How do I attach a variable to animation?

I have four different animations for a sprite. I had an idea to attach a variable number for each animation of an object to affect where they spawn in. Perhaps I'm looking at it the wrong way? Perhaps there's something else I can do instead?

I think you understood correctly. However, I myself am having trouble with understanding some of the context here. How can I implement templates in animations? Do I name the template the same as the animation?

Say, you have a single Enemy sprite with animations Zombie, Skeleton and Goblin.

Put 3 copies of this sprite on Assets layout. Configure the animation and instance variables like HP, armor etc. And give a name to each template:

When you create an Enemy from "goblin" template, it will be created with the correct animation and variable values.

Templates are not related in any way to animations. You can have multiple templates with the same animation, for example "zombie_soldier", "zombie_medic"

I think I have it now.

Thanks for the example, it really cleared things up. Now how do I trigger a spawning to a certain event OR a timeframe, say, of 5 sec of that event not happening?

You can use Timer behavior. Or increase a variable every 1 second, and check if it's >=5 seconds.

You can use Timer behavior. Or increase a variable every 1 second, and check if it's >=5 seconds.

For this... I might also need another example.

Start a timer. In "On timer" event spawn a new object.

There are plenty of tutorials and detailed documentation:

construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/behavior-reference/timer