====== 2.0 Notes ======

===== High Priority Thoughts =====
  * Defender Stuff (defending allies)
  * Summoning
    * Cast > 1 / battle (some units)
    * Use caster's tanks
    * Utility ability (more out of battle stuff)
  * Eliminate Battle/Out of Battle differences
  * Ability Leveling
    * Choose to make cheaper or greater magnitude, etc
  * New magic schools separated by cost instead of effects
    * Meditation (Mysticism)
    * Sorcery (Alteration/Elemental)
    * Summoning
    * Enchantment

===== 7/28/2013 Playtest Goals =====
  * Martial Skills: Wide Weapon Selection Skills vs Specific Weapon Skills?

===== Status Effect Converations =====
  * Afflictions
  * Spiritual Effects
  * Condition Track
    * Each wound bring X points down condition track
    * End of condition track is unconscious
    * Damage threshold causes "unknown" wound which have no effect but cause condition points
    * Can spend some out of battle time (~5 mins) to identify wounds
      * Best chance that unknown wounds resolve to non-serious wounds that heal immediately
      * Next best chance that unknown wounds resolve to serious wounds- these stay on condition track and have penalties. Every day you can roll Endurance skill and keep it from getting worse, but must be healed eventually.
      * Small chance that unknown wounds resolve into afflictions
    * Reaching 0 Vitality you die
    * Reaching 0 SP causes you to take X "fatigue" wounds every turn you do not rest
    * Powers can place "fatigue" wounds on targets instead/in addition to SP damage
    * "Fatigue" wounds cause condition track penalties, but can be removed by spending SP (innate)

===== Backgrounds Discussions =====
  * Character backgrounds can be taken at character creation
  * Unlimited backgrounds can be taken (i.e. each one is self balancing)
  * Examples:
    * Veteran- take 1 major physical affliction (as permanent), get extra physical talent
    * Savant- take 1 major mental affliction (as permanent), get extra mental talent
    * Cultural backgrounds
  * afflictions from background are labeled as "permanent", which means that most "Heal Affliction" spells/services will not be able to heal them
  * Very tippy-top heal spell can heal permanent afflictions, but should be so high cost that players don't get this until they've already worked around their affliction for a long time (ex: lvl 15)

===== Armor/Archer Playtest =====
  * Armor has 4 damage resistance ratings: Piercing, Slashing, Bashing, and Magic, determined by material
  * Armor AP is straight damage reduction- no SP damage is taken from successful attacks
  * Weapons have 4 damage ratings: Piercing, Slashing, Bashing, and Magic, determined by material
  * A normal attack uses the lowest armor damage resistance rating, much like dodge penalty uses the highest
  * If any weapon rating beats the armor damage resistance rating then no armor damage reduction is counted (the attacker must declare the damage type when attacking)
  * Arrows have all piercing damage
  * Normal shot - action, normal damage
  * Piercing shot - channel(1), +1 piercing damage rating (long bows can give +2 piercing, but -damage for normal shots)
  * can take move/action in any order
  * leaving a square in range invokes interrupting attack
  * Ability: Arcing shot (line of sight, not line of effect)
  * Ability: Volley shot (arcing shot but not aimed)
  * Ability: Increase Range
  * Ability: use bow as melee weapon (allow SP attack)
  * Ability: choke people with bow (allow SP damage)
  * Shield Ability: block ranged attack for enemy (def inst)
  * Blunt Rating Special: allows armor rating to be used as a bonus to SP attacks
  * Piercing Rating Special: crit for more damage
  * Slashing Rating Special: crit for bleeding damage
  * Magic Rating Special: none special

===== Magic Design =====
  * No recursive counter spells!
  * Meditation - 3 types of spell types, all types have same time/cost scaling so all can be cast in/outside of battle
    * Long term effects (ex: +1 acc for 1 day)
    * Spell charge (ex: +4 acc for 1 turn, instant cast, must cast within 24 hours)
    * Spell trigger (ex: heal 5 HP when health falls below 50% within 24 hours)
    * Clarity can be maximum # of active effect/spell charges/spell triggers at the same time
===== Random Thoughts =====
  * XP as currency for upgrades
  * No level, "slower leveling" races cost more XP for more gain
  * How to balance? Ex: Stacking Spells?
  * "Care Packages" for tiers
  * Talents affect "care packages"
  * Stats
   * Talents
   * Skills
   * Powers
     * Racial Powers
     * Spells
     * Martial Powers
  * Shapeshifter shifting for utility
  * "Perks" - prof skills but for all types of skills
  * Mounted
  * More fluid
  * Passive Utility (even magic)
    * Explicity state can improve magic
  * Story match stats
  * Pets/Familiars
    * Utility (only?)
    * skill (so have to specialize)
    * have to use turn to command
  * Turn parts in order?
    * Skills to disengage
  * limit # of instants / turn?
  * language learning
    * mage implants language
    * emphasis low Halser is impricise
  * Split awareness skill (perception/strategy)
  * Chasing roll keyword