2017 Update: Hi guys, sorry for the dead mod over a time span of more than a year. I stopped BGEE for a long period after I was terribly disappointed my entire party was un-recruitable in SoD. Took me that long to get over it. Eventually I was able to continue where I left off by doing a custom 6-person party Single-Player mode available in SoD (Use EEKeeper to clone every single items over).
Original Post:
First of all I am new here, hope I could get some guidance from the experienced peeps here.
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I enjoyed quite everything I had so far for BGEE (except a few bugs), but I realised the original fun aspect of the theme were gone when some of the "unique" items have duplicate extras in Sword Coast (In fact I found out a staggering 18 of them were duplicated).
So I decided to came out with a "Fun Pack" mod that seek to improve the gaming progression/experience by replacing all this duplicated gears. Currently I have 3 aims to focus on improving gameplay without destroying the game balancing, so please don't expect any godly (+3 and above) items
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Focus for the mod will be:
1) To remove all duplicated magical items (about 18 of them) and replace them with similar new items (Mostly from BG2EE, total 18 new items added in)
2) Minor XP tweak on certain Enemies & Quests (very small scale, 98% of the gameplay are not affected)
3) Tweak all General Stores (only inside BG City) so you can sell anything to them (including scrolls, gems and potions).
So below are the detail changelog on what I been working on...
BGEE GEARS CHANGES
Latest Update (still working):
1) Added Cloak of Dampening (New Item)
2) Added Ring of Fire Control
3) Removed Orc Leather +3, replaced with Ammo Belt
4) Replace Wakisashi +2 with +1 version
5) Buffed Girdle of Fortitude (Set to 18 Con once Equipped)
6) Ulcaster Academy Ring has been slightly nerfed. Different name to separate it out from the OG version.
7) Polish Item Lore for the remaining new items.
* - Modified Item
** - Complete New Item (Refer to pictures below for more details)
Replacement loot:
Amulet of Cheetah Speed* - Lothander (Replace Boot of Speed)
Gauntlet of Missile Snaring - Tazok tent (Replace Gauntlet of Weapon Expertise)
Girdle of Fortitude* - Merklin (Replace Boot of Avoidance)
Gloves of Strength** - Simmeon (Replace Golden Girdle)
Golden Ioun Stone - AR5500 (Replace Ring of Fire Resistance)
Hunter's Ring** - Friendly Arm Inn (Replace Ring of Wizardry)
Delver's Plate +2 - Simmeon (Replace Plate Mail +1)
Ring of Human Influence - Dushai (Replace Ring of Free Action)
Robe of Invocation - Baeloth (Replace Robe of Evil Archmagi)
Quarterstaff +2 - Shandalar (Replace Robe of Neutral Archmagi)
Malakar +2 - Undercity (Replace Plate Mail +2)
Wakisashi +1 - AR2100 (Replace Cloakwood Scimitar +2)
New add on:
Cloak of Dampening** - Ulgoth Beard Store
Ring of Fire Control - Ulgoth Beard Store
Gargoyle Boot - Semaj
Helm of Charm Protection - Chest (Duchal Palace basement)
Morning Star +2 - Empty Crypt (Candlekeep Dungeon)
Ammo Belt - Black Lily Store
Ring of Earth Control - Tracea Carol (Shandalar House basement)
Small Shield +2 - Crate (Balduran Ship Lv3, Replace Medium Shield)
Academy Ring - Ulcaster (Reward after returning his Dusty Book)
Removed items:
Cloak of Non-detection - Ordulinian, Sorcery Sundries (Refer below under Quest Tweaks)
Girdle of Bluntness - Storekeep at AR1117
Harrower +1 - Elkart (Replace with a normal Long Sword +1)
Long Bow of Marksmanship +2 - Undead Knight
Plate of the Dark +1 - Undead Knight
Ring of Thorn - AR2100 (Replace with Fire Opal Ring)
Sling of Unearring Accuracy - Black Lily (Black Thieves Store)
Others:
1) Change Icon for Magma Bulwark to BG2 version of Plate Mail +2.
2) Stupifier +1 has been balanced to fit into BG power level (Refer to pics below)
3) Girdle of Fortitude & Amulet of Cheetah Speed is abit different from BG2EE (Refer to pics below)
4) Among the new items, 3 of them are created by myself
5) Undead Knights & Ulcaster are no longer killable by poison or legit means (There is hidden surprised though)
6) You can now exchange "Koveras ROP+1", "Golden Ioun Stone" for a "Circlet of Archmagi" from Ulcaster *Special Spoiler*
QUESTS & XP TWEAKS
1) Final Battle XP has been buffed slightly to reflect correct difficulty which is based on vanilla BG1, as well as give a more gratifying feel for completing the game
Semaj - 6000 XP for killing him instead of 3000XP (He is stronger than Davaeron afterall)
Tazok - 6000 XP for killing him instead of 4000XP (Original BG XP)
Angelo - 10000 XP for killing him instead of 9800XP (Same as Angelo.cre)
Note: Final Battle now net you a grand total of 57K XP (including 5 Battle Horrors traps). Call me OCD but 57K is a nice divisible number for a party of 1-6 characters
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2) Ordulinian will now reward you with a Cloak of Protection +1 for completing Arkion & Nemphre Quest. To balance the changes Nemphre house no longer contain a cloak of protection+1 but a Pearl Necklace. (To compensate for removal of CoND)
Note: The above changes indirectly fixed the bug where you can get extra 2x cloak of non-detection by turning in Arkion Quests and then kill Ordulinian. In my mod, Ordulinian will physically pass you his cloak from his inventory so if you pickpocket him earlier you wont get anything (Shows about the dev's negligence)
3) Hurgan Stoneblade now reward you 15K XP, +1 Reputation, Kneecapper+1 for completing the Soultaker Quest
4) Extend Samuel Quest (AR5500) timer of his death from 3 days to 10 days.
5) Extend Coran Wyvern Quest timer from 16 days to 28 days (I have also edit Coran5 to make sure his pt is all focus into Find Trap, but this change wont be included in the mod itself)
STORES MOD
All 6 General Stores in BG city will accept anything you sell them. They are:
AR1112
AR1115
AR1116
AR1117
AR1302
AR1320
CHANGES ON ITEMS STATS
Below are the pictures of Gears/Items that has gone through slight modification change or are completely new Items.
Note: Mod still in progress, please do not download the attached FILES