Introduction
This is a list of all the flags (and flag-like) settings that can be added to mobs, with a brief explanation of what each does.
Act Flags
sentinel scavenger protected mount
aggressive stay_area wimpy pet
train practice blacksmith crew_seller
no_lore undead cleric mage
thief warrior nopurge outdoors
restringer indoors questor healer
stay_locale update_always changer banker
| Flag | Settable? | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| sentienel | Y | Mob will not move around on its own. |
| scavenger | Y | Periodically takes the highest value item from the ground. |
| protected | Y | Cannot be harmed by normal means. Applied automatically to bankers. Exempt from random mob selection. Cannot be called with ‘call familiar’ |
| mount | Y | Exempt from random mob selection. Will not assist player unless player is a crusader. Does not steal xp in group. Can kick if set with the ‘kick’ offense. Must be mount to be ridden. Only mounts get movedice set. Will not randomly wander. |
| aggressive | Y | Can randomly attack players at random in the room. “Peace” command removes this flag from loaded mobs. Removed by ‘momentary darkness’ spell. Removed by ‘charm person’ spell. Removed if mob is rescued during quest. |
| stay_area | Y | Exempt from random mob selection. Will wander, but not into other zones. |
| wimpy | Y | May attempt to flee when receiving damage, if under 1/3rd max hp. |
| pet | Y | Purchasable charmed mobs. Players may have one pet. Cannot attack pets. Pets have no carrying capacity. |
| train | Y | Allows players to train stats (or skills above 75%). Exempt from random mob selection. Protected. Cannot be called with ‘call familiar’. Required flag if you want players to multiclass at this mob. Can convert pracs <-> trains |
| practice | Y | Allows players to practice skills up to 75%. Allows bards to rehearse songs. Exempt from random mob selection and ‘call familiar’. Protected. |
| blacksmith | Y | Repairs gear. |
| crew_seller | Y | Currently unused. Deprecated by shop stock system. |
| no_lore | Y | Prevents ‘mob lore’ |
| undead | Y | Set on animated mobs, cannot be calmed, cannot be slept, immune to plague, targetable by turn |
| cleric | Y | Mob WIS +3, STR +1, DEX -1 |
| mage | Y | Mob INT +3, DEX +1, STR -1 |
| thief | Y | Mob DEX +3, INT +1, WIS -1, increased sneak, hide, second attack, disarm, backstab skill |
| warrior | Y | Mob STR +3, INT -1, CON +2, increased second attack, third attack, disarm skill |
| nopurge | Y | Not purged when doing untargeted purge of room. Cannot be purged by scripts. |
| outdoors | Y | Will not wander to rooms flagged as ‘indoors’ |
| restringer | Y | Allows use of ‘restring’ and ‘unrestring’ commands, exempt from random mob selection |
| indoors | Y | Will only wander to rooms flagged as ‘indoors’ |
| questor | Y | Deprecated by addition of quest_data to mobs. |
| healer | Y | Allows use of ‘heal’ command - Can be deprecated by scripting, shop_data. Exempt from random mob selection. Protected. |
| stay_locale | Y | Wanders, but only to rooms with same ‘locale’ set. |
| update_always | Y | UNUSED |
| changer | Y | Can convert silver <-> gold. Exempt from random mob selection. Protected. Provides see_all. |
| banker | Y | Can give money. Exempt from random mob selection. Protected. Sees all. |
Act2 Flags
churchmaster noquest plane_tunneler no_hunt
airship_seller wizi_mob trader loremaster
no_resurrect drop_eq gq_master wilds_wanderer
ship_quest_master reset_once see_all no_chase
takes_skulls pirate player_hunter invasion_leader
invasion_mob see_wizi soul_deposit use_skills_only
can_level no_xp renewer show_in_wilds
| Flag | Settable? | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| churchmaster | Y | Allows various church administration commands. |
| noquest | Y | Exempt from random mob selection. |
| plane_tunneler | Y | Deprecated. Exempt from random mob selection. |
| no_hunt | Y | Prevents mob from being hunted. |
| airship_seller | Y | Deprecated(?) by shop rework. Exempt from random mob selection. |
| wizi_mob | Y | Hides mob from normal player interaction. Exempt from random mob selection. |
| trader | Y | Used for trade goods. Partially disabled? |
| loremaster | Y | Enables lore command. Exempt from random mob selection. |
| no_resurrect | Y | Sets mob’s corpse to no_resurrect, no_animate |
| drop_eq | Y | Mob will drop all inv into the room on death. |
| gq_master | Y | Enables deposit command for gq items. |
