strengths_and_flaws.ron

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Strengths and Flaws a new survivor can pick. Read by the game’s rules: a change here changes how the game plays, and a world remembers the content it was made with.

File: assets/data/strengths_and_flaws.ron

About this file

Strengths and Flaws: who a survivor is (sim::origin). A Strength costs points, a Flaw gives them; the points come from the Background (backgrounds.ron) and must not go below 0.

  id, name, about   as for Backgrounds; a Strength and a Flaw can't share an id
  points            1 to 20: what a Strength costs, or a Flaw gives
  effects           1 to 6 of:
                      Skill(Skill, levels)      starting levels
                      Xp(Skill, multiplier)     XP earned in that skill
                      Carry(kg)                 on or off the carry limit
                      Hunger(m) Thirst(m) Tiredness(m)   how fast each rises
                      RunDrain(m) Recovery(m)   endurance spent running, and how fast it returns
                      SeenFrom(m)               the distance zombies see you from
                      Footsteps(m)              how far your steps carry
                      Healing(m) Bleeding(m)    wounds
                      Infection(m)              the chance a zombie's wound infects (0: never)
                    multipliers are 0.25 to 4
  excludes          ids this can't be taken with (one side naming the other is enough)

wardrobe: the clothes a new survivor may start in, a slot at a time (items must be clothing in items/items.ron; default is worn until the player picks another, none: nothing). Names and numbers are ours.

Fields

The file is one PicksFile.

strengths_and_flaws.ron.

Field	Type	What it is
`strengths`	`Vec<PickDef>`
`flaws`	`Vec<PickDef>`
`wardrobe`	`Vec<WardrobeSlot>`

`PickDef`

A Strength (costs points) or a Flaw (gives them).

Field	Type	What it is
`id`	`String`
`name`	`String`
`about`	`String`
`points`	`i32`	Points a Strength costs, or a Flaw gives: 1 or more either way.
`effects`	`Vec<Effect>`
`excludes`	`Vec<String>`	Ids (of Strengths or Flaws) this can’t be taken with. One side naming the other is enough.

`Effect`

One thing a Strength or a Flaw does. Multipliers are shares: 1.2 is a fifth more.

Value	What it means
`Skill(Skill, u32)`	Starting levels in a skill (on top of the survivor’s own and its Background’s).
`Xp(Skill, f32)`	XP earned in a skill is multiplied by this.
`Carry(f32)`	Kilograms on (or off) the carry limit.
`Hunger(f32)`	How fast hunger, thirst and tiredness rise.
`Thirst(f32)`
`Tiredness(f32)`
`RunDrain(f32)`	The endurance running drains, and how fast it comes back.
`Recovery(f32)`
`SeenFrom(f32)`	The distance zombies see you from.
`Footsteps(f32)`	How far your footsteps carry.
`Healing(f32)`	How fast wounds heal, and how much they bleed.
`Bleeding(f32)`
`Infection(f32)`	The chance a zombie’s wound carries the infection.

`WardrobeSlot`

One place of the starting wardrobe: a label and the item ids to choose from (or nothing).

Field	Type	What it is
`name`	`String`
`items`	`Vec<String>`
`default`	`Option<String>`	Worn when nothing was chosen (the screen’s first look); `None`: nothing.

The file

The whole file as shipped

// Strengths and Flaws: who a survivor is (sim::origin). A Strength costs points, a Flaw gives
// them; the points come from the Background (backgrounds.ron) and must not go below 0.
//
//   id, name, about   as for Backgrounds; a Strength and a Flaw can't share an id
//   points            1 to 20: what a Strength costs, or a Flaw gives
//   effects           1 to 6 of:
//                       Skill(Skill, levels)      starting levels
//                       Xp(Skill, multiplier)     XP earned in that skill
//                       Carry(kg)                 on or off the carry limit
//                       Hunger(m) Thirst(m) Tiredness(m)   how fast each rises
//                       RunDrain(m) Recovery(m)   endurance spent running, and how fast it returns
//                       SeenFrom(m)               the distance zombies see you from
//                       Footsteps(m)              how far your steps carry
//                       Healing(m) Bleeding(m)    wounds
//                       Infection(m)              the chance a zombie's wound infects (0: never)
//                     multipliers are 0.25 to 4
//   excludes          ids this can't be taken with (one side naming the other is enough)
//
// wardrobe: the clothes a new survivor may start in, a slot at a time (items must be clothing
// in items/items.ron; `default` is worn until the player picks another, none: nothing).
// Names and numbers are ours.
(
    strengths: [
        (id: "strong_back", name: "Strong back", points: 4, about: "You carry more before it slows you.",
            effects: [Carry(4)]),
        (id: "light_eater", name: "Light eater", points: 3, about: "A tin does you for the day.",
            effects: [Hunger(0.75)]),
        (id: "runners_lungs", name: "Runner's lungs", points: 4, about: "You run further and get your breath back sooner.",
            effects: [RunDrain(0.8), Recovery(1.2)]),
        (id: "camel", name: "Camel", points: 3, about: "You get by on little water.",
            effects: [Thirst(0.75)]),
        (id: "short_sleeper", name: "Short sleeper", points: 3, about: "Five hours and you're up.",
            effects: [Tiredness(0.75)]),
        (id: "fast_healer", name: "Fast healer", points: 3, about: "Cuts close quickly on you.",
            effects: [Healing(1.5)]),
        (id: "light_on_your_feet", name: "Light on your feet", points: 4, about: "Floorboards don't seem to notice you.",
            effects: [Footsteps(0.8), Skill(Stealth, 1)]),
        (id: "easy_to_miss", name: "Easy to miss", points: 4, about: "People never remembered you at parties. Nor do the dead.",
            effects: [SeenFrom(0.85)]),
        (id: "clots_fast", name: "Clots fast", points: 2, about: "You don't bleed for long.",
            effects: [Bleeding(0.7)]),
        (id: "iron_constitution", name: "Iron constitution", points: 6, about: "You never caught what was going round.",
            effects: [Infection(0.6)]),
        (id: "scrapper", name: "Scrapper", points: 4, about: "You grew up settling things with your hands.",
            effects: [Skill(Brawl, 1), Xp(Brawl, 1.3), Xp(Bludgeon, 1.15)]),
        (id: "first_aid_course", name: "First-aid course", points: 3, about: "A weekend in a church hall with a plastic dummy. It stuck.",
            effects: [Skill(FirstAid, 1), Xp(FirstAid, 1.25)]),
        (id: "magpie", name: "Magpie", points: 3, about: "You always know which drawer the good stuff is in.",
            effects: [Skill(Scavenging, 1), Xp(Scavenging, 1.3)]),
        (id: "good_with_your_hands", name: "Good with your hands", points: 3, about: "You fix things without the instructions.",
            effects: [Skill(Handiwork, 1), Xp(Handiwork, 1.4)]),
    ],
    flaws: [
        (id: "bad_back", name: "Bad back", points: 4, about: "A full pack is too much for you.",
            effects: [Carry(-3)], excludes: ["strong_back"]),
        (id: "big_appetite", name: "Big appetite", points: 3, about: "You're hungry again an hour after eating.",
            effects: [Hunger(1.3)], excludes: ["light_eater"]),
        (id: "always_thirsty", name: "Always thirsty", points: 3, about: "You get through water fast.",
            effects: [Thirst(1.3)], excludes: ["camel"]),
        (id: "needs_eight_hours", name: "Needs eight hours", points: 3, about: "You tire early and it shows.",
            effects: [Tiredness(1.3)], excludes: ["short_sleeper"]),
        (id: "smokers_lungs", name: "Smoker's lungs", points: 4, about: "A flight of stairs leaves you wheezing.",
            effects: [RunDrain(1.25), Recovery(0.8)], excludes: ["runners_lungs"]),
        (id: "heavy_footed", name: "Heavy-footed", points: 4, about: "Everyone downstairs always knew where you were.",
            effects: [Footsteps(1.25)], excludes: ["light_on_your_feet"]),
        (id: "hard_to_miss", name: "Hard to miss", points: 4, about: "Something about you catches the eye, even a dead one.",
            effects: [SeenFrom(1.15)], excludes: ["easy_to_miss"]),
        (id: "slow_healer", name: "Slow healer", points: 3, about: "A graze takes weeks on you.",
            effects: [Healing(0.7)], excludes: ["fast_healer"]),
        (id: "bleeder", name: "Bleeder", points: 3, about: "A small cut makes a big mess.",
            effects: [Bleeding(1.4)], excludes: ["clots_fast"]),
        (id: "sickly", name: "Sickly", points: 5, about: "You catch everything.",
            effects: [Infection(1.4)], excludes: ["iron_constitution"]),
        (id: "all_thumbs", name: "All thumbs", points: 2, about: "Flat-pack furniture beats you.",
            effects: [Xp(Handiwork, 0.6)], excludes: ["good_with_your_hands"]),
        (id: "squeamish", name: "Squeamish", points: 2, about: "The sight of blood turns your stomach.",
            effects: [Xp(FirstAid, 0.6)], excludes: ["first_aid_course"]),
        (id: "never_thrown_a_punch", name: "Never thrown a punch", points: 3, about: "Fighting doesn't come to you, and it's slow to learn.",
            effects: [Xp(Brawl, 0.6), Xp(Bludgeon, 0.75), Xp(Edged, 0.75)], excludes: ["scrapper"]),
    ],
    wardrobe: [
        (name: "Shirt", items: ["t_shirt"], default: Some("t_shirt")),
        (name: "Over it", items: ["jumper", "hoodie"]),
        (name: "Legs", items: ["jeans"], default: Some("jeans")),
        (name: "Feet", items: ["trainers", "work_boots"], default: Some("trainers")),
        (name: "Head", items: ["baseball_cap", "beanie", "woolly_hat"]),
        (name: "Face", items: ["glasses"]),
        (name: "Neck", items: ["scarf"]),
    ],
)