Learning how to get a new spell in game

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  1. vampiricpuppy

    vampiricpuppy cuddly nosferatu

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    Tried -2 as a value and it worked :D

    yay!
     
    vampiricpuppy, Jun 19, 2009
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    Shiningted I changed this damn title, finally! Administrator

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    Hmmm... well you probably don't want to be using my spells as an example ;) But if by 'de-buffing' you mean adding negatives instead of positives, then yeah, sure. What I meant was removing a buff or condition: even Dispel Magic doesn't remove conditions, it adds the 'Dispel Magic" condition. Painful way to operate :no:

    As for adding negative values - if there is a value specified it can be changed! So yeah, go for it. And as for just sticking straight numbers rather than elongated variables - again, try it and if it works, it works. I went the variable route since it means the least number of changes to a script I already knew worked, but I am out of my comfort zone on spells so I try to do the minimum changes that way.

    EDIT: Ahh, didn't read the post over the page. Disregard :p
     
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    Nono, thats all good info :D

    Debuff is a term that a lot of MMO players use to describe a spell with a negative effect, so if you've managed to escape the evil of WoW and kin so far, its not a surprise if im confusing you with this strange language :D

    more dots!

    ahem.

    But yeah, very helpful info.

    With regards to dispel magic, is there a way to make a spell immune to the effects of being dispelled by dispel magic in particular? Probably hopelessly complicated, im sure :D

    Reason i ask is i'm trying to implement Curse of Impending Blades, and its very simple apart from the fact that it is immune to dispel magic.

    For people's balance enquiries ill list the stats

    Ok, so its definitely not a powerful spell, -2AC is pretty weak for lvl 2. The key is the lack of a save, and to a lesser extent, the immunity to dispel magic.

    Theres a mass version at lvl 3, 20ft burst - considering you can get a fireball instead, id still say thats balanced :)
     
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    Spell effect, mass version isnt in game yet, but shouldnt take too long :)

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    Ooo, thasssa nice effect!

    So 'debuff' is a WoW term I'm ignorant of? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? :eyebrow:
     
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    thats a matter of perspective :D

    ummmm, shield was a bad choice on my part, as my new spell seems to confer immunity to magic missile :p

    ill try mage armor instead!
     
    vampiricpuppy, Jun 20, 2009
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    single target works fine, mass version CTDs on level up. blahhh, maybe i should start using worlded :p

    Interestingly, when using the mage armor effect for the curse as well as mage armor, you end up with the correct AC value :) so they stack fine!
     
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    ok, since my game is becoming more and more borked, im going to try a couple more spells, then post the files and re install.

    I've lost the textures for spell targeting somehow now :roll:
     
    vampiricpuppy, Jun 21, 2009
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  9. Cujo

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    hehe, dots are awesome

    @ted, I always called spells like bane a debuff even before wow, its kinda like the way undead is to dead. I think it was even in the hand book some where.

    and dots stand for Damage Over Time, so it would be a harmful spell with a damaging effect which lasts for more than 1 round, a hot is its opposite. I'm not sure if there are any in dnd but they would work.
     
    Cujo, Jun 21, 2009
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    Ahhh, see I had no idea... there are certainly damage-over-time spells, Melf's Acid Arrow comes to mind, or poison or contagion (where you get a secondary damage thing). Heal-over-time, only regenerating comes to mind.
     
    Shiningted, Jun 21, 2009
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    or the vigor line from the spell compendium! :D
     
    vampiricpuppy, Jun 22, 2009
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  12. Shiningted

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    Ooo, casting Threadromancy on the Spell thread: so ironical :gotmyatte

    Just announcing I am on another Spell jaunt: I will be using 785-799 as previouly identified by Gaear as being open.
     
    Shiningted, Aug 19, 2009
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    wizgeorge Prophet of Wizardy

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    Do a EnhancedFireball with 1d10/level damage and big radias. 6th/7th level for insane wizards like me.
     
    wizgeorge, Aug 19, 2009
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  14. Shiningted

    Shiningted I changed this damn title, finally! Administrator

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    You know, if I had a ludicrous amount of free time (I currently have less than none) I could probably come up with a thing that let you research higher level spells, within very narrow limits, such as 'choose damage type, choose how big, choose delivery method (Ray, Cone, AoE etc), pay exorbitant research cost, level gets calculated and here you go!'.

    But I don't have the time. Maybe I can do Meteor Swarm :shrug:
     
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    wizgeorge Prophet of Wizardy

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    I'm retired and I do have huge amounts of free time. Maybe it's time to do some research and check out the files. I need a new project anyway.
     
    wizgeorge, Aug 20, 2009
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