Experience Drain Script: Does it exist? Options

[D2Modder]

Good Afternoon,

In Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, some undead monsters, like spectres, vampires and wights, are able to drain experience from a character. Is there a script to do this?

D2

[sandy]

Not sure if anyone's done of these for VX yet D2Modder, but I wrote one of these for RMXP awhile back. You can take a look at how it worked and port it over quickly if you're familiar with RGSS

http://www.gamebaker.com/rmxp/scripts/e/level-drain.php

The instructions aren't uploaded, but it's basically this:

CODE

  LevelDrainDeath = false
  LevelDrainStatus = 17
  
  LevelDrainAttacks[3] = 25
  LevelDrainAttacks[4] = 1
  LevelDrainSkills[16] = 1

Status = state added to characters once they've been drained
DrainDeath = kills a character at level 1 if true
"LevelDrainAttacks[4] = 1" Monster #4 will drain 1 level when it hits something
"LevelDrainSkills[16] = 1" Skill #16 will drain 1 level when it's used on something. Can be both good or bad, extra penalty for using skills if it's player cast

CODE

sg_levelrestore

Call script that restores all lost levels. Some other options in the script itself

[TooManyToasters]

You could do this SOOOOO easily with events. Make a common event that lowers a character's experience, and make a skill that links to it. Voila. You have a skill that subtracts experience.
If you want to be able to restore lost experience, set a variable to increase by 1 under the command that subtracts experience, and when you want to restore it, multiply the variable by how much the skill drains and add the variable to the player's experience.
Never underestimate events! You don't need to use scripting to be creative.

This post has been edited by TooManyToasters: Dec 27 2008, 02:15 PM

[Knoll318]

Maybe he just wants their regular attacks to do that, not a skill.

[D2Modder]

Maybe he just wants their regular attacks to do that, not a skill.

Yep. Thinking about other special regular attacks as well (acid, item theft, etc.)...

D2

[Kovu]

Lol. Just make a skill called Attack(s) and link it with the common event.

Go to the monsters who will use it and set it as a normal attack. So no MP drain, and just set the base as if it were a normal physical attack.

Simple