5E - Aura Effects

Finished performance testing today. Looks a lot better.
Red is the time it takes to run handleTokenMovement in v2. Blue is the time it takes to run it in v1.23. This represents how much time the code spends calculating auras at each step along the token's path.
https://i.imgur.com/iIITFjH.png

For those interested in how I measured this, I queued up locked movement like this:
https://i.imgur.com/5IcYudD.png

Then I used this performance measuring code to send time measurements to the console.

Here is a test copy of v2-rc.1 that doesn't use the getChildList function from v4.3.3 so you can try it out on LIVE
It's currently not compatible with BetterCombatEffects

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Originally Posted by bmos

Here is a test copy of v2-rc.1 that doesn't use the getChildList function from v4.3.3 so you can try it out on LIVE
It's currently not compatible with BetterCombatEffects

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v2-rc.1 seems to not recognize friends from foes.... this gets applied to all tokens in a 30 foot range "AURA: 30 friend; Holy Aura (C); ADVSAV; GRANTDISATK"

Thanks for catching that.
Here's rc.3 modified for the LIVE version of FG
It should be compatible with BetterCombatEffects(Gold) now.

Aura Effect v2.0
Substantial code rework. Removed almost 200 lines of code and broke up the codebase into 4 scripts to handle various aspects and make finding/contributing/updating code much easier.
Updated Effect Builder support to handle the new factions and relationships added previously.
Substantial performance improvements.
Better triggering of aura calculation (such as "IF: Blinded; Aura: 5; test" now recalculating when Blinded is added/removed).
Moved "All" settings for Silent Auras option to beginning of the list
Click here to see raw code changes

Aura Effects is working fine for 1 Aura on a character's Paladin. But with more than 1 Aura characters get (many) duplicate effect listings that do not disappear when the character moves out of range of the Aura. Using Forge version of Aura Effects. Also, tried the Aura Effect v2.0 above had same problem.

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Originally Posted by cwright45

Aura Effects is working fine for 1 Aura on a character's Paladin. But with more than 1 Aura characters get (many) duplicate effect listings that do not disappear when the character moves out of range of the Aura. Using Forge version of Aura Effects. Also, tried the Aura Effect v2.0 above had same problem.

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1. Which ruleset are you using?
2. What are the aura effects you're putting on the paladin? (a screenshot of the combat tracker would be ideal)
3. Have you tried removing all the FROMAURA effects? v1.22 required this and you may have missed that.

I am using 5E ruleset. The v1.22 hotfix seems to have fixed the issue. FYI, the paladin 3 auras are: AURA: 10 friend; Aura of Protection; SAVE: 4 / AURA: 10 friend; Aura of Warding; REIST: spell / and AURA: 10 friend; Aura of Courage; IMMUNE: frightened.

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Originally Posted by cwright45

I am using 5E ruleset. The v1.22 hotfix seems to have fixed the issue. FYI, the paladin 3 auras are: AURA: 10 friend; Aura of Protection; SAVE: 4 / AURA: 10 friend; Aura of Warding; REIST: spell / and AURA: 10 friend; Aura of Courage; IMMUNE: frightened.

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If you've read the previous pages in this you should realize friend should probably be changed to ally - but to be honest I'm not positive you can't still use friend in some cases.

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Originally Posted by SilentRuin

If you've read the previous pages in this you should realize friend should probably be changed to ally - but to be honest I'm not positive you can't still use friend in some cases.

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As SilentRuin point out, Friend, Faction, Foe, call all still be used, but they now target specific factions.
Ally and Enemy target relationships (so you can write effects for abilities and spells and not worry about who they're going to end up attached to).
This is not the cause of the reported issue, but it's a good thing to point out.

I posted v2.0-hotfix.1 which should resolve cwright45's issue.
If you manually downloaded the ext from GitHub, you should delete it from the extensions folder and run the Forge update to ensure you get the new version.

I will change from Friend and Foe to Ally and Enemy. Thanks for the recommendation and the hotfix.

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Originally Posted by cwright45

I will change from Friend and Foe to Ally and Enemy. Thanks for the recommendation and the hotfix.

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Really depends on how you set your game up.

Are neutrals allies of red faction? or green faction? As this can cause some mix ups, I posted above a list of how I look at them.

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Originally Posted by MrDDT

As this can cause some mix ups, I posted above a list of how I look at them.

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For easier reference:

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Originally Posted by MrDDT

***Example***
PCs are normally set to friendly/green. NPC monsters are normally set to foe/red. NPCs non monsters (like a bartender) would be set to neutral/yellow/faction, and completely Unknown Creatures/Things would be set to non-faction/blue.

