Final Fantasy VIII type Draw System

[Lark Monster]

Hello, I am interested in having a Final Fantasy VIII type of Draw system in my game, however I am new and have next to no idea how to do it, or if it involves the use of a plugin, etc. This page has the best explanation of what it is and what it does (at least to me). I would greatly appreciate and suggestions that you can offer me! I hope I have made this thread in the right forum, sorry for confusion if not.

Draw is used to siphon magic from enemies. If magic is drawn it can either be stocked or cast.

What I would like but not sure how to do:

• The character learns magic by observing and drawing magic from enemies & things around them in the world (Ex: a campfire, a block of ice and so on).
• To complete learning a new rank, a certain amount of time in gameplay must pass. (Rank 1 is 5 minutes, and time doubles up until Rank 5 - last rank.)
• Spells will be in ranks, and require a certain amount of that magic to either be in stock, or a greater amount of mana to use. (Ex: Fire Rank 1 will only require 1 Fire to be in stock to cast, but Fire rank 2 will require 5 Fire to be in stock to cast and so on up to Rank 5.)
• In Battle you have the choice to just Draw the magic and stock it, or Draw the magic and then use it if you have the capability of doing so. Draw & Stock will require only 1 turn, Draw & Cast will require 2 turns to complete.
• Once you have selected to Learn a new magic, you can attempt to cast it. This will result in the spell to backfire and possibly damage your fellow party members. There is a rare chance that you will be able to cast the magic successfully. This chance increases as the timer for learning gets closer to 00:00.
• After Rank 2, you can rarely find or buy an item that will decrease the time of gameplay required to learn the next rank. You can only use this item while in the process of learning, and it is only good for one usage. (Time increments as 2.5 minutes, 5 minutes and possibly a 10 minute item.)
• I think I will require a new Item Type, however I am not certain. (Aside from Regular, Key & Hidden A/.

Thank you for your time to read this, I appreciate any help or suggestions that you may have to offer me.

 

[bgillisp]

Usually it would be best if this were posted under the specific engine you wish to ask about, if you wish to learn how to do it without a plug-in. However, I don't think it can be done without a plug-in, so we should probably move this to plug-in requests, if you wish to request a plug-in to implement that.

Also, a heads up. Please don't use red text in your posts, as those are reserved for moderators (blue is too, so any color but red or blue please).

 

[Lark Monster]

Thank you for the information. I may have missed the proper area to post this in with my confusion!
I am interested in this system with RPG Maker MV, if this thread can be moved into the plug-in request area I would appreciate that. Thank you for your time!

I have also taken out the red text, I hope it is acceptable in a signature? If not I can change that.

 

[Andar]

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