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Dev Diary #96: Maybe I *should* diet…

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Well, well, well, looks like this is where the fat chin meme comes to die.

Today I will be talking about one of the free several patch additions coming alongside Holy Fury, namely character shape.
With our next expansion, rather than being a random genetic component, this visual effect will be turned into a dynamic feature.
The game now will keep track of your character’s lifestyle and either increase or reduce his weight accordingly. Going above a certain threshold will result in your character gaining the Fat trait, alongside the appropriate visual, while going below a certain threshold will result in your character gaining the Malnourished trait, alongside a new emaciated look.

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While there are certain events that can result in immediate gain or loss of weight, characters will progress from one state to the other primarily depending on their conditions and lifestyle. Traits, Focus, Society membership and health can all affect a character’s state. Some factors, such as being Gluttonous, will increase a character’s weight, others, such as belonging to a Monastic Order, will reduce it, and others still, such as leading an army during wartime, will keep it balanced.

New events have been added to give flavor to this new mechanic, allowing players the opportunity to change their habits or offer advice to their friends and relatives’ lifestyle. Some old events have also been updated to use new effects and make the mechanic feel fully integrated to the rest of the game.

And that should be about it.

 

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It's been said already but i too thought that diet in this case meant something different. I thought it had something to do with Imperial administration for the HRE. You know maybe as a tournament type system where instead of being judged based on martial one is judged based on diplomacy and stewardship except the result of this event would affect the cbs available to the emperor or deal with potential funding issues for the realm or even the odd trial or two.
 
Well this time the good doctor isn't cutting off fat by cutting your balls. Least I should hope so :p
Well, it might be the other way around, since castrated cats are known to take some weight if not properly cared for...

That would be cool if having the Eunuch trait increased your chances of getting fat... :D
 
Any chance in the future this along with the other genetic traits can be rolled up together into a more fleshed out system?
 
Yay…
More sideeffects of Dark Power.
Satan burned the flesh away. Or coming fat out of the Seclusion after you have eaten half the court.
 
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Well, well, well, looks like this is where the fat chin meme comes to die.
Regarding that event. You should also lose money since you have to buy a new wardrobe :p
 
Regarding that event. You should also lose money since you have to buy a new wardrobe :p
Maybe with the possible option of letting out your old clothes if you have high Stewardship.
 
This is awesome. Speaking of "Shutting the Gates", could a similar mechanic be applied to castles under siege? An enemy army of 10,000 men has surrounded your castle and you and your court are trapped inside (if you're not leading your armies). Could there be a undernourishment risk here? It would definitely give some incentive to break enemy sieges lol.
 
I was thinking this. I was a little bit off.


Yo momma is so fat that a change of portrait count as map change. :p

To this day, I recall the confusion I felt when I first heard of the Diet of Wurms...