Basics of Game Design

On Characters and Monsters

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tougher and have more magic and/or items at their command. e

major villain and the henchmen are the most powerful enemies with

many combat actions. Before facing these tough enemies, the player

should be allowed to rest and save the current position because it

gets frustrating to have to repeatedly spend a long time working

one’s way from a save point to the nal confrontation with a hench-

man or the master villain.

In some games, the enemies’ attribute values are based on the

characters’ current values. If there is a party involved, the game en-

gine might use an average of the characters’ values to determine ...