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crankdawg47
February 22nd, 2017, 00:10
Hi all,
I've been having an issue with creating custom monsters that have abilities that force players to make saving throws for half damage. What I need to know is what I need to type into the NPC actions/traits boxes to get it to parse the half damage on save cause right now it's just doing all or nothing.

thanks in advance!

LordEntrails
February 22nd, 2017, 00:24
Use the same language from an official (SRD or MM) monster. Just change the damage values but keep the wording the same.

crankdawg47
February 22nd, 2017, 01:07
Tried that. Its not parsing the half damage. Screenshot attached. Let me know if I'm overlooking something.
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Moon Wizard
February 22nd, 2017, 01:38
It's working for me. I made a copy of the Red Dragon, and replaced the Fire Breath with your version of Chaos Fire Breath.

Did you change keyboard focus off of the text field after editing the power description? Some fields delay updates to the database until after they lose focus or the window is closed for better interface speed.

Regards,
JPG

crankdawg47
February 22nd, 2017, 01:46
I actually locked the entry, closed it and then added it to the combat tracker.

Is this some manner of bug? I'll attach the whole NPC entry below.

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Moon Wizard
February 22nd, 2017, 01:55
Try "...must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw or take 54 (12d8) fire damage..."

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crankdawg47
February 22nd, 2017, 02:02
Try "...must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw or take 54 (12d8) fire damage..."

JPG

I did that but it did not change anything. Do I need to alter the text referring to the half damage as well?
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Moon Wizard
February 22nd, 2017, 02:03
Otherwise, you can try posting a ZIP of your campaign that contains that creature, so I can try it on my machine.

Regards,
JPG

Moon Wizard
February 22nd, 2017, 02:08
The trigger phrases are "half as much damage" or "creature/target [only] takes half".

The red dragon breath uses "half as much damage", while your Chaos Fire Breath uses "half as much".

JPG

crankdawg47
February 22nd, 2017, 02:15
Otherwise, you can try posting a ZIP of your campaign that contains that creature, so I can try it on my machine.

Regards,
JPG

I would but the file ends up being too big to attach.

crankdawg47
February 22nd, 2017, 02:19
The trigger phrases are "half as much damage" or "creature/target [only] takes half".

The red dragon breath uses "half as much damage", while your Chaos Fire Breath uses "half as much".

JPG

That got it!

Thank you so much. I was about to go crazy

Zacchaeus
February 22nd, 2017, 02:20
As Moon Wizard says you are missing the word 'damage' after half as much. Make that amendment and it will work.