SHS MIRROR

GITHUB MIRROR

Assorted personalized tweaks that might interest others. Will be updated regularly as I make more changes, will accept requests or suggestions within reason. All previous kit components have been migrated over to The Artisan's Kitpack.

Adds new racial enemies. This component unifies the racial enemy selection between BG:EE, BG2:EE and IWD:EE and offers an expanded variety of choices. The available racial enemies include:

Ankheg
Basilisk
Bear
Beholder
Carrion Crawler
Doppleganger
Dragon
Drider
Dwarf
Elemental
Elf
Ettercap
Ettin
Fairy
Fiend
Genie
Ghoul
Giant
Gibberling
Githyanki
Goblin
Golem
Gnoll
Gnome
Half-elf
Half-orc
Halfling
Hobgoblin
Human
Imp
Kobold
Kuo-toa
Lich
Lizardfolk
Lycanthrope
Mephit
Mind Flayer
Minotaur
Myconid
Ogre
Orc
Otyugh
Rakshasa
Sahuagin
Salamander
Shadow
Shambling Mound
Skeleton
Slime
Spider
Troll
Umber Hulk
Vampire
Wolf
Wyvern
Yeti
Yuan-ti
Zombie

Modifies the weapon style proficiencies to be more diverse and useful. This component rebalances the bonuses granted by the weapon styles, giving each style its own niche.

Two-Handed Weapon Style 0 points: -1 penalty to Armor Class 1 point: +1 Damage, +2 Speed Factor, +1 Critical Hit Rate 2 points: +3 Damage, +4 Speed Factor, +1 Critical Hit Rate Sword and Shield Style 0 points: -1 penalty to THAC0 1 point: +1 Armor Class, +1 Armor Class vs. Missiles 2 points: +2 Armor Class, +4 Armor Class vs. Missiles Single Weapon Style 0 points: Nothing 1 point: +1 THAC0, +1 Armor Class, +1 Critical Hit Rate 2 points: +2 THAC0, +2 Armor Class, +2 Critical Hit Rate Two Weapon Style 0 points: -4 penalty to THAC0, -8 penalty to Off-Hand THAC0 1 points: -2 penalty to THAC0, -4 penalty to Off-Hand THAC0 2 points: -2 penalty to THAC0, -2 penalty to Off-Hand THAC0 3 points: +2 Armor Class, -2 penalty to Off-Hand THAC0

Provides more versatile and powerful shapeshifting for druids. This component replaces the mediocre shapeshifting abilities of the vanilla druid with a much more powerful ability. The druid and avenger gain a 'Wild Shape' ability which, three times per day, allows them to shapeshift into five different animal forms.

Wild Shape: Animal Forms

BROWN BEAR: 18/00 STR, 9 DEX, base AC 6, 1.5 attacks per round, +30% bonus hit points, +25% physical resistance. Attacks deal 1d12 piercing or slashing damage (whichever is better) and have a 15% chance to deal an additional 2d6 crushing damage.

WOLF: 18 STR, 17 DEX, base AC 4, 2 attacks per round, +10% bonus hit points, +10% physical resistance. Attacks deal 1d4 piercing or slashing damage (whichever is better) and have a 15% chance to knock down targets for one round on a failed save vs. death.

SPIDER: 17 STR, 17 DEX, base AC 6, 4 attacks per round. Attacks deal 1d2 piercing damage and inflict 12 points of poison damage over six rounds.

BOAR: 18/50 STR, 9 DEX, base AC 5, 1 attack per round, +50% bonus hit points, +40% physical resistance. Attacks deal 1d8 crushing damage and have a 15% chance to deal an additional 2d4 crushing damage and stun for 2 rounds on a failed save vs. death.

PANTHER: 18/75 STR, 18 DEX, base AC 2, 3 attacks per round, +20% bonus hit points, +25% physical resistance, increased movement rate. Attacks deal 1d8 slashing damage and have a 15% chance to bleed targets for one point of slashing damage per second for six seconds.

The avenger also has gotten a slight overhaul. Besides its forms gaining a slight boost to match the new forms, it also gets a new form - winter wolf - to make up for the spider being moved into the standard druid selection. Wild Shape: Avenger Forms

RED SALAMANDER: 17 STR, 18 DEX, base AC 4, 2 attacks per round, +25% bonus hit points, +25% physical resistance, fire resistance set to 125%, cold resistance set to -50%. Attacks deal 1d8 piercing damage plus 1d6+1 fire damage, increasing by one point per level gained. An opponent that hits the avenger with any weapons or spells within melee range suffers the same amount of fire damage.

