Mime Chameleon | Horned Mime Chameleon

[TheAccuso]

NAME: Mime Chameleon ELEMENT: Entropy COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 3|3 TEXT: 35% of chance to change its element and gain a second ability element accorded each turn.	NAME: Horned Mime Chameleon ELEMENT: Entropy COST: 3 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5|3 TEXT: 35% of chance to change its element and gain a second ability element accorded each turn.

ART: http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-6294048173 http://www.flickr.com/photos/21624621@N04/5097041767/ IDEA: THEACCUSO NOTES: Passive ability> Camouflage: 35% of chance to change its element and gain a second ability element accorded each turn. List of possible abilities: Wisdom (spell damage) Vampire Venom Burrowed (no attack reduction) Overdrive Regenerate Blazing: Deals double damage but loses 1 hp Archer: Snipe a random enemy creature each succesful attack Artesian Well: Flood 1 opponent random slot for 1 turn each succesful attack. Harmonize :Heal up to 1 HP every friendly creature. Temporal Shift:Delay 1 opponent random creature for 1 turn. Disorder Confidence:Protect itself against every random based spell. SERIES:

[OldTrees]

1) What do you mean by mark?
2) The current list has 0 passive abilities. Any of those abilities would remove camouflage*.
*The momentum status (rather than skill) would not remove camouflage.

[TheAccuso]

1) What do you mean by mark?
2) The current list has 0 passive abilities. Any of those abilities would remove camouflage*.
*The momentum status (rather than skill) would not remove camouflage.

1)I mean the card cost, so the look consecutively, will change from 3 and a green card board to (E.G.) 3 with a fire card board.
2)How do you describe abilities implemented in the card with no activation?The abilities listed will only appear in the bottom of the card(the board bottom) and not on the wording space.

[OldTrees]

1) What do you mean by mark?
2) The current list has 0 passive abilities. Any of those abilities would remove camouflage*.
*The momentum status (rather than skill) would not remove camouflage.

1)I mean the card cost, so the look consecutively, will change from 3 and a green card board to (E.G.) 3 with a fire card board.
2)How do you describe abilities implemented in the card with no activation?The abilities listed will only appear in the bottom of the card(the board bottom) and not on the wording space.

1)That is usually called their Element. (Marks generate quanta)

2)
A creature can only have 1 "active ability". Certain abilities are labeled "active abilities". If a creature gets a new "active ability" it will overwrite the old one with a few exceptions*. "Passive abilities" are all the abilities without the "active ability" label. There is a short list of "passive abilites"^#. All "activated abilities" are "active abilities" but some (half?) "active abilities" are not "activated". Active abilities" with activation costs are called activated abilities. "Active abilities" without activation costs do not have a standard name. Usual names are 'nonactivated active' or merely 'active'.


*Momentum will be replaced but have the status effect remain.

^#
Devourer
Voodoo
Airborne
Ranged
Singularity
Mutant
Poisonous
Undead
Mummy
Swarm
Obsession

3) You can have it grant active abilities if Camouflage were a passive ability. However Camouflage could not be an activated ability in this case.

[TheAccuso]

I selected these specific abilities because they can be identified without covering the camouflage wording, all of them have its function(in their respective in game card), wrote also on the bottom of the card, wich i think it's enought to be recognised.
Did you think it will be difficult to implement this function in the game?
For the wording i haven't had enought space to wrote something more specific, did you think it will be enought to be understood?
Did you have some suggestions on how to write the wording?
Thank you for the feedback OT.

[OldTrees]

Did you think it will be difficult to implement this function in the game?

Creatures cannot have 2 active abilities. Having Camouflage as a repeatable activated ability that grants nonactivated active abilities would require rewriting how active abilities work. (aka very unlikely)
^This version would be best described as: "Change Chameleon's element and gain a second active ability."


I would recommend changing the card so it does not require rewriting how active abilities work. (aka change it so it does not have 2 active abilities at the same time)

[TheAccuso]

Camouflage ability will not be showed on the bottom on the card after the switch, but one should be able to active it anyway, like this:

[TheAccuso]

How about this "Mime Chameleon have a 75% chance of change its element and gain a second ability".
It solve the activation cost, but the mechanic will stay almost the same.
Sure with a 100% random theme i think entropy will fit best and also without the problem of finding a specific abilities to avoid the wording space, like i did before, i think a reviewing of the possible abilites must be done.
What do you think of this idea?
What abilities would fit the best?
TY

[OldTrees]

How about this "Mime Chameleon have a 75% chance of change its element and gain a second ability".
It solve the activation cost, but the mechanic will stay almost the same.
Sure with a 100% random theme i think entropy will fit best and also without the problem of finding a specific abilities to avoid the wording space, like i did before, i think a reviewing of the possible abilites must be done.
What do you think of this idea?
What abilities would fit the best?
TY

I would reduce the chance so that it remains in each form longer.

You want abilities that are generally useful even for short periods of time and without additional support. Also you want the abilities to be roughly equal.
Examples:
  Wisdom
  Vampire
  Venom
  Burrowed (no attack reduction)
  Acceleration
  Regenerate

You could even have new abilities like:
  Blazing: Deals double damage but loses hp.
  Archer: Snipe a random enemy creature each attack.

[furballdn]

Why not have its element changing ability be passive?

[TheAccuso]

Why not have its element changing ability be passive?

The second version was with a passive, but i'm learning to keep things more likely the actual game, so create a new passive so specific and without the chance to be applicable to many creatures will not have that many chances to be one day insert.

[furballdn]

Why not have its element changing ability be passive?

The second version was with a passive, but i'm learning to keep things more likely the actual game, so create a new passive so specific and without the chance to be applicable to many creatures will not have that many chances to be one day insert.

Lots of passives are specific.

Devourer-Devourer
Swarm-Scarab
Ranged-OE and bow
Poisonous-Scorpions and other poisoners