Card Interaction and Order of Operations in Resolution
As new mechanics are added to strategy based card games there is always an importance on card interaction order.
With the release of the "Spore" mechanic, as seen in the Mushrooms card, there could be interesting interactions with cards like the "Blue Stripes Commando" and other cards with the "Muster" mechanic. In which order will the resolution occur?
If I have two Blue Stripes Commando in play they will have a power of 4 each, due to their doubling attack. If i were to play Mushrooms onto the row will i now have 16 power (2*2+ 4*2) or will the mushrooms resolve before Muster, creating 24 (2+4=6 Per unit then 6*2*2 for the units plus their muster ability)
As a comparison to why I am curious, there is a minion card in Hearthstone (Scaled Nightmare) that doubles its attack power at the beginning of each turn, starting at 2 and doubling to 4 and so on if no buffs/debuffs are played. In the event a spell is played to give extra attack the addition resolves before the doubling effect (So if +3 attack were played the card would have 10 attack at the beginning of the next turn 2+3 *2). An interaction that was noticed later is that if the attack was set to a given amount, the effect of doubling attack would no longer trigger due to the order of resolution being double the attack followed by set attack to a given number.
If we assume the mechanics will work in the same way as in the Witcher, the effect of being set to 1 attack by weather effects triggers before the calculation for doubling attack does. This could mean that the weather effects will resolve first, followed by the Muster effect. If this is the case where does the Spore effect fall?
If a weather effect triggers with priority 1, spores at 2, and muster at 3, then two Commandos plus the effects would lead to20 Combined power (1+4=5 5*2*2=20).
If the Spores has priority 1, Weather effect 2, and muster 3, then two Commandos plus the effects would lead to 4 Combined power (2+4=6, set to 1 =1, 1*2*2=4).
If the Weather effect triggers with priority 3, the attack will resolve to 2 Combined Power regardless of the other order.
Any ideas on the resolution order and interactions? Its early still to discuss mechanics, but it is an interesting topic at the very least.
As new mechanics are added to strategy based card games there is always an importance on card interaction order.
With the release of the "Spore" mechanic, as seen in the Mushrooms card, there could be interesting interactions with cards like the "Blue Stripes Commando" and other cards with the "Muster" mechanic. In which order will the resolution occur?
If I have two Blue Stripes Commando in play they will have a power of 4 each, due to their doubling attack. If i were to play Mushrooms onto the row will i now have 16 power (2*2+ 4*2) or will the mushrooms resolve before Muster, creating 24 (2+4=6 Per unit then 6*2*2 for the units plus their muster ability)
As a comparison to why I am curious, there is a minion card in Hearthstone (Scaled Nightmare) that doubles its attack power at the beginning of each turn, starting at 2 and doubling to 4 and so on if no buffs/debuffs are played. In the event a spell is played to give extra attack the addition resolves before the doubling effect (So if +3 attack were played the card would have 10 attack at the beginning of the next turn 2+3 *2). An interaction that was noticed later is that if the attack was set to a given amount, the effect of doubling attack would no longer trigger due to the order of resolution being double the attack followed by set attack to a given number.
If we assume the mechanics will work in the same way as in the Witcher, the effect of being set to 1 attack by weather effects triggers before the calculation for doubling attack does. This could mean that the weather effects will resolve first, followed by the Muster effect. If this is the case where does the Spore effect fall?
If a weather effect triggers with priority 1, spores at 2, and muster at 3, then two Commandos plus the effects would lead to20 Combined power (1+4=5 5*2*2=20).
If the Spores has priority 1, Weather effect 2, and muster 3, then two Commandos plus the effects would lead to 4 Combined power (2+4=6, set to 1 =1, 1*2*2=4).
If the Weather effect triggers with priority 3, the attack will resolve to 2 Combined Power regardless of the other order.
Any ideas on the resolution order and interactions? Its early still to discuss mechanics, but it is an interesting topic at the very least.