| wilds_wanderr | Y | Mob will wander the wilds |
| ship_quest_master | Y | Part of invasion system. Flag currently does nothing. |
| reset_once | Y | Sets mob limit to max of 1 in its area. |
| see_all | Y | Sees through all mortal forms of invisibility. |
| no_chase | Y | Will not attempt to hunt fleeing players. |
| takes_skulls | Y | Will attempt to take player skulls in the room, if possible. |
| pirate | Y | Currently unused. |
| player_hunter | Y | Currently unused. |
| invasion_leader | Y | Prevents mob head from decaying, part of Invasions/Ship Quests. |
| invasion_mob | Y | Part of Invasion system, chance to give quest point on death. |
| see_wizi | Y | Can see through all immortal forms of invisibility. |
| soul_deposit | Y | Currently unused |
| use_skills_only | Y | Currently unused. |
| can_level | Y | Capable of gaining experience and leveling. |
| no_xp | Y | Awards 0 experience. |
| renewer | Y | Enables renew command. |
| show_in_wilds | Y | Appears in wilds as @ |
AffectedBy
blind invisible detect_evil detect_invis
detect_magic detect_hidden detect_good sanctuary
faerie_fire infrared curse death_grip
poison sneak hide sleep
charm flying pass_door haste
calm plague weaken frenzy
berserk swim regeneration slow
web
| Flag | Settable? | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| blind | Y | Affected by the blind spell |
| invisible | Y | Affected by ‘invisible’ |
| detect_evil | Y | |
| detect_invis | Y | |
| detect_magic | Y | |
| detect_hidden | Y | |
| detect_good | Y | |
| sanctuary | Y | |
| faerie_fire | Y | |
| infrared | Y | |
| curse | Y | |
| death_grip | Y | |
| poison | Y | |
| sneak | ||
| hide | ||
| sleep | ||
| charm | ||
| flying | ||
| pass_door | ||
| haste | ||
| calm | ||
| plague | ||
| weaken | ||
| frenzy | ||
| berserk | ||
| swim | ||
| regeneration | ||
| slow | ||
| web |
Affect2
silence evasion cloak_guile warcry
light_shroud healing_aura energy_field spell_shield
spell_deflection avatar_shield fatigue paralysis
neurotoxin toxin electrical_barrier fire_barrier
frost_barrier improved_invis ensnare see_cloak
stone_skin morphlock deathsight immobile
protected
| Flag | Settable? | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| silence | Y | Affected by ‘silence’. Cannot recite scrolls, communicate verbally, use warcry or cast. |
| evasion | Y | Affected by ‘evasion’. Increased chance to dodge attacks. Chance to avoid aggro from mobs. |
| cloak_guile | Y | Further chance to avoid aggro mobs. |
| warcry | Y | Increased skill in many combat abilities. |
| light_shroud | Y | Reduced damage from undead by 10%. Blocks kill spell. |
| healing_aura | Y | Another form of regeneration. Mutually exclusive with regeneration. |
| energy_field | Y | Affected by ‘energy field’ - Reduces incoming energy/lightning damage by 10%. |
| spell_shield | Y | Affected by ‘spell shield’. Unused..? |
| spell_deflection | Y | Affected by ‘spell deflection’. Chance to bounce spells back at random targets. |
| avatar_shield | Y | Reduces damage from evil by 10%. |
| fatigue | Y | Lowers victim movement. |
| paralysis | Y | Prevents fleeing. |
| neurotoxin | Y | Affected by neurotoxin, lowers int. |
| toxin | Y | Affected by toxins, lowers strength. |
| electrical_barrier | Y | Affected by ‘electrical barrier’. Chance to bounce damage back at enemies. |
| fire_barrier | Y | Affected by ‘fire barrier’. Chance to bounce damage back at enemies. |
| frost_barrier | Y | Chance to bounce damage back at enemies. |
| improved_invis | Y | Affected by ‘improved invis’. Invis isn’t broken by combat. |
| ensnare | Y | Affected by ‘ensnare’. Cannot move. |
| see_cloak | Y | Can see through ‘cloak of guile’ spell. |
| stone_skin | Y | Affected by ‘stone skin’. Harder to bite. Improves AC. |
| morphlock | Y | Prevents use of shift or shape. |
| deathsight | Y | Affected by ‘deathsight’ spell. Can see ghosts. |
| immobile | Y | Currently just means unable to flee. |
| protected | Y | Protected from magic or damage. |
Special Functions
breath_any breath_acid breath_fire breath_frost
breath_gas breath_lightning cast_adept cast_cleric
cast_judge cast_mage cast_undead executioner
fido guard janitor mayor
poison thief nasty patrolman
questmaster protector dark_magic magic_master
fight_bot pirate pirate_hunter invasion
invasion_leader
These are mostly deprecated.. they provide some functions, but will likely be replaced by utility scripts you can attach to mobs.
