View source for Part 4: adding the skillbook to a vendor

This article is part of a 4-part series on how to create, edit and use a new skill.

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| [[Part 1: creating a new skill]]
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| [[Part 2: creating a skill from existing]]
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| [[Part 3: creating and using a skillbook]]
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| [[Part 4: adding the skillbook to a vendor]]
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The data used in this article was created in parts 1 & 2 of the series.

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== Description ==
Vendors are NPC characters that buy or sell items. In order to assign our skillbook to a vendor npc, we will need to do a couple of things:
# Create a treasure table
# Create a vendor
# Add the treasure table to the vendor


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== Setting up a vendor ==
=== Step 1: Creating a treasure table ===
[[File:CreateVendor_Step1_CreateTreasureTable.png|none]]
<sub>Creating the treasure table stats entry</sub>

First, we will create a new treasure table to assign to our vendor. Treasure tables are item tables used to define random loot.


To create our treasure table, we:
* Open the TreasureTable stats document in the [[File:StatsEditor_Icon.png|32px]] [[Stats editor]] (Create the document if it does not yet exist) <span style="color:#FCFF27">(1)</span>.
* Create a new treasure table, I named mine "ST_SkillbookWaterBolt", and then set the following fields <span style="color:#FCFF27">(2)</span>:
** DropCount (1,1): this defines the minumum and maximum amount of items generated from the treasure table.
** ObjectCategory (I_SKILLBOOK_Air_WaterBolt): this is the name of our skillbook's stat object with "I_" prefixed to it.
** Frequency (1): the likelyhood of SKILLBOOK_Air_WaterBolt being generated from the treasure table.
* Save <span style="color:#FCFF27">(3)</span>.

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=== Step 2: Creating a vendor ===

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=== Step 3: Adding the treasure table to the vendor ===

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== Troubleshooting ==
Several things can cause a skillbook to not show up on a vendor's sell list:
* The item was not generated out of that treasure table
*: Items in treasure tables are randomly generated, if an item does not show up it might just be bad RNG!
* The "Story Item" flag is checked in the skillbook properties

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