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Now that I can make my first thread, here I'll go.
Of all the things that I want, I can find them already (as mentioned in my intoduction to this forum).

However, there is one thing that keeps barking at me and that is a lack of a script. A lack of a skill similar to the Runic ability of Celes' in Final Fantasy VI.
Mainly for RPG Maker XP.
Long story short, I am requesting for a script request.
One last RMXP script request from me, if anyone is interested.
I won't mind donating 5 USD or 10 USD as a thank you.
Provided that one has a PayPal account and also that the script works properly, of course.

That said, for those who don't know of Final Fantasy VI in general, I'll give a quick rundown on the Runic skill.
What it does is that it restores a certain amount of MP to the user.
But it happens only once per turn. I'll list the scenario below.

Scenario:
The player character (e.g. Celes) uses "Runic" which costs no MP to activate.
An enemy (e.g. Black Mage) uses a Magical attack.
Let's say it uses Fire.
Let's say the Fire magic costs 6 MP to cast.
As a result of activating the Runic, the Fire magic is ABSORBED by the player character, restoring 6 MP in the process.
Only absorbs once per turn which means any other subsequence Magical attacks are used in that 1 turn, the player character cannot absorb the magical attacks.
The process repeats.

Hmm~ It might be a little beyond me to script this, but I can see how it would work in theory.

A status effect that lasts however long, a check that determines if the attack being received is magical, a check of it's SP cost...

@Zackwell
Yes, it's more or less like that in a nutshell.

It might just be easier to add a value into 'Game_Battler' called runic_turns_left.

By casting the Runic spell, it sets the user's runic_turns_left value to 2. And in each battle turn, this value decreases by one until it hits zero (no lower of course). And if the caster is hit with a spell attack while runic_turns_left is more than zero, then the skill_effect script gets adjusted to let the user of the runic spell absorb the SP instead of taking damage.... and changing the turns left value to 0 of course.

Just off the top of my head. This could be REALLY interesting if the user is also a Blue Mage too. Tongue sticking out

Wanna find an avatar, even if it's Monopoly's 'Just Visiting' tile? Laughing

@DerVVulfman
In other words, a script is most likely not needed?
If so, I'll try and see if I can do it on my own with your instructions.
If not, I'll go on waiting with an "Edit" update, roughly around October 5th based on my timezone.

Edit: Hold on. You mentioned skill_effect script. Something I most likely shall not tinker with due to the lack of scripting knowledge. I guess I'll wait.

Er, Game_Battler is a script in the default scripts. And 'skill_effect' is a method within. So by that, I did mean by making a script. Simpler in design than you may have thought. Well........ by MY standard anyway.

I wouldn't need to make a status ailment/effect for this. Just a timer value in Game_Battler that gets counted down while seeing if the player is hit by a skill.

@DerVVulfman
Which in other words, ehhh, I still need to tinker with the scripts anyway.
I'll see whether it will work when the time comes.

Just got home half an hour forty minutes ago.....

I whipped this up. Winking

Just call it Just Runics.

Code:
#==============================================================================

# ** Just Runics

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#  By DerVVulfman

#  v 1.0

#  October 3, 2017

#==============================================================================

module Runic

  # List of Skills by ID

  # This, by their skill ID in the database

  #

    SKILL_LIST = [81]

  # Number of turns

  # How many turns it lasts...

  #

    TURNS = 1

  # Show Animation Effect per turn?

  # If true, the shielded runic animation plays on turn start

  #

    SHOW = true

  # Pop that shows target/self protected

  # (Or nil if no pop to show)

  #

    SPELL_POP  = "Runic Barrier"

  # Words that show target/self absorbed SP

  # Format is RUNIC_ABSORB + value + RUNIC_SUFFIX

  # (Or nil per word not showing)

  #

    RUNIC_ABSORB = "Absorb"

    RUNIC_SUFFIX = "SP"

end

#==============================================================================

# ** Game_Battler

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#  This class deals with battlers. It's used as a superclass for the Game_Actor

#  and Game_Enemy classes.

#==============================================================================

class Game_Battler

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Alias Listings

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  alias runic_gb_initialize initialize

  alias runic_gb_skill_effect skill_effect

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Public Instance Variables

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  attr_accessor :runic_counter            # runic absorb counter

  attr_accessor :runic_animation          # runic spell animation

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Object Initialization

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def initialize

    # Perform the original call

    runic_gb_initialize

    # The added value

    @runic_counter = 0

    @runic_animation = 0

  end

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Apply Skill Effects

  #     user  : the one using skills (battler)

  #     skill : skill

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def skill_effect(user, skill)

    # If skill is slated as a runic barrier spell

    if Runic::SKILL_LIST.include?(skill.id)

      # Set the number of turns

      @runic_counter = Runic::TURNS

      # Self/caster turns must be increased 1

      @runic_counter += 1 if user == self

      # Show applied pop text if text set

      self.damage = Runic::SPELL_POP unless Runic::SPELL_POP.nil?

      # Set the barrier animation ID for self

      @runic_animation = skill.animation2_id

      # End Method

      return true

    end

    # Perform the original call

    effective = runic_gb_skill_effect(user, skill)

    # If positive damage during runic effect

    if @runic_counter > 0

      if self.damage > 0

        # Restore health befoer damage

        self.hp += self.damage

        # Add attacker's SP cost into SP score

        self.sp += skill.sp_cost

        # Clear critical flag

        self.critical = false

        # Change Pop message

        word1 = word2 = ""

        word1 = Runic::RUNIC_ABSORB unless Runic::RUNIC_ABSORB.nil?

        word2 = Runic::RUNIC_SUFFIX unless Runic::RUNIC_SUFFIX.nil?

        self.damage = word1 +(skill.sp_cost).to_s + word2

        # And turn the runic effect off

        @runic_counter = 0

      return effective

      end

    end

    # End Method

    return effective

  end

end 

#==============================================================================

# ** Scene_Battle

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#  This class performs battle screen processing.

#==============================================================================

class Scene_Battle

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Frame Update (main phase step 6 : refresh)

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  alias runic_sb_start_phase2 start_phase2

  alias runic_sb_update_phase4_step6 update_phase4_step6

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Start Party Command Phase

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def start_phase2

    # Cycle through enemies

    for enemy in $game_troop.enemies

      # Perform runic animation

      runic_animation(enemy)

    end

    # Cycle through actors 

    for actor in $game_party.actors

      # Perform runic animation

      runic_animation(actor)

    end

    # Perform the original call

    runic_sb_start_phase2

  end

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Start Runic Animation Effect at Party Command Start

  #     target : target (actor or enemy)

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def runic_animation(target)

    return unless Runic::SHOW == true

    return unless target.exist?

    return unless target.hp > 0

    return unless target.runic_counter > 0

    target.animation_id = target.runic_animation

    target.animation_hit = true

  end

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Frame Update (main phase step 6 : refresh)

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def update_phase4_step6

    # Update Runic counter (never below 0)

    @active_battler.runic_counter -= 1

    @active_battler.runic_counter == 0 if @active_battler.runic_counter < 0

    # Perform the original call

    runic_sb_update_phase4_step6

  end

end

^ See, that's elegance right there. Might even have to use it for something myself~

I kind of feel the need to ask this... what if an ally casts a healing spell on the runic hero? Should it absorb the spell's SP? Is that really convenient? Just a thought for our dear forumer to play with...

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