Thread: Casting spells before battle?
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November 28th, 2015, 16:50 #1
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Casting spells before battle?
Hi,
I'm new to FG as a DM and I have a question. I have a villain who is a cleric (NPC) and he can hear the players coming, so I want to have him cast some spells on himself before battle starts. I can't see to figure out a way to do this. It seems like this NPC has to be in the combat tracker before he can cast any spells on himself, which means I will have to wait until the players get to him, start up the combat tracker and then cast all of his spells on himself during the first round of combat - before I make him visible on the map.
Is there a better way?
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November 28th, 2015, 16:57 #2
Spell effects can indeed only be added to a creature in the combat tracker (CT). So the NPC must be on the combat tracker to allow the effects of cast spells to be tracked.
When NPCs are first added to the CT they aren't visible to the players, so you can load up the NPC before the encounter and add the spell effects you want to the NPC on the CT. Then, when combat happens, drag the token to the map and make the NPC visible on the CT.
I know this isn't giving you an automatic load of pre-planned spell effects when adding the NPC to the combat tracker, but this is the main way to do it.Private Messages: My inbox is forever filling up with PMs. Please don't send me PMs unless they are actually private/personal messages. General FG questions should be asked in the forums - don't be afraid, the FG community don't bite and you're giving everyone the chance to respond and learn!
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November 28th, 2015, 17:03 #3
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Thanks, that's what I thought. Is there a way to apply a spell to the NPC in the combat tracker before combat starts? The only way I know how to do it right now it for it to be that NPC's turn and then target himself, and then cast the spell. Is there a quicker way to just apply the effects?
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November 28th, 2015, 17:13 #4
Drag/drop the effect from the NPC back onto the NPC - this will add the effect. Or use the combat tracker targeting functionality to get the NPC targeting itself (click the target icon on the NPC entry in the CT and then drag the "drag onto new target" crosshairs onto the same NPC) and then double-click the effect to apply to itself (as it is targeting itself). Remember to clear the self targeting afterwards.
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November 28th, 2015, 17:20 #5
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Thanks. You rock!
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November 28th, 2015, 19:40 #6
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Note it doesn't matter whose turn it is in the tracker, anyone can act at any time.
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