Need Equasion for att, def, str--Please Help

[timeofdeathcant log in]

Hi. I'm making an RPG. The main thing holding me back is the equasion to use to decide how much damage is dealt based on attack (accuracy), defence, and strength. If you have any ideas please tell me. T'would be much appreciated. I'm competing in a contest I absolutely must win against my friend. I have some great sprites just need an equasion.

Thanks,
Time of Death (That's the name of my RPG)

[IsmAvatar]

what numbers are you using for attack, etc.

Also, there's normally 4:

Accuracy, Dodge
Attack, Block

So there's a counteraction.

Some things take a random number, between 0 and the skill. Then, take the counter-skill, and take it's random number. it subtracts the counter-skill from the skill. If it's less than 1, it's a failure.
Then you can go into Pen and Paper RPG's (tabletop rpg's), where there's a whole system behind it. Like some of them use chance scales, where if you have a 60% chance of hitting, you roll 100 sided die (or some way of achieving the same results, a d10 * 10 works also), and then if it's lower than the difficulty, it's a success. otherwise, it's a failure.
You can also add in criticals.

[Time of Death]

Hmm. Thanks. I suppose I'm just going to have defence work against both opponent's strength and opponent's accuracy. So basicly my defence would include block. Thanks for the tips on random.

I just need an equasion to decide the maximum damage based on strength and defence. The aim will come later (though I don't know jack about codes for doing things randomly right now). It's going to be like when you gain a level you gain probably 5 stat points, and the levels will probably be like in most RPGs, up to around 100, though I'm not planning to put a limit on the player's level.

Thanks,
Time of Death

[victor]

I think I got what you search for!!!!!!

You can check:

ismavatar.proboards15.com/index.cgi?board=qanda&action=display&thread=1071653448

Or you can read the tutorial I writed for the GMC codebook. (Called: statistics / attributes)

forums.gamemaker.nl/index.php?showtopic=20884


EDIT: I didnt see youve already answered on IsmAvatars help!