Bootstrap only for first copy of an ability.

[Redcap's Corner]

I'm having some difficulty adding a conditional bootstrap with the condition "Helper.FirstCopy" to a class ability I'm desperately trying to conquer. After doing some research, it seems the reason might be that the default context for this expression is the container for the ability, which I suppose is the hero? How do I get it to look to itself to see if it's the first copy?

 

[ShadowChemosh]

I'm having some difficulty adding a conditional bootstrap with the condition "Helper.FirstCopy" to a class ability I'm desperately trying to conquer. After doing some research, it seems the reason might be that the default context for this expression is the container for the ability, which I suppose is the hero? How do I get it to look to itself to see if it's the first copy?

The only condition that can be looked at on itself is a "field value". So you could set maybe abValue5 to be one and then use:

fieldval:abValue5 <> 0

That or you make a new 'Custom.?' tag and apply it to the hero so that the tag can be checked.

 

[Mathias]

I'd use a helper ability in this case - create something on the Simple tab that has uniqueness="unique", and have it bootstrap the ability you want, and have the thing that may get many copies added each bootstrap the helper.

Or, if this is on a class ability, bootstrap it to something that will only appear once, like the class itself or the archetype.

 

[Redcap's Corner]

Thanks, guys! I think I can actually just directly make the ability I want to bootstrap unique, which should handle the problem.