Basics of Game Design

Item Types: Potions and Scrolls

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in one use and removed from a character’s inventory but instead re-

main as partial doses to be used later. For example, if a character has

a slight wound and drinks a health potion that can restore 100 Hit

Points, the wound is healed with 37 points being removed from the

bottle and the remaining potion is still available to restore another

63points later. ere is a danger, however, in using this approach if

the character’s inventory becomes littered with half-drunk potions,

so a good solution is to combine partial doses whenever possible

into full doses.

Cure Potions

ese potions remove debilitating ...