C&C effect guide ?

[Targas]

Is there somewhere an C&C effects guideline? It looks different from the other rulesets and I wonder how to set e.g. timed effect durations?

[Moon Wizard]

The C&C effects are round-based, just like the ones in 3.5E. The format is similar to 3.5E, though much simpler.

ABIL: <dice phrase or number> (specific ability option)
ATK: <dice phrase or number> (can be targeted)(melee/ranged option)
AC: <number> (can be targeted)(melee/ranged option)
DMG: <dice phrase or number> (can be targeted)(melee/ranged option)
IMMUNE: <damage type>
VULN: <damage type>
RESIST: <damage type>

STR: <number>
DEX: <number>
CON: <number>
INT: <number>
WIS: <number>
CHA: <number>


Blinded = AC: -5
Cowering = AC: -2
Invisible = CONC4
Prone = AC: -5
Stunned = AC: -2

CONC1 = AC: 2
CONC2 = AC: 4
CONC3 = AC:6
CONC4 = AC: 10
COVER1 = AC: 2
COVER2 = AC: 4
COVER3 = AC:6
COVER4 = AC: 10
* = These also map to the modifier box buttons

Regards,
JPG

[damned]

what is CONC?

[JohnD]

Concealment?

[Moon Wizard]

Yeah, the concealment and cover effects were shortened to keep them from being too long in the effects display. It's similar to 3.5E/4E rulesets. Basically, C&C has 4 levels of cover and 4 levels of concealment according to the rules I saw.

Regards,
JPG

[dr_venture]

ABIL: <dice phrase or number> (specific ability option)
ATK: <dice phrase or number> (can be targeted)(melee/ranged option)
AC: <number> (can be targeted)(melee/ranged option)
DMG: <dice phrase or number> (can be targeted)(melee/ranged option)
IMMUNE: <damage type>
VULN: <damage type>
RESIST: <damage type>

The bottom effects are all pretty straight forward, but I don't get the top ones. "ABIL" is presumably for Abilities. I assume "<dice phrase or number>" would be something like "2d4" or "3" or "-1". However, what is "(specific ability option)"? I tried "ABIL: 2 Blacksmith" thinking it would give that character an automatic +2 on their Blacksmith ability while the effects was applied, but that didn't work.

Can we get some definitions/examples for "(specific ability option)," "(can be targeted)," "(melee/ranged option)" and "<damage type>"? Or a link to someplace where these things are defined? Some examples would be nice, too.

This is a very useful part of the ruleset that I hadn't even looked into yet, and I'm guessing that others would also benefit from having this info spelled out and documented.

Thanks!

[damned]

yeah an example of a few of these strings fleshed out would be very useful

[Targas]

Can we get some definitions/examples for "(specific ability option)," "(can be targeted)," "(melee/ranged option)" and "<damage type>"? Or a link to someplace where these things are defined? Some examples would be nice, too.

Agree. Tried to fiddle around with it on my own with not much success, yet. I would appreciate more information/examples on this.

[Trenloe]

NOTE: Effects do not modify data on the character/NPC record - they come into play when rolls that they are related to are carried out.

You can probably start with looking at examples from the 3.5e ruleset - these won't be 100% the same, but will give you an example of what formatting is like.

Check out the effects section in the 3.5e user guide: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/userg...ffects_35E.xcp (look at the various entries under "Effects" in the left hand sidebar: examples and label are good places to start.

There are a lot of example effects in this thread: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...ffects-library

EDIT: See the thread post below - I'm not sure if damage types have been implemented yet.

In the ruleset \scripts\manager_gamesystem.lua file is a list of the supported damage and energy types. For example:

rangetypes = {
	"melee",
	"ranged"
};

energytypes = {
	"acid",
	"cold",
	"electricity",
	"fire",
	"poison",
	"sonic"
};

dmgtypes = {
	"acid",  		-- ENERGY DAMAGE TYPES
	"cold",
	"electricity",
	"fire",
	"poison",
	"sonic",
	"adamantine", 	-- WEAPON PROPERTY DAMAGE TYPES
	"bludgeoning",
	"cold iron",
	"magic",
	"mithral",
	"piercing",
	"silver",
	"slashing",
	"nonlethal"
};

immunetypes = {
	"acid",  		-- ENERGY DAMAGE TYPES
	"cold",
	"electricity",
	"fire",
	"poison",
	"sonic",
	"sleep", 		-- OTHER IMMUNITY TYPES
	"paralysis",
	"petrification",
	"charm",
	"sleep",
	"fear",
	"disease"
};

targetableeffectcomps = {
	"CONC1",
	"CONC2",
	"CONC3",
	"CONC4",
	"COVER1",
	"COVER2",
	"COVER3",
	"COVER4",
	"ATK",
	"DMG",
	"AC",
	"IMMUNE",
	"VULN",
	"RESIST"
};

[Trenloe]

Effects need to be added to the combat tracker - they have a duration (rounds) and an initiative value at which to reduce the duration by 1.

A few examples:

Effect	Results	Notes
ATK:2	Adds 2 to all attacks
ATK:2 melee	Adds 2 to all melee attacks	I'm not sure of how to distinguish between melee and ranged attacks in NPCs
Bless; ATK:1	+1 to all attacks	"Bless;" is just a label - use a semi-colon to separate labels and multiple effects in one line.
Charge; DMG:2;AC:-4	Adds +2 to all damage and subtracts 4 from the AC when attacked.	"Charge" is just a label
RESIST:5 fire	Subtract 5 from all fire damage done to target.	I haven't worked out how to add a damage type to damage rolls. In 3.5e it would be "1d6 fire" but this doesn't work.
IMMUNE: fire	Will take no damage from fire attacks	See note above regarding specifying damage type
VULN: cold	Will take 1.5 damage from cold attacks	See note above regarding specifying damage type
ABIL:2 strength	When a roll directly against the Strength ability (on the main tab of the character sheer) is made, +2 is added to the dice roll.	This does not impact rolls against stats/skills derived from strength.
STR:2	Adds 2 to the current strength statistic value - any bonus when the dice are rolled will rely on the current total for the ability.	Some derived stats (melee attack, for example) are impacted by this changed. Some aren't - skills for example.

As I've noted above, I'm not sure how to specify attack type (melee or ranged) for an NPC, nor do I know how to specify damage type for any damage roll (e.g. fire, bludgeoning, etc.). I may be doing something wrong, or it may be that these have not been implemented fully in the C&C ruleset yet.

Here is an example of effects in use:

• You can see the effects currently in play in the combat tracker - this is with the effects lines minimised.
• When a roll is made where an effect applied, you see the effect in square brackets, e.g. when the fighter does damage you see "[DAMAGE] Sword [+2]" the +2 comes from the DMG:2 effect in place because the fighter charged.
• When the Giant attacks the fighter you can see the -4 being applied to the fighter's AC "[at Fighter][-4]" as the AC:-4 effect is active.