Template:VisuMZ Elements and Status Menu Core Notetags

The following are notetags that have been added through this plugin. These notetags will not work with your game if this plugin is OFF or not present.

Element-Related Notetags

The following are element-related notetags.

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<Multi-Element: x>
<Multi-Element: x,x,x>

<Multi-Element: name>
<Multi-Element: name, name, name>

- Used for: Skill, Item Notetags
- Gives this action an additional element (alongside the Damage element)
  when calculating damage.
- Replace 'x' with the ID of the element from Database > Types.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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<Multi-Element Rule: Maximum>
<Multi-Element Rule: Minimum>
<Multi-Element Rule: Multiply>
<Multi-Element Rule: Additive>
<Multi-Element Rule: Average>

- Used for: Skill, Item Notetags
- Changes the multi-element ruling for this action to either 'Maximum',
  'Minimum', 'Multiply', 'Additive', or 'Average'.
- If this notetag is not used, refer to the default ruling set by the
  Plugin Parameters.

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<Force Action Element: Null>

<Force Action Element: x>
<Force Action Element: x,x,x>

<Force Action Element: name>
<Force Action Element: name, name, name>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Forces any actions performed by this unit to be the specific element(s).
- Replace 'x' with the ID of the element from Database > Types.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- If multiples of this notetag are found across various Database objects,
  priority will go in the order of states, actor, enemy, class, equips.

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<Force Received Element id Rate: x%>
<Force Received Element id Rate: x.x>

<Force Received Element name Rate: x%>
<Force Received Element name Rate: x.x>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Forces the unit to receive elemental damage at x multiplier.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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<Received Element id Plus: +x%>
<Received Element id Plus: +x.x>

<Received Element name Plus: +x%>
<Received Element name Plus: +x.x>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the received elemental damage additively before applying rates and
  flat bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.
- Formula works as follows: (base + plus) * rate + flat
- Formula may vary if changed up in the Plugin Parameters.
- This does not add on flat bonus damages after calculating elemental rates.
  This merely adds onto it at the end after applying rates if the formula
  from above is unchanged.

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<Received Element id Rate: x%>
<Received Element id Rate: x.x>

<Received Element name Rate: x%>
<Received Element name Rate: x.x>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the received elemental damage multiplicatively after applying plus and
  before applying flat bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.
- Formula works as follows: (base + plus) * rate + flat
- Formula may vary if changed up in the Plugin Parameters.

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<Received Element id Flat: +x%>
<Received Element id Flat: +x.x>

<Received Element name Flat: +x%>
<Received Element name Flat: +x.x>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the received elemental damage additively after applying rates and
  plus bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.
- Formula works as follows: (base + plus) * rate + flat
- Formula may vary if changed up in the Plugin Parameters.
- This does not add on flat bonus damages after calculating elemental rates.
  This merely adds onto it at the end after applying rates if the formula
  from above is unchanged.

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<Dealt Element id Plus: +x%>
<Dealt Element id Plus: +x.x>

<Dealt Element name Plus: +x%>
<Dealt Element name Plus: +x.x>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the dealt elemental damage additively before applying rates and
  flat bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.
- Formula works as follows: (base + plus) * rate + flat
- Formula may vary if changed up in the Plugin Parameters.
- This does not add on flat bonus damages after calculating elemental rates.
  This merely adds onto it at the end after applying rates if the formula
  from above is unchanged.

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<Dealt Element id Rate: x%>
<Dealt Element id Rate: x.x>

<Dealt Element name Rate: x%>
<Dealt Element name Rate: x.x>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the dealt elemental damage multiplicatively after applying plus and
  before applying flat bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.
- Formula works as follows: (base + plus) * rate + flat
- Formula may vary if changed up in the Plugin Parameters.

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<Dealt Element id Flat: +x%>
<Dealt Element id Flat: +x.x>

<Dealt Element name Flat: +x%>
<Dealt Element name Flat: +x.x>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the dealt elemental damage additively after applying rates and
  plus bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.
- Formula works as follows: (base + plus) * rate + flat
- Formula may vary if changed up in the Plugin Parameters.
- This does not add on flat bonus damages after calculating elemental rates.
  This merely adds onto it at the end after applying rates if the formula
  from above is unchanged.

