Character Class

Information about the Character class.

Member Attributes

• HP: Hit Points. When this number reaches 0, the character is dead.
• effects: A dictionary of effects. We start with no effects.
• position: The coordinates of the character. If you don't plan on using a coordinate system, this can be safely ignored.
• groups: Groups of characters. These are specifed as strings. EX: "Enemies", "Undead", etc.
• name: The name of the character. This can also be safely ignored, and is only added for your convience.

Member Methods

getActionBlock

Description: Returns a selected inter-personal action. If the chosen action is not interpersonal, a blank dict will be returned.

Note: This is a placeholder, and should be implemented in a derived class.

Returns: The action that the character will use.

Raise: NotImplementedError If not implemented.

getReactionBlock

Description: Returns a selected reaction. If the chosen action is not interpersonal, a blank dict will be returned.

Note: This is a placeholder, and should be implemented in a derived class.

Returns: The reaction to be used.

Raise: NotImplementedError If not implemented.

preTurn

Description: This method is called before _update. It doesn't need to be implemented, but it might help with things like status effects.

postTurn

Description: This method is called at the very end of the turn. It doesn't need to be implemented.

setPosition

Description: Sets the position. Specify however many coordinates you need, up to 3.

Postcondition: The position member variable is altered to refled the change.

Parameters:

• x: The new X coordinate
• y: The new Y coordinate
• z: The new Z coordinate

isDead

Description: Returns Whether or not the character is dead.

Returns: true if HP < = 0, False otherwise.