| Flag | Settable? | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| breath_any | Y | Will attempt to use any of the breath affects at random. |
| breath_acid | Y | Periodically attempts to use acid breath. |
| breath_fire | Y | Periodically attempts to use fire breath. |
| breath_frost | Y | Periodically attempts to use frost breath. |
| breath_gas | Y | Periodically attempts to use gas breath. |
| breath_lightning | Y | Periodically attempts to use lightning breath. |
| cast_adept | Y | Periodically casts one of armour, bless, cure blindness, heal, cure poison, refresh, or cure disease on players level 10 or under. |
| cast_cleric | Y | Uses blindness, cause serious, earthquake, cause critical, dispel evil, curse, flamestrike, harm, plague, or dispel magic in combat, based on caster level. |
| cast_judge | Y | Uses ‘high explosive’ in combat. |
| cast_mage | Y | Depending on caster level, can use fireball, chill touch, weaken, colour spray, change sex, energy drain, plague, or acid blast in combat. |
| cast_undead | Y | Depending on caster level, can use curse, weaken, chill touch, blindness, poison, energy drain, harm, teleport, or plague in combat. |
| executioner | Y | Used to begin combat with ‘criminals’ - There are no crimes currently defined, so this is functionally disabled. |
| fido | Y | Consumes mob corpses in the room, leaving items on the floor. |
| guard | Y | Tells players to put pants on if male. If female, may tell them to put clothes on or grossly hit on them. Don’t use this, please. |
| janitor | Y | Picks up and purges low value (under 10 silver) trash or drink containers in the room. |
| mayor | Y | Does absolutely nothing. Entire function commented out. Used to do pathfinding and speech for the Olarian Mayor. |
| poison | Y | Attempts to bite enemies in combat, injecting them with poison. |
| thief | Y | Will attempt to steal coins from players. |
| nasty | Y | Will attempt to backstab players that are slightly above (within 10 levels) the mob’s level, then attempt to flee. |
| patrolman | Y | Attempts to break up fights in the room.. by joining them. |
| questmaster | Y | If fighting, acts as the ‘cast_mage’ special function. |
| protector | Y | Unused. Used to make Sir Albert Steiner throw people over level 30 in gaol if they attacked mobs in Plith. |
| dark_magic | Y | Like some of the other caster specs, but needlessly edgy in its speech lines. Completely commented out. |
| magic_master | Y | If blinded, attempts to cure blind. If cursed, remove curse. If not affected by sanctuary, attempts to sanc itself. Will also attempt to faerie fire itself for some reason. May attempt to cure itself, dispel magic on enemies, and otherwise cast a large variety of spells. |
| fight_bot | Y | Attempts to web, silence, blind, poison, plague enemies if not affected by these. Will cure blind itself, will attempt to remove/rewear all if not sanced. Can counterspell if enemy casts. Will otherwise cast magic missile. |
| pirate | Y | Same as fight_bot. Used in some invasion/ship quest code. Do not use. |
| pirate_hunter | Y | Limited form of fight_bot, used for going after pirate players. |
| invasion | Y | Just does various emotes. Used in invasions |
| invasion_leader | Y | Limited fight_bot, cannot be attacked by players outside of invasion quest level range. |
Sex
male female neutral random
none
Parts
arms brains claws ear
eye eyestalks fangs feet
fingers fins gills guts
hands head heart hide
horns legs long_tongue scales
tail tentacles tusks wings
| Flag | Settable? | Effect | |:—–|:———-|:——-|
Races
Available races are:
none human elf
dwarf titan vampire
drow sith draconian
slayer minotaur angel
mystic demon lich
avatar seraph berserker
colossus fiend specter
naga dragon changeling
hell baron wraith shaper
were_changed mob_vampire bat
werewolf bear bugbear
cat centipede dog
doll fido fox
goblin hobgoblin kobold
lizard doxian orc
pig rabbit school monster
snake song bird golem
unicorn griffon troll
water fowl giant wolf
wyvern nileshian skeleton
zombie wisp insect
gnome angel_mob demon_mob
rodent treant horse
bird fungus unique
| Flag | Settable? | Effect | |:—–|:———-|:——-|
Imm/Res/Vuln
summon charm magic weapon
bash pierce slash fire
cold light lightning acid
poison negative holy energy
mental disease drowning sound
wood silver iron kill
water air earth plant
These are used to set damage types that mobs may be resistant, vulnerable, or immune to. This is fairly straightforward in Sentience.
