Need help with setting up skills (formulae/effects)!

JRand · 2018-09-28T19:31:27+0900

Hopefully, this isn't too much trouble. I'm new to creating skills in RPG Maker MV, and I think if I had an explanation of how to set up the formulas and effects to make the following skills work, it'd help me understand how to do most of the skills for my game. So, if anyone can tell me what formulas and effects I'd need to input for the following skills, I'd greatly appreciate it! I've figured out a few of my skills, thus far, but others I'm struggling with. (I've read the Damage Formulae 101 guide, but I'm still strugglin'.) 1) Undying Will: Attack debuff on an enemy, 5 turns; restores 10% HP; boosts player defense. In the effects section, I have "Add Debuff Attack 5 turns." But, what formula do I need for the 10% life restoration and boosting player defense? Right now I have the Damage Type as HP Damage with Element "None" and this formula: a.add_buff(2); a.gainHp(0.10) (I don't know if this is right?) 2) Fury: User attack damage increases in % by missing HP %. The formula I have is: (4*a.def- 2*b.def). I'm using no effects. Will this accomplish what I need? 3) Hostility: User damage (increasingly) scales from the user's defense stat. (I have Yanfly's buff states core, but I'm not certain how to do this!) 4) Final Stand: Party damage increases in % by user's % missing HP. I've put this in the formulas box: v[x] =(1+ (mhp-hp)/mhp). Then, before every skill that deals damage, I've put v[x]* - Will this work? 5) Bloodlust: Increases user attack 5 turns and adds 5% lifesteal. I have "Add Buff Attack 5 turns" in effects, with the "Scope" set to "The User." How do I accomplish the lifesteal? I found a formula that says: c = a.atk * 4 - b.def * 2; a.gainHp(Math.round(c * 0.5)) But, I don't know if this is right? (I don't fully understand what the parts of formulae mean, yet.) Anyway, thank you all for any help! Hopefully, I'm posting this in the right place.

So, my understanding is that the player's ATK increases by 0.15% for every 1% of target's health missing. Is this correct? (Basically, the 2nd thing that Alex Guvnor said)
So if 20% of health is missing, ATK increases by 3%?
If your ATK is 100, that's 3 bonus ATK

Do you think that's too low?

'Attack' is a parameter (buff and debuff usually goes to Attack rather than damage). 'Attack damage' (or simply 'damage') is the final number you'll deal to the enemy. Which one is it?

I think I mean "Attack," haha. Sorry. I am aware that they are actual separate terms in the Maker, so I was saying attack damage while meaning attack.

Regarding #4 and the common event, my game allows users to choose their gender at the start (with two options), so would I select both actors or use an "IF" conditional branch with the switches that are set for each? (I use a switch to make sure the correct portraits and options display depending on which gender players chose, and it works, so would I do it just like that?)

As for #5, just to clarify, Bloodlust's scope is set to "The User" currently. It is meant to buff the player's attack for 5 turns, which is done with an Add Buff in the effects. If I add the lifesteal state I created under effects, as you said, would it apply this to the player and give them lifesteal for the duration of the battle, up to 5%? Or, how would it work? I'm actually not sure how I intended it to work now that I'm looking at it. (I assume I'd just set the Damage Type to NONE since it was meant as a sort of buff to the character and not its own damage-dealing move.)

Sorry if that last bit is confusing!