// return the minimum amount a stat can be modified to relative to 0
public float?getLowerLimit(StatType type)
{
StatValue thisStat = this.getStatValue(type);
// if its null we will try and get the default for this stat
if (thisStat.lowerLimit == null)
{
return(type.getDefaultLowerLimit());
}
return(thisStat.lowerLimit);
}