Custom Spells System

Basic and essential:  #

How spells, abilities, AOEs, feats etc apply to a target? If the action is hostile, it won’t apply to friendly targets unless:

1. Target is the caster itself, and for that specific spell the caster is not immune (most of times this is the case, but some AOE spells are flagged to be immune for the caster).
2. If the action is friendly, it will never be applied to hostile targets.

Dispel Custom Rules: #

We have completely un-hardcoded the base game dispel mechanic.

Our dispel system works similarly to vanilla, with a few exceptions:

1. Dispel check math: 1d20 + dispel's caster level vs. 11 + effect creator's caster level
2. If you try to dispel a hostile creature, you will attempt to dispel only those effects considered a beneficial buff for such creature. This means you won’t touch hostile effects applied by you or by your allies.
   • In example, yon can completely strip all buffs from a target, without also stripping that Bigby hand debuff you applied to it previously.
3. If you try to dispel a friendly creature (like a summon or a party member), you will attempt to dispel only those effects considered a hostile debuff against such creature.
   • In example if you try to remove a Bigby spell from your ally, you won’t risk to also remove other spell “buffs” it has.

Spell DOTS: #

1. Each DOT can be applied only ONCE to a target, regardless of who is the caster.
2. If a DOT already exists on a target and another caster (or the same who applied it earlier), fires the dot spell again, the effect gets replaced regardless of who the caster is (the latest will always be used)
3. Dots can have a duration, and will expire when the spell ends, or can be permanent, and can be terminated only by passing its save throw, fired at each round.
4. Spells like Restoration and Greater Restoration also remove any active DOT.

Effects from Spells: #

1. Casting an effect to a target that is already affected by that effect will see the original effect replaced with the new one. Either non-hostile and hostile effects! (i.e., casting again bull strength against a target which has it already will have it replaced, potentially reducing the buff amount from the previous cast)

Petrify Changes:  #

Petrify effects from any in-game available spell/ability has been changed and balanced with other major disabling effects:

1. The petrify effect will last 1 round for each 4 caster levels (without cap).
2. Player characters are not immune to petrify anymore while wearing specific appearances (medusa, basilisk skins and several other appearances used to grant immunity, here they do not).
3. Boss creatures and high CR creatures are not 100% immune to petrify by default (unless they have a spell/ability specific immunity), and they have a small chance to be affected – around 25% each time a petrify spell/ability is cast at them.

NPC Auras: #

1. DCs for auras are made as follows: 10 + (Levels / 2) + (Levels / 8) + (Wisdom Modifier / 2)

Area of Effect Spells: #

1. Data on the AOEs is now stored properly. The spell-ID, DC, metamagic and all other necessary data will be taken properly for each aoe without bugs or glitches from the base game.
2. Each AOE will fire its OnExit even if the creator dies or disconnects.
3. AOEs scripts won’t fire if you are not in the same area of the AOE. The AOE will still exist until expired or dispelled.
4. NPCs have many kind of AOEs, and overall, we have reduced effects duration and increased DCs.
5. Each object in the game can keep active 4 AOEs of any kind at once, but a maximum of 2 can be from the same spell.

Spells Specific Changes: #

1. Changes to spells can be found at this link