ronlugge
April 23rd, 2019, 00:16
So as a player, it's fairly easy to write abilities / spells that apply a custom effect to a target.
How do I do this to an NPC?
I've used Patricia C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest chronicles as an inspiration, and my players shall shortly be encountering invisible dusk-blooming chokevines. Instead of grappled and restrained (standard, parser-recognized effect that produces grappled; restrained;) I want a custom effect that reads (grappled; choking;) -- the purpose of which is less to apply mechanical effects and much more to remind us of what effects are on who from who.
I'm just... not sure where to even start.
How do I do this to an NPC?
I've used Patricia C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest chronicles as an inspiration, and my players shall shortly be encountering invisible dusk-blooming chokevines. Instead of grappled and restrained (standard, parser-recognized effect that produces grappled; restrained;) I want a custom effect that reads (grappled; choking;) -- the purpose of which is less to apply mechanical effects and much more to remind us of what effects are on who from who.
I'm just... not sure where to even start.