Add chance and a cast that changes between runs, and a pack to try them
An option used to do exactly what it said. Now it may carry a check: one of
four attributes (Nerve, Wits, Charm, Resolve) against a set difficulty or
against a named person's own attribute, leaning on how they regard you, with a
success and a failure. The player sees only the odds in words ("a long shot",
"likely"), never a number. The roll is one draw from the run's generator, so a
run still replays exactly from its seed and choices.
A character may be a role with several authored candidates, one drawn per run,
or a group of two to four drawn into numbered slots. Everyone carries a name, a
description and the same four attributes as the player, so a replayed pack
meets a different office. Text names people as {partner} or {clerk}, and an
event about "a clerk" binds one present clerk for the turn. The draw and the
binding are saved with the run, and a save from before a pack drew a cast gets
the same one every time it is loaded.
All of it is generic and optional: Corporate Ladder and the Frontier use none
of it and play as before. The Counting House, a one-stage office about 1910
built from the story-to-pack catalogue, exercises it, and was tuned against the
conformance suite by measurement. DECISIONS #41. Version 0.4.0.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_018MhABSrqkwTdcybXmheDPr
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// A small pack for the cast and checks (DECISIONS #41): a drawn single role, a
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// group role of two to four, a fixed character with attributes, opposed and
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// unopposed checks, and an event about "one of the co-workers". Its checks run
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// from 0 to 100 so tests can force an outcome; a real pack keeps a floor and a
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// ceiling so nothing is ever certain.
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export const castPack = {
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id: 'castpack',
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name: 'Cast Pack',
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version: '1.0.0',
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turnUnit: 'day',
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startingStage: 'desk',
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attributes: {
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nerve: { label: 'Nerve' },
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wits: { label: 'Wits' },
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charm: { label: 'Charm' },
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resolve: { label: 'Resolve' },
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},
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checks: {
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base: 50, perPoint: 10, unopposed: 5,
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relationshipPerPoint: 0.5, relationshipCentre: 50,
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floor: 0, ceiling: 100,
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},
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state: {
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'money': { initial: 100, min: -500, max: 10000 },
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'attributes.nerve': { initial: 5, min: 0, max: 10 },
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'attributes.wits': { initial: 5, min: 0, max: 10 },
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'attributes.charm': { initial: 5, min: 0, max: 10 },
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'attributes.resolve': { initial: 5, min: 0, max: 10 },
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},
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relationshipStats: {
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trust: { label: 'Trusts you', initial: 50, min: 0, max: 100 },
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regard: { label: 'Thinks of you', initial: 50, min: 0, max: 100 },
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},
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characters: [
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{
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id: 'boss',
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role_type: 'boss',
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title: 'Manager',
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candidates: [
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{ name: 'Agnes Pell', description: 'Reads every memo twice.', attributes: { nerve: 6, wits: 8, charm: 3, resolve: 7 } },
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{ name: 'Walter Grose', description: 'Loud, and quicker than he looks.', attributes: { nerve: 7, wits: 6, charm: 6, resolve: 4 },
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startingRelationship: { trust: 30 } },
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{ name: 'Mina Hart', description: 'Has never raised her voice.', attributes: { nerve: 4, wits: 7, charm: 8, resolve: 6 } },
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],
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},
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{
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id: 'coworker',
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role_type: 'peer',
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title: 'Clerk',
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count: [2, 4],
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candidates: [
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{ name: 'Ben Aske', description: 'Owes {boss} a favour.', attributes: { nerve: 3, wits: 4, charm: 6, resolve: 5 } },
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{ name: 'Cora Dunn', description: 'First in, last out.', attributes: { nerve: 5, wits: 5, charm: 4, resolve: 8 } },
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{ name: 'Del Fane', description: 'Knows everyone\'s business.', attributes: { nerve: 4, wits: 7, charm: 5, resolve: 3 } },
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{ name: 'Edie Gow', description: 'Quiet until she is not.', attributes: { nerve: 7, wits: 5, charm: 3, resolve: 6 } },
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{ name: 'Fitz Hale', description: 'Charming, unreliable.', attributes: { nerve: 5, wits: 3, charm: 8, resolve: 2 } },
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],
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},
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{ id: 'porter', name: 'Old Sam', role_type: 'staff', description: 'Has seen everyone come and go.',
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attributes: { nerve: 2, wits: 9, charm: 4, resolve: 9 } },
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],
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events: [
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{
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id: 'routine',
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stage: 'desk',
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weight: 100,