WYVERN: 18/00 STR, 9 DEX, base AC 4, 1 attack per round, +25% bonus hit points, +15% physical resistance, immunity to poison. Attacks deal 1d10 piercing damage and have a 50% chance to poison targets for 20% of their maximum hit points (save vs. death for half)

WINTER WOLF: 17 STR, 17 DEX, base AC 4, 1 attack per round, +10% bonus hit points, +10% physical resistance, cold resistance set to 125%. Attacks with a cone projectile which deals 4d4+2 cold damage, increasing by two points per level gained, and slows for two rounds. Save vs. Breath to avoid slow and half damage.

Additionally, the Fire Elemental Transformation and Earth Elemental Transformation HLAs have been removed. Instead, the druid gains one use of Elemental Shape at level 14, allowing them to shift into elementals of the four major elemental planes. The forms get a power boost upon the druid reaching level 15: Wild Shape: Elemental Forms

FIRE ELEMENTAL: 18/75 STR, 18 DEX, base AC 2, 3 attacks per round, +25% bonus hit points, +20% physical resistance, fire resistance set to 125%, cold resistance set to -50%. Attacks deal 2d10 damage (half fire, half slashing). Enemies who strike the druid within melee range suffer fire damage in retaliation.
LEVEL 15: Strength and Dexterity increased to 20. Attacks per round increased to 4.

EARTH ELEMENTAL: 22 STR, 14 DEX, base AC 2, 1 attack per round, +50% bonus hit points, +50% physical resistance. Attacks deal 2d12 crushing damage.
LEVEL 15: Hit point bonus increased to +100%. Physical resistance increased to 75%.

AIR ELEMENTAL: 18/75 STR, 22 DEX, base AC 0, 2 attacks per round, +25% bonus hit points, +20% physical resistance, +100% missile resistance, +100% electrical resistance, increased movement rate. Ranged attacks deal 4d6 damage (half magic, half crushing) and knock all enemies in a 10' radius unconscious on targets who fail a save vs. breath weapons at -2.
LEVEL 15: Base AC increased to -6. Dexterity increased to 24. Attacks deal 8d6 damage and knock enemies unconscious on a failed save vs. breath weapons at -4.

WATER ELEMENTAL: 19 STR, 18 DEX, base AC 2, 2 attacks per round, +50% bonus hit points, +30% physical resistance, fire and cold resistance set to 80%, regenerates 1 hit point/round. Attacks deal 2d10 damage (half cold, half crushing).
LEVEL 15: Strength increased to 21. Regeneration rate increased to 3 hit points/round.

The totemic druid and shapeshifter are not affected by this component.

Modifies racial stat bonuses and proficiencies. This component alters the racial bonuses of the playable races as follows:

Dwarves, halflings and gnomes suffer a -2 penalty to THAC0 when wielding two-handed melee weapons
Elves gain a +2 bonus to THAC0 when wielding bows, longswords and shortswords
Dwarves gain a +2 bonus to THAC0 when wielding axes and warhammers
Halflings gain a +2 bonus to THAC0 when wielding darts, daggers and slings
Half-Orcs gain a +2 bonus to THAC0 when wielding two-handed melee weapons
Dwarves no longer suffer a -1 penalty to Dexterity
Halflings no longer suffer a -1 penalty to Wisdom
Half-Orcs suffer a -2 penalty to Charisma instead of Intelligence

Gives monks the ability to use and be proficient in quarterstaves. This component enables quarterstaff and two-handed weapon style proficiency for monks, complete with proper animations.

