How can I have an attack do random damage each attack.

[JTK 0]

I would like for a physical attack to do a apply a random damage from 1-999 each time he attacks. 

I'm new to RPG Maker and I tried messing around with formulas for an hour but nothing i did made sense or worked.

 

[CyrusJazzberry 29]

i'm not at my rpg maker computer right now, but can't damage formulas have variables in them?

if they can, i'd say have a skill that does nothing but calls a common event that sets a variable between 1 and 999, then use a script like follow-up skills to start a skill that has the variable inside the formula.

[JTK 0]

2 hours ago, CyrusJazzberry said:

i'm not at my rpg maker computer right now, but can't damage formulas have variables in them?

if they can, i'd say have a skill that does nothing but calls a common event that sets a variable between 1 and 999, then use a script like follow-up skills to start a skill that has the variable inside the formula.

I want it to look something like that image but the game crashes with that formula. (I dont understand formulas at all)

Edited May 2, 2018 by JTK

[CyrusJazzberry 29]

11 minutes ago, JTK said:

I want it to look something like that image but the game crashes with that formula. (I dont understand formulas at all)

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looking at vxa's mouseover for damage formulas, variables can be used in the form of 'v[x]'. set up a common event that sets a variable between 1-999. replace that (1-100) with v[x], where x is the variable's database number. i'd recommend calling the common event before the battle so the game doesn't read an unset variable or a zero. i'd also recommend calling the common event with the skill so the variable is always changing

 

i've never really used variables in formulas before so i might be getting this all wrong, though

[Lord Vectra 414]

You don't have to do any of that. Do "rand(100)"

I assume 1 - 100 is multiplied by 4. If so, atk * 4 * rand(100) - b.def * 2

 

Hope this helps