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<Element Absorb: x>
<Element Absorb: x,x,x>

<Element Absorb: name>
<Element Absorb: name, name, name>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Gives the unit the ability to absorb damage from element.
- Replace 'x' with the ID of the element from Database > Types.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to absorb more elements.
- Absorption is calculated after all other element rates have been made.

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<Element Reflect: x>
<Element Reflect: x,x,x>

<Element Reflect: name>
<Element Reflect: name, name, name>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Gives the unit the ability to reflect damage from element.
- Replace 'x' with the ID of the element from Database > Types.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to reflect more elements.
- Reflection occurs before any damage is calculated and dealt.
- Elemental Reflection will take priority over Magic Reflection.

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<Bypass Element Reflect>

- Used for: Skill, Item Notetags
- Makes this skill/item unable to be reflected by Element Reflect effect.

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<Element Pierce: x>
<Element Pierce: x,x,x>

<Element Pierce: name>
<Element Pierce: name, name, name>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Gives the unit the ability to attack with the element and bypass any kinds
  of damage immunities, reflections, and absorptions.
  - Actions can still miss or be countered, however.
- If an action has multiple elements, as long as one element has pierce, the
  action will go through.
- Replace 'x' with the ID of the element from Database > Types.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
  Remove any \I[x] in the 'name' replacement.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to reflect more elements.

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<Element Pierce>

- Used for: Skill, Item Notetags
- Makes this skill/item bypass any kinds of damage immunities, reflections,
  and absorptions.
  - Action can still miss or be countered, however.

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JavaScript Notetags: Element-Related

The following are notetags made for users with JavaScript knowledge to determine dynamic element-related effects.

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<JS Force Received Element id Rate: code>
<JS Force Received Element name Rate: code>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Forces the unit to receive elemental damage at a code-determined rate.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
- Replace 'code' with JavaScript code to determine the change.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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<JS Received Element id Plus: code>
<JS Received Element name Plus: code>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the received elemental damage additively before applying rates and
  flat bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
- Replace 'code' with JavaScript code to determine the change.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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<JS Received Element id Rate: code>
<JS Received Element name Rate: code>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the received elemental damage additively after applying plus and
  before applying flat bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
- Replace 'code' with JavaScript code to determine the change.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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<JS Received Element id Flat: code>
<JS Received Element name Flat: code>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the received elemental damage additively after applying rates and
  plus bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
- Replace 'code' with JavaScript code to determine the change.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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<JS Dealt Element id Plus: code>
<JS Dealt Element name Plus: code>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the dealt elemental damage additively before applying rates and
  flat bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
- Replace 'code' with JavaScript code to determine the change.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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<JS Dealt Element id Rate: code>
<JS Dealt Element name Rate: code>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the dealt elemental damage additively after applying plus and
  before applying flat bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
- Replace 'code' with JavaScript code to determine the change.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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<JS Dealt Element id Flat: code>
<JS Dealt Element name Flat: code>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- Alters the dealt elemental damage additively after applying rates and
  plus bonuses.
- Replace 'id' with the ID of the element.
- For 'name' notetag variant, replace 'name' with the element's name.
- Replace 'code' with JavaScript code to determine the change.
- Insert multiples of this notetag to allow unit to assign more elements.

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Trait Set Notetags

Trait Sets are used to apply various properties to actor and enemy units as a whole depending on what the trait set is. Use the following notetags to determine how to properly assign the desired Trait Set.

WARNING: Trait Sets only work if they are enabled in the Plugin Parameters: ElementStatusCore => General Trait Set Settings => Enable Trait Sets?

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<Element: name>
<SubElement: name>
<Gender: name>
<Race: name>
<Nature: name>
<Alignment: name>
<Blessing: name>
<Curse: name>
<Zodiac: name>
<Variant: name>

- Used for: Actor, Enemy Notetags
- Determines the specific Trait Set(s) for the actor or enemy unit.
- Replace 'name' with the name of an associated Trait Set type found in the
  Plugin Parameters.
- If any of these notetags are unused, the Trait Set will default to the one
  determined in the Plugin Parameters.

