ogs.core
Class Character

java.lang.Object
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  +--ogs.support.Object
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        +--ogs.core.Character

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventListener

public class Character

extends Object

A character is a fictional individual in a campaign setting. More specifically, a character is a creature with one or more character classes (cclasses). From a design pattern perspective, a character is the director or mediator of a creature and one or more cclasses.

Nested Class Summary

class

Character.Advance Manages experience level advancement of a character.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ogs.support.Object

listeners

Constructor Summary

Character(Creature creature, CClass cclass)
Create a single-classed, Nth-level character.

Method Summary

void	advanceCClass(CClass cclass) Advance a character class for this character.
boolean	canAdvance() Determine if this character can advance to the next experience level.
boolean	canIncreaseAbility() Determine if this character can increase an ability score.
Creature	getCreature() Determine the creature for this character.
int	getLevel() Determine the experience level of this character.
int	getPoints() Determine the current number of experience points for this character.
int	getSkillPoints() Determine how many skill points are available to spend on skills.
void	setPoints(int xpPoints) Change the current experience points of a character.

Methods inherited from class ogs.support.Object

addListener, handleEvent, notifyListeners, removeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Character

public Character(Creature creature,
                 CClass cclass)

Create a single-classed, Nth-level character. The specified character class determines the experience level of the character.

Parameters:

creature - Creatures used as character.

cclass - Character class of the character.

Method Detail

getCreature

public Creature getCreature()

Determine the creature for this character.

Returns:

Creature.object

getPoints

public int getPoints()

Determine the current number of experience points for this character.

Returns:

Experience points.

setPoints

public void setPoints(int xpPoints)

Change the current experience points of a character.

getLevel

public int getLevel()

Determine the experience level of this character. The experience * level of a character is also known as character level.

Returns:

Experience level of this character.

canAdvance

public boolean canAdvance()

Determine if this character can advance to the next experience level.

Returns:

True if this character can advance.

advanceCClass

public void advanceCClass(CClass cclass)

Advance a character class for this character.

Parameters:

cclass - Character class to advance.

getSkillPoints

public int getSkillPoints()

Determine how many skill points are available to spend on skills.

Returns:

Skill points available to spend on skills.

canIncreaseAbility

public boolean canIncreaseAbility()

Determine if this character can increase an ability score.

Returns:

True if this character can increase an ability score.