Lesson 8 - Combo Magic

• Characters Combining Skills

Master Mage: "Combining magical power with a friend is a good way to increase power. Now clearly, only certain spells can combine. Both of you must be prepared to cast first."

Shadowtext: One idea would be to only add the spells when a character is in your party. That would be easiest as a common event checking which Characters are in the party. Now of course, you can probably work one out by yourself for now. Reply if you need an example. Anyway, what I'm showing today is how to cast the spell!


Master Mage: "In the first method, you must combine your powers. Tactile contact and concentration is important in this method."

Shadowtext: So then, you must find a way to stop the other character from casting, right? Well, and remember this is a battle event called by a "Switch" spell. I also won't bother to show the Battle Damage algorythm, you've seen that in other lessons. What we'll need is a condition by the name of "Charging" or "Casting," something like that. It should have the same effects as the "Mind Shock" condition. Make the proper strings of course to where it'll look nice.

Battle Event "Combine!"
Condition Switch."Combo_Antipode" = ON
ChangeCondition.Character2.AddCondition "Casting"
Switch."Magic" = ON
vChar1 = (The character casting half of the spell)
vChar2 = (The character casting the other half of the spell)
Comment: "The above variables can be used to make sure that"
Comment: "a person can't combine twice during a round. See"
Comment: "further down for details."
{Input damage algorythm here}
Label 01: End of Combo
Switch."Magic" = OFF
Switch."Combo_Antipode" = OFF

Master Mage: "Never try to cast two spells at once. That has cause Mana Poisoning as well as Nervous Breakdowns."

Shadowtext: Yeah, so how does one stop the others from casting multis? Well, put this quote at the beginning of the casting event. It checks everything out.

(Here put a variable to decide which character is combining with the caster. vSupporter)
ForkConditions Switch."Magic" = ON
____ForkConditions vChar1 vSupporter Same
________Message: "The support character is busy."
________Goto Label 01

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