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Pow File
The *.pow file, or the powers file, contains any special powers used by creatures or items in your zone.
Notes
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NOT REQUIRED: This file is not required for new areas. Powers should be introduced with great care and all powers must receive approval from an appropriate staff member.
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ANSI Color: Full ANSI Color options work for powers.
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Names: When naming your power, be sure to use a completely original name.
- Power names cannot even begin with a string that is already in use.
- Example: You cannot make a power named "Puppeteer Clamp" because it will conflict with the "Puppet" spell already in game.
- Power names cannot even begin with a string that is already in use.
Mob Powers
Assign: Give a mob powers with the POWER: line in the Mob File.
Example Mob: A dao noble has access to some earthy spells.
#424670
dao noble~
&+ya d&cra&cyo &cyn&cwo&cLb&Cyle&N~
&cyA d&cra&cyo &cyn&Cwo&cLb&cyle is here.&N~
&cyThis is a snide genie with bronze skin flecked
&cywith gold. His narrow eyes are thinly slitted.
&cySlightly pointed ears lay flat against the sides
&cyof his shaven skull. His only hair is a small
&cytopknot tied atop his head. A pair of baggy
&cypantaloons are his only piece of clothing.&N
~
71309408 503316540 0 -500 S
EE 0 0
53 0 0 0d0+0 0d0+0
0.0.0.0 0
131 131 1
POWER: Sandblast, Earthblood
Typical Powers: Many of the current class spells/skills have already been converted into "powers". These powers can be assigned to mobs without recreating them in the Pow File.
- Using this method you can grant a mob a single spell without giving it an entire spellcasting class. Just remember to add AI in the Soc File with the following command:
Example Soc: Mob uses the earthblood power (that was assigned in the Mob File)
MOB: 424673 PERIODIC
FLAG: 2 ;; COMBAT ONLY
CHANCE: 0 ;; EVERY 10 SECONDS
DELAY: 0
ACTION: 724 ;; POWER
'earthblood'
~
DONE
Item Powers
You can also give powers to items in the Obj File.
Examples and Pow File Syntax
Examples, current power file syntax, and other useful information can be found at the following link: