Set-based RandomBM types

[irilyth]

The old site had a "Soldiers" type of RandomBM; it'd be cool if we had that, and similar things for other sets.

[irilyth]

This originally came up on #779, but didn't get implemented there.

Here's a list of suggested types; all with five dice, for simplicity's sake:

• RandomBM BRAWL
  • 4 regular dice
  • one S or X swing
  • Speed on 1 - 2 dice
• RandomBM BROM
  • four regular dice
  • one V or X swing
  • Poison on 1 - 2 dice
  • Shadow on 0 - 2 dice
• RandomBM Button Brains
  • 3 - 4 regular dice
  • the other 1 - 2 dice with one of the following:
  • U, V, W, or X swing, with a 1/3 chance that it als has Mood
  • Twin
  • Option
  • Konstant on one die that is not a Swing, Twin, or Option die
• RandomBM Buttonlords
  • 4 regular dice
  • one X swing
  • one Auxiliary die, with a 1/4 chance that it is also an X swing
  • Shadow on 0 - 2 dice (including the Aux die)
• RandomBM Diceland
  • 3 - 4 regular dice
  • the other 1 - 2 X swing
  • Stinger on 1 - 2 dice
  • Poison on 0 - 1 non-Stinger dice (1/3 chance)
• RandomBM Fantasy
  • 1 - 3 regular dice
  • the other 2 - 4 Option dice
• RandomBM Legend of the Five Rings
  • 5 regular dice
  • Focus on 2 dice
• RandomBM Lunch Money
  • 2 - 4 regular dice with 1 - 8 sides
  • one X or Y swing
  • the other 0 - 2 dice with 10 - 20 sides, but at most one with 20 sides
  • Trip on 1 die with 1 - 6 sides, the smallest or second-smallest
• RandomBM Metamorphers
  • 4 regular dice
  • one X swing
  • Morphing on one die
• RandomBM Sailor Moon
  • 4 regular dice
  • 4 reserve dice
• RandomBM Soldiers
  • 4 regular dice
  • one X swing
  • no skills on any dice
• RandomBM Samurai
  • 3 - 4 regular dice
  • the other 1 - 2 V or X swing
  • Focus on one die
• RandomBM Studio Foglio
  • 3 regular dice
  • one Twin die, with a 1/2 chance that it has Poison
  • one W or X swing, with a 1/10 chance that it is also a Twin die
• RandomBM Vampyres
  • 4 regular dice
  • one X swing
  • Shadow on 1 - 2 dice (1/3 chance of 1, 2/3 chance of 2)

For the ranges (e.g. "3 - 4 regular dice"), I think an even chance of any of the outcomes is probably fine. If anyone wants to look more closely, and argue that a non-even chance would be more consistent with the buttons in the set, I'm totally fine with that, I just didn't bother most of the time.

Corrections and other feedback welcome too, of course.

[AdmiralJota]

What's the difference between "RandomBM Sailor Moon" and the current "RandomBMAnime"?

Or are you thinking of removing the existing four random BM's and replacing them with these (and the polyskills)? It does seem like there's some redundancy there.

[irilyth]

Ah yeah, I think we already got "Sailor Moon" in the form of "Anime" -- I was copying and pasting from #779, and some of the many ideas from that ticket got implemented before earlier ones. I agree that we don't need RandomBM Sailor Moon any more.

[irilyth]

In terms of what first, it'd be great to get RandomBM Soldiers, who are essentially an X-swing only RandomBM Zeroskill. :^) Dunno if it'd make sense to try to get them in for the June release with the Polyskill buttons.