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Can a ability score be disabled from within a class?

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DeltaMasterMind

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My goal is to build a class that checks for a CON score and if exists disables it. I know several templates that do this yet as I go searching through them I am unable to find the scripts to do so. That being said I have not be able to attempt this with the class I am building.

FYI the class in question is a variant of the Death Knight based off the book A Genius guide to Death Knights. Obviously the way they got it setup is mainly a LE paladin with some Grave/undead flavor. So yeah I am using the paladin as a template and adjusting as I go. I also find it odd the class builder section doesn't have a SLA section, but oh well not hard to do it manually.
 
Ok so I did find a Noscore tag in the races, yet as I try to apply it with my class it says Group Noscore is not defined. Am I missing something here or is it just because classes don't normally have this as a definition and may require me to do some additional steps?
 
Capitalization is important. Are you assigning "NoScore" or "Noscore"? The former is the correct tag group.
 
Lol yeah I did the latter...Shame on me. Ok so is the Tag addition the only requirement or does it act like a helper for another script?

So yeah no error given now by the Editor, yet the NoScore Con is not acting like it is working. I did just reload the entire program just to be safe here.
 
Yeah well since my scripting knowledge for this kind of action is null, the best I can say is in the general Tags area of the class builder I added the "NoScore aCON Constitution Constitution" in hopes that it would do it. I admit I do have a lack of understanding on tags for the most part. Does this NoScore tag act as a helper?
 
No, just assigning the tag to the class won't do anything - a class has nothing to do with an ability score, so the tag will mean nothing in that context and is ignored.
 
Mathias said:
No, just assigning the tag to the class won't do anything - a class has nothing to do with an ability score, so the tag will mean nothing in that context and is ignored.
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Ok that's what I feared. I got the tag from the Astral Construct I, but I saw no other scripts linking to the NoScore. Also with what was quoted above should I just assume that doing this with a class may just be a wild goose chase; generally a bad idea?
 
A class can do it, but it's not something that's automated for a class - you'll need to use an eval script to assign the tag where it belongs, not just add a tag.

On the adjustments, take a look at "Ability Score Elimination". That will be something that uses a script to remove an ability score. Although in your case, you won't be using the mechanisms it uses to choose an ability score - you always want to remove CON.
 
I would recommend reading the Glossary of Terms for the Editor. Then check out FAQ#2 for all the places to learn about the editor including YouTube videos. :) You may want to watch a few of the intro ones by LW to get an idea of how to write or find other script examples.
 
Well seems I need to save this project for another day as I am wore out. Thanks for the advice thus far fellas. Have a good one. I will post back once I get it.
 
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