IWD:EE Observations

[Evil.Iguana]

Naughty dog has changed a few things with the IWD:EE version of the engine so I figured I'd list the things I notice here, as I notice them.

 

1) Opcode 42 (Wizard Spell slots Modifier) DLTCEP description is as follows:

 

Alters the number of wizard spell slots available to the targetted creature(s), as specified by the 'Slot Amount Modifier' field, at the level specified by the 'Spell Level' field.

Known values for 'Spell Level' are:
0 Double spells
1 Level 1
.. ..
9 Level 9

For a 'Spell Level' of 0, the amount in spell slots is doubled for the level specified by the 'Slot Amount Modifier' value, and all levels below:
1 Level 1
2 Level 2
4 Level 3
8 Level 4
16 Level 5
32 Level 6
64 Level 7
128 Level 8
256 Level 9

'Statistic Modifier' can be positive or negative.

 

 

 

Observed behavior: Spell level table is accurate but now works for any value in "slot amount modifier." Slot amount modifier now works more intuitively: 0 for double spells, any other number adds that number of spell slots. So if [spell level]=16 and [slot amount modifier]=2 the item with that effect will add 2 level 5 spell slots. If [spell level]=4 and [slot amount modifier]=0 the item with that effect will double the number of level 3 spell slots.

 

Comments: Was confused by the behavior at first but it makes more sense this way.

[Avenger]

There is also a new spell level (512), which doubles a specific slot only. Actually, it works like vanilla IWD.

 

The correct description should be:

 

Alters the number of wizard spell slots available to the targeted creature(s), as specified by the 'Slot Amount Modifier' field, at the level specified by the 'Spell Level' field.

Known values for 'Spell Level' are:

0 Double spells for 'Slot Amount Modifier' slot and below

1 Level 1

2 Level 2

4 Level 3

8 Level 4

16 Level 5

32 Level 6

64 Level 7

128 Level 8

256 Level 9

512 Double single slot = Slot Amount Modifier (EE only)

Values 1-256 can be or'ed. But 512 must stand alone.

'Slot Amount Modifier' can be positive or negative.