I am having an issue figuring out how to use spells in combat. I can get the casting screen to come up but results are not applied to the target. Is there a way to get spells to apply damage and roll critical tables the same way as weapons? I am sure it is something simple that I am missing.
When you cast spells, both with the "Quick Cast" and the "Cast Spell" options, the window that opens up has a box under the spell description called "Effect".
In that box there are fields to enter the target(s) of the spell, hits dealt/healed, bleeding dealt/healed, stun dealt/healed, DB gained, general penalties and bonuses, and optionally duration for the effects.
If you hover your mouse for a few seconds over each label, a tooltip will appear detailing what it means to use a positive value and a negative value for that field.
If the spell is a directed elemental, instead of using the effect box, I'd recommend using the spell casting window just to log the action and ensure power points are spent, and then perform a normal "Attack" action, choosing the directed spell OB from the list of available attacks.
If the spell requires a BAR, you should first perform the spell casting action and the a "Basic Spell Attack" action. There you can choose the spell list, realm, target defenses, and enter the caster's roll and the target's RR.
Also, is there a way to add creatures to my database?
With regards to adding creatures, you can check the sample provided in:
ERA/[RMC/RMFRP]/Configuration/Creatures
and add your own.
If you purchase the RMC or RMFRP Shadow World packages, or the RMC Companion I packages, you get a bunch of creatures from those books.
To add additional creatures requires knowledge of XML and is considered advanced customization. If you need help with that, please post your questions on the
advanced customization thread.
Thanks for the questions!