Added Combat Abilities

[Boaster]

In my many many months of modding, I have added Combat Abilities for many creatures. Now I have decided to implement semi-complex additions for Champions and Military units.

Warriors: will be able to do "Deadly Strikes" which doubles their damage. Also triggers a sound. Only triggers if a successful hit is achieved.

If a hit is successful and a successful deadly strike is rolled, the total damage output of the Warrior is doubled. So if he would have normally done 2 damage, Deadly strike increases the damage to 4.

Infantry and Cavalry: will be able to do "Crushing Blows" which reduce the target's current life by 1/4. The target must have more than a quarter of their life and will not trigger if the attacker does more damage than a quarter of their current life. So when a successful crushing blow has rolled, it will do no less than 1/4 of the unit's current life. A sound is triggered with the ability.

If the target has 20 life: damage rolled was 3 and a crushing blow was successfully rolled, the attacker does 5 damage instead.

If the target has 20 life: damage rolled was 6 and a crushing blow was successfully rolled, then crushing blow is ineffective. The attacker will proceed with 6 damage. The crushing blow would have done 5 damage, but the unit did more than 5 damage.

Thieves: will do "Critical Strikes." Thieves already do Critical Strikes. Critical Strikes will double the attack or ranged attack value of the Thief. A sound is triggered with the ability.

A successful Critical Strike roll will turn 10 attack into 20 attack.

Missile Troops: will do "Piercing Attacks." Piercing Attacks will ignore half of the target's armor, or three-quarters of the target's armor if it is stealthed.

If the missile troop rolls a successful piercing attack and the defender has 20 armor, then defender will be treated as if it had 10 armor instead.

These are things I plan to add in the next update of the GS5. Things may change.

[Boaster]

Deadly Strike equation
0 99 gamerand
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(Strength / 10) + Luck
The number is then rounded down to the nearest whole number.

A deadly strike "bonus" added to the number above.

A "desperation" bonus added to the number above.
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Compile the total (D).
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The 0 to 99 must roll below that number, represented by (D).

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Example: The unit has 25 strength and 1 luck.
(Strength) 25 ÷ 10 = 2.5 + (Luck) 1 = 3.5.
3.5 rounds down to 3.0.
No deadly strike bonus.
No desperation bonus.
(0 to 3) will proc a Deadly strike, which is a 4% chance.
Deadly Strike is never below a 1% chance.
For a Deadly Strike to be applied, the attacker must deal at least one point of damage.

[Boaster]

Desperation Bonus
A desperation will only be applied to Warriors, Thieves and Mages.

A desperation bonus is a level based bonus added to equations. Desperation comes in when the attacker has only 10% of his or her total hit points. If the Champion has less than 20 maximum hit points, said Champion's desperation bonus will always be 1.

A Fire Giant Warlord has a maximum life points 70 at level 15. The most of any unit Champion in the game, before artifacts. 10% of 70 is 7 life points.

When the Fire Giant Warlord has 7 points of life, or less, the desperation bonus comes into affect. Since he is Level 15, the bonus to his ability to deal a Deadly Strike is increased by 15%.

32 Strength / 10 = 3.2
3.2 rounded down to 3.0
3% natural chance of deadly strike
Zero Deadly Strike bonus
+15 Desperation bonus

Total of 18% chance of Deadly Strike.

It may seem insignificant but a Fire Giant Warlord at level 15, with a natural attack value of 40 will hit any unit in the game. 18% is nearly 1 in 5 hits. Double Damage is significant.

[Boaster]

Piercing Attack equation
(Attacker Dexterity + Attacker Luck) - (Defender Dexterity + Defender Luck) = (D)
(D)/10
Add piercing bonus (from artifacts)
Add desperation bonus
Round down

Example:
Attacker Dexterity 21
Attacker Luck 0
Defender Dexterity 16
Defender Luck 0

21 - 16 = 5
5 / 10 = 0.5
0.5 rounded down to 0
No piercing bonus
No desperation bonus

Between 0 and 99, a Zero must be rolled by the attacker to achieve a Piercing Attack.

Lords and Special Champions are immune to piercing attacks, always.

[Boaster]

The new Combat Abilities are a success and fully functional. They will show up in the next update of the GS5 mod.