Editing Map Editor - Objects (section)

== [[Event]]s and [[Pandora's Box]]es ==
Despite the fact that Events are available as an All-Terrain object, while Pandora's Boxes can be found in the Artifacts tab of the Map Editor, they serve the same purpose. Events are activated when a hero lands (even briefly) on a tile with an Event, stopping the hero's movement. Pandora's Boxes are activated once a hero picks up a Pandora's Box, and following the message, decides to open it. 

Events and Pandora's Boxes can be customized as follows:
* General
** Message: Pandora's Box message plays ''before'' the player decides whether to open it or not; Events message plays ''before'' other effects, but the event cannot be avoided after the message is played. 
** Players allowed to trigger event (only for Events): Only the chosen players will be able to interact with the event. 
** Allow human to trigger event (only for Events): Human players will also be able to interact with the event (as long as they belong to the Players listed above)
** Allow computer to trigger event (only for Events): AI will also be able to interact with the event (as long as they belong to the Players listed above)
** Cancel event after first visit (only for Events): If unchecked, the event will play out whenever the appropriate player's hero enter or re-enters the cell, forever. It is highly recommended to turn ''on'' this option. 
* Guardians: Immediately after the player opens the Pandora's Box or the Event's message is accepted, the Guardians will attack the player's Hero. 
* Contents: After the guardians are defeated (provided there are any), or after the message is accepted (and the box opened, in case of the Pandora's Box) the player will be rewarded with all of the Events or Pandora's Boxes contents. Below is a list of all possible Pandora's Box and Event contents:

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* Experience,
* Spell points (the player may receive them or lose them),
* Morale (including negative morale), 
* Luck (including negative luck), 
* Resources (the player may receive them or lose them), 
* Primary Skills, 
* Secondary Skills, 
* Artifacts (Including those banned in the Map Specifications), 
* Spells (Including those banned in the Map Specifications), 
* Creatures, 
* Movement points {{withmapedhota}} ([[Movement#Pandora Boxes and Events altering movement points|the player may gain them, have them taken, set, replenished, or nullified]]). 
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Note, that if not customized, Events and Pandora's Boxes will not reward the player at all. Keep in mind that multiple contents can be selected across various tabs. All will apply to the hero (f.e. a hero may gain 1000 XP ''and'' 2 Archangels), one by one (from top to bottom of the list). Still, only one content type may be selected per tab (i.e. the player can receive experience once, or can ''either'' have their movement points replenished or gained, etc.). 

When using the map editor from {{hota}} 1.7.1 or newer, the difficulty setting for which Pandora's Boxes or Events will spawn can be customized. They will simply not be placed on the map at all if the map is generated with a different difficulty chosen. 

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