Absorption Barrier (YEP)

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This plugin is a part of the Yanfly Engine Plugins library.

Introduction

The Absorption Barrier is a new mechanic added for battle. Barrier Points, a
new type of stat, provide a layer of protection for battlers. Any direct
damage that would normally be done to HP would be dealt to the battler's
Barrier Points first, mitigating any real damage dealt to the battler.
Any remaining damage is then dealt to the battler.

There are various mechanics to exploit via this mechanic such as unexpiring
barriers, expiring barriers, barrier penetration, barrier bypassing, etc.
Read about it more in the next section~

Explanation

Barrier Points

Barrier Points are a buffer placed on top of a battler's HP. Any direct form
of damage from skills or items will be dealt to the battler's Barrier Points
first before being dealt to the battler's HP. Let's see how the mechanics
work in the following examples:

--- Example 1 ----

For example, let's assume the target has 100 Barrier Points. 150 damage is
to be dealt to the target's HP through a skill or item.

         150 DMG vs 100 Barrier Points: 50 DMG goes through

As a result, the target's Barrier Points are reduced to 0 and the target's
HP will suffer only 50 DMG.

--- Example 2---

The target has 100 Barrier Points. 50 damage is to be dealt to the target's
HP through a skill or item.

         50 DMG vs 100 Barrier Points: 0 DMG goes through

As a result, the target's Barrier Points are reduced to 50 and no damage
goes through to the user's HP.

Barrier Penetration

Some skills and items can possess a unique trait called Barrier Penetration.
Barrier Penetration allows a percentile or flat amount of the damage to go
through and ignore the target's absorption barrier. The more Barrier
Penetration on an action, the more of the target's Barrier Points are
ignored.

--- Example ---

The target has 500 Barrier Points. 100 damage is to be dealt to the target's
HP through a skill or item. The attacker has 75% Barrier Penetration.

         100 DMG vs 500 Barrier Points: 75 DMG goes through

As a result, 75% of the damage will go through, meaning exactly 75 damage is
dealt to the target's HP. However, 25% of it gets absorbed by the target's
Barrier Points reducing the Barrier Points to 475 total.

Unexpiring Barriers vs Timed Barriers - Explanation

There are two types of Absorption Barriers: Unexpiring Barriers and Timed
Barriers. Unexpiring Barriers do not expire during the course of battle. The
Barrier Points they acquire, if left untouched, will remain that value. On
the other hand, Timed Barriers will last a certain amount of turns. When the
turns reach 0 during the Regeneration Phase for the user, the Barrier Points
are then stripped away.

--- Example ---

Turn 1 - 100 Barrier Points
Turn 2 - 200 Barrier Points
Turn 3 - 300 Barrier Points

Right now, the user has 600 Barrier Points total. After the Regeneration
Phase, it will become this:

Turn 1 - 200 Barrier Points
Turn 2 - 300 Barrier Points

And the user will have 500 Barrier Points total.

---

So, when damage is dealt, how do the Barrier Points absorb it? Damage is
always dealt to the lowest turn, then the next lowest, etc. until it reaches
the highest. After the highest, damage will then be dealt to Unexpiring
Barrier Points. For example:

--- Example ---

Turn 1 - 100 Barrier Points
Turn 2 - 200 Barrier Points
Unexpiring - 300 Barrier Points

Now, let's suppose 500 damage will be dealt. It will result in this:

Turn 1 - 0 Barrier Points
Turn 2 - 0 Barrier Points
Unexpiring - 100 Barrier Points

Notetags

RPG Maker MV's editor is unable to allow for custom traits/properties that a game dev may wish to associate with a database object, event, map, etc. Notetags are used to work around such limitations by allowing the game dev to tag certain traits/properties using specific Notetags declared by the related plugin.

Here is a list of Notetag(s) that you may use.

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Use the following notetags to alter the various mechanics of Barrier Points.

Skill and Item Notetags:

  <User Barrier: +x>
  <Target Barrier: +x>
  This adjusts the Barrier Points for user or the target respectively by +x.
  The Barrier Points altered for this notetag are unexpiring Barrier Points
  that do not remove themselves as time passes.

  <User Barrier: -x>
  <Target Barrier: -x>
  This will remove x barrier points from the user or the target. This is
  applied to unexpiring and temporary barrier points alike.

