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This page documents Module:AbilityTable/Lists, which defines which abilities appear in each automatic ability table on the wiki.

The module has two sections: lists (which abilities to include) and exclude_abilities (which abilities to suppress despite matching).

How to add a missing ability to a list

If an ability should appear in a table but doesn't, it's because none of its data properties match the list's property keys. The fix is to add a raw ability name string directly to the list.

Find the relevant list in the module (e.g. ["dispelmagic"]) and add the ability name at the end, after the property keys, keeping the names in alphabetical order:

["dispelmagic"] = {
    "BleedDuration", "BurnDuration", ...,
    "Card Trick", "Essence Theft", "Life Drain", "My New Ability",
},

Make sure the ability name matches exactly as it appears on its wiki page.

How to exclude an ability from a list

If an ability appears in a table but shouldn't (a false positive), add it to exclude_abilities under the relevant stat, with a comment explaining why:

["dispelmagic"] = {
    "Bookwyrm",  -- has DebuffDuration for some reason
    "My Ability", -- explain why it's a false positive here
},

How to add a new list

Adding a new list means a new ability table stat will become available via {{AbilityTable|statname}}.

Step 1: Add a new entry to the lists table in this module with the stat name and its matching property keys:

-- Brief description of what this list represents
["mystat"] = { "PropertyOne", "PropertyTwo" },

Step 2: Register the stat in Module:AbilityTable by adding it to extra_columns (or leave it out if no special columns are needed beyond Notes).

Step 3: Optionally add human notes for specific abilities in Module:AbilityTable/Notes.

Note: property key names come from Data:AbilityData.json. If an ability's effect has no matching property, use a raw ability name string instead (see above).