Getting error making special item.

[Corwyn]

Hi,
I have a Swashbuckler (musketeer) for a PC. The DM gave me a special item and I thought I coded it in correctly, but it's not working.

It basically gives me the Inspired Panache ability from the Inspired Blade archtype (but for a gun, not a rapier). I went under fields and added the following, and also added it under the bootstrap. (cSwsInsPan)
with it just under the bootstrap it doesn't fail, but also doesn't adjust my panache pool. when it's added under the fields, it says

file: Mithral Dragon Pepperbox.user (line 10) - Thing 'wMDPB1' - Field 'cSwsInsPan' referenced but not defined.

Do I need to put in a eval script to 'define' it, or am I missing something.
Thanks for any assistance,
Corwyn

ps. I also tried to use Shadow Chemosh's Adjustments to just change my panache pool for the time being, but I couldn't get any of them to do so, which would of those would work?
thanks again.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

It basically gives me the Inspired Panache ability from the Inspired Blade archtype (but for a gun, not a rapier). I went under fields and added the following, and also added it under the bootstrap. (cSwsInsPan)

So cSwsInsPan is a class special it can only be bootstrapped to a Class or an Archetype. And its not a "field" so you are getting an error because HL is saying cSwsInsPan is not a "Field" its a Thing.

I would make a custom Archetype and bootstrap cSwsInsPan to it. Then apply it to your character.

ps. I also tried to use Shadow Chemosh's Adjustments to just change my panache pool for the time being, but I couldn't get any of them to do so, which would of those would work?

Yea Panache is a Tracker. Looks like no adjustments yet to adjust the value up or down of just a single tracker. I will add one for the next release.

 

[Corwyn]

Thanks!

>It basically gives me the Inspired Panache ability from the Inspired Blade archtype (but for a gun, not a rapier). I went under fields and added the following, and also added it under the bootstrap. (cSwsInsPan)

So cSwsInsPan is a class special it can only be bootstrapped to a Class or an Archetype. And its not a "field" so you are getting an error because HL is saying cSwsInsPan is not a "Field" its a Thing.
I would make a custom Archetype and bootstrap cSwsInsPan to it. Then apply it to your character.

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Thanks, I didn't think of that, I'll just copy the musketter and add it into the new one.


>ps. I also tried to use Shadow Chemosh's Adjustments to just change my panache pool for the time being, but I couldn't get any of them to do so, which would of those would work?
Yea Panache is a Tracker. Looks like no adjustments yet to adjust the value up or down of just a single tracker. I will add one for the next release.

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Awesome as always Shadow. Thanks for all the effort and hard work you put into everything you've done for the community. (of course, thanks to everyone or anyone who's done stuff like this. it's amazing as well)

Thanks,
Corwyn

 

[ShadowChemosh]

Awesome as always Shadow. Thanks for all the effort and hard work you put into everything you've done for the community. (of course, thanks to everyone or anyone who's done stuff like this. it's amazing as well)

Thanks,
Corwyn

No problem. Happy to help.

So I did add a new "Adjustment" to the Basic Pack called "Tracker" and it will be near the bottom of the list of adjustments under 'Misc'. That will be in the next release coming out in a week or so.

 

[Mathias]

ShadowChemosh, what about "Ability: Uses/Period" - does that not work?

If not, it seems the proper solution isn't a new adjustment, but to expand what the existing one can select from.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

ShadowChemosh, what about "Ability: Uses/Period" - does that not work?

Nope don't work. That one is designed to increase/decrease the component.Ability from what I can tell. Which works 99% of the time but Grit/Panche/Luck is an component.Tracker only not an Ability.

If not, it seems the proper solution isn't a new adjustment, but to expand what the existing one can select from.

You could change "Ability: Uses/Period" to use a custom expression that looked for component.Tracker also. I was not sure if you would see that as a enhancement or not because a tracker is not really an Ability.

I am all good with you guys enhancing the base Adjustment instead. Just let me know if that is the case and I can remove my new 'Tracker' adjustment.

 

[Mathias]

Nope don't work. That one is designed to increase/decrease the component.Ability from what I can tell. Which works 99% of the time but Grit/Panche/Luck is an component.Tracker only not an Ability.


You could change "Ability: Uses/Period" to use a custom expression that looked for component.Tracker also. I was not sure if you would see that as a enhancement or not because a tracker is not really an Ability.

I am all good with you guys enhancing the base Adjustment instead. Just let me know if that is the case and I can remove my new 'Tracker' adjustment.

I've switched its candidate expression from component.Ability to component.Tracker - the "ability" part of its name was not specifically referring to the component name in HL. There, "ability" is more of a generic term to tell the user what this adjustment will alter.

 

[ShadowChemosh]

Just to update the thread for future readers the adjustment "Ability: Uses/Period" now allows you to increase/decrease the Panche/Luck/Grit tracker.

Thanks Mathias!

 

[Corwyn]

Thanks

> Just to update the thread for future readers the adjustment "Ability: Uses/Period" now allows you to increase/decrease the Panche/Luck/Grit tracker.

Thanks Mathias!


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Thanks a lot to both of you for your help in this. This makes a bunch of things easier.
Corwyn