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Ok thanks for your quick reply Sitra, will use a static bonus for now then.

 

I'm going to add the Slider radial to the dev build soon so you'll be able to do so.

Question about swift action: do you need it just for spell casting time, or for general action time?
Note that spells that have casting time "free action", you can only use per round anyway.

 

@Sitra Achara
There are plenty of 3.5 abilities that use swift actions, most notably Tome of Battle abilities. By 3.5's latest errata, a Quickened spell is a swift action, just like certain other spells that are used as a swift (or as an immediate) action.

I mentioned in a previous suggestion thread adding a small blue section above the green/yellow hourglass to represent a character's swift action availability.

 

Oh cool, didn't know that. ToEE already has an internal flag indicating that a quickened spell was cast, so if it counts as a swift action we can simply reuse that for all swifties. Should be easy to add.

 

I have intended to do exactly this for a while. If you get around to adding it I will make use of it too.

 

I've added some documentation here:
https://github.com/GrognardsFromHell/TemplePlus/wiki/Spell-Expiry
https://github.com/GrognardsFromHell/TemplePlus/wiki/Spell-Engine-Internals

I'll have to expand a bit on the Python API usage but I think it's a good start to understanding how this stuff works.
While writing it down, it also made me think of some scenarios where spell permanency can occur, so it may have some additional value

 

@Sitra Achara
To clarify, an immediate action is one that's usable outside your turn, but it costs an immediate action which is your next turn's swift action. An immediate action used on your turn requires a swift action for that turn.

 

Wouldn't the Feather Fall count against your NEXT turn's Swift Action?

 

Hmmm... I suppose it depends on how you read that last paragraph. To me, it seems Immediate Actions preclude a second Immediate or any Swift Actions, but that Swift Actions do NOT preclude a subsequent Immediate Action (which is charged to the "coming turn")...

 

So about Swift Action spells:
Is there actually any case where a spell really is a Free Action? Because currently the ToEE engine basically implements it as a swift action (i.e. allowing it only once per round).

Other than perhaps changing how AoO's are handled, it seems to me that what the engine really needs is a distinction between Swift Action and Extraordinary Ability (which is currently implemented as Free Action spells for creatures).

 

@Sitra Achara
I know of one spell that's actually a free action to cast, but I don't recall its name. Normally, swift action spells are used instead of free actions.