Indeed, you cannot limit equipment in this way. The only allowed prereqs for equipment are techs, races (blocks unit design and shop) and unit level. Besides unit level, there is no good way to block a unit from equipping an item once it is in the inventory. There is one bad way, but that means the item is destroyed if placed in the inventory of a unit that can't equip it.

A work-around is to give the equipment a modifier that requires a unitstat on the wearer. For example, a mount can be equipped by anyone but if ridden by a UnitStat_Dragonlord = 1 then the unit will also unlock a firebreath attack, or deal extra melee damage.

Actually now that i'm trying to do it i'm starting to think that modifying weightcapcity like this won't work because these unitstat comparion this will only when when comparing values.... so like when attacking a unit.

HF - reading your reply above though you mentioned unlocking a firebreath attack with a unitstat... can you alaborate on what you meant?  Or is there an item in the Reliquary that does something similar that you could point me at as an example?

Cheers

(I think) I get what you mean now, but I can't seem to get the unitstat prereq's to work...

I have this spell/ability:

<SpellDef InternalName="JB_AwakenDemonSteed">
   <DisplayName>Awaken Demon Steed</DisplayName>
   <Description>Awakens a Demon Steed.</Description>
   <Image>T_Confusion_Painting.png</Image>
   <IconFG>T_Confusion_Icon.png</IconFG>
   <IconColor>32,45,243</IconColor>
   <AutoUnlock>1</AutoUnlock>
   <CanStack>0</CanStack>
   <SpellBookSortCategory>Unit</SpellBookSortCategory>
   <SpellBookSortSubCategory>UnitEnchantment</SpellBookSortSubCategory>
   <SpellType>Strategic</SpellType>
   <SpellClass>Defensive</SpellClass>
   <SpellSubClass>Buff</SpellSubClass>
   <SpellTargetType>Self</SpellTargetType>
   <Range>0</Range>
   <Prereq>
      <Type>UnitStat</Type>
      <Attribute>UnitStat_CallDemonSteed</Attribute>
      <Value>1</Value>
   </Prereq>

...etc
</SpellDef>

Note the prereq.

Then I have an ability trait with this in there as one of the game modifiers....

<GameModifier>
   <ModType>Unit</ModType>
   <Attribute>AdjustUnitStat</Attribute>
   <StrVal>UnitStat_CallDemonSteed</StrVal>
   <Value>1</Value>
   <Provides>Unit can call and ride a Demon Steed</Provides>
</GameModifier>

So I would have expected as a start point, that giving a character this ability would unlock the spell above.  Doesn't seem to work, been testing a heap of stuff and not sure what i'm missing (probably something simple).

Can you see anything obvious?

I thought of that.... but i've been checking out the UnitStat_Reliquary_HatchedDragon and that doesn't seem to be defined anywhere?

(still working on it)

<UnitStatType InternalName="UnitStat_Reliquary_Dragonrider">
        <DisplayName>dfas</DisplayName>
        <DisplayNameShort>adfs</DisplayNameShort>
        <Description>afdsasdf</Description>
        <Icon>Stat_Dodge_Icon.png</Icon>
        <Hidden>1</Hidden>
    <UnitStatGrouping>CombatStat</UnitStatGrouping>
    <UnitStatGrouping>UnitDetailsCombatStat</UnitStatGrouping>
</UnitStatType>

<UnitStatType InternalName="UnitStat_Reliquary_HatchedDragon">
        <DisplayName>dfas</DisplayName>
        <DisplayNameShort>adfs</DisplayNameShort>
        <Description>afdsasdf</Description>
        <Icon>Stat_Dodge_Icon.png</Icon>
        <Hidden>1</Hidden>
    <UnitStatGrouping>CombatStat</UnitStatGrouping>
    <UnitStatGrouping>UnitDetailsCombatStat</UnitStatGrouping>
</UnitStatType>

in nevertouchunitstat.xml

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