ALLY = creatures matching same faction as you.
-Example of ALLY as if aura effect is placed on each of these types named to the left and who would get the "FROMAURA" is the second part of the list.
In this case;
PCs (friendly/green) would be allies "ALLY" to ONLY PCs (friendly/green);
NPC monsters (foe/red) would be allies "ALLY" to ONLY NPC monsters (foe/red);
NPCs non monsters (neutral/yellow/faction) would be allies "ALLY" to ONLY NPCs non monsters (neutral/yellow/faction);
Unknown Creatures/Things (non-faction/blue) would be allies "ALLY" to ONLY Unknown Creatures/Things (non-faction/blue);

ENEMY = creatures opposing faction (friend vs foe only)
-Example of ENEMY as if aura effect is placed on each of these types named to the left and who would get the "FROMAURA" is the second part of the list.
In this case;
PCs (friendly/green) would be the only enemies "ENEMY" to NPC monsters (foe/red);
NPC monsters (foe/red) would be the only enemies "ENEMY" to PCs (friendly/green);
NPCs non monsters (neutral/yellow/faction) would have NONE matching;
Unknown Creatures/Things (non-faction/blue) would have NONE matching;

!ALLY = creatures not matching your faction (AKA old AURA system = foe)
-Example of !ALLY as if aura effect is placed on each of these types named to the left and who would get the "FROMAURA" is the second part of the list.
In this case;
PCs (friendly/green) would be not-allies "!ALLY" to everyone EXCEPT PCs (friendly/green);
NPC monsters (foe/red) would be not-allies "!ALLY" to everyone EXCEPT NPC monsters (foe/red);
NPCs non monsters (neutral/yellow/faction) would be not-allies "!ALLY" to everyone EXCEPT NPCs non monsters (neutral/yellow/faction);
Unknown Creatures/Things (non-faction/blue) would be not-allies "!ALLY" to everyone EXCEPT Unknown Creatures/Things (non-faction/blue);

!ENEMY = creatures who are friendly to your faction (foe vs friend only)
-Example of !ENEMY as if aura effect is placed on each of these types named to the left and who would get the "FROMAURA" is the second part of the list.
In this case;
PCs (friendly/green) would be not-enemy "!ENEMY" to everyone EXCEPT NPC monsters (foe/red);
NPC monsters (foe/red) would be not-enemy "!ENEMY" to everyone EXCEPT PCs (friendly/green);
NPCs non monsters (neutral/yellow/faction) would be not-enemy "!ENEMY"" to EVERYONE including same faction (neutral/yellow/faction);
Unknown Creatures/Things (non-faction/blue) would be not-enemy "!ENEMY" to EVERYONE including same faction (non-faction/blue);

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I've recently implemented an Aura Effect for one of my players. The effect works on foes like they should; however, the effect is also affecting them. Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

DnD 5e Ruleset
Fantasy Grounds Unity through the website
Aura Effects extension through the Forge

Effect code:
AURA: 10 foe; SAVE: -1d4; CHECK: -1d4

When my player rolls a save/ability check, they get a -d4. The aura is applying only to enemies and not the other player characters as intended.

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Separate question as I've read there is a hotfix in the forum: Do I need to download that hotfix or will it automatically update since I purchased it through the Forge?

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Originally Posted by citan108

I've recently implemented an Aura Effect for one of my players. The effect works on foes like they should; however, the effect is also affecting them. Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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Separate question as I've read there is a hotfix in the forum: Do I need to download that hotfix or will it automatically update since I purchased it through the Forge?

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Try this:
AURA: 10 foe; IF: FACTION(notself); SAVE: -1d4; CHECK: -1d4
Sometimes Forge updates get 'stuck.' Just check the message that shows up in chat when you open it if you want to know which version you have.

Works like a charm, thank you! And it seems like I have the latest version of the effect.

Hate to resurrect Spirit Guardians again :)
Spirit Guardians; AURA: 15 foe; TEST; IF: FACTION(foe); SAVES: WIS [SDC](H)(C); SAVEDMG: 3d8 radiant
Am I right in thinking we still do not have a coding using Auras and BCEG to handle when a foe FIRST enters the Aura?
I recall it being mentioned that we would need to set a flag for them first entering and test for that flag being set in case of multiple entries in the round
Has anyone tried that?

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Originally Posted by mordkhaan

Hate to resurrect Spirit Guardians again :)
Spirit Guardians; AURA: 15 foe; TEST; IF: FACTION(foe); SAVES: WIS [SDC](H)(C); SAVEDMG: 3d8 radiant
Am I right in thinking we still do not have a coding using Auras and BCEG to handle when a foe FIRST enters the Aura?
I recall it being mentioned that we would need to set a flag for them first entering and test for that flag being set in case of multiple entries in the round
Has anyone tried that?

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To my knowledge no one has come up with a good solution to differentiate when someone enters the aura vs when the aura is moved on top of them

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Originally Posted by rhagelstrom

To my knowledge no one has come up with a good solution to differentiate when someone enters the aura vs when the aura is moved on top of them

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Seems super simple to me. If the non aura token is moving then its the one entering the aura. If the token with aura is moving then the aura has moved on top of them. You can store what last moved from onMove and check it when aura is triggered. If not token with aura the token moved into it. Otherwise the other way around.

I am having issues with auras not reading faction restrictions such as foe, all characters end up affected

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Originally Posted by hazeyindahead

I am having issues with auras not reading faction restrictions such as foe, all characters end up affected

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Who are you putting the AURA on that it's affecting all people?

