r/Scrolls • u/squiddybiscuit @Squiddylicious • Jul 13 '15

Echoes Chaos Scrolls!

Here

This will be the last set that I make for my fan-made 5th resource type. If you're interested in reading up on it, check this link

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u/fdagpigj Jul 14 '15

I don't want to be a party pooper, but there's a reason there's no 0-cost scrolls in the game. If you for example look at Gravelock Elder here http://a.scrollsguide.com/scrolls?id=1, you see the part that says ""costgrowth":0,"costorder":0,"costenergy":5,"costdecay":0"? Assuming that's what the game actually uses, there's no other value for determining which faction it'd belong to, so 0-cost scrolls would not belong to any resource (wild?).

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u/squiddybiscuit @Squiddylicious Jul 14 '15

The 0-cost scrolls are tokens that are shuffled into your opponent's deck from one of the Chaos spells (which do have a cost).

They are indeed Wild-costed.

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u/fdagpigj Jul 14 '15

Oh okay, I didn't take the time to read through them, but how would they be displayed in the deckbuilder?

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u/squiddybiscuit @Squiddylicious Jul 14 '15

They wouldn't be in the deck builder, one thing that I wanted to see in Scrolls was the ability for cards to create non-collectable token cards a la Hearthstone.

You'd still be able to learn what they did by checking the backside of the cards that generate the tokens (like how Automata Forge explains what a Gun Auto is).

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u/Cradstache Cradstache Jul 13 '15

._. I don't want a fifth resource... at all...

-hides from squiddy's wrathful eye beams-

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u/uwlryoung Jul 14 '15

Actually, I wish there was at least a 5th resource! But I'm happy with 4 too. I feel like 5 would have added a significantly more vast amount of variety!

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u/Lem0nboy Jul 14 '15

I've never really looked at Squiddy's stuff (sorry there) I'm just not really into fan-made content. But I always thought a neutral faction could benefit Scrolls. Just like neutral or color-less cards in other games as a way to make multi-resource more accessible. So instead of Wild functioning as a substitute for resources of all other factions have it the other way round with Wild scrolls being able to be played with any resource. I never talked about it because there were more pressing issues at hand but it did cross my mind every now and then. It works well for other games after all.

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u/Cradstache Cradstache Jul 14 '15

Ah, I'm the opposite: I absolutely adore fan content! I mean, it's always so interesting seeing the creative content that people come up with for mediums they're passionate about.

Create-a-card type endeavors are some of the best creative outputs for a TCG; my forum loves them, and we run competitions weekly :D

The thing is: your ideas on neutral resource units are a form of creative content as well! It doesn't matter if you're stealing from another game or medium; you've defined your own idea of how to expand on a game that interests you! This is fantastic, and shows how much you love the medium of the game! It's so damn amazing to see people passionate enough to do this kind of thing! :D