No I’m not kidding.
Come at me bro
Or on me
Either or
“There are no ‘rules’ for fantasy”
Wrong. To write good Fantasy (of SciFi), you have to go through a process called “World Building” where you lay down the rules of your world. Properly done, the amount of World Building exceeds the actual works by far. It is absolutely necessary to create a core of inner logic to the story. You are not bound by the rules of our world, yes, but you are bound by the rule of consistency. If you violate those, you automatically write crap Fantasy (or SciFi).
Funny, though, that e.g. many literature teachers / professors don’t even know about the idea of World Building.
Why should your fantasy game be limited by something like “health”. Whether you die should be based on vibes.
DM: Roll a Vibe Check
Player: I rolled Dark Green
DM: Ooohhh…
Nethack (and derivatives) is pretty much the only game I know of where the health potions may or may not be red.
And I guess Dark Souls… It’s more of an orange than a red. But maybe that’s just the color of the flask. Idk what the substance inside looks like. 🤷🏻♂️
the flask is green! i would know since i emptied it one too many times snd the texture is dark green
I used yellow for health to avoid red/green colourblind issues
I love the possibility of having a red/green colorblind character and having to roll to hopefully pick the right potion when they both health potion and poison in their bag.
My health potions are red, also, pulp free is not an option. >:)
The pulp is from fruit, right? The pulp is from fruit, right!?
Similarly to how paprika chips come in blue bags and salted chips come in red bags. Anything else is heresy. Unless you live right across the border, where it’s exactly the opposite.
I hate dragons. Controversial take but like just come up with some other mystical creatures! have some fun with it! if rather interact with a pink unicorn plushie than fight another dragon
How about this food is poison and snake bites heal?
Then you are an undead
Daggerfall!
Looking at you, “Dragon Age” Veilguard.
Bright red barrel of aircraft grade fuel.
Shoot it.
Spawns a leak.
//FPS players mind’s implode//
Toss a lighted match into the growing puddle.
Match goes out.
Shoot it directly with a flamethrower.
Puddle burns slightly like a gas stove before going out again.
It’s true.
Rules are meant to be broken - apart from when they aren’t.
You can change any aspect of the world any way you like, but only if doing that is critical to your universe and story.
Messing up without reason conventions that are well established is a dick move, unless the whole point of your work is to screw with people.
Also you need to consistently break conventions once you do it or you really screw with people and make a shitty world.
Overlord the anome has a whole arc about the protagonist using his immense power and influence to have people start research on how to turn blue potions red.
Not sure if this is more or less of a problem for people wtih red-green colorblindness.
On the one hand, it’s harder to differentiate at all. On the other hand, it kind of removes that established expectation and keeps you in the habit of adapting.
Electric element. Team Yellow vs Team Blue, FIGHT!
what do you mean? electricity is purple
Electricity is yellow.
Blue would be water.What game would actually use blue?
Blue-white lightning icons/symbols are quite common, I would think.
Slay the Spire comes to mind:
Then again, there are some yellow ones, too:
Crackly blue is water? I’d even think ice before water.
There is (was?) an electric power provider in Germany by the name of Yellow. Their whole marketing was “electricity is yellow!”