- Resist means that damage is reduced by 25% from that type.
- Vulnerable means that damage is increased by 25% from that type.
- Immune means no damage is taken from that type.
Offenses
area_attack backstab bash berserk
disarm dodge fade kick
dirt_kick parry rescue tail
trip crush assist_all assist_align
assist_race assist_players assist_npc assist_guard
assist_vnum magic
| Flag | Settable? | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| area_attack | ||
| backstab | ||
| bash | ||
| berserk | ||
| disarm | ||
| dodge | ||
| fade | ||
| kick | ||
| dirt_kick | ||
| parry | ||
| rescue | ||
| tail | ||
| trip | ||
| crush | ||
| assist_all | ||
| assist_align | ||
| assist_race | ||
| assist_players | ||
| assist_npc | ||
| assist_guard | ||
| assist_vnum | ||
| magic |
Size
tiny small medium large
huge giant
| Flag | Settable? | Effect | |:—–|:———-|:——-|
Material
air dirt dust paper
organic fruit meat moss
leaves skin ink flesh
clay mud cloth cotton
fur light wool energy
fire water glass feathers
intestines muscle parchment rubber
slime bark wicker reed
sand salt phosphorus sulfur
hemp leather porcelain crystal
ceramic wood ice tin
brass copper zinc bone
shell metal bronze iron
steel lead onyx ivory
silk silver nickel quartz
obsidian gemstone spidersilk ceramic
ruby sapphire emerald amethyst
opal pearl topaz gold
granite concrete stone marble
platinum moonstone dragonscale diamond
mithril papyrus plant unknown
| Flag | Settable? | Effect | |:—–|:———-|:——-|
Position
sleeping resting sitting standing
feigned
| Flag | Settable? | Effect | |:—–|:———-|:——-|
Damtype (for unarmed)
| Name | Attack String | Damage Type | |:—–|:————–|:————| | none | hit | untyped | | slice | slice | slash | | stab | stab | pierce | | slash | slash | slash | | whip | whip | slash | | claw | claw | slash | | blast | blast | bash | | pound | pound | bash | | crush | crush | bash | | grep | grep | slash | | bite | bite | pierce | | pierce | pierce | pierce | | suction | suction | bash | | beating | beating | bash | | digestion | digestion | acid | | charge | charge | bash | | slap | slap | bash | | punch | punch | bash | | wrath | wrath | energy | | magic | magic | magic | | divine | divine power | holy | | holy | holy fire | holy | | cleave | cleave | slash | | scratch | scratch | pierce | | peck | peck | pierce | | peckb | peck | bash | | chop | chop | slash | | sting | sting | pierce | | smash | smash | bash | | shbite | shocking bite | lightning | | flbite | flaming bite | fire | | frbite | freezing bite | cold | | acbite | acidic bite | acid | | chomp | chomp | pierce | | drain | life drain | negative | | decay | decaying touch | negative | | thrust | thrust | pierce | | slime | slime | acid | | shock | shock | lightning | | thwack | thwack | bash | | flame | flame | fire | | chill | chill | cold | | vorpal | slash | vorpal | | purify | purifying light | holy | | crblow | crippling blow | negative | | acrid | acrid spray | acid | | blight | blighting touch | disease | | boiling | boiling spray | water | | corrode | corrosion | acid | | discharge | discharge | lightning | | flog | flog | slash | | fumes | caustic fumes | acid | | lacerate | laceration | slash | | lash | lash | slash | | lbolt | lightning bolt | lightning | | pain | pain | mental | | pestilence | pestilence | disease | | scorch | scorching | fire | | scourge | scourge | slash | | scream | scream | sound | | shining | shining light | light | | shriek | deafening shriek | sound | | spike | spike | pierce | | spores | spores | disease | | surge | surge | lightning | | torrent | watery torrent | water | | toxblast | toxic blast | poison | | venom | venom | poison | | winbrth | wintery breath | cold |
Corpse Type
charred dissolve explode flay
frozen iceblock incinerate melted
nocorpse normal shatter skeletal
stone withered
| Flag | Settable? | Effect | |:—–|:———-|:——-|