Items

[Variaz]

This section of the Forge will be for custom items you'd like to post! It will also contain tips on creating your own items. For starters, here's the basic template for items making:

N:(item's number):(item's name)*
G:(item's graphic):(item's color)
I:(item's tval):(item's sval):(item's pval):(recipe ingredient 1):(recipe ingredient 2)**
W:(item's depth):(unused, leave to 0):(item's weight)***:(item's value)
P:(item's base ac):(damage dice number)d(damage dice sides):(to_hit):(to_dam):(to_ac)
A:(depth)/(rarity)****
B:(brand element):(brand damages):(brand radius)
R:(Fire):(Cold):(Elec):(Acid):(Poison):(Light):(Dark):(Warp):(Water):(Wind):(Earth):(Sound):(Radio):(Chaos):(Physical):(Mana)
F:(various flags)

*: Item's name can be preceded by a "&" if you want the "a" or "an" to appear before the item's name. "~" can be placed after the name is you want the plural of the item to be added.

**: Item's ingredients are optional parameters. They are not required if you don't want your item to be craftable trough alchemy/crafting.

***: Item's weight is divided by 10 for ingame calculations. A broad sword has a weight of 15.0 in game, but in k_info, it is 150.

****: Average depth where you find the item, and the rarity at which you will find it. 15/1 is a common item at dungeon level 15. 30/5 is a rare item at level 30. 100/20 is an EXTREMELY RARE item at level 100. Also, you can have more than one average depth. For example, you can have:
A:15/3:30/2:45/1
This means the item is very uncommon at dungeon level 15, gets a little more common at level 30, and becomes a common item at level 45.

Some flags:

SHOW_MODS: Show +to_hit/+to_dam in the item's name.
SLAY_DRAGON: Dragon slaying weapon.
SLAY_DEMON: Demon slaying weapon.
SLAY_UNDEAD: Undead slaying weapon.
SLAY_ORC: Orc slaying weapon.
SLAY_GIANT: Giant slaying weapon.
SLAY_TROLL: Troll slaying weapon.
SLAY_ANIMAL: Animal slaying weapon.
SLAY_EVIL: Evil slaying weapon.
KILL_DRAGON: Very, very deadly against dragons.
SLAY_MALE: Male slaying weapon.
SLAY_FEMALE: Female slaying weapon.
ONLY_WARRIOR: Weapon only usable by "warrior" classes(such as Warrior, Elemental Lord, Ranger, etc...)*
ONLY_MAGE: Only usable by "mage" classes(Mage, High Mage, Monster Mage, etc...)*
ONLY_MALE: Only usable to males.
ONLY_FEMALE: Only usable to females.
INDESTRUCTIBLE: Indestructible item.
CHARGEABLE: Item is tweakable.
ETERNAL: Item is eternal.
LEVELS: Weapon can gain levels.
LIFE: Item increase life.
MANA: Item increase mana.
MUST2H: Weapon is a two-handed weapon.
PARRY: Weapon can be used to block melee attacks.
LOWER_HIT: Weapon/ammo lowers hit rate.
LOWER_DEF: Weapon/ammo lowers defense.
RETURNING: Ammo will return to you.
SAFETY: "Safety" ability: protection against stuns and paralysis.
ALWAYS_HIT: Your hit rate is 100% if you wear/wield the item.
PROTECTION: All damages(physical/magical) are reduced by 50% if you wear the item(not cumulative with other PROTECTION items).
LITE: Permanent light
XTRA_MIGHT: Shoot with extra might.(not affected by pval)
XTRA_SHOT: An extra shot.(not affected by pval)
TELEPATHY: Gain telepathy.
WRAITH: Gain wraith form.
SEE_INVIS: Allow you to see invisible.
CURSED: Item is cursed.
HEAVY_CURSE: Item is heavily cursed, and can only be removed with a scroll of *Remove Curse*(must have the CURSED flag as well).
PERMA_CURSE: Item is permanently cursed. (must have the CURSED flag).
REGEN: Regenerate faster.
SLOW_DIGEST: Slow digestion.
SH_FIRE: Fire sheath.
SH_ELEC: Elec sheath.
HOLD_LIFE: Prevent experience draining.
RES_FEAR: Resistance to fear.
RES_CONF: Resistance to confusion.
RES_BLIND: Resistance to blindness.
REFLECT: Become reflecting(reflect bolt spells).
INVIS: Become invisible.
STEALTH: Increase stealth.
STR: Increase strength.
INT: Increase intelligence.
WIS: Increase wisdom.
DEX: Increase dexterity.
CON: Increase constitution.
CHR: Increase charisma.
SPEED: Increase speed.
BLOWS: Increase blows.
INFRA: Increase infra-vision.
SPELL: Multiply the power of spells by item's pval.**

*: I don't like these flags, they go against the idea of multiclassing. I may remove them.

**: Very powerful. I will be VERY hesistant to include any items that has this flag in the official releases!

Well, that's pretty much it. I'll add more stuff if needed. Now, go ahead and make some nice items!

