SPELLCRAFTQUILL'S PROFILE

author=Dragon_Kamillo
Wait. Would you like change title and class name? You must have Resource Hacker. You find these texts and change to other texts. Unfortunately these texts are no changing in dictionary(? - i use polish version RM) in database.

Exactly. I tried with ResHacker and I can't change it either.

Wow, they're adorable as FFV style srites.

author=RyaReisender
Oh, I thought he was asking how to do it. But now I realize with attributes he didn't mean stats but rather elements. And that doesn't work with RPG Maker 2k3? Hmm, well if you say it works up to 2 elements only you could probably think of something too. Like each armor only protects for the same rank and one rank below.

Unfortunately I have no idea how far advanced scripting is in RPG Maker. I'd probably just run a pre-battle script that checks the current armor equipped and the rank of the monster to-be-encountered and then secretly set the DEF stat accordingly.

Exactly as I did. Ideally only rarer equipment is supposed to directly add strength or defense. That way my strongest character will still do minimal damage without a weapon.

Edit: I think I finally got it to work with my weapons. Now that I have all "rank" resistances at C, I am doing about 7 damage per attack bare-handed but with a weapon at E-Rank, I have 12 damage as an average. Without armor, I am taking 3-4 damage from a 10 Attack dummy but with armor I can take 2-3 damage. Since I have my characters' HP in three digits where the main character starts with about 65 HP, I suppose I've got it to work though a real enemy will have higher strength.

Well, with the exception of rare equipment, I would like for the characters' defense stat to remain static and armor only reduces damage of a certain ranked attack. For example, a bite is a low-ranked attack but a fireball would be of a higher rank. If there is an alternate way around having armor raise the defense stat, then I will welcome the idea. I would like for my end-game levels to be around 55-60 where I have my stats at 90 for those who excel in a stat. Ideally, I want my stats to be less than 100. My last resort will be to reduce the characters' final strength and defense stats by 75% and let their equipment satisfy the reduced stats.

I would like to create a system where instead of armor directly increasing the defense stat, armor is instead in ranks and enemies' attacks are also ranked. For example a common monster has a rank 1 attack which early armor covers but a later enemy would deal more damage without rank 2 armor equipped. Keep in mind that I am using the Helmet as another accessory and shields increase evasion. Think about it as the Weapon Ranks from Final Fantasy: Blackmoon Prophecy in defense instead.