All classes get equal hit point bonuses for constitution. Regeneration rates increased all around. This component makes Constitution a much stronger stat for non-warrior classes by granting full hit point bonuses to all classes. Additionally, this component also greatly increases high-constitution regeneration rates as well as giving slow regeneration to lower constitution values. CON-based Regeneration has always felt a little too slow to be useful and this was my attempt to make the effect much more noticeable. Also, as a player who tries to rest sparingly, slow regeneration makes resting between area transitions less necessary while not affecting combat. This will also hopefully also reduce cases of 'resting for 3 days and 16 hours' for those who play with 'rest until fully healed' enabled. As an addendum: Dragon Disciples will absolutely LOVE this change. New constitution table:

2DA V1.0
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           OTHER      WARRIOR    MIN_ROLL   REGENERATION_RATE FATIGUE_BONUS 
1          -3         -3         1          0                 -4            
2          -2         -2         1          0                 -3            
3          -2         -2         1          0                 -3            
4          -1         -1         1          0                 -2            
5          -1         -1         1          0                 -2            
6          -1         -1         1          0                 -1            
7          0          0          1          600               -1            
8          0          0          1          600               0             
9          0          0          1          600               0             
10         0          0          1          600               0             
11         0          0          1          600               0             
12         0          0          1          600               0             
13         0          0          1          600               0             
14         0          0          1          600               0             
15         1          1          1          600               0             
16         2          2          1          600               1             
17         3          3          1          600               1             
18         4          4          1          300               2             
19         5          5          1          60                2             
20         5          5          2          30                3             
21         6          6          3          24                3             
22         6          6          3          18                4             
23         6          6          4          12                4             
24         7          7          4          6                 5             
25         7          7          4          2                 5

Modifies the HLAs Resist Magic, Critical Strike, War Cry These three High Level Abilities are, in my opinion, poorly implemented. War Cry has a pathetic effect, Resist Magic has anti-synergy with spells and equipment, and Critical Strike is abused with high APR which overshadows Whirlwind Attack. As such, I've changed all three abilities significantly: Resist Magic This ability allows the warrior to temporarily tap a great inner strength and fight off the effects of malevolent magic. For 5 rounds, the warrior gains a +10 bonus to all saves. In addition, the warrior absorbs the next 20 spell level's worth of spells cast upon them. The saving throw bonus always persists for the full duration. Critical Strike A high-level warrior's intimate knowledge of vital spots on opponents allows them to, once per day, concentrate their next attack to strike a vital area. With this ability, the warrior's next attack is a natural 20, a critical hit that deals 4x damage (2x against enemies immune to critical hits). War Cry With a War Cry, the warrior lets out an invigorating roar, healing their hit points to full in addition to removing fatigue and restoring drained levels.

Makes a couple interactions more convenient for the player. Allows the player to get the reputation bonus from Officer Vai without giving up the ability to sell scalps. Talking to Brage no longer forces the party to teleport back to Nashkel.

Removes the 90% physical resistance from Candlekeep's rats. Makes Candlekeep's worst sidequest more bearable, especially in Legacy of Bhaal mode.

Allows the player to acquire items that previous required evil actions. Soul Reaver and Girdle of Frost Giant Strength: The morally upright players may attempt to desecrate the shrine to Demogorgon to draw the attention of the Demon Knights instead of offering up a living sacrifice. Beware though, a transgression against the Prince of Demons will not go unpunished. Non-evil clerics and paladins get a safer alternative. Silver Pantaloons: After freeing Lady Elgea, the party will receive the Silver Pantaloons from a messenger after three days. Deck of Many Things: After playing the game with Aesgareth the cambion, assuming a peaceful resolution, he may be persuaded to trade the deck... for a rather steep price, naturally.

Removes annoying micromanagement. Not much explanation required I hope. The Cloak of Dragomir only decreases its wearer's stats while standing in daylight. Hexxat will also auto-equip the cloak when necessary if it is in her inventory.

Grants stat bonuses to the EENPCs in BG2 (except Hexxat). This component gives a boost to the stats of the EENPCs, in line with the returning BG1 party members.

Rasaad: +1 Strength, Dexterity, Constitution
Neera: +2 Constitution, +1 Intelligence
Dorn: +1 Dexterity, +2 Charisma

Gives abilities to the plot items that stay in the inventory. This component (originally its own mod) gives special abilities to the Mask of King Strohm III, Shadow Dragon Wardstone and Symbol of Amaunator.

Makes killing trolls less annoying. This component modifies the troll's near death mechanic to make them fall over a lot faster than usual.

Restores the reputation increase sound for BG2. This component brings the reputation increase jingle from BG:EE into BG2:EE.

Adds character record text for all races. This component adds text to the character record screen for all races in the game.

Changes the unarmored thief avatar. This component restores the hoodless avatars for unarmored thieves from vanilla BG2. Options for each race can be chosen individually.

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