Death to the Undead!

Post » Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:10 pm

Is it possible to make a spell that harms/does more damage to undead? I just recently started using the CK after coming from Morrowind, and I'm not sure how to do it. I know how to make spells and all, just wanted to know how to make them undead specific or if there is a spell I can refer too. Thanks!
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Benito Martinez
 
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Post » Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:46 am

J'zargo (College of Winterhold) gives you some scrolls as part of a quest that make undead catch fire / explode when the scroll is used near them. You could possibly start an investigation there.
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Post » Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:30 am

J'zargo (College of Winterhold) gives you some scrolls as part of a quest that make undead catch fire / explode when the scroll is used near them. You could possibly start an investigation there.
Ok, thanks :D
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Maria Garcia
 
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Post » Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:24 pm

Just in case it didn't help you, you could add an additional effect and use a condition for that effect where the target must be an undead.
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Courtney Foren
 
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Post » Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:32 pm

Hmm, could you explain that a little bit? I'm not to good with the CK yet.
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Alberto Aguilera
 
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Post » Sat Nov 17, 2012 1:42 pm

Each Spell use one or more magic effects. When you add a new effect in a spell, you can add certain conditions for that new effect to affect the target. So, you could add to a fireball spell the damaging effect again, but this time add a condition where the target must be part of the undead faction (getfactionrank(undead) >= 0 . Not sure if the undead faction name is undead, you'll need to check that). That way, when the fireball affects an undead it will do the damage twice, effectivelly making double damage to undeads. You could of course add less damaging effects, more damaging ones, add various times the same effect or even add a totally different effect.
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Mel E
 
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Post » Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:13 pm

Ahh. So have one fire effect that has no conditions, then a separate one with that condition? Thus, as you say, causing double damage on the undead.


Also, I tried to make a spell that shoots a beam of light that does damage, but when I go ingame, it doesn't do anything (Clicking the cast button doesn't cause it to cast). Do you have any idea what causes that? If you want to look at the .esp I can send it.
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