attributes guide

📊 Attribute Scaling Guide

This guide will help you design balanced, meaningful attributes for your Fabled classes. It includes practical tips, scaling strategies, and formula examples.

Attributes are powerful stats like Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence that can affect damage, mana, speed, cooldowns, and more.

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🧠 Conceptualizing Attributes

When designing attributes, ask:

• What does this attribute represent?
• How does it affect gameplay?
• What skills or mechanics will it modify?
• Should it synergize with certain classes or playstyles?

🧪 Example Concepts:

Attribute	Affects	Example Usage
Strength	Physical Damage, Knockback	Warrior melee builds
Dexterity	Attack Speed, Move Speed	Rogues, Rangers
Vitality	Health, Health Regen	Tanks, frontliners
Intelligence	Skill Damage, Mana Regen	Mages, casters
Willpower	Mana, Cooldown Reduction	Healers, buffers

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⚖️ Balancing Scaling

Use small, gradual scaling to avoid power creep. Try:

• Starting with 0.25–0.5 increase per point
• Capping attributes to avoid exponential scaling
• Testing formulas on low and high values (e.g., 5 vs 25 points)

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📐 Stat Modifier Cheat Sheet

Stat	Sample Formula	Change per Point	Notes
health	a * 0.5	+0.5 HP	0.5 HP gained per point
mana	a * 0.6 + 10	+0.6 Mana	Adds 10 base mana, +0.6 per point
mana-regen	a * 0.05	+0.05/tick	Passive regen per tick
move-speed	a * 0.0025 + 1	+0.25% speed	Slightly faster movement
attack-speed	a * 0.01	+1%	Faster weapon swing timing
skill-damage	a * 0.03 + 1	+3%	Boosts damage dealt by skills
cooldown	1 - a * 0.02	-2%	Reduces cooldown, capped at 0

You can scale any stat listed in Creating Attributes.

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🎯 Skill Integration Examples

To have attributes affect skill behavior:

Add a Component Modifier:

• Mechanic: Damage
• Field: value
• Formula: a * 0.2 + 10

This increases skill damage by 0.2 per point of the attribute.

You can also affect:

• Target radius (Area-radius)
• Knockback strength
• Teleport distance
• Particle count
• Heal amount
• Condition thresholds

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🧩 Attribute Roles by Class

Class Type	Attribute Focus
Warrior	Strength, Vitality
Rogue	Dexterity, Luck
Mage	Intelligence, Willpower
Cleric	Willpower, Vitality
Archer	Dexterity, Intelligence

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✅ Best Practices

• Use simple names: strength, agility, focus
• Limit total max points to encourage meaningful choices
• Give each attribute at least one noticeable effect in gameplay, such as increased speed, mana, damage, or tooltip updates
• Use {attr:*} placeholders in lore to reflect scaling for players

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🔗 Related Pages

• Creating Attributes
• Formulas & Scaling
• Creating Skills
• PlaceholderAPI Placeholders