Racial Package Deals

[SuperPheemy]

I feel silly asking this, as I'm certain it's been addressed, and I'm simply too blind to see it.

How do I apply Characteristic Modifiers to Normal Characteristic Maxima in Package Deals (for Prefabs). Say, I want to give my Elves a NCM maximum DEX of 23 and a NCM maximum CON of 17. How is this accomplished in Hero Designer?

[Simon]

Creating different limits for NCM requires a template edit.

The good news is that all of the stuff that you'll need is at the top of the template.

First off, there's the MAINAPP section. This is where you define the point cost for NCM and what "Age levels" are available (and how much each of them is worth). Just use the existing entries as a model if you want to change anything here.

Next, you have the CHARACTERISTICS section. This is the one that you want. For each of the Age levels defined in the MAINAPP section (as well as the straight "no age" NCM), you will see a corresponding attribute in the characteristics.

For example:

<STR DISPLAY="STR" BASE="10" LVLCOST="1" LVLVAL="1" PDINCREASE="1" PDINCREASELEVELS="5" STUNINCREASE="1" STUNINCREASELEVELS="2" RECINCREASE="1" RECINCREASELEVELS="5" LEAPINGINCREASE="1" LEAPINGINCREASELEVELS="5" MINVAL="-999" MAXVAL="999" POSITION="1" APPEREND="10" NCM="20" NCM40="15" NCM60="10" NCM10="5" NCM10NICE="10">

NCM is the base limit for NCM (no age selected)

NCM40 is the limit for NCM with Age: 40+ selected.

The rest you can probably figure out ;-)

Just change the values in the quotes.

If you want a max DEX of 23 for Elves, change NCM="20" to NCM="23" in the DEX Characteristic. You'll likely want to change the various Age-related NCM values accordingly.

Hope this helps!