bonus damage based on intelligence

i'm trying to make a "simple" ability that is targetable on self and allies. basically, once cast, it should give the target a bonus damage equal to the hero's intelligence.

any ideas on how to get this done?

I think you could give the item damage ability, and just give it several times depending on the intelligence.

Detect when its cast and use "Intelligence of triggering units (include bonuses)" or something similar to that as the intelligence and then work some math.

Oh wait. Maybe I misunderstand.

Is the spell a hero spell based on Int, ie

level 1: 10 x int
level 2: 100 x int
level 3: 1000 x int

OR is it a unit spell that makes their damage go up based on their int?

If its a unit spell then check their intelligence and either store it in a variable and then add that much to their damage through abiltiies.

If its a hero spell you can do the same thing.

I prefer varaibles though.

i did what you suggested at first, made a dummy item damage bonus ability that goes up to level 150. then whenever the spell is cast, i add that bonus damage ability to the unit and set its level to the intelligence of the hero.

works pretty well so far. i'll let you know if i run into problems

Okay. Only problem would be if you have like tomes or something, then it could get complicated if int can go up to 835732657659743659876545.

But I doubt it.

i dont think it would cause a problem; i already tested it with a hero that has more than 200 INT (for testing purposes) and it just caps his damage bonus to 150.

if it didn't however, you could run a simple check on your own to make sure that if the INT was greater than, say, 150, then to set the level to 150 automatically.

True that. I'm not saying its a problem, just that it could be.

But as you said, its not, and cant be. Thats fine.