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Curing my NPC of Cowardice

rasmenar2112rasmenar2112 Member Posts: 7 Arc User
edited May 2013 in The Foundry
So, I'm attempting to make one of my NPC's less... cowardly. There's an ambush scene and I'd like him to be able to fight back instead of cowering in a corner like a scared rothe.

Any way to do this? Looked for it for about 15 minutes before I gave up and came to the forums.
Alone in the darkness, that is where you truly discover yourself. Without self, without the core of your identity, you are nothing. - Rasmenar
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  • charsizcharsiz Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I think you would have to hide your NPC and then spawn a "friendly" encounter (search for Guards) and apply your NPC's custome to the encounter.

    Not sure if there is a friendly encounter with just one mob in it though.
  • tilt42tilt42 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    NPCs are not combat capable. Also, placing friendly encounters means they risk being killed, which would break your quest logic (though the quest would still work, it would be very weird).

    There is no good solution for this currently. I suggest rewriting your quest with this in mind.
  • raphaeldisantoraphaeldisanto Member Posts: 402 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Well, even if the guard faction friendly you're using as a stand-in for the NPC gets "killed", you can always just count it as being knocked out.
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  • thunderspankerthunderspanker Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Silverstars Posts: 713 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2013
    ok. Take a ride with me.. lol.. First, have your npc. then talk to the npc.. have this conversation cause the mob to appear, and the npc to disappear.. at the same time the mob appears, also have a guard version of the npc appear.. then, after the mobs are dead, have the guard version disappear, and the npc reappear. This might work. lol. but i am not sure if there is a solo guard right off.
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  • docbachdocbach Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 35
    edited May 2013
    you are in luck, there is a solo guard encounter.
  • rasmenar2112rasmenar2112 Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Perfect, thanks much guys. Takes a bit of work to get done, but it functions perfect :D
    Alone in the darkness, that is where you truly discover yourself. Without self, without the core of your identity, you are nothing. - Rasmenar
  • ellindar1ellindar1 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    So get this though when thinking about the whole npc cower thing. I have a bad guy who is a contact at first before he begins his destruction. And he spawns 3 succubus. If I leave him there watching you fight guess what... the succubus attack HIM. lol. And my big boss baddie is sitting there cowering like a chicken! Only way so far I have fixed it is to have him disappear when they spawn and come back after they die when his encounter starts. SIGH
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  • rasmenar2112rasmenar2112 Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Only problem: Since I have dynamic behavior linked to the guy to start with, I can only make him appear/disappear based off the objective he is linked to. Looks like I might have to make two versions of the NPC linked to different conversation objectives.
    Alone in the darkness, that is where you truly discover yourself. Without self, without the core of your identity, you are nothing. - Rasmenar
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