] by instead have numerical values of how penalizing each wound is and aggregating these to provide a penalty for character actions. Checks for unconsciousness and deaths are determined when the wound is received.
+[[Hârnmaster]], a [[:Category:Tabletop Roleplaying Games|Tabletop Roleplaying Game]], avoids using [[Health]] by instead have numerical values of how penalizing each wound is and aggregating these to provide a penalty for character actions. Checks for unconsciousness and deaths are determined when the wound is received.
 == Using the pattern ==

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 While complete reduction of the [[Health]] due to [[Damage]] typically leads to [[Game Element Removal]] and [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination|Elimination]], the use of [[Health]] can add granularity to this by introducing additional levels where other effects take place. One example of this can be found in [[GURPS]]: falling below one third of one's [[Health]] halves [[Movement]], losing all requires [[Dice|Die]] rolls every second to stay conscious, and receiving [[Damage]] double to one's [[Health]] requires rolls to avoid death. These effects are in addition to specific ones caused by the [[Damage]] that reduced the [[Health]].
-If [[Health]] can be healed or repaired, it becomes a [[Renewable Resources]]. [[Chargers]] are [[Environmental Effects]] that can provide this effect, and together with healing [[Pick-Ups]] show how restoring [[Health]] can be linked to moving in [[Game Worlds]]. Being able to perform healing actions is a way players to affect [[Health]] actively, and can be made possible through [[Tools]] or [[Powers]]; how well they can do this can be modulated through [[Skills]]. Such abilities make candidates for being [[Privileged Abilities]].
+If [[Health]] can be healed or repaired, it becomes a [[Renewable Resources|Renewable Resource]] and a [[Regenerating Resources|Regenerating Resource]] if this happens automatically. [[Chargers]] are [[Environmental Effects]] that can provide this effect, and together with healing [[Pick-Ups]] show how restoring [[Health]] can be linked to moving in [[Game Worlds]]. Being able to perform healing actions is a way players to affect [[Health]] actively, and can be made possible through [[Tools]] or [[Powers]]; how well they can do this can be modulated through [[Skills]]. Such abilities make candidates for being [[Privileged Abilities]].
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 [[Attributes]],
 [[Resources]]
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 [[Powers]],
 [[Privileged Abilities]],
 [[Skills]],
 [[Tools]],

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 ''A measure of how much damage or other negative consequences avatars, characters, or units can take before they suffer serious penalties.''
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 === Examples ===
-Many [[:Category:Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]], e.g. [[Dungeons & Dragons]], [[GURPS]], the [[Dragon Age series]], the [[Fallout series]] make use of "hit points" to keep track of players' [[Health]]. [[The Legend of Zelda series]] and [[Minecraft]] instead use ''hearts'' to indicate how healthy the players' characters are. [[:Category:Fighting Games|Fighting Games]] such as the [[Mortal Combat series|Mortal Combat]] and [[Tekken series]] make use of "hit points" in similar style. The [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] [[Ghost Stories]] and [[Talisman]] keep track of [[Health]] through tokens (although [[Ghost Stories]] call them "Qi" tokens).
+Many [[:Category:Roleplaying Games|Roleplaying Games]], e.g. [[Dungeons & Dragons]], [[GURPS]], the [[Dragon Age series]], the [[Fallout series]] make use of "hit points" to keep track of players' [[Health]]. [[The Legend of Zelda series]] and [[Minecraft]] instead use ''hearts'' to indicate how healthy the players' characters are. [[:Category:Fighting Games|Fighting Games]] such as the [[Mortal Kombat series|Mortal Combat]] and [[Tekken series]] make use of "hit points" in similar style. The [[:Category:Board Games|Board Games]] [[Ghost Stories]] and [[Talisman]] keep track of [[Health]] through tokens (although [[Ghost Stories]] call them "Qi" tokens).
 Being hit or falling in the [[Counter-Strike series]] or the [[Team Fortress series]] reduces [[Health]] which is displayed as a bar in the user interfaces. The [[Quake series]] and the [[Grand Theft Auto series]] complement [[Health]] values with armor values which reduced damage but are themselves reduced when doing so. While these relate to the same type of damage that can happen the games; ones based upon the stories of H.P. Lovecraft, e.g. [[Arkham Horror]], [[Mansions of Madness]], and the [[Call of Cthulhu]] often have both physical and mental [[Health]] values.
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 [[Health]] is sometimes split into several different [[Attributes]]. [[Quake]], for example, has both ''health'' and ''armor'' [[Attributes]] which have very similar properties. [[Call of Cthulhu]] and [[Arkham Horror]] show that one can make distinction between mental and physical [[Health]].
-The [[Damage]] and [[Health]] patterns often influence each other heavily, but [[Health]] modifies [[Damage]] since the latter one can exist without the former. While [[Damage]] causes reductions in [[Health]], there are many ways of modifying this. [[Armor]] can reduce the amount of [[Damage]] taken and acquiring them, or choosing which one to use, can become gameplay elements. [[Difficulty Levels]] and [[Handicap Systems]] can be applied before or during game instances to shift gameplay between [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]] and [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and to try to find [[Player Balance|Player]] and [[Team Balance]].
+The [[Damage]] and [[Health]] patterns often influence each other heavily, but [[Health]] modifies [[Damage]] since the latter one can exist without the former. While [[Damage]] causes reductions in [[Health]], there are many ways of modifying this. [[Armor]] can reduce the amount of [[Damage]] taken and acquiring them, or choosing which one to use, can become gameplay elements. [[Invulnerabilities]] can make some types of attacks ineffective while [[Vulnerabilities]] can instead make some types of attacks much more dangerous. [[Difficulty Levels]] and [[Handicap Systems]] can be applied before or during game instances to shift gameplay between [[Casual Gameplay|Casual]] and [[Challenging Gameplay|Challenging]] and to try to find [[Player Balance|Player]] and [[Team Balance]].
 While complete reduction of the [[Health]] due to [[Damage]] typically leads to [[Game Element Removal]] and [[Player Killing]] or [[Player Elimination|Elimination]], the use of [[Health]] can add granularity to this by introducing additional levels where other effects take place. One example of this can be found in [[GURPS]]: falling below one third of one's [[Health]] halves [[Movement]], losing all requires [[Dice|Die]] rolls every second to stay conscious, and receiving [[Damage]] double to one's [[Health]] requires rolls to avoid death. These effects are in addition to specific ones caused by the [[Damage]] that reduced the [[Health]].
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 [[Handicap Systems]],
 [[HUD Interfaces]],
 [[Pick-Ups]],
 [[Powers]],
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 [[Skills]],
 [[Tools]],
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 === Possible Closure Effects ===