  <User Barrier x Turns: +y>
  <Target Barrier x Turns: +y>
  This adjusts the Barrier Points for the user or target respectively at x
  turns by +y amount. These Barrier Points will expire after x turns. Each
  turn goes by during the battler's regeneration timing.

  <User Barrier x Turns: -y>
  <Target Barrier x Turns: -y>
  This will remove y barrier points from the user or target up to x turns.

  <Bypass Barrier>
  This causes this skill to be able to bypass Barrier Points to directly
  deal damage to the target.

  <Barrier Penetration: x%>
  Causes x% of this skill or item's damage to bypass the action target's
  Barrier Points. If the target does not have enough Barrier Points, more
  damage will be dealt. This is a percentile value.

  <Barrier Penetration: x>
  Causes x value of this skill or item's damage to bypass action target's
  Barrier Points. If the target does not have enough Barrier Points, more
  damage will be dealt. This is a flat value.

Actor, Class, Enemy, Weapon, Armor, State Notetags:

  <Barrier Penetration: +x%>
  <Barrier Penetration: -x%>
  This makes any damaging action by the attacker to have +x% or -x% bonus
  Barrier Penetration. This is a multiplicative bonus and applied before
  flat bonuses have been made.

  <Barrier Penetration: +x>
  <Barrier Penetration: -x>
  This makes any damaging action by the attacker to have +x or -x bonus
  Barrier Penetration. This is a flat bonus and applied after multiplicative
  changes have been made.

  <Barrier Points: +x>
  <Barrier Points: -x>
  The amount of unexpiring Barrier Points are gained at the start of a new
  battle for the affected user.

  <Barrier Points x Turns: +y>
  <Barrier Points x Turns: -y>
  The amount of Barrier Points are gained at the start of a new battle for
  the affected user that will last x turns.

  <Barrier Regen: +x>
  <Barrier Regen: -x>
  During the regeneration phase, the user will regenerate +x/-x unexpiring
  Barrier Points.

  <Barrier Regen x Turns: +y>
  <Barrier Regen x Turns: -y>
  During the regeneration phase, the user will regenerate Barrier Points
  that last x turns with a +y/-y value.

Lunatic Mode

For advanced users who have an understanding of JavaScript, you can use the following features added by the plugin to further enhance what you can do with your game project.

Custom Barrier Points

For those with JavaScript proficiency, you can utilize these notetags to
allow your skills and items to give battlers custom Barrier Point totals.

Skill and Item Notetags:

  --- Target ---

  <Custom Target Barrier>
   value = target.level;
  </Custom Target Barrier>
  The 'value' variable determines the total amount of Barrier Points that
  will be added to the target's unexpiring Barrier Point total.

  <Custom Target Barrier x Turns>
   value = target.level;
  </Custom Target Barrier x Turns>
  The 'value' variable determines the total amount of Barrier Points that
  will be added to the target for x amount of turns.

  --- User ---

  <Custom User Barrier>
   value = user.level;
  </Custom User Barrier>
  The 'value' variable determines the total amount of Barrier Points that
  will be added to the user's unexpiring Barrier Point total.

  <Custom User Barrier x Turns>
   value = user.level;
  </Custom User Barrier x Turns>
  The 'value' variable determines the total amount of Barrier Points that
  will be added to the user for x amount of turns.

Custom Barrier Penetration

For those with JavaScript proficiency, you can utilize these notetags to
give your skills, items, actors, classes, enemies, weapons, armors, and
states custom Barrier Penetration effects.

Skill, Item, Actor, Class, Enemy, Weapon, Armor, State Notetags:

  --- Rate ---

  <Custom Barrier Penetration Rate>
   rate = target.hpRate();
  </Custom Barrier Penetration Rate>
  The 'rate' variable determines the percentile amount of damage the user
  will bypass for the target's Barrier Points. This is a multiplicative
  bonus and will be applied before any flat bonuses.

  --- Flat ---

  <Custom Barrier Penetration Flat>
   flat = target.level;
  </Custom Barrier Penetration Flat>
  The 'flat' variable determines the flat amount of damage the user will
  bypass for the target's Barrier Points. This is a flat bonus and will be
  applied after all multiplicative bonuses.

