Targeting Random Enemies and Levelling Up Skills - Questions https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/ RPG Paper Maker Discussion Board en-US Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:15:40 +0000 wpForo 60 Answer to: Targeting Random Enemies and Levelling Up Skills https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1194 Mon, 12 May 2025 16:57:02 +0000 one of the affects that a status can have is to 'attack a random enemy'.

You got me searching on the right track, though!

Based on what I see in a battle script here https://github.com/RPG-Paper-Maker/Game-Scripts/blob/develop/src/Scene/BattleStartTurn.ts#L205

If I could access a battle side from a formula or script, such as `battle.side[Mathf.random(0, battle.side.length -1)]` that would fix this but I think this needs an extensive plugin to fix... Sorry for now!

]]> Questions The Ramen Dutchman https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1194 RE: Targeting Random Enemies and Levelling Up Skills https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1191 Fri, 09 May 2025 22:17:49 +0000 Questions Blep.13 https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1191 Answer to: Targeting Random Enemies and Levelling Up Skills https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1188 Fri, 09 May 2025 21:02:02 +0000 @blep-13 Did you figure out how to target a random enemy? 'cause I'm not sure I have 😅

I can confirm that "t.id" does not refer to the first, second, third etc. enemy in the troop but to the enemy type ID in the database, referring to this ID:

This is still useful; if I'd ever want to make a skill that targets a specific enemy or deals more/less damage to a specific enemy type I could use this rather than referring to someone that might change such as their English name.

But that does mean that setting a skill to target all enemies and then using this target formula does not do what you want:

t.hp > 0 && t.id === Math.floor(Math.random() * 3)

I was hoping this would randomly target the first, second or third enemy in the troop but instead it randomly decides whether it targets Woolies, Mushroomies or nobody 🙃

]]> Questions The Ramen Dutchman https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1188 RE: Targeting Random Enemies and Levelling Up Skills https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1183 Thu, 08 May 2025 21:09:49 +0000 Questions Blep.13 https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1183 Answer to: Targeting Random Enemies and Levelling Up Skills https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1179 Wed, 07 May 2025 21:02:05 +0000 Sorry for the belated reply!

I think you mean "Temporarily change target: You can temporarily change the target for this effect only. You have to return an array of battlers. Example: will be the user of the item/skill/weapon." from the Effects description, right?

From that description I'm not exactly sure what it does, either. I'll look at the game scripts and try some things out..!

]]> Questions The Ramen Dutchman https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1179 RE: Targeting Random Enemies and Levelling Up Skills https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1170 Mon, 05 May 2025 12:56:09 +0000 Questions Blep.13 https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1170 Answer to: Targeting Random Enemies and Levelling Up Skills https://rpg-paper-maker.com/forum/questions/targeting-random-enemies-and-levelling-up-skills/#post-1164 Sun, 04 May 2025 21:27:59 +0000
  • I'm not sure how to target a random enemy, but if the ID of an enemy within a troop can be retrieved in a formula you could do something like "Target: All enemies. Target formula: t.id === Math.random()*troop.count". I attached a screenshot below, but this doesn't actually work! The enemy ID and troop size probably have to be something different.
  • Of course it is! Skills that incorporate any stat already kind of level with you but you probably want to read the user's Level and deal damage based off that? If you want to deal 10 damage per user's level you should use the damage formula "u.lv*10". If you can give the specific idea you want, I can help you with that, as well!

    • Random enemy mockup (does not work!)

    Damage based on level:

     

    If you want to share your specific damage-idea, I'll gladly help out!

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    • Is it possible to have skills that target random enemies and
    • Is it possible to level up the damage of skills alongside the heroes? I can see that it's possible to unlock new skills as the heroes level up, but I don't want previous skills to become obsolete because their damage output is less significant. 

    I'm new to coding and game making in general, so, while I suspect it's something to do with variables, I just don't know how I would go about it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks a bunch 

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