Altering display of DCs

[frumple]

I have a monsters ability that has two DC each dependent on a different ability. I want to display it as follows:

Name (thing-a DC #1/thing-b DC 2)

Now I can do this easily enough by altering the livename of the ability, but the Ability Focus feat will not work with the ability. I gather this is so because I am not selecting anything in the Default DC field.

How can I get inside the routine that calculates and displays DCs so I can modify it as above but still have the ability able to be modified by Ability Focus and other things that affect DC.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

Here is an idea instead and lets assume one DC uses Con and one uses Cha. Have the Con one be the primary DC and sets its value automagically into abDC. Then somewhere in Final take abDC and subtract out the aCON modifier then add in aCHA modifier and place that into abValue. Then like you said simply change the Livename.

Now your abValue DC is exactly the same as the abDC except for which ability score is used. This way the value is always correct even if I used an adjustment to adjust the DC of the racial special by adding directly to abDC. Your future planing for other feats or Things this way instead of hard codding just for what works right this second.

 

[frumple]

*smacks head* Of course that is too obvious. *meekly trundled back to the keyboard*

Thanks