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Custom Loot Pools​

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Introduction
This RPG Maker MV plugin allows for the creation of custom loot pools for your items, weapons and armor*, through the use of custom notetags. You can then award the player a random element from a given pool. You can also award multiple random elements from a given pool. The loot pools can also be added as enemy drops, enhancing the loot distribution process even further.
*From this point on, any reference made to 'item/s' also refers to weapons and armors, unless otherwise stated.
Note: This plugin changes the way drops are displayed after battle. It probably won't be compatible with any plugin that does the same.

Plugin Parameters​

This plugin has no plugin parameters, it is entirely set up through notetags.​

What are Loot Pools?​

A loot pool is a collection of items that share a common custom notetag. These notetags allow the developer to award a random item from the pool using a script call or by adding the loot pools to an enemy's drops.

Add an item to a loot pool using the following notetag format:

<Loot Pools>
lootPool
</Loot Pools>

Let's take a look at an example notetag to see how this works:
In the above image, we see the notebox of an item in the database.
This notetag adds the item to a custom loot pool name 'potions'
This is all that is necessary to create a custom loot pool.

You can then use the following script call to award a random element from your newly created pool:

• Replace "lootPool" with the name of the loot pool you wish to draw from.
• Quotation marks ARE required around the loot pool name.
• Replace "X" with the quantity of that item to drop.
• A default quantity of 1 will be used if no quantity is provided.

So, with everything we have right now, if we used the following script call:


It would award the player with an item from the potions loot pool. Since there is only one item in the loot pool, it would award that item everytime you used this script call, until you add mre items to the pool.

If we repeat the same process of adding our custom notetag to the next item in the database, we begin to see what this plugin is capable of.

If we then us the same script call:


We again award the player a random item from the potions loot pool, but this time, it could be either item with the potions loot pool notetag.

You can alternatively use the script call:
To award a random set of items from the supplied Loot Pool.

Replace X with the number of random items from the given loot pool to the player.

If no quantity in provided, the default quantity of 2 will be used. This allows you to award multiple random items from a given loot pool with one script call. Use it when you want more than one random reward at a time.

A few notes about creating the Loot Pool notetags:​

Enemy Drops​

You can add loot pools to enemy drops. When added to enemy drops, the loot pools work similarly to the script call. Upon defeat an enemy with a loot pool attached as a drop, will have a chance to drop a random item from the attached loot pool.

Add a loot pool to an enemy drop using the following notetag format in the enemy's note box:

<Loot Drops>
potions: 100%
</Loot Drops>

• Replace lootPool with the name of a custom loot pool attached to your items.
• Replace X% with the percent chance to call the random drop upon defeating the enemy.

Example:

A few notes about creating the Loot Drop notetags:​