Action (Asset)

This is the Action asset reference. If you want a tutorial, check out Creating an Action.

Spells and attacks are all actions. To link an action to a player, trainer, or NPC template, use the Player Action asset type.

Field	Type	Default	Description
Label	String		Set to a unique label for your action. Do not edit after setting up your action!
Name	String		Name your action, doesn't have to be unique.
Icon	Icon		Icon for your action.
M.Off/Def/Uti	Int	0	Momentum cost.
Cooldown	Int	1	Cooldown in turns.
Init Cooldown	Int	0	Start the battle with the ability on cooldown for this amount of turns. Usually used for boss mechanics.
Hit Chance	Int	90	Hit chance in percent. Use 9001 for guaranteed hit. Not needed for beneficial actions.
Override disable lv	Int	0	Overrides disable effects if above the disable effect's priority.
Cast time	Int	0	Nr of turns needed to finish this action.
Allow while charging	Boolean	False	When checked, this action may be used while the player is readying an action with a cast time.
Taunt Override Charge	Boolean	False	If charged, taunt will override the cast target.
Ripostable	Boolean	False	Allows the action to be riposted on miss. If the action missed, the action is run in reverse against the caster with the target as the new caster.
Group	String		Lets you group spells in the action bar. Mainly used for potions.
Charges	Int	1	Max charges of the action that can be used. Each cooldown period adds 1 charge.
Start Charges	Int	-1	Set to -1 to start combat with max charges. Otherwise you can edit the nr of charges you start with.
Min Targets	Int	1	Minimum targets to use this action.
Max Targets	Int	1	Maximum targets that you can use this action on.
Target	String	target	Overrides the target of the action.
Detrimental	String	yes	Sets if the action is detrimental. Team makes it detrimental to players not on your team, and beneficial to players on your team.
Allow detrimental self cast	Boolean	False	When true, it lets you use the action on yourself even if it's detrimental.
Type	String	physical	Damage type
Range	String		Melee is affected by knockdown, ranged by silence, none by neither.
Standard	Boolean	False	If set to standard, ALL players receive this action on game start.
Hidden	Boolean	False	The only action that uses hidden is "end turn" which is technically an action.
Semi hidden	Boolean	False	Hides the action in player inspect. Punishments use this.
Hide from action selector	Boolean	False	Legacy option. Was used in repair kits.
Do not generate text	Boolean	False	Prevents the game from trying to find a combat log text when using the action.
No interrupt	Boolean	False	Prevents interrupt effects from interrupting this action (requires cast time).
Permanent Charges	Boolean	False	Prevents cooldown from triggering. Can be used if you want to create an action with a finite amount of charges per battle.
Reset Interrupt	Boolean	False	By default, having an ability interrupted causes it to go on cooldown. Checking Reset Interrupt finishes that cooldown immediately.
Hide if no viable targets	Boolean	False	Hides the action from the action bar if no viable targets exist.
Cast if no viable wrapper	Boolean	False	By default, actions can't be used if it doesn't have at least one wrapper that passes condition checks. This will bypass that.
Can crit	Boolean	False	Can critically hit.
No clairvoyance	Boolean	False	Doesn't show up when you use clairvoyance on the target.
Max wrappers	Int	0	Max nr of wrappers to apply to each target. Use 0 for no limit.
Description	String		Describe your action. See below for variables that can be used here.
Target Description	String		Allows you to have a separate description while hovering the arrow above a target.
Wrappers	Wrapper		Wrappers to apply. At least one wrapper must apply to a target to consider it castable unless Cast if no viable wrapper is checked.
Wrapper Mods	Wrapper Mod		Lets you modify wrapper values and reuse the same wrapper in multiple actions.
Riposte Wrappers	Wrapper		Requires Riposte checked. Wrappers to apply back to the user if successfully riposted.
Riposte Wrapper Mods	Wrapper Mod
Passives	Wrapper		Lets you grant the user passives while the action is slotted.
Interrupt Wrappers	Wrapper		Requires a cast time. Lets you run wrappers on the caster if the action is interrupted.
Interrupt Wrapper Mods	Wrapper Mod
Cast Passives	Wrapper		Passives that will affect the caster while they're charging this action. Requires a cast time.
Tags	Tag		Tags to add to the player while the action is slotted.
Aliases	String		Lets you add aliases to other action labels to share their texts.
Alternate Crit Formula	String		A math formula that overrides the default critical hit chance modifier. Should result in a number between 0 and 1. Requires Can Crit to be checked.
Conditions	Condition		Conditions required to use the action. Note that wrapper conditions are also checked, and if no wrappers match any targets, then it will also be considered to be unusable. Conditions must be match on both cast start and cast end (for charged actions).
Show Conditions	Condition		Conditions required to show this action in the action bar. A commonly used condition is inCombat.
Cast Conditions	Condition		Conditions required to start a cast (needs a cast time), but not required to complete a cast.
Finish Conditions	Condition		Conditions required to finish a cast (needs a cast time), but not required to start it.

Common action tags

You should tag your actions, primarily to help NPCs decide how to use them. You'll want to use tags starting with ac_.

Tag	Description
ac_buff	Action is a buff
ac_debuff	Action is a debuff
ac_heal	Action has a healing component
ac_npc_important	Action will be prioritized by NPCs and always used by NPCs whenever they can
ac_npc_first	Use this first unless an important action is castable. Can be combined with ac_npc important to further increase ranking.
ac_npc_important_last	Only works consistently for actions that don't require momentum. If no other actions can be used, then this will be used.
ac_interrupt	Action has an interrupt component.
ac_item	Action is tied to an item.
ac_mana_heal	Action has a momentum restore component.
ac_self_heal	Action has a self heal component.
ac_taunt	Action has a taunt component.
ac_mana_damage	Action has a momentum damage component.
ac_npc_ignore_aggro	The NPC caster should ignore the aggro system and pick targets at random.