Encounter token breakdown

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API

key	necessity	type	description	Example
map	optional	string	Map name. In case there is no map for the boss (see: conquerors or elder guardians) then this field is ommited	Coves
bosses	required	string	Boss name. Can be multiple	Telvar, the Inebriated
type	optional	string[]	List of ability damage types.	physical, fire
abilities	required	string[]	List of boss abilities	Spawn Barrel, Tar
tip	required	string[]	List of Player Interactions to given Ability. yml brackets have the same role as dashes.	dodge, kill new spawns
gif	required	string	Video source. Currently all of the sources are hosted from http://gyazo.com/	https://i.gyazo.com/279f86d6f8652e9708cde4a80276223c.mp4
about	required	string[]	About ability list. Wrap each sentence with double quotation marks (""). In future we may enhance those strings.	Every couple seconds Telvar throws Barrel at player's position
isChallenge	optional	boolean	Marks ability as League Challenge	true, false
aboutChallenge	optional	string[]	About League Challenge	Defeat Lycius, Midnight's Howl in Lair Map while he is channeling Wolf Barrage

YAML example

map: Coves
bosses:
  - Telvar, the Inebriated:
      abilities:
        - Spawn Barrel:
            tip: [ destroy ]
            gif: https://i.gyazo.com/20b4ddbade91f264d18ba8c304d9a19a.mp4
            about:
              - "Every couple seconds Telvar spawns a Barrel at random position"
              - "Once destroyed leaves a pool of Tar"
        - Tar:
            tip: [ move out ]
            gif: https://i.gyazo.com/22602b30cc9cf622a91f1a0c371477d6.mp4
            about:
              - "Being in Tar slows your movement"
        - Throw Barrel:
            type: [ physical ]
            tip: [ dodge ]
            gif: https://i.gyazo.com/279f86d6f8652e9708cde4a80276223c.mp4
            about:
              - "Every couple seconds Telvar throws Barrel at player's position"
        - Alchemy Orb:
            type: [ fire ]
            gif: https://i.gyazo.com/22602b30cc9cf622a91f1a0c371477d6.mp4
            about:
              - "Alchemy Orb leaves a pool of flames"

  - Pirate Treasure:
      abilities:
        - Slam:
            type: [ physical ]
            tip: [ destroy ]
            gif: https://i.gyazo.com/20b4ddbade91f264d18ba8c304d9a19a.mp4
            about:
              - "Performs a deadly slam"
              - "This ability can explode Telvar's Barrel"
        - Whirling Blades:
            tip: [ dodge ]
            gif: https://i.gyazo.com/de274bac97aeea2ad5e7726b7c1250ab.mp4
            about:
              - "Rolls towards player linearly"
              - "This ability can explode Telvar's Barrel"

Common tokens

In common cases you may notice we don't use "normal" strings but tokens. Pay attention to about key in example below:

# coves.yml
map: Coves
bosses:
  - Telvar, the Inebriated:
      abilities:
        - Spawn Barrel:
            tip: [ destroy ]
            gif: https://i.gyazo.com/20b4ddbade91f264d18ba8c304d9a19a.mp4
            about:
              - /SPAWN_BARREL/
              - "Once destroyed leaves a pool of Tar"

In example above /SPAWN_BARREL/ is a skill token which value is located in tokens/skills.yml

Skill token has 3 rules:

1. Must start with forward slash (/)

2. Must be upper-cased with underline in case ability name has more than 2 words

3. Must end with forward slash (/)

example: /SPAWN_BARREL/, /FIREBALL/

Since standard yaml files by definition are independent of each other we can't import in any shape or form values form other yaml file values nor make a use of yaml anchors/aliases.

To make our lives easier and not duplicate definitions of common skills, in scripts/encounters/extract-tokens.js we are replacing token(s) value for our .json auto-generated files.