Examples:

<Element: Fire>
<SubElement: Thunder>
<Gender: Male>
<Nature: Jolly>
<Alignment: Chaotic Good>
<Zodiac: Aries>

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<Trait Sets>
 Element:    name
 SubElement: name
 Gender:     name
 Race:       name
 Nature:     name
 Alignment:  name
 Blessing:   name
 Curse:      name
 Zodiac:     name
 Variant:    name
</Trait Sets>

- Used for: Actor, Enemy Notetags
- Determines the Trait Set(s) for the actor or enemy unit.
- Replace 'name' with the name of an associated Trait Set type found in the
  Plugin Parameters.
- You may remove the Trait Set types (ie. Blessing and Curse) that you don't
  want to assign anything to from the list.
- If any of these sets are unused, the Trait Set will default to the one
  determined in the Plugin Parameters.

Example:

<Trait Sets>
 Element:    Fire
 SubElement: Thunder
 Gender:     Male
 Nature:     Jolly
 Alignment:  Chaotic Good
 Zodiac:     Aries
</Trait Sets>

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<Random type>
 name: weight
 name: weight
 name: weight
</Random type>

- Used for: Actor, Enemy Notetags
- Assigns a random Trait Set for this Trait Set 'type'.
- Replace 'type' with 'Element', 'SubElement', 'Gender', 'Race', 'Nature',
  'Alignment', 'Blessing', 'Curse', 'Zodiac', or 'Variant' depending on
  which you're trying to randomize.
- Replace 'name' with the name of an associated Trait Set type found in the
  Plugin Parameters.
- Replace 'weight' with a number value representing how often the 'name'
  would come up. The higher the weight, the more often. You may omit this
  and the colon(:) and just type in the 'name' instead.
- This would bypass the innate settings determined in the Plugin Parameters.

Examples:

<Random Gender>
 Male: 75
 Female: 25
</Random Gender>

<Random Variant>
 Mighty: 10
 Major: 20
 Greater: 60
 Normal: 200
 Lesser: 10
 Minor
 Puny
</Random Variant>

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<No Random Trait Sets>

- Used for: Actor, Enemy Notetags
- Prevents random Trait Sets from being assigned to this actor/enemy unit.

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<Trait Set Name Format>
 text
</Trait Set Name Format>

- Used for: Enemy Notetags
- Enemy names can be affected by the Trait Sets they have. Replace 'text'
  with the format you wish to see them have.
- Insert [Name] into 'text' to determine where the enemy's name goes.
- Insert [Letter] into 'text' to determine where the enemy's letter goes.
- Insert [Element] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [SubElement] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [Gender] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [Race] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [Nature] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [Alignment] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [Blessing] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [Curse] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [Zodiac] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.
- Insert [Variant] into 'text' to determine where the format text goes.

Example:

<Trait Set Name Format>
 [Alignment] [Nature] [Element] [Name][Gender] [Letter]
</Trait Set Name Format>

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<traitname Battler Name: filename>

<traitname Battler Names>
 filename: weight
 filename: weight
 filename: weight
</traitname Battler Names>

- Used for: Enemy Notetags
- Allows certain Trait Sets to cause battlers to have a unique appearance.
- Replace 'traitname' with the name of the Trait Set (ie. Male, Female).
- Replace 'filename' with the battler graphic to associate with that
- Replace 'weight' with a number value representing how often the 'name'
  would come up. The higher the weight, the more often. You may omit this
  and the colon(:) and just type in the 'name' instead.
  Trait Set.

Examples:

<Male Battler Name: Spider1>
<Female Battler Name: Spider2>

<Male Battler Names>
 Rogue: 25
 Fighter: 10
 Warrior
</Male Battler Names>

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<traitname Battler Hue: x>

<traitname Battler Hues>
 x: weight
 x: weight
 x: weight
</traitname Battler Hues>

- Used for: Enemy Notetags
- Allows certain Trait Sets to cause battlers to use a different hue.
- Replace 'traitname' with the name of the Trait Set (ie. Male, Female).
- Replace 'x' with a number from 0 to 360 depicting the hue to become.
- Replace 'weight' with a number value representing how often the 'name'
  would come up. The higher the weight, the more often. You may omit this
  and the colon(:) and just type in the 'name' instead.

