Volunteers needed - Reactive Temple Mod

I separated the groups so that the player party would be sandwiched no matter which door they came through, though I wonder if all groups would be activated no matter which door was used. No AoE spell can catch all 3 groups, either. The group around Kelno is spread out so they can attack the NE door or the SW door. You can maintain some of this by moving the troops closer to the center, but then AoE spells become more of a problem.
Can an area spell be targeted in the central well?

Tell me how to change it, but try it out first. The main things I see about the room are the 3 doors and central well.

 

Hmm, what happened to my post?

Anyway, here's the Air Temple layout. I tried to mix up the groups so that if one group is eliminated, there'd still be troops spread around the room.

Next up - Water Temple.

By the way, I've learned that the initiative queue has an upper limit of 30 - any combatants over that number will simply stand around and do nothing, at least until one of their comrades perishes and clears a slot in the queue.

 

Water was pretty quick. I changed some of your coordinates, Guardian, but it was largely the same.

Here's the result.

On a side note, I ran into the multiple Juggernauts bug. Heh.
It seems that since the Juggernaut statue is embedded in the sector, it tends to re-appear when the sector is reloaded. So even if a script destroys the object, another one might reappear in its stead. Maybe I'll hide the original statue instead of destroying it, then.

 

Didn't think of that. So, should it be tested with parties coming through the doors?

I am afraid of a Water Temple traffic jam up by the front. Same test.

Are you going to do Fire?

 

Yeah, it should be tested for initiating combat while at the door. By the way, in case you want to test it yourself - you can load up the itt.py file (from itt import *) and fire up the functions:

air_reg()
water_reg()
earth_reg()

Note that you need to put jumppoint.tab and protos.tab inside the data\rules folder, otherwise bad things might happen.
If you want the Water Bugbear defectors on Air's side, you have to persuade them to defect, or alternatively bring up the console and set game.global_flags[108] = 1.
Likewise for Oohlgrist, if you want him to join Water without the hassle then type game.global_flags[112] = 1 (and if you want the defectors to be in water, leave flag 108 at 0).
For testing purposes I also made an alternative check for your party leader's constitution score being 50 or greater, so I don't have to set those flags all the time. (i.e. if your con is >= 50, Oohlgrist and the Water Bugbears will automatically be transferred). I think you should be able to easily modify this to suit your needs.

As for the Water Fight, there might be somewhat of a jam, but my experience has been that most of the critters get their turn before the Juggernaut, so there's at least 3-4 of them that manage to get to the party, and the Juggernaut has reach so it can attack from behind them. Trolls, Watersnakes have reach too, and Belsornig and his priests will be casting spells anyway. So it's not that bad.
The question is, what happens when you open up only one door? Is the AI smart enough to open the second one?

Anyway, I think I'll take a break from critter placement this weekend, and start doing the behind the scenes logic and scripting that will trigger these things in the first place. You can continue working on Fire if you're up to it.

 

I've always thought so too, but I'm not sure what should be done exactly. Do we simply make him run away, or just add reinforcements?

If we make him run away, we'd have to provide some closure. I think it would be nice to add a caption decal to the floor where you butchered his men, reading in all capitals 'DIE', and written in his men's blood. His drawers would become trapped and contain nothing, or perhaps a cursed item and a few coins. (who could remove the curse? Also, we'd better make picking it up interesting for the player, otherwise it'd simply be avoided with Power Word Reload)

 

This is looking good. I've been playing your mods for some time they keep getting me back into the game. Lately I've lost interest once my pcs get to about 5th level.
One thing which has started really bugging me is Smigal Redhand or whatever her name is. If she escapes her first encounter she doesn't heal herself just waits for you to return in a mortally wounded state. If she is going to move after the first encounter maybe she should leave 2 or 3 assasins similar to the one the traders send after you. Also once you leave a level and come back it would make sense that guards are posted at the entrances to different levels. I'm going to try some modding when I get some time in about a month.
Cheers All

 

Lareth is a battle priest, and should have the twf skill. The module's got him meleeing after casting spells & setting the order of battle. He uses the mace in one hand & the staff (yeah, I know...) in the other. Perhaps some exotic tweakery is in order. It's not supposed to be an easy fight.

Temple troops: recruitment is very active. The battle was ten years ago, and the agents of evil are everywhere...Dyvers, among other places. Losses can be replaced at the rate of 1 per day for humans & humanoids of less than 3+1 hit dice (goblins, gnolls, human bandits). For humans/humanoids of 3+1 or more (bugbears, ogres, giants, etc.), then it's one every 3 days. For other large monsters (lamia, elementals, dragons...), it's one per week.

NOTE: The temples forces are actually supposed to grow if the party isn't pressing them hard...UNLESS the leaders are dead. Then, the recruiting mechanism breaks down.

I know this is major stuff, but you're a creative bunch. Have fun.