Multiple level spells within a spellbook

[Xzife_TD01]

Ok, ill try to explain this as clearly as i can...I want to make heros for an orpg, and they each have 3 differant spellbooks (basically the talant trees in WoW) you invest your hero points in the spellbook, and depending on how many hero points you have in a specific tree, that determines how many spells, and what rank of those spells, you know in that tree.

Example: Exile's Fire Tree:
First Point: Fireball (lvl 1)
Second Point: Flamestrike (lvl 1)
Third Point: Soul Burn (lvl 1) Fireball (lvl 2)
etc.

Hope thats clear enough, if not, just say so and ill see if i can do better.

 

[donut3.5]

You can't level up the abilities in a spellbook, what you can do is make 1 ability for each level. Its a lot more annoying, but that's the only way I can think of.
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[Just_Spectating]

uhhh.. donut, yes, you can level up the abilities in a spell book.. i did so in my map.. you just level the ability up for the unit that has the spell book with the ability inside.

 

[donut3.5]

Oh ok, didn't know.. Of course, the way I said doesn't require triggers, but yours is much more efficient.
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[Xzife_TD01]

Ok, but can I make it so the spellbook doesnt have an ability, say Flamestrike, untill the hero has spent a certain number of points in the fire tree?

 

[Eleandor]

you could do this by turning the spellbook into a hero ability. Then you add e.g. 3 levels to spellbook and change the abilities of the spells inside the book for each level.
I'm not sure if you can say something like "fireball lvl2" here but you can either make a second fireball ability that is stronger (and call it lvl 2) or increase the level of fireball when someone learns level 3 Fire tree.
I do think that, if you include a tome of retrainment, you might have to decrease the level of fireball yourself when a unit uses that tome.

If you want to be able to choose your own spells inside the book and level them when your book gains a level, you'll need something more clever...