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Hi there everyone. I have been looking to include a system where a series of non combatant characters are recruited by the party as a kind of entourage. I want to have them affect the party and the engine in certain ways that actors can. Like checking that a certain actor is in the party. Or increasing earned gold. Things like that.


The idea is to create a monster recruitment system. Where certain acquiring certain monsters can give the party benefits. Or give certain abilities that allow quests to progress. For example a creature who can give stealth abilities allowing you to sneak past a guard. Or a creature with fire breathe allowing you to melt an ice barrier.


I would ideally like to be able to see these non combatants in their own section of the main menu. Along with a "status" screen that instead displays a character bio and a description of their abilities rather than stats. Maybe some character art too.


I do not know if this plugin exists. I have been searching for it a while. I think that many games could benefit from a system like this. As they might not even wish to recruit monsters. Perhaps at some point you can recruit a merchant. Who contributes to the plot and opens certain doors for you. But does not participate in combat. Or an blacksmith that enables you to craft weapons.


I can get around this with just flagging a switch for "this character is in party" and triggering their events off of it. But I would like to include a lot of story flavor around these characters. And it would be nice to be able to do so. Being able to flag an actor as "hidden" in formation so that they could not be added to party would probably suffice. But lack in cool factor. I must admit I have seen other rpgmaker games use a similar system. However I have no idea whether or not they scripted it themselves or whether I have had bad luck finding the plugin.


As a side note while this IS a request I would also be open to the idea of commissioning said plugin. However I do not yet have enough clout to use the commissions board on this forum yet.


Thanking you for your consideration ahead of time