BM's True Darkness System

THIS SCRIPT WAS COMPILED IN NWN:EE. IT MAY NOT FUNCTION AS INTENDED IN OLDER VERSIONS OF NWN.

Has anyone ever wondered why torches don't really do anything in NWN? I mean...they do shed light, but unlike PnP, that light doesn't actually have any tangible mechanical effect on the characters. A human or halfling can fight just as well in a pitch-black cave as they can in the daylight. Surely they should actually be at some form of disadvantage against all of the orcs/drow/half-dragon were-bunnies that may be lurking in that cave, right? Well without further ado, I'd like to present my own little system to make all of those Rings of Crimson cluttering up your inventory actually worth their price tag. The True Darkness System is a simple pair of scripts that allow a builder to dynamically tag any area/areas they like in their module as Dark areas. Any PC in one of these areas will need either some form of enhanced vision, or a light source (carried either by themselves, or a henchman), or they will suffer penalties in combat - namely a 50% miss chance on attacks (similar to that provided by the Darkness spell), and a -2 AC penalty. Both of these numbers are easily configurable for anyone who wishes to make things easier/harder on their players. Naturally, if the PC finds some source of light, or retreats outside into the sunlight, they will be able to see again, and will no longer suffer these disadvantages.

I intend to find time at some point to add in a trigger-based system for defining lit rooms within areas tagged as dark, but this should be perfectly servicable in it's current form, so I thought I might as well put it out here for anyone who might be interested.