Damage Levels? help i'm stupid

[hexedronin]

(first post.)


I'm having trouble with formulas. I am not very mathematically adept. i want to know how to make attacks on  different levels of severity.


Ex: Scorch - Light fire attack to one foe.


I need 4 levels: Light, Normal, Heavy, and Severe.


Pls an ty.


whoever reads this, (and answers, hopefully) you are my savior.

 

[Andar]

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Unfortunately you didn't give much to go on, but the answer is unfortunately "Mathematics".


But first, you need to define what those levels are - what is "light" and what is "severe"?


Does severe mean that a single hit can kill an enemy, or does it need 10 hits? Does light mean that most enemies aren't harmed by it or does it mean that you'll need a thousand hits to kill the enemy?


You can't determine a formula until you have a framework to fit that formula in - in some games with low numbers, hitting for 10 damage is a heavy hit and in other games with high number the enemy shrugs off a hit of 1234 damage.

 

[hexedronin]

messing around with the default attack damage formula, I found a way to do the amount of damage I like.


(sorry for wasting your time... ) 5 0 12 12 '/