5E - Aura Effects

[EliForge]

Thank you, Zacchaeus. Very helpful.

I quite like the idea of "flagging" the enemies using AURA, as a reminder to the PCs to strike (melee) with ADV. It seems to be the most elegant (i.e. simple) solution.

[EliForge]

Okay, so here's what I'm thinking...

EFFECT 1 (Barbarian): If the Barbarian is in RAGE, then apply the AURA to "tag" the enemies as "spooked" (assuming they are within 5' of the Barbarian).

EFFECT 2 (Other Party Members): IFT: CUSTOM(spooked); ADVATK: melee

I feel like that should work, but I can't get the AURA to trigger only when the Barbarian is in RAGE. I tried AURA: 5 foe; IF: Rage; Spooked, but it just triggers every time.

Edited to add: I also tried AURA: 5 foe; IF: CUSTOM(Rage); Spooked, same result.

What's the correct syntax for the IF conditional with the AURA?

[Zacchaeus]

The IF: CUSTOM(Rage) is looking for Rage as an effect on the Barbarian. So you’ll need an effect of Rage placed on it.

[EliForge]

TEST 1:
Barbarian does not have Rage Effect.
Expectation: AURA does not tag foes as Spooked.

TEST 2:
Barbarian enables Rage Effect.
Expectation: AURA tags foes as Spooked.

But I never get past TEST 1, as the AURA is tagging all foes with the FROMAURA effect.

[EliForge]

kentmccullough, if you are out there, would love a bit of guidance. Are there limitations on the IF statement with the AURA effect?

Or (more likely), how am I coding this incorrectly?

[EliForge]

So... Here's what I put in place, and it works! If there's a better way of doing this, please share!!

BARBARIAN: Add additional Effect to Rage - AURA: 5 foe; Spooked
PARTY MEMBERS: Add Effect - Spooked Target; IFT: CUSTOM(FROMAURA:spooked); ADVATK: melee

[eriktedesco]

Hi Eliforge, if the coding is working, please keep it or wrote it on Discord in KentMcCallough-stuff-outsource (RobTwohy channel).
Once Kent will complete the aura effect extension (as of know it is a beta version), this coding could be applied on Rob Twohy coding package (spell, class traits, racial realtà and so on).
Thanks again for you coding work!

[kentmccullough]

Don’t have the FROMAURA part in the custom. The : will mess it up.

[EliForge]

@kentmccullough, if I remove the "FROMAURA:" string, it doesn't work anymore. The Effect does not seem to recognize that Spooked is the same as FROMAURA:spooked.

[kentmccullough]

I do believe the custom tags are case sensitive, but I’m not sure if there’s a great way to get this specific trait automated well as of yet.