EXPENDABLE (a child element of SPELL) means the skill is "expendable". Each use of this skill consumes something from the stock or similar quantity, and when it is used up, it cannot be used again until restored.
By default, item is expendable, but all other skills and weapons are not.
EXPENDABLE does not take any value.
EXPENDABLE skills or weapons function like items. A good example of "expendable" spells is the system used in Final Fantasy VIII.
Please note that if you want to use EXPENDABLE for skills or weapons, you must create a "dummy" item of the same name as the skill or weapon. Check out the following example.
This example defines a weapon which is expendable and each use of this weapon will consume one unit from stock.
- <WEAPON>
- <NAME>Ninja Stars</NAME>
- <EXPENDABLE/>
- ......
- </WEAPON>
For the above example to work, a dummy item of the same name must be defined (for details of defining items please see the description of ITEMS) like the example below.
- <ITEM>
- <NAME>Ninja Stars</NAME>
- </ITEM>