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====Target Conditions==== | ====Target Conditions==== | ||
If these [[Conditions]] evaluate to True, the effect will be applied to the target. Frequently used in conjunction with [[Keywords]] to exclude specific types of Actors from the effect. | If these [[Conditions]] evaluate to True, the effect will be applied to the target. Frequently used in conjunction with [[Keywords]] to exclude specific types of Actors from the effect. | ||
Conditions can be placed on a magic effect itself, or on its entry in a spell's [[Effect List]]. Effect-side conditions are checked when an effect is applied and determine whether an actor will ever receive the effect, while spell-side conditions determine when the effect is active. | |||
In most cases, an effect's spell-side conditions are checked every second while an actor has the effect (if the effect duration is longer than instant). However, concentration spells invert this pattern: spell-side conditions in a concentration spell are only checked once, when the caster starts casting the spell; the effect, meanwhile, is reapplied every second, so effect-side conditions are checked once per second. | |||
This means that if you for example try to make | This means that if you for example try to make a non-concentration effect that doesn't stick [[HasMagicEffect|if it's already there]], you can put the check into the effect's condition window; but if you put it into the spell itself, it will get canceled because it finds itself. | ||
====Visual Effects==== | ====Visual Effects==== | ||