Placeholders

A placeholder is a token in angle brackets that is filled in when the line runs:

- message{m=&7You struck &c<caster.name>&7! It has <caster.hp> health left.} +onHurt @trigger
- damage{a=<caster.level>*2} @target

They work in any text a mechanic shows (messages, titles, action bars, names, commands, holograms) and in numbers: an option that takes a number also takes a placeholder, a range like 1to5, or a small sum (<caster.level>*2+5). Text is resolved per recipient, so <target.name> is each player’s own name when one message reaches several.

Who

Every entity placeholder starts with who it is about:

Prefix	Is
`caster.`, `mob.`, `self.`	the mob running the skill
`target.`, `player.`	the target the line is acting on (in a dialog, the talking player)
`trigger.`, `killer.`	the entity that fired the trigger
`owner.`	the caster’s owner
`parent.`	the mob that summoned the caster

<caster> alone, with nothing after the prefix, is its name.

What

Add any of these after the prefix: <target.hp>, <caster.l.x>.

Field	Value
`name`	its name
`display`	its custom display name, with colours
`uuid`	its UUID
`hp`, `mhp`, `php`	health, max health, health as a percentage
`damage`, `armor`, `luck`	the attribute’s value
`stat.<attribute>`	any attribute: `<caster.stat.attack_speed>`
`level`	its level
`l.x`, `l.y`, `l.z`	block coordinates; add `.double` for exact ones: `<caster.l.y.double>`
`l.w`, `l.yaw`, `l.pitch`	world, yaw and pitch
`type`	the vanilla entity type
`type.name`, `mythic_type`	the LodeEntities mob id
`stance`	its stance (see `setstance`)
`target`	the name of whatever it is targeting
`threat`	the caster’s threat toward it
`tt.size`, `tt.top`	how many are on its threat table, and who is on top
`children.size`	how many mobs it has summoned
`velocity`	its speed
`item.type`, `item.amount`, `item.model`	the held item’s type, stack size and custom model data
`block.type`	the block it stands on
`ydiff`	its height relative to the caster
`fovoffset`	degrees between it and where the caster is looking
`raytrace`	the block it is looking at, as `x,y,z`
`var.<name>`	a variable stored on it
`score.<objective>`	its scoreboard score
`tag.<tag>`	`true` if it has that scoreboard tag

Variables

Placeholder	Is
`<var.NAME>`	a variable on the caster (short for `<caster.var.NAME>`)
`<target.var.NAME>`	a variable on the target
`<skill.var.NAME>`	a variable in this skill run
`<global.var.NAME>`, `<world.var.NAME>`	a server-wide or per-world variable

An unset variable is empty, and numbers print without a trailing .0.

Skill values

Placeholder	Is
`<skill.NAME>`	a parameter passed by `skill{s=fireball;damage=10}`: `<skill.damage>` is `10` inside `fireball`
`<skill.targets>`	how many targets the calling line handed down
`<skill.power>`	the skill’s power
`<skill.var.damage-amount>`	on `+onHurt` and damage auras, the damage taken

Everything else

Placeholder	Is
`<random.1to5>`	a whole number in the range, rolled each time
`<random.float.1to5>`	a decimal in the range
`<score.OBJECTIVE.ENTRY>`	a scoreboard score for any entry
`<global.score.OBJECTIVE>`	a server-wide score
`%placeholder%`	a PlaceholderAPI placeholder, when PlaceholderAPI is installed

MythicMobs’ escape codes for characters YAML or the line syntax would otherwise eat work too: <&co> for :, <&sc> for ;, <&cm> for ,, <&eq> for =, <&lc> and <&rc> for { and }, <&lb> and <&rb> for [ and ], <&nm> for #, <&sp> for a space, <&nl> for a new line. Addons can add their own prefixes; see Extending the Effect Language.

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