Vatula's Dragonslayer - How can I make it work?

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Reply #1 April 6, 2014 9:37 AM from

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The spell isn't supposed to do anything. However, if you want to make it work, you can go into CoreSpells.XML (found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\FE Legendary Heroes\data\English if you installed in the default directory), locate the spell 'VatulasDragonslayer', and change this:

Code: xml
&lt;GameModifier&gt;

&lt;ModType&gt;Unit&lt;/ModType&gt;

&lt;Attribute&gt;CurHealth&lt;/Attribute&gt;

&lt;DisplayName&gt;No Effect!&lt;/DisplayName&gt;

&lt;Value&gt;0&lt;/Value&gt;

&lt;/GameModifier&gt;

to this:

Code: xml
&lt;GameModifier&gt;

&lt;ModType&gt;Unit&lt;/ModType&gt;

&lt;Attribute&gt;CurHealth&lt;/Attribute&gt;

&lt;Calculate InternalName="Calc" ValueOwner="TargetUnit"&gt;

&lt;Expression&gt;

&lt;![CDATA[[Unit_GetHPCurrent]*-1]]&gt;

&lt;/Expression&gt;

&lt;/Calculate&gt;

&lt;Calculate InternalName="Value"&gt;

&lt;Expression&gt;

&lt;![CDATA[[Calc]]]&gt;

&lt;/Expression&gt;

&lt;/Calculate&gt;

&lt;/GameModifier&gt;

Note that with the way this is set up, there is no chance for the target creature (which must be of creature-type 'dragon', if you look at the parts of the XML for Vatula's Dragonslayer which I am not telling you to change) to resist the spell. Thus, with this change Vatula's Dragonslayer becomes a guaranteed instant-kill spell. If you don't want that, I suggest finding a spell such as 'Kill' or 'FlameDart' to see how to handle partially-negates resists of the spell, or find a spell like 'Blind' or 'Wither' to see how to handle fully-negates resists of spells.