Copying spell resistance for familiar?

[TCArknight]

Hi all!

I'm trying to duplicate the Spell Resistance as Power Resistance for use by a familiar. The code below sets the resistance to 5 for the familiar, no matter what level the master. It also produces a large window referencing line 3,4,7,10,13,14,15,18,20 in the 'BaseCustSp' Component

Linkage pick 'table' not located for current context
Location: 'eval' script for Component 'BaseCustSp' (Eval Script '#1") near line X

Same also for Location: 'field calculate' script for Field 'xTotalLev' near line 4.

I also can't seem to use master.field[xTotalLev] or anything of the like.

Any thought on what I need to do to get this working right?

  <thing id="xPwrRes" name="Power Resistance" description="You have Power Resistance." compset="Ability" uniqueness="unique">
    <usesource source="pPURace"/>
    <tag group="Helper" tag="ShowSpec" name="ShowSpec" abbrev="ShowSpec"/>
    <tag group="SpecType" tag="SR" name="Power Resistance" abbrev="Power Resistance"/>
    <tag group="Helper" tag="BaseAbil" name="Base Ability" abbrev="Base Ability"/>
    <eval phase="Final" priority="20000"><![CDATA[
      call CalcValue

      ~ Use our value field as the quality of spell resistance
      field[livename].text = field[name].text & " (" & field[abValue].value & ")"

      ~ specify a shortname for consistency with other resistances
      field[shortname].text = "powers " & field[abValue].value]]></eval>
    </thing>

  <thing id="cPwrResist" name="Power Resistance" description="An Occultist has spell resistance equal to 5 + her Occultist level. It never interferes with her own spells, and she can voluntarily lower her spell resistance at any time." compset="CustomSpec">
    <comment>MSRD</comment>
    <usesource source="pPURace"/>
    <tag group="Helper" tag="SpecUp" name="SpecUp" abbrev="SpecUp"/>
    <tag group="AbilType" tag="Extra" name="Extraordinary Ability" abbrev=" (Ex)"/>
    <tag group="SpecType" tag="Resist"/>
    <bootstrap thing="xPwrRes"></bootstrap>
    <eval phase="PostLevel" priority="10000"><![CDATA[~if we're not shown, just get out now
doneif (tagis[Helper.ShowSpec] = 0)

field[abValue].value += field[anCompLev].value + 5

field[livename].text = field[thingname].text & " (PR " & field[abValue].value & ")"
field[abSumm].text = "Gain Pwr Resist " & field[abValue].value & "."

~#applysr[field[abValue].value]
hero.child[xPwrRes].field[abValue].value = field[abValue].value]]></eval>
    </thing>

 

[ShadowChemosh]

So it looks like its a Custom Ability to picked by a class called the "Occultist"?

So what you need to change is the following line:

field[abValue].value += field[anCompLev].value + 5

As this is setting abValue to be the Masters level +5. So instead you want to pick up the Class level of the Occultist instead so change the above to the following:

field[abValue].value += field[xTotalLev].value + 5

 

[TCArknight]

Thanks Shadow. I think the whole Occultist part is a fragment from my New (Copy) I did. I removed all the Occultist references and made it a straight Ability. Same results

I know in the condition for the Familiar powers at what rank on the race, that 'fieldval::field[anCompVal].value was how the comparison was done, but that field doesn't seem to work here...

I had really hoped too that SpecType.PR was still valid like a couple of the other 3.5 Psionics features, but no such luck.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

Ok lets sort of start over as I think I am totally confused. What is it your trying to make?

The reason I am confused is you say Familiar in the thread title but then you have the XML for a "Custom Ability" that mentions a class. The issue is that a "Custom Ability" is like a Rogue Talent or a Barbarian Rage power. They get ONLY put onto classes.

If what you want is for a Familiar you need to create a new Racial Special. In that case the field "field[anCompLev].value" only exists on a Familiar and it stores the level of the master.

So the code I told you to fix was making the "Custom Ability" for a class to work.

So which is this thing for a Class or a Race?

 

[TCArknight]

Ahhhhhhhh I see.

It's for the race, but the only place I found an example to copy from was in the Custom Ability. Let me change that up and see how it works.

Edit: Ok, it's not working.

  <thing id="raPwrResis" name="Power Resistance" compset="RaceSpec">
    <usesource source="pPURace"/>
    <tag group="Helper" tag="ShowSpec"/>
    <tag group="SpecType" tag="Resist"/>
    <tag group="AbilType" tag="Extra"/>
    <bootstrap thing="xPwrRes"></bootstrap>
    <eval phase="PostLevel" priority="10000"><![CDATA[~if we're not shown, just get out now
~doneif (tagis[Helper.ShowSpec] = 0)

~notify hero.field[anCompLev].value

field[abValue].value += field[anCompLev].value + 5

field[livename].text = field[thingname].text & " (PR " & field[abValue].value & ")"
field[abSumm].text = "Gain Pwr Resist " & field[abValue].value & "."

~#applysr[field[abValue].value]
hero.child[xPwrRes].field[abValue].value = field[abValue].value]]></eval>
    </thing>

I get a "Attempt to access field 'anCompLev' that does not exist for thing 'raPwrResis'. If I make the value be hero.field[anCompLev].value + 5 I get a message "Invalid use of a reserved word in script".

Edit 2: Ah, ok I need the hero.child[rmPsicrArt].field[anCompLev] in there instead.... However, that will only work in this one specific case, but I need it to work for all rmPsicrXXX races....

Thoughts?

 

[ShadowChemosh]

I get a "Attempt to access field 'anCompLev' that does not exist for thing 'raPwrResis'. If I make the value be hero.field[anCompLev].value + 5 I get a message "Invalid use of a reserved word in script".

Thoughts?

Yep hero fields don't follow the same standards as every where else. So change

hero.field[anCompLev].value

to

herofield[anCompLev].value

 

[TCArknight]

I think I edited over you Shadow. Looks like the anCompLev is attached to the Race. I need the hero.child[rmPsicrArt].field[anCompLev] in there instead.... However, that will only work in this one specific case, but I need it to work for all rmPsicrXXX races....

Thoughts?

 

[Mathias]

Yep hero fields don't follow the same standards as every where else.

Actually, they do;

herofield[anCompLev].value

is a shortcut for

hero.child[Totals].field[anCompLev].value

That shortcut only exists for the fields on a specific pick that's designated as the "actor pick".

 

[ShadowChemosh]

I think I edited over you Shadow. Looks like the anCompLev is attached to the Race. I need the hero.child[rmPsicrArt].field[anCompLev] in there instead.... However, that will only work in this one specific case, but I need it to work for all rmPsicrXXX races....

Thoughts?

The racial special is attached to the familiar right? In that case using "herofield[anCompLev].value" will get the familiars RACE value anCompLev which holds the masters level. This can then be bootstrapped to any familiar and it will work without making changes.

 

[TCArknight]

Not working...

With using herofield i get the error: Attempt to access field 'anCompLev' that does not exist for thing 'Totals'.

Can the 'hero.child[rPsicrXXX]' part be pulled into a variable somehow?

 

[Mathias]

Is it herofield[tCompLev].value?

Most fields on the hero (which is "Totals") will start with a "t".

 

[TCArknight]

Yep, that worked, thanks Mathias.

I was confused because for the condition when bootstrapping the ability to the race it uses: fieldval:anCompLev >= 9