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Hello everyone!

I'd like to request a script which took form in my mind this morning. It's not something I actually need as of now, but it could be of inspiration for our coders out there!

 

It's basically a skill learning/upgrading system based on items.

You have Seeds, which are simple items with no other purpose other than be used as chargers for our skills.

You also have Skills, which will behave as they normally do and can be learned by leveling up or any other way you can think of.

What does the script need to do then?

 

The skill scene will turn into a much nicer thingie, listing all the skills the Actor has learned, all the Seeds you have in your inventory, two options: Upgrade and Convert, and a blank (for now) window where you will decide whether or not to upgrade or convert your skills as they level up.

 

First you'll select the Upgrade command, which leads you to available skills in the list.

Example: Actor has Heal, Fire Slash, Water Gun, whatever...

Each Skill has a charge number.

Example: Heal 5/10, means skill Heal has 100% of its power, as 10/10 would be 200%.

What does this mean?

Skills get weaker when used in battle.

Example: Actor uses Heal twice in a battle, then Heal gets to 4/10 of its charge, so its less powerful than it was before.

Skills also get stronger by using Seeds of the right type on them.

Example: You have 5 Holy Seeds. You use all of them to get Heal charges to 10.

Heal is now 10/10 and is MASTERED.

MASTERED skills can still be used in battle, have 200% of their power and can't get below 10 charges.

What now?

MASTERED skills can (not must) unlock more powerful skills.

Example: Heal MASTERED unlocks Miracle 0/50.

Miracle starts at 0 charges and can't therefore be used in battle until it gets 1 or more charges by using the right Seed type. Miracle can get up to 50, but it really doesn't matter as 100% power will always be a half of the full amount, 25 in this case.

 

50 Seeds are a lot, aren't they? Well, here's where our Convert option comes into play.

If you select Convert, then choose Heal, the blank window on the right will tell you how many Seeds you'll get by converting the skill.

Now you can decide to convert the ones you need and keep the rest, but if you do, you WON'T be able to use the skill in battle anymore.

Let's say you convert all the seeds? You'll get 30, but the skill will be lost permanently and will disappear from the list of usable skills.

 

I'll post two pictures of what it could look like.

 

This is the Upgrade part, when Heal gets upgraded.



 

This is the Convert part, when Heal is mastered.



 

Thanks for your attention!