Director
The Director Postprocessor forwards the Effect to another Actor after the current Effect was processed. It is the same as the Director Preprocessor, but it runs at the end of the pipeline.
It resolves the Director Stat the same way, through the same Director relations, and applies the forwarded Effect according to its Director Signature.
When to use it instead of the Preprocessor
A Director Preprocessor forwards the Effect before anything is applied. A Director Postprocessor forwards it once the Effect went through, so everything the Postprocessors listed before it did is already in place.
This matters for chains and bounces. A chain lightning makes each victim immune and then bounces to the enemies nearby. With the Director as a Postprocessor, the bounce always comes after the victim became immune, so a neighbour can't bounce the lightning back, and the chain ends once everyone in range is hit.
Make the victim immune with something the victim owns and that runs before the bounce:
- an Intervener Effect Preprocessor (AS/MAS: its Receiving relation is resolved on the Target), or
- for BS Effects, a Counter Effect Postprocessor listed before the Director Postprocessor.
An AS/MAS Counter Effect Postprocessor resolves its Receiving relation on the Source (the attribute stat belongs to the attacker). A victim's immunity placed there never fires, nobody becomes immune, and two enemies hit at the same time bounce the Effect between each other until the game crashes with a stack overflow.
Settings
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Receiving Director Key | The Director relation resolved on the Target Actor. |
| Applying Director Key | The Director relation resolved on the Source Actor. |
| Run On | The outcomes it runs for. Applied by default: a blocked Effect (for example, blocked by immunity) is not forwarded. |
One of the two keys is enough. A key left as None is skipped.
The original Effect is already applied when the Postprocessor runs, so the Director Signature's Block Effect has no effect here.
Variations
Ships as BS, AS and MAS. See the Processor naming scheme.