How hard is it to make a skill description mod without any mod making experience?

[candid zinc]

I love the Better Descriptions mod but I also use the Ultimate Rebalance mod and neither mod creator is willing to make compatibility mods for each other. I really want to have the effects of both, and am considering essentially making a version of Better Descriptions for the Ultimate Rebalance, but I have no modding experience and would need a lot of help in figuring out how to do this. I don't even know what category of mod I should be tagging here to be honest.

TL;DR: How difficult is it to make a mod like Better Descriptions that only changes skill descriptions, for someone who's never made a mod in their life?

[faint steeple]

Here ya go.
Made it myself. c:

https://gamebanana.com/tuts/17268

Includes how to change the descriptions along with finding them, and making a mod for them.

[candid zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/ryuji-ryuji-sakamoto-skull-persona-5-persona-gif-10327831593131867873

fuck yeah thanks

[faint steeple]

if you have trouble, lmk

[candid zinc]

I'll update here with any questions!

[candid zinc]

I'm unsure on how to open AtlusScriptTools

like I'm up to here and I just don't...know what i'm supposed to be opening in this folder

which file here is the "AtlusScriptTools" I'm supposed to open

sorry I have like, no experience with modding or coding lmao

[candid zinc]

@faint steeple I'm really sorry if you don't want to be pinged I'm just really stuck here

oooh okay I found Atlus Script GUI as a separate download and that helped me progress, sorry

[whole willow]

yeah that should say to open Atlus Script GUI

[whole willow]

all of these are commandline tools I'm pretty sure

[candid zinc]

the guide never mentions the GUI existing so mentioning that would be good to include too

[faint steeple]

yeah, I gotta fix that link.

Hows the mod progress?

[candid zinc]

because I basically have to redo Better Descriptions from scratch it's gonna take me quite a long time to make (my mind is war-torn by ADHD and everything takes ages)

cause I'll need to redo...every skill description in the game

probably Traits and items too

this is gonna be a long project lmao

[candid zinc]

I've reached the elemental skill descriptions

I don't know what to put in the 3rd description line, if any

Line 1 is "XXX% Element dmg to [one foe]/[all foes]."

on Physical/Gun skills, I've got Line 2 as "XX% Accuracy, XX% Critical Rate."

Line 3 is for any extra effects, such as status effects or hitting multiple times

however because the Elemental magics never do Criticals, I've moved their status effects to Line 2

now that I think about it though, I probably should keep elements on Line 3 because not all elements have status effects

[faint steeple]

do it like this:
Line 2 is for Accuracy, and the amount of times it hits.
Line 3 is for Status effects or critical rate.

So like this:

300% Fire dmg to one foe, 45% Acc. Hit: 4-5x. 60% Crit/50% Sleep.

[candid zinc]

oooh I came up with an alternative

Line 1: Damage
Line 2: Accuracy
Line 3: Bonus

or rather, I have a good Line 3 for all 6 main elements

Fire, Ice and Electric skills have their status effects

Wind: "Has a lower SP cost."

Psychokinetic: "Techs all Mental Ailments."

Nuclear: "Techs all Elemental Ailments."

because while there's other Technical combos available, covering an entire category is something only they do, and it's a useful trait