The Curious Expedition – Combat Dice Game Basics

Combat Dice Game Basics

A basic introduction to how fighting works.

Combat inwards The Curious Expedition is handled through a die game that has it’s roots inwards the classic Yahtzee rules. The aim is to unlock actions past times combining specific die into combos. Each unit of measurement comes alongside it’s ain laid upwards of dice, in addition to nigh units volition attain additional die when promoted.

I’m putting this take away out to repose the basic problems approximately people convey alongside the die game mechanics. I promise I’ll honour the fourth dimension to arrive to a greater extent than advanced, including images in addition to to a greater extent than pocket-size hints. Please tumble out inwards heed that we’re heavily iterating on the die game in addition to volition add together many to a greater extent than combos, buy the farm types in addition to items into the mix inwards the coming updates.

Dice Types

Currently, at that topographic point are four dissimilar types of dice:

• Red – Combat


• Green – Defense


• Blue – Support


• Purple – Items

There are 2 levels of each buy the farm type: a basic version alongside 2 blank faces in addition to an advanced version, indicated past times golden corners, alongside no blank faces.

Combos

In general, whenever at that topographic point is a combo available afterward a whorl the die that tin move used for the combo are shaking slightly. Say you lot rolled a blood-red buy the farm alongside a sword in addition to a greenish buy the farm alongside a shield on it. Both volition milkshake slightly.

Selecting the blood-red sword volition allow you lot to trigger a real basic assault action. However, you lot volition notice that the greenish shield is nevertheless shaking, which indicates that it tin move added to the electrical flow combo. When doing therefore you’ll move able to trigger the “Riposte” attack, which volition move upwards the sword in addition to shield dice.

By watching closely the shaking die you lot volition move able to honour a lot of hidden combos.

Important: To trigger a combo / activeness you lot volition take away to click on the cite of the combo. Only therefore the activeness volition move triggered in addition to the die volition move spent for this round.

Items

In add-on to the basic iii die colors you lot tin move weapons in addition to items to access much to a greater extent than powerful combos. There are 2 types of items that are relevant for combat:

• Persistent weapons such every bit pistol, shotgun or rifle: These items volition ever add together i special exceptional buy the farm to your whorl i time per round.


• One-Shot items such every bit extra bullets or spears: These items volition exclusively add together a special exceptional buy the farm to your whorl if you lot click them during combat. This volition move upwards the corresponding exceptional inwards your inventory. While these items are non slow to come upwards by, they tin give you lot a rigid payoff when used wisely.

It is of import to sympathize that the special exceptional die volition non unlock a combo on their own. They take away to combined alongside the iii basic colored die to trigger combos. Some examples:

Pistol + blueish nub = Aimed Shot

Shotgun + blood-red agility = Point Blank

Spear + blood-red sword = Spear attack

The exclusively exception therefore far are the extra bullets. Using i inwards fighting volition merely add together a special buy the farm to your whorl that ever has a sword to move used inwards whatsoever variety of combo.