Playing Paladin with Aura of Protection. If I have the aura up (all the time) and the DM drags us to a new map, the aura starts stacking the same aura effects on other characters, 5-10 on multiple characters, and only the DM can remove them one at a time.

If, however, I turn off the aura before he pulls us to a new map then turn it back on once we're there, there's no malfunction on the new map. If we start the session on one map and stay on that map, no malfunction.

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Originally Posted by JeffDM

Playing Paladin with Aura of Protection. If I have the aura up (all the time) and the DM drags us to a new map, the aura starts stacking the same aura effects on other characters, 5-10 on multiple characters, and only the DM can remove them one at a time.

If, however, I turn off the aura before he pulls us to a new map then turn it back on once we're there, there's no malfunction on the new map. If we start the session on one map and stay on that map, no malfunction.

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Hard to say what is going on. Can you post the effect string that you are using that is causing issues?

Delete please

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Originally Posted by rhagelstrom

Hard to say what is going on. Can you post the effect string that you are using that is causing issues?

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I got this string from earlier in this thread...somewhere.
AoP; AURACOLOR: red; AURASHAPE: circle; AURA: 13 friend; Aura of protection; SAVE: 3

Per RAW, in 5e auras with the same name don't stack. I have two paladins in my party. Is there any way to not have both of their identical auras buffing each other and all their teammates? +8 to saving throws for everyone is a bit excessive, though of course they love it. SImilar issues with two clerics' spirit guardians overlapping.

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Originally Posted by ColoradoGM

Per RAW, in 5e auras with the same name don't stack. I have two paladins in my party. Is there any way to not have both of their identical auras buffing each other and all their teammates? +8 to saving throws for everyone is a bit excessive, though of course they love it. SImilar issues with two clerics' spirit guardians overlapping.

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I believe this post here should help you.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post636758

If you have questions hit me up.

For overlapping auras - as long as you name them all you should be able to do a determination if they already have that named effect before you try to apply it.

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Originally Posted by SilentRuin

For overlapping auras - as long as you name them all you should be able to do a determination if they already have that named effect before you try to apply it.

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Problem comes in is that one of them is +5, the other is +3, so you need to detect that someone has +3 which is weaker than yours and apply yours when is +5.
If you just detected if they had AOP, then it would miss the power of the extra +2.

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Originally Posted by MrDDT

Problem comes in is that one of them is +5, the other is +3, so you need to detect that someone has +3 which is weaker than yours and apply yours when is +5.
If you just detected if they had AOP, then it would miss the power of the extra +2.

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Just set the effect for the user with the lower bonus so it doesn't apply if the other effect is there via IF: CUSTOM(othereffect).

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Originally Posted by bmos

Just set the effect for the user with the lower bonus so it doesn't apply if the other effect is there via IF: CUSTOM(othereffect).

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Exactly what the post says to do in the link I gave =P

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Originally Posted by MrDDT

Exactly what the post says to do in the link I gave =P

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It's what that post seems to show, but it isn't clearly stated in that post.

Just used this extension for the first time today and love its functionality. I was hoping to make an effect to help automate the Spell: Ceremony > Wedding effect. Essentially if the two wedded creatures are within 30ft of each other they get +2 AC. Is there a way for me to target a specific creature to benefit from the aura and not all allies? Maybe by adding an IF condition to another PC's race or class?

I am really enjoying the functionality of this extension but I have noticed one issue in that when the aura is first applied, it will put the effect on the caster but not on anyone else inside the aura radius. If ANY token moves in or out of the radius then it will apply the aura to all who are still in the radius. If no tokens move in or out of the radius then it does not apply the aura to anyone except the casting character.

Here is the code I am using, it works great after a token moves but only works on the caster if nobody moves.

AURA: 30 ally; Twilight Sanctuary; TREGENS: d6+2

Is there a code needed to cause it to immediately apply the aura to all affected tokens?

Thanks for your assistance!!

I believe that the aura only works when a token is moving. So when you apply it at first move the token it was applied to slightly and then move it back. The effects should then apply to all relevant tokens.

is it someohow possible to use this extension for AD&D 2e?

Hi Folks,
I was trying to figure if you can use this extension for the Barbarian Path of the Wolf Totem (not at my house so I can't play around but wanted to ask to save cycles later - lol):

"While you're raging, your friends have advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature within 5 feet of you that is hostile to you. The spirit of the wolf makes you a leader of hunters."

Is this possible? Would something like: Wolf Totem; AURA: 5 ally; ADVATK work?

Any input is appreciated!!

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Hi Folks,
I was trying to figure if you can use this extension for the Barbarian Path of the Wolf Totem (not at my house so I can't play around but wanted to ask to save cycles later - lol):

"While you're raging, your friends have advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature within 5 feet of you that is hostile to you. The spirit of the wolf makes you a leader of hunters."

Is this possible? Would something like: Wolf Totem; AURA: 5 ally; ADVATK work?

Any input is appreciated!!

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Well this gives your allies 5 feet of you this, you want to do GRANTADVATK on the creatures in 5 feet of you, but you also need a melee check.

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Wolf Totem; AURA: 5 enemy; IF: FACTION(notself); GRANTADVATK melee

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