RPG Maker MZ Plugin: CT Cooldown System — Skill & Item Cooldowns

CT_CooldownSystem adds a turn-based cooldown system to RPG Maker MZ skills and items with minimal setup and maximum clarity.

If you want skills or items to wait a few turns before being usable again — without variables, events, or complex scripting — this plugin does exactly that.

Designed to be:

• beginner-friendly
• predictable
• low-conflict
• support-light

✅ Features

✔ Turn-based cooldowns for skills and items

✔ Simple notetag system (<cooldown:X>)

✔ Clear cooldown text shown in battle

✔ Greyed-out UI when on cooldown

✔ Skills use per-actor cooldowns

✔ Items use party-wide cooldowns (intentional)

✔ Global plugin parameters + per-skill overrides

✔ No ATB assumptions

✔ No eventing required

🧍 Skills vs 🎒 Items (Important Design)

• Skills → cooldown is per actor
• Items → cooldown is shared across the party

This avoids confusion and matches player expectations.

🏷️ How To Use (Very Simple)

In a skill or item Note box:

<cooldown:2>

That’s it.

After using it:

• you must wait 2 turns
• before it can be used again

🔧 Optional Override

You can control cooldown reset per skill or item:

<cooldownReset:on> <cooldownReset:off>

Overrides global settings.

⚠️ Engine Notes (Not a Plugin Bug)

RPG Maker MZ allows multiple actors to select the same item during command input even if quantity is 1.

Only the first actor will successfully use the item when actions execute.

This is default RPG Maker MZ behavior.

🎯 Design Philosophy

CT_CooldownSystem focuses on:

• clarity over cleverness
• predictable behavior
• minimal edge cases
• no hidden mechanics

If you want a clean cooldown system that “just works”, this plugin is for you.

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