Creating 'something' possibly with an effect.

[Oladahn]

Hi,

POTENTIAL SPOILER IF YOU ARE PLAYING ABOMINATION VAULTS.

I need a little advice.

Party are playing PF2e Abomination Vaults at the moment and I want to add something.

They are just about to go into the lens workshop A23 and there is a potential for them to fall on to the broken glass and do 1 damage to themselves.

I thought that rather than say "you take one damage" and then knock it off their hitpoints manually it would be cooler to write an effect, create a monster, hazard whatever which would then apply the damage to them.

For the life of me I can't work out what the best way to do this is. I have the Effect Builder extension and I can make an effect that says something like floor;DMG1:melee can't remember exact syntax but not sure where to put it.

Any ideas and advice on how to do it?

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[Moon Wizard]

You might be making this more work than it has to be; since you can add 1 wound easily using Control + scroll wheel.

But, if you wanted a trap to do that. You could make a trap that has an attack that does 1 damage; then add the trap to CT as hidden, target all PCs, and then apply damage.

Regards,
JPG

[Oladahn]

Yeah, I guess I was overcomplicating it. I just felt it would be more elegant to have an effect, item or whatever that would state "you take one damage from the glass' or something similar.

[Trenloe]

Type /damage 1 piercing in the chat window and press enter, then drag the damage entry produced in chat to the PC in the combat tracker. It'll be treated as a damage action and any resistances etc. will be applied.

[Oladahn]

Type /damage 1 piercing in the chat window and press enter, then drag the damage entry produced in chat to the PC in the combat tracker. It'll be treated as a damage action and any resistances etc. will be applied.

Great, thanks. That works perfectly for me.

I can pre prepare a text chat that says something along the lines of "As you fall to the floor a large piece of glass slices painfully into your knee/hand/leg"

Still annoyed with myself that I couldn't work out how to 'code' it. Are there any recommended videos or articles on 'how to'?

[Trenloe]

Still annoyed with myself that I couldn't work out how to 'code' it. Are there any recommended videos or articles on 'how to'?
Have a look at the "Slamming Door" hazard from GM Core - this has an example of automation that rolls a reflex save and a second action that applies damage. Make a copy of this and edit as needed. Details on NPC automation can be found in the FG Wiki here: https://fantasygroundsunity.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FGCP/pages/2042789889/PFRPG2+-+NPC+Ability+Automation