Examples:

<Male Battler Hue: 160>
<Female Battler Hue: 275>

<Female Battler Hues>
 275: 10
 325: 5
 345
</Female Battler Hues>

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<Equip Trait Requirement: name>
<Equip Trait Requirement: name, name, name>

- Used for: Weapon, Armor Notetags
- Makes this piece of equipment equippable by only actors with those traits.
- If there are multiple traits required, all of them have to be met.
- If multiple trait types share the same trait name, the listed name will
  count for all of them.
- Replace 'name' with the name of an associated Trait Set type found in the
  Plugin Parameters.
- Changing trait sets mid-game will remove unmatched traits.
- Usage Example: <Equip Trait Requirement: Female> makes the item only
  equippable by female actors as long as they are tagged as female.

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<Damage VS name Trait: x%>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Skill, Item, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- If used on a skill or item, the action will perform 'x%' damage versus any
  targets with 'name' trait sets (any of them).
- If present in an actor, class, weapon, armor, enemy, or state's notebox,
  all damage types will be multiplied by 'x%' versus targets with 'name'
  trait sets (any of them).
- This notetag does not affect healing.
- Replace 'name' with the name of an associated Trait Set type found in the
  Plugin Parameters.
- Replace 'x' with a number representing a percentage value to augment
  damage by.
- Use multiple notetags to affect multiple trait types. If multiple effects
  manage to stack, they will stack multiplicatively.

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<Healing VS name Trait: x%>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Skill, Item, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- If used on a skill or item, the action will perform 'x%' heals versus any
  targets with 'name' trait sets (any of them).
- If present in an actor, class, weapon, armor, enemy, or state's notebox,
  all heal types will be multiplied by 'x%' versus targets with 'name'
  trait sets (any of them).
- This notetag does not affect damage.
- Replace 'name' with the name of an associated Trait Set type found in the
  Plugin Parameters.
- Replace 'x' with a number representing a percentage value to augment
  heals by.
- Use multiple notetags to affect multiple trait types. If multiple effects
  manage to stack, they will stack multiplicatively.

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<Accuracy VS name Trait: x%>
<Accuracy VS name Trait: +x%>
<Accuracy VS name Trait: -x%>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Skill, Item, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- If used on a skill or item, the action will have 'x%', '+x%', or '-x%'
  accuracy against any targets with 'name' trait sets (any of them).
- If present in an actor, class, weapon, armor, enemy, or state's notebox,
  all actions will have 'x%', '+x%', or '-x%' accuracy against any targets
  with 'name' trait sets (any of them).
- Replace 'name' with the name of an associated Trait Set type found in the
  Plugin Parameters.
- Replace 'x' respectively for percentile or additive/subtractive values.
  - 'x%' means an action with an accuracy rate of 20% will be (20% * x%).
  - '+x%' means an action with an accuracy rate of 20% will be (20% + x%).
  - '-x%' means an action with an accuracy rate of 20% will be (20% - x%).
- Multiple 'x%' notetags will stack multiplicatively.
- Multiple '+x' and '-x' notetags will stack additively.

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<Critical VS name Trait: x%>
<Critical VS name Trait: +x%>
<Critical VS name Trait: -x%>

- Used for: Actor, Class, Skill, Item, Weapon, Armor, Enemy, State Notetags
- If used on a skill or item, the action will have 'x%', '+x%', or '-x%'
  crtical rate against any targets with 'name' trait sets (any of them).
- If present in an actor, class, weapon, armor, enemy, or state's notebox,
  all actions will have 'x%', '+x%', or '-x%' crtical rate against any
  targets with 'name' trait sets (any of them).
- Replace 'name' with the name of an associated Trait Set type found in the
  Plugin Parameters.
- Replace 'x' respectively for percentile or additive/subtractive values.
  - 'x%' means an action with a critical rate of 20% will be (20% * x%).
  - '+x%' means an action with a critical rate of 20% will be (20% + x%).
  - '-x%' means an action with a critical rate of 20% will be (20% - x%).
- Multiple 'x%' notetags will stack multiplicatively.
- Multiple '+x' and '-x' notetags will stack additively.

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Actor Biography Notetag

The following notetag is used for the Status Menu if the updated Status Menu Layout option has been enabled from the Plugin Parameters.

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<Biography>
 text
 text
 text
</Biography>

- Used for: Actor Notetags
- Determines the actor's biography shown in the Status Menu.
- Replace 'text' with the text intended.
- Text Codes are allowed.
- The biography can be changed mid-game through Plugin Commands.
- If this notetag isn't used, then the actor's profile message is displayed
  as the biography.

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