So I'm working on this nifty little spell idea I had, it's a cast on self which places an effect above the caster, which then throws ice spikes at up to a certain amount of targets around the caster.

Originally I was trying to do this with a quest and referencealias', then I realised I could make it WAY more simple and simply extend a script.

So the way I've been implementing it so far is I have a scripted cloak on self, the cloak positions my effect above the caster and sets the maximum amount of targets to 5, then cleans the effects up later. Next I have the spell that's associated with the cloak, also a scripted effect that checks for ishostile or a negative faction reaction, then checks the targets variable in the parent script, then casts the ice spike from the objectreference in the parent script at the target.

I only have one problem, no matter what I try, my child script always reports the targets variable as 0 and fires nothing, I've also tried using a global instead and get the same results, so in a last ditch effort I decided to post my scripts and see if any of you lovely ladies and gents can point out my very clear mistakes.


And of course I get nothing but a reliable "Targets set to 5" in my log for the parent, while also "0" "Too many targets or I am broken!" for my child. Imma so confoosed.