Hi everyone,

I was wondering how I could create a spell that damages the player while he's using it. I know how I could do it for a Fire and Forget spell, but is that also possible for a Concentration-cast spell? For example, a flames-spell that drains the player's health while he's casting it but at the same time damages the enemies that walk through the cone. Is that possible?

Thanks in advance,

Nicolas

Can you explain the FF way? I don't have the CK open at the moment but if you mention a few things it'll jot my memory.

Isn't there a Damage on Self setting? I have not made a spell in this editor, so not sure.

I would do this by attaching a script to the MGEF that the spell uses, that will add a detrimental spell to the caster while the spell is cast. something like:

Scriptname damageCasterScript extends activeMagicEffectSpell property detrimentalSpell auto   ;make this a fire-and-forget type spell with 1 second durationActor casterEvent onEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)  caster = akCaster  detrimentalSpell.cast(caster, caster)  registerForSingleUpdate(1.0)EndEventEvent onUpdate()  detrimentalSpell.cast(caster, caster)EndEventEvent onEffectFinish(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)  unregisterForUpdate()EndEvent

Note: I've never used a script on a concentration-type spell effect, and I suspect there may be a chance that it recieves onEffectStart() events every second while the spell is held in concentration. If that is the case, you could get rid of the onUpdate and onEffectFinish events altogether, and simply have it add the spell onEffectStart(). e.g.:

Scriptname damageCasterScript extends activeMagicEffectSpell property detrimentalSpell auto   ;make this a fire-and-forget type spell with 1 second durationEvent onEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)  detrimentalSpell.cast(akCaster, akCaster)EndEvent

Thanks for the quick feedback!

@Elias

FF was my abbreviation for Fire & Forget.

@Egocarib

Yeah, thats what I thought about doing, too. This would work fine on a Fire and Forget spell, but OnEffectStart usually starts when the Target is hit by the effect, and not when the player casts it. I thought about using OnSpellCast, but I'd have to attach that to the player. What really bugs me is that I found a way to accomplish this a year ago but lost the script.

lol thanks, but I meant could you explain how you do it in the fire and forget way.

Good point. Yeah, I think the only option I can think of is to put the player in an alias then. (Edit: or you could give them a hidden ability that has the script attached to the ability effect, and listens for OnSpellCast)

And...

To accomplish this, use the second script I posted above, and attach it to the magic effect used by the spell you want to negatively influence the caster.