where to start coding Player Status?

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Hi, i have a mod that i plan on working on in my spare time and over the summer while i take a game programming course just for fun.(i'm a computer science major) I wont disclose too much information about it because I dont know if it'll EVER be complete, and i dont want to be the type that always talks about new projects that never get finished.

So with that said, I am trying to figure out where to start. I think I should start with the player's status conditions, such as health and adding other condition variables, since those are standalone from pretty much everything else I would think...

if this is not correct please tell me where I should start, and which files to start modifying. Thanks!