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[QUOTE="stevenmathers, post: 598367"]
performance not an issue in this application, but codebase size is.
and it would be nice to be able to add new types of abilities and
monsters to the system just by adding a few bytes to a table and a
function or two to handle them, and then have a factory creatre them at
runtime.

example of the process I was thinking of:

monster object: holds intrinsic characteristics and list of optional
abiltiies

ability object:  enables monster to perform some function, and/or
modifies some of its abilities.

so there is a dependency there between monster and ability, but how to
make it as weak as possible.  The vector of change is definately more
types of abilities, and more types of monsters.

use case 1:  monster makes a melee attack: it interrogates each of its
abilities:  are you my current melee weapon, and if so, what type and
degree of damage do you do?

use case 2: monster needs to use its SPEED characetristic to determine
if it is its turn to act yet.  it interogates all its current
abilities: here is my current SPEED - modify it if you will.

Perhaps there is a better system?
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