[junyortrakr]

This should help. I had a few more questions, though.

--I haven't been able to get a weapon with enough experience to understand what exact changes happen when a weapon does so. Could you mention what changes occur to a weapon as it gains experience?

--What are 'tval' and 'sval'? I can somewhat guess, but it is difficult to tell for sure.

--Are any items activatable? In many versions, there are activatable items. For example, dragon scale armor can be activated for a breath with difficulty very infrequently. If so, how do you set the difficulty of activation, and what does a difficulty setting require for use?

[Variaz]

On each levels, items increase their to_hit, to_d, to_a and base ac(not really used, unless you have a weapon with base AC) and brand damages by 5%. Every 10 levels, the weapon will gain an extra resistance, and an extra bonus, and dice numbers and dice sides for damages are increased by 20%(may not increase for weak weapons like daggers). And for every 20 levels, the pval is augmented by 1. Maximum level is 100.

tval is item's type, and sval is a sub-kind. Each items has it's own sub-kind. For example, every swords have a tval of 23, but each individual swords must have a unique sval.

Right now, there are no activable items. But that may come back, with customizeable activations! Or, it could be lua coded I guess, for more complicated effects. There could be something like a activate.lua script file, that contains all activations codes!

[junyortrakr]

That helps. I figured it was something about like that. I certainly could make items that gain experience very powerful if they started with a high base value. If the recoding is completed so they gain experience when they kill using a brand or special attack, levels will be relatively easier to come by, too.

One will have to be somewhat careful with starting values for these weapons so they don't become too powerful.

[Necro]

How could you make your own light sources? I'd like to add some more lamp and torch types, but don't know how or if its possible. Also, how can we add discriptions? "D:" doesn't work like in other bands.

[Variaz]

D: is not implemented for non-artifacts, but it would certainly be nice.

For light sources, it's hard-coded for now, so it's not possible at the moment.

[Necro]

New One-handed Swords, Sabers (improved min damage, doubled cost, forged of two of the same type long sword)

N:208:& Bronze Saber~
G:|:g
I:23:8:0:201:201
W:0:0:160:100
A:0/1:20/10
P:0:4d2:0:0:0
F:SHOW_MODS

N:209:& Iron Saber~
G:|
I:23:9:0:202:202
W:10:0:120:250
A:10/1:30/10
P:0:5d2:0:0:0
F:SHOW_MODS

N:210:& Steel Long Sword~
G:|:W
I:23:10:0:203:203
W:20:0:120:1000
A:20/1:45/10
P:0:5d3:0:0:0
F:SHOW_MODS

N:211:& Mithril Saber~
G:|:w
I:23:11:0:204:204
W:30:0:90:4000
A:30/1:60/10
P:0:10d2:0:0:0
F:SHOW_MODS | INDESTRUCTIBLE

N:212:& Adamantium Saber~
G:|:r
I:23:12:0:205:205
W:45:0:160:16000
A:45/2:60/1:75/10
P:0:10d3:0:0:0
F:SHOW_MODS | INDESTRUCTIBLE

N:213:& Titanium Saber~
G:|
I:23:13:0:206:206
W:60:0:130:64000
A:60/3:75/2:90/10
P:0:10d6:0:0:0
F:SHOW_MODS | INDESTRUCTIBLE

N:214:& Blue Steel Saber~
G:|:b
I:23:14:0:207:207
W:75:0:90:256000
A:75/5:90/3:110/10
P:0:30d3:0:0:0
F:SHOW_MODS | INDESTRUCTIBLE

[Variaz]

Good idea! I've added them to k_info, though I had to renumber them, and give them the proper sval. Still, thanks for contributing!

[phlinn]

Might I suggest a new flag, divine, which improves wisdom casting in some way? Adding a fixed amount or a percentage increase to casting strenght? For the suggested item, that's Alt+206 to generate they symbol in windows. I suppose it could use the standard amulet symbol, but I like the cross-like appearance of it for a holy symbol.

N:7777:Holy Symbol
G:╬:y
I:40:28:1
W:30:0:10:5000
A:30/5:50/2
F:DIVINE | WIS | SUST_WIS

[Variaz]

I guess a new flag can be added, though there are balance issues to think about. Besides, there are already a bonus flag for boosting spells in general, which apply to both INT and WIS casting. I guess a wis-casting bonus could be fun on some artifacts though...

I would recommend using a regular character for your item though. Using an "alt" character might cause display problems on some systems...

[phlinn]

Well, you indicated that the SPELL flag is imbalanced already, and I agree. You might consider adding the pval instead of multiplying by it to make it a little less overpowered.

DIVINE would be more of a widom cast alternative to the MANA flag though, in that to take advantage of it you would need to redesign your spells in town.

[phlinn]

Since the flags have changed quite a bit, is there an update to this list? Have you considered adding k_info_template.txt with a thorough explanation? I see that one of the U: values is spellbonus, but I don't know what it actually does. I assume that it is a replacement for the SPELL flag.