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description: 'A day at the desk under {boss}.',
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options: [
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{ id: 'work', label: 'Work.', effects: [{ path: 'money', op: 'add', value: 10 }] },
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{
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id: 'ask_for_more',
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label: 'Ask {boss.first} for more money.',
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check: { attribute: 'charm', against: 'boss', opposedBy: 'wits', relationship: 'trust' },
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effects: [{ path: 'relationships.boss.regard', op: 'add', value: -1 }],
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success: { result: '{boss} agrees.', effects: [{ path: 'money', op: 'add', value: 50 }] },
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failure: { result: '{boss} laughs.', effects: [{ path: 'relationships.boss.trust', op: 'add', value: -5 }] },
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},
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{
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id: 'hard_sum',
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label: 'Try the hard sum.',
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check: { attribute: 'wits', difficulty: 5 },
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success: { result: 'It adds up.', effects: [{ path: 'attributes.wits', op: 'add', value: 1 }] },
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failure: { result: 'It does not.', effects: [] },
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},
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],
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},
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{
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id: 'needled',
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stage: 'desk',
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weight: 100,
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involves: ['coworker'],
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description: '{coworker} makes a remark about your tie.',
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options: [
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{ id: 'ignore', label: 'Let it go.', effects: [{ path: 'relationships.{coworker}.regard', op: 'add', value: -2 }] },
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{
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id: 'retort',
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label: 'Answer {coworker.first} back.',
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check: { attribute: 'nerve', against: '{coworker}', relationship: 'regard' },
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success: { result: '{coworker} laughs, and means it.', effects: [{ path: 'relationships.{coworker}.regard', op: 'add', value: 5 }] },
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failure: { result: 'It lands badly.', effects: [{ path: 'relationships.{coworker}.trust', op: 'add', value: -5 }] },
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},
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],
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},
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],
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};
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export default castPack;
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return 0;
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};
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const moneyGain = (resolved) => (resolved.option.effects ?? [])
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.filter((e) => e.path === 'money' && e.op === 'add')
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.reduce((sum, e) => sum + amountOf(e), 0);
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/**
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* Every effect an option can have, with the weight a player reading the odds
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* would give it: plain effects count in full, a check's success and failure by
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* their chance (DECISIONS #41). An option with no check is just its effects.
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*/
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export const weightedEffects = (resolved) => {
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const { option, odds } = resolved;
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const plain = (option.effects ?? []).map((effect) => ({ effect, weight: 1 }));
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if (!option.check) return plain;
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const p = (odds?.chance ?? 50) / 100;
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return [
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...plain,
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...(option.success?.effects ?? []).map((effect) => ({ effect, weight: p })),
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...(option.failure?.effects ?? []).map((effect) => ({ effect, weight: 1 - p })),
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];
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};
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const relationshipGain = (resolved) => (resolved.option.effects ?? [])
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.filter((e) => e.path.startsWith('relationships.'))
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.reduce((sum, e) => sum + amountOf(e), 0);
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const moneyGain = (resolved) => weightedEffects(resolved)
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.filter(({ effect }) => effect.path === 'money' && effect.op === 'add')
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.reduce((sum, { effect, weight }) => sum + amountOf(effect) * weight, 0);
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const relationshipGain = (resolved) => weightedEffects(resolved)
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.filter(({ effect }) => effect.path.startsWith('relationships.'))
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.reduce((sum, { effect, weight }) => sum + amountOf(effect) * weight, 0);
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const best = (options, score) => [...options].sort((a, b) => score(b) - score(a))[0];
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*/
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lifer: (options) => {
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const stays = options.filter(
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(o) => !(o.option.effects ?? []).some((e) => e.path === 'stage'),
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(o) => !weightedEffects(o).some(({ effect }) => effect.path === 'stage'),
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);
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return best(stays.length ? stays : options, relationshipGain);
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},
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