Now this probably has already been asked before but and it's probably a very roundabout way of doing it.

But can I use a bunch of if commands and attributes to create a battle like system??

Like have attributes on a player that the if commands look at to determine damage and how much damage you can take i'm probably going to go and like try it out anyway but i know there's a lot of really smart people on this forum that might have already done something like this and might want to share.

Also second question making a player have stats can i use attributes for that too is that what they're for? And if they are can the player set them themselves or are they set things that i have to put there and they aren't changeable by the player in anyway?

I''m still messing around with it and there might be a better way then just using a whole ton of "if" commands. Thanks for the infomation everyone :P

I would start with learning/understanding these:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/guides/character_creation.html
http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/samples/topic/5559/attributes-and-if-script-guide-by-hk

and you can take a look at this too (again, old code), for ideas with 'character creation' :

http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/samples/topic/4988/character-creation-crude-code-and-sample-game

then once you understand Attributes and the 'if' Script usage, you can move onto more advanced coding (which can be used instead of lots of long 'if' chains):

List/Dictionary Attribute usage:

http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/samples/topic/5137/list-and-dictionary-extensive-guide-by-hk
http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/samples/topic/5138/explore-and-travel-code-sample-by-hk (again, old code)

you can take a look at Pixie's Combat Library:

http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/samples/topic/5976/rpg-style-combat-library-2-0
http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/samples/topic/4886/rpg-style-combat-library

and, you can also take a look at my old combat code (using Pertex' Combat Library/code) for examples as well:

http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/quest/topic/3348/noobie-hks-help-me-thread#22483
http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/quest/topic/3348/noobie-hks-help-me-thread#22486 (key/legend: I've learned since doing this, to never use abrevs, ever again, lol)

resources:

http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/tutorial/
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/guides/
http://docs.textadventures.co.uk/quest/guides/character_creation.html
http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/samples (more guides: libraries and code samples)
https://github.com/ThePix/quest

ask if you need help with anything or got any questions or need anything explained