Class ability score problems

[AndrewD2]

I'm working on racial paragon classes that each give ability score bonuses throughout the class. What I did was setup ability mod class specials (+1 Str, +1 Con, etc). and have them add the field[xCount].value to the score. Which is working fine, but I had one that was a +2 Con so I created one that added (field[xCount].value * 2) and for some reason it seems to add it at first level no matter what (even though it's supposed to add it at level 6).

Everything is running at Post-Levels/10000

I'm getting really confused here and this is the only thing left for me to close out this class.

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[Sendric]

How are you attempting to make it occur at level 6?

 

[AndrewD2]

added the class special through the class special button and set the dropdown to 6. All the others are working just fine, it's just this +2 Con that is causing issues.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

You do have the following in your script right to stop it from running right away?

~ If we're not shown, just get out now
doneif (tagis[Helper.ShowSpec] <> 1)
~ If we've been replaced, get out now
doneif (tagis[Helper.SpcReplace] <> 0)

 

[AndrewD2]

I do now and that worked, but I can't figure out why the other ones are working just fine.

 

[Aaron]

Are the others supposed to occur at levels higher than 1st as well?

 

[AndrewD2]

1 Occurs at first 2 at 2nd, 2 at 4th and 1 at 6th. I'll add the code to the other ones just so it's right.

 

[AndrewD2]

After thinking about it, would ability increases just work better as eval scripts right on the class?

 

[Aaron]

Are you likely to have archetypes replacing certain class abilities for this class? If so, it's probably better to keep them on the class abilities, with a check to stop them if disabled/replaced.

 

[AndrewD2]

It's a racial paragon class so I'm pretty sure the likelihood of replacement is none.

If I do go about adding them as class abilities, is there a way to get them to not show up in the class specials list?

 

[Aaron]

Well, you can stop class abilities from showing on the specials list, but not on the class tab.

You could bootstrap them as simple abilities, which don't show on the class tab or the specials tab if you have the correct tags. But, you might have to re-work your code a bit since simple abilities don't work exactly the same way as class abilities.

Personally, I'd keep them as class abilities, it is useful for the user to see what benefits they will be getting at future class levels.

 

[AndrewD2]

I kept it as specials. Thanks for all the help guys.