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[piecewise]

Thanks, some times my generator makes something that fits together perfectly, and some times I'm like what where you thinking computer.

You can get over that via a rather more complex method of using <<if>> statements and variables to choose categories of things. So that you can have certain random choices cause the program to only choose among certain other random choices. It's a good way to prevent your "Sword of shining goodness" from also containing the ability to summon demons via child sacrifice.

[Urist McCoder]

yeah I figured that, but I sort of like the irony, and that is a lot of effort.

[Urist McCoder]

My generator seems to hate happy occasions, but other then that it seems to be working okay. How do you make your generator stay thematically correct.

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Name
the void dagger of death
aka
dagger of the poison
appearance
a dagger made of exquisite gold
back story
created by a malevolent patron out of spite to memorialize a wedding

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Name
the malevolent saber of healing
aka
the palace
appearance
a saber made of poisoned bronze
back story
created by an ethereal baron out of anger to memorialize a joyous occasion

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Name
the happy long sword of healing
aka
the cathedral
appearance
a long sword made of shoddy brass
back story
created by a strange wizard out of spite to memorialize a coronation

[Dutrius]

I especially like The Malevolent Saber of Healing.

How do you make your generator stay thematically correct.

I'm don't know about Twine, but could you assign some sort of tag to each part of the substrings, where the tag represents the theme? If so, you could make the generator pick a theme, and then only pick strings out of that theme.

Pre-edit: looks like Twine supports Javascript, so it should be possible.

[Urist McCoder]

The only way I know how to do that is with many if else statements

[Digital Hellhound]

These are pretty fantastic generators. I especially like the RPG Backstory and the Elder God gens. I didn't expect physical manifestations like 'within the music' or 'within the angles and lines of a building'. Veeeery cool. Looking forward to moooore.

[piecewise]

The only way I know how to do that is with many if else statements

The way I've figured out how to do it is like this:

Say you have this sword generator and you have effects that could be considered good, evil or neutral. And you have names that could also be considered good, evil or neutral.

Well, you assign a variable to each type of name. Like <<set $morality to Evil>> or <<set $morality to Good>>. And then, you have an if then statement which leads to collections of effects for each type. Here, I'll do up a quick example.

Here is the finished version
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n4yupwxqme16lpp/Weapon%20gen%20example.html?dl=0

And here is the actual file for you to look through. I've added notes to explain how it works.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7p8x2odjpe48d7t/example.tws?dl=0

[Urist McCoder]

That is much cleaner then I would have thought to do, thank you for taking the time to make that.

this is form my old west gun generator

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name
money and chaos
type
colt double action revolver
notable events
killed a cowboy in a bank robbery, killed outlaw in a shoot out, killed a poker cheat in a bank robbery, killed outlaw in a bar fight,

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name
old choices
type
colt single action revolver
notable events
killed a banker in a showdown at high noon, killed a barkeep in a shoot out, killed outlaw in a showdown at high noon,

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name
the pastor's colt double action revolver
type
colt double action revolver
notable events
killed a preacher in a showdown at high noon, killed a barkeep in a bank robbery, killed a poker cheat in a bar fight, killed a poker cheat in a showdown at high noon, killed a sheriff in a showdown at high noon,

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name
our good Lord's love
type
shotgun
notable events
killed outlaw in a bank robbery, killed a sheriff in a showdown at high noon, killed a barkeep in a bank robbery, killed a poker cheat in a shoot out, killed outlaw in a shoot out,

[piecewise]

This is something related to something I made for someone else.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gum0k5n1cdsf68o/Fighting%20style.html?dl=0

A generator for your eastern type fighting styles.

Examples:

The Gleaming Form of the Dark Palm
Secret Ghost Way
Blissful Eagle School
The Terrible Way of the Calm Cut
The Infinite Style of the Tide

[NAV]

The club Method

Amazing

[Dutrius]

Another generator? Awesome!

Lets have a look...
Champion Technique -- The style of winners!

The Idolized Path of the Enormous Comet -- Circle around your opponent for millions of years until gravitational perturbations send you smashing into something or flinging you out of the area.

The Proud Art of the Livid Ax -- Angry lumberjack style, then.

Eye school -- Go for the eyes, Boo!

The Weird Technique of the Stab -- Stabbing someone is weird, apparently.

[Xantalos]

Exalted homebrew just became a billion times easier.

[Empiricist]

• The Celebrated Blow Method - Uh. I hope this revolves around improvising blowdarts and not weaponized fellatio.
  
• Agile Coffin School - Especially popular with vampires. Horrible, horrible vampires that bounce around their coffins in broad daylight, crushing people to death.
  
• The Putrid Cocoon Path - I guess if you roll around in excrement, people will be hesitant to punch you.
  
• The Spider Method - Also known as living in Australia.
  
• The Ecstatic Art of the One hundred and twenty Club - Weaponized nightclubbing, apparently.
  
• The Lucky Path of the Electric Stampede - Segway Hit and Run.
  

If you're still accepting generator requests, I'd like to request a building generator.

[Harry Baldman]

The Weird Technique of the Stab -- Stabbing someone is weird, apparently.

Mom Stabs 1,387 People In 7 Days With This One Weird Trick! The Police Hate Her!

See also: The Ecstatic Art of the Evil Stab.

You may also like: The Way of the Powerful Flesh, The Odd Art of the Foot, The Method of the Spirited Thrust, The Loud Way of the Sharp Ax (as opposed to the Calm Chopper Way), The Dirty Path of the Honest Fist.

[Egan_BW]

The Dirty Path of the Honest Fist

The art of justifying fighting dirty while still retaining honer.