/** * Internal script to analyze damage and spit out results. * There isn't enough entries in the database to make a full analysis, some tiers miss some types. * This script only checks for "minions" and "everything else". * Maybe if future book monsters can be part of what we release, we can analyze those too. */ import fs from "fs/promises"; import path from "path"; const allData = []; // Read adversary pack data for average damage for attacks const adversariesDirectory = path.join("src/packs/adversaries"); for (const basefile of await fs.readdir(adversariesDirectory)) { if (!basefile.endsWith(".json")) continue; const filepath = path.join(adversariesDirectory, basefile); const data = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(filepath, "utf8")); if (data?.type !== "adversary" || data.system.type === "social") continue; allData.push({ name: data.name, tier: data.system.tier, adversaryType: data.system.type, damage: parseDamage(data.system.attack.damage), }); } const result = { basic: compileData(allData.filter(d => d.adversaryType !== "minion")), minion: compileData(allData.filter(d => d.adversaryType === "minion")), }; console.log(result); /** Compiles all data for an adversary type (or all entries) */ function compileData(entries) { // Note: sorting numbers sorts by their string version by default const results = {}; for (const tier of [1, 2, 3, 4]) { const tierEntries = entries.filter(e => e.tier === tier); const allDamage = tierEntries.map(d => d.damage).sort((a, b) => a - b); const median = getMedian(allDamage); const residuals = allDamage.map(d => Math.abs(d - median)).sort((a, b) => a - b); results[tier] = { medianDamage: median, damageDeviation: getMedian(residuals), }; } return results; } function getMedian(numbers) { const medianIdx = numbers.length / 2; return medianIdx % 1 ? numbers[Math.floor(medianIdx)] : (numbers[medianIdx] + numbers[medianIdx - 1]) / 2; } function parseDamage(damage) { const formula = damage.parts .filter(p => p.applyTo === 'hitPoints') .map(p => p.value.custom.enabled ? p.value.custom.formula : [p.value.flatMultiplier ? `${p.value.flatMultiplier}${p.value.dice}` : 0, p.value.bonus ?? 0] .filter(p => !!p) .join('+') ) .join('+'); return getExpectedDamage(formula); } /** * Given a simple flavor-less formula with only +/- operators, returns a list of damage partial terms. * All subtracted terms become negative terms. */ function getExpectedDamage(formula) { const terms = formula.replace("+", " + ").replace("-", " - ").split(" ").map(t => t.trim()); let multiplier = 1; return terms.reduce((total, term) => { if (term === "-") { multiplier = -1; return total; } else if (term === "+") { return total; } const currentMultiplier = multiplier; multiplier = 1; const number = Number(term); if (!Number.isNaN(number)) { return total + currentMultiplier * number; } const dieMatch = term.match(/(\d+)d(\d+)/); if (dieMatch) { const numDice = Number(dieMatch[1]); const faces = Number(dieMatch[2]); return total + currentMultiplier * numDice * ((faces + 1) / 2); } throw Error(`Unexpected term ${term} in formula ${formula}`); }, 0); }