Workaround Mania Sunday Edition! Do you want to efficiently and temporarily prevent a character from equipping a certain type of equipment, such as when a character is subject to the effects of a status effect or if the character has yet to learn an ability such as "Equip Shield" (think Final Fantasy Tactics)? If so, then try this technique instead of resorting to all the Byzantine gyrations that required with RPG Maker 2000. 



How to Make it Work

1. Make an item of the type matching the type of equipment you wish to restrict. If you wish to have a custom message for each character (such as in the picture above), you'll need to make an item for each character you wish to restrict in this way.

2. Make sure the item has no name, does not alter any stats or have any bonuses to resistances. The item should have the "cursed" option checked, though.

3. If you wish to have a custom message explaining why that equipment type is restricted, type this message in the area normally used for the description.

4. When you want to restrict the equipment type, unequip the current equipment in that slot and equip the dummy item you made using the "Change Equipped Items" event command.

5. The player won't be able to unequip the dummy item and will see explanatory message you created . When the restriction is to be ended, use the "Change Equipped Items" event command to unequip it.


Limitations and Caveats

None.