Scripting Damage Reduction

[bugbear]

I'm scripting a custom spell that reduces damage taken by a certain percentage. I've made a trigger to add the unit to the event when it takes damage. My question is, "To reduce damage by 20%, would the following functions work properly?":

• Actions
  • Set TempReal = ((Damage taken) x 0.20)
  • Unit - Set life of (Triggering unit) to ((Life of (Triggering unit)) + TempReal)

Will this refund the correct amount of damage? Also, will this prevent the character from dying if they have hit points left after this triggered reduction? For example: I have 19 hp left, and my opponent deals 20 damage to me, but after this triggered reduction I should still have 3 hp left.

 

[Dirac]

1.- No need to use a tempreal, just write the function down in the life gaining.
2.- The code works but...
3.- If you have 20 hp left and you recieve 20 damage you die instead of having 4 hp left.. why? because the unit dies before it regains hp back

 

[bugbear]

I just did some heavy testing and it appears that the unit will not actually die, it does keep them alive. Apparently the hard coded trigger to kill the unit happens after they take the damage, allowing custom triggers, such as this, to interfere.

Also, it will still kill the unit if the final amount (after triggered) is a negative value.

This is a good thing.