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Hey, items are weak when it comes to varibles.  Sure they have there purposes but they don't have anything that will really sway the game.  I am about to suggest something that may make the game a little more based on luck.

On the edit item/make a new item pages make it so that there is a randomness to how often the item would show up when you visited that page.  Lets say we have a chance when you search for money you could find a $1 $5 and $10.  You have a 1 in 20 chance of geting the 1.  So they put in 5% on the chance thing.  For the 5 they put in 1 in 50 or %2 and finally for the 10 they make it 1 in 100 or 1%.

You see how that could be used?  Along with item drops and the use of a varible called money that could very well be the best use of a new feature.

Another way would be to have random values on help items like 1 in 4 chance of getting a special hint or 25%  It would be nice to see.  For anything under 4% though, you have to have the system do it at least that many times of 100.

Thoughts?

what you want is an easier way of doing something, basically a lazy mans way. you can do this usign a random variable that directs a link to a page.

It's a good idea, but one that you could do as solo suggested.

One important thing is to keep the number of features manageable -- the more stuff we add on, the more stuff there is to break and teach people to use.

Yah, but it takes a system, one that takes around 4 or 5 minutes to create:

1.  Create Item
2.  Create Var.
3.  Create Page A
4.  Create Page B
5.  Add links with restrictions.
6.  Go back to items and put it on page B.

It gets rid of steps 2,4, and 5.

Also noted - It would be a little odd to have to click a link to get an item and I want it to show the hint randomly whenever  on the page.  It dosen't use dice so it would be a little more secure.