damage

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Mechanic: Damage

Damages the targeted entity.

Attributes

Attribute	Aliases	Description	Default
amount	a	The amount of damage to deal	1
ignoreArmor	ia	Whether or not to ignore armor	false
preventknockback	pkb, pk	Whether or not to prevent knockback	false
preventimmunity	pi	Whether or not to ignore immunities	false
element	type	Sets the type of damage to be inflicted	false

"preventknockback" and "preventimmunity" were added in version 2.3

Elements

As seen above, the damage mechanic offers the ability to set an "element" for the damage, like so:

- damage{amount=10;element=FIRE} @target \~onUse
- damage{amount=10;element=ICE} @target \~onUse

This element can by named anything, and can be used in a mob's DamageModifiers to alter resistance to the damage type as needed:

DamageModTest: 
  Type: COW 
  DamageModifiers:
    - LIGHTNING 0.1
    - FIRE 2.0
    - AIR 1.0
    - ICE 0.5 
  Skills:
    - message{m="Damaged by <skill.var.damage-type> for <skill.var.damage-amount>"} @PIR{r=50} \~onDamaged

Examples

  Skills:
  - damage{amount=20;ignoreArmor=true} @target ~onTimer:20

This skill above does 20 damage (10 hearts), ignoring armor, to the mob's target every 1 second (20 ticks).

FreezeBlast:
  Skills:
  - effect:sound{s=block.fire.extinguish;v=1;p=0.5} @PIR{r=6}
  - effect:particles{p=explode;a=8;vs=0.5;hs=0.5;s=0;y=1;repeat=5;repeatInterval=20} @PIR{r=6}
  - effect:particles{p=drip_water;a=10;vs=0.5;hs=0.5;s=0;y=1;repeat=5;repeatInterval=20} @PIR{r=6}
  - potion{t=SLOW;d=120;l=6} @PIR{r=6}
  - damage{a=120;pkb=true} @PIR{r=6}

A more complex use of the damage mechanic can give illusions of say Ice attacks like the example above. Which uses effects to make the targets of the mob appear as if they were frozen by using particles (On a repeating interval to create a sort of lingering frost effect as well) and inflicting Slowness level 7 (which is -105% movement speed.) slowing the mob to a halt. Additionally the mechanic inflicts 120 damage (60 hearts) to players within 6 blocks.