Custom Barrier Points on Battle Start

For those with JavaScript proficiency, you can utilize these notetags to
add a dynamic amount of Barrier Points during the start up of a battle.

Actor, Class, Enemy, Weapon, Armor, and State Notetags:

   --- Unexpiring ---

   <Custom Barrier Points>
    value += user.hp;
   </Custom Barrier Points>
   The 'value' variable determines how many Barrier Points the user will
   start a battle with. The Barrier Points added through this notetag are
   unexpiring Barrier Points.

   --- Timed ---

   <Custom Barrier Points x Turns>
    value += user.hp;
   </Custom Barrier Points x Turns>
   The 'value' variable determines how many Barrier Points the user will
   start a battle with but expires after x turns.

Custom Barrier Regeneration

For those with JavaScript proficiency, you can utilize these notetags to
add a dynamic amount of Barrier Points during the user's regeneration phase.

Actor, Class, Enemy, Weapon, Armor, and State Notetags:

   --- Unexpiring ---

   <Custom Barrier Regen>
    value += user.hp / 4;
   </Custom Barrier Regen>
   The 'value' variable determines how many Barrier Points the user will
   gain during the user's regeneration phase. The Barrier Points added with
   this notetag are unexpiring Barrier Points.

   --- Timed ---

   <Custom Barrier Regen x Turns>
    value += user.hp / 4;
   </Custom Barrier Regen x Turns>
   The 'value' variable determines how many Barrier Points the user will
   gain during the user's regeneration phase. The Barrier Points added with
   this notetag will last x turns.

Script Calls

Script Calls are event commands that are used to run JavaScript code during an event to call upon unique functions, usually added by the related plugin.

Here is a list of Script Call(s) that you may use:

For those familiar with JavaScript, here is a quick reference list of new
JavaScript functions you can use for your own code and/or Lunatic Mode.

JavaScript functions:

  battler.barrierPoints()
  - Returns the total amount of Barrier Points the battler has.

  battler.barrierPoints(-1)
  - Returns the amount of unexpiring Barrier Points the battler has.

  battler.barrierPoints(x)
  - Returns the amount of Barrier Points the battler has for that turn.

  battler.gainBarrier(value, turn)
  - Makes battler gain barrier points equal to 'value' that lasts a certain
  amount of 'turns'. If turns is left at 0, the value will be unexpiring
  Barrier Points.

  battler.loseBarrier(value)
  - Makes the battler lose 'value' worth of Barrier Points.

  battler.startBarrierAnimation()
  - Makes the battler play the barrier struck animation.

  battler.updateBarrierTurns()
  - Makes the battler's Barrier Points update their turns.

Tips & Tricks

The following Tips & Tricks effects use this plugin:

• Courage of the Colossus
• Emergency Tactics
• EMP Shockwave
• Hexdrinker
• Spirit Shell
• The Bloodthirster

Changelog

Version 1.08:
- Bypass the isDevToolsOpen() error when bad code is inserted into a script
call or custom Lunatic Mode code segment due to updating to MV 1.6.1.

Version 1.07:
- Updated for RPG Maker MV version 1.5.0.

Version 1.06:
- Fixed a bug that caused shields to regenerate outside of battle.

Version 1.05:
- Lunatic Mode fail safes added.

Version 1.04:
- <User Barrier: -x>, <Target Barrier: -x>, <User Barrier x Turns: -y>, and
<Target Barrier x Turns: -y> notetags have been revamped. They will also
show popups now. If <Target Barrier x Turns: -y> is used, it will remove y
barrier points up to x turns.

Version 1.03:
- Updated for RPG Maker MV version 1.1.0.

Version 1.02:
- Fixed a bug where if Barrier Penetration was at 100%, it would be treated
as 0%.
- Added 'Barrier State' parameter. This parameter will passively apply a
certain state to the battler if the battler has barrier points. This can be
turned off by leaving this plugin parameter value at 0.

Version 1.01:
- Fixed a bug that prevented Barrier Points to be gained at the start of
battle properly.
- When a user grants an Absorption Barrier to itself, the user will gain 1
additional turn for the Barrier to stay up so it won't dissolve immediately.

Version 1.00:
- Finished Plugin!