Reflecting the caster's stats in spell effects
chimeric
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If I want an effect to take place only when the target creature is of a certain sex, or has an ability higher than, or lower than, some number, and so on, I can use Apply Effects List or Use EFF file to set up a filter. But how do I reflect facts about the caster in spell effects? What if I want the spell to be more effective if, e.g., the caster's Charisma is over 18? Or what if I want a different effect if the caster is male or neutral-aligned?
All that I can think of is summoning an invisible creature with a script which will take account of some of these properties. For instance, it can play different sounds for male and female casters, as I did with Taunt. It's also possible to make the creature cast secondary spells at RESPONSE # values less than 100, depending on the caster's stats. But all this is outside and later than the main spell. Right now I don't see a way to, for instance, impose a penalty to the creature's save if the caster's Wisdom is higher than the target's. In fact, I don't know if it's even possible to compare those values in a script outside, and if it was, it would only be good for some after-effects.
Or am I wrong? Do you know better ways?
P.S. Another thing: is it possible to make the target cast a spell on itself?
All that I can think of is summoning an invisible creature with a script which will take account of some of these properties. For instance, it can play different sounds for male and female casters, as I did with Taunt. It's also possible to make the creature cast secondary spells at RESPONSE # values less than 100, depending on the caster's stats. But all this is outside and later than the main spell. Right now I don't see a way to, for instance, impose a penalty to the creature's save if the caster's Wisdom is higher than the target's. In fact, I don't know if it's even possible to compare those values in a script outside, and if it was, it would only be good for some after-effects.
Or am I wrong? Do you know better ways?
P.S. Another thing: is it possible to make the target cast a spell on itself?
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There's "original caster (9)" target value, though I've never really tried it.
IF True() THEN RESPONSE #100 Wait(2) Continue() END IF Gender(Nearest,MALE) RandomNumGT(20,10) THEN RESPONSE #100 Wait(2) ReallyForceSpellRES("SPWI105",Nearest) // Color Spray DestroySelf() END IF Gender(Nearest,MALE) RandomNumLT(20,11) THEN RESPONSE #100 DestroySelf() ENDThe first possibility, under the first RandomNum, never comes true. The creature always disappears after a couple of seconds, or sometimes longer. It's like it keeps going through the script until it draws the second option, to disappear.