[Variaz]

Indeed, some changes. The following flags are gone/not working anymore:

ONLY_WARRIOR
ONLY_MAGE
ONLY_MALE
ONLY_FEMALE
INDESTRUCTIBLE
CHARGEABLE
PARRY
ALWAYS_HIT
STR
INT
WIS
DEX
CON
CHR
STEALTH
REFLECT
SPELL
LIFE
MANA

Actually, note sure if the "ONLY" flags are really disabled at the moment, but I don't want any items with them. Hey, if your guy wants to wear a princess's dress, why not? ONLY_WARRIOR and ONLY_MAGE goes against the multiclassing aspect of Portralis.

Parry works differently. Anything you wield in your hands slots that have any base AC bonus will allow parrying.

Reflecting has been added as an "U:" line parameter, and can have various degrees of power. It's also not limited to only bolt spells, it works with all spells. But it's for spell reflection only, it doesn't reflect ranged attacks.

SPELL is gone, and is an U: line parameter. It is spellbonus I believe. It's as strong as it was, so very few items will use it.

Some flags works differently:

LEVELS: "tweaking" and leveling have been combined in the new leveling system of 0.3. By far the best flag you can give to an item!

Life and mana are also U: line parameters.

[divinefistoka]

Apr 18, 2008 14:38:38 GMT -5 Variaz said:

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Actually, note sure if the "ONLY" flags are really disabled at the moment, but I don't want any items with them. Hey, if your guy wants to wear a princess's dress, why not? ONLY_WARRIOR and ONLY_MAGE goes against the multiclassing aspect of Portralis.
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Reflecting has been added as an "U:" line parameter, and can have various degrees of power. It's also not limited to only bolt spells, it works with all spells. But it's for spell reflection only, it doesn't reflect ranged attacks.
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This doesn't seem necessarily true. Certain very sophisticated tools should indeed be beyond the understanding of someone who has completely avoided classes affiliated with them. A extremey sophisticated high-mage shouldn't be able to pick up an uber-powerful artifact, and suddenly be a better fighter then a mage. I'm not saying they shouldn't be able to use swords or something, but there might ought to be some limits. A mage who never once bothered to enter the fighter, warrior, paladin, etc... melee classes shouldn't know the difference between one form of sword and another, and wouldnt be able to properly use it. (wield with penalties maybe?) However, if they had previously trained in those classes (even if not investing points to the abilities) they ought indeed to have the knowledge to use such equipment. I hardly feel this should apply to every kind of equipment, but certain more sophisticated types of swords (the light fencing ones, for example) would have a radically different mode of fighting then swinging a big heavy broadsword. One who never studied weapons would, understandably, have no knowledge of this. Similarly, a character who never trained in any magic classes (Mage, priest, high-mage, monster mage, maybe soul guardian, etc.) ought to have problems understanding how certain very sophisticated magical items worked. They ought not to be able to use certain very powerful rods or magical items. (mage affiliated ones, like artifact staffs or something.) It kinda makes sense that if you never studied something you would have no knowledge of how to properly use it, regardless of level. But i don't think that a high-mage should be unable to wear big bulky armor and wield a big sword either. Maybe base equipment capabilities on what classes you have been a part of, or class levels of certain classes? (This would seem to reinforce, rather then deny, a multi-class system, and would encourage characters to work with a variety of classes, albeit not necessarily taking abilities from them.)

Reflecting - Like the changes, but should there be another flag for archery deflection? Or maybe a spell for it? Makes sense to seperate the two, but a reflection flag for arrows makes sense too. Plus think of the challenge with enemies who could have that flag.

[Variaz]

I disagree with equipment being limited by classes.

A Mage that has never trained in Warrior could nevertheless have trained in swordsmanship(raise his Swords skill), and being an intellectual, he might have read several books about the various type of more "advanced" weapons, like fencing swords and such, so he would have learned about them this way.

A pure mage won't suddently become an allmighty fighter just because you find a single weapon that is strong. A pure, high-int mage with Elemental skill can wield a Blue Steel Claymore. But you don't have much strength, and probably no Swords skill. Your sword will do pathetic damages. But the sword could have an activation, and a mage might want to wield the sword for the activation, so restricting these weapons to warriors-only would not be very fun. Besides, what's a "Warrior" and "Mage" class anyway? Almost every classes except Warrior and Mage have a mix of both. Would you consider classes like Shadow Stalker, Ranger, Elemental Lord, Paladin, Enchanter or Diviner to be either pure Warrior or pure Mages? All of these classes have magical and melee abilities. A Paladin who focus in Swords skill and Champion of Good would be a Warrior, but a Paladin who focus in Holy Bolt and Retrograde Darkness would be more of a magic user. The same could be said about the Elemental Lord.

Everyone has their own concept of characters and classes, everyone sees classes in their own way. So imposing these kind of limitations kind of forces one particular concept of classes. A high mage wielding a complex melee weapon might not sound too "mageish", but if that's how you see your character, you shouldn't be limited by a class title.