By: Almateria
Version 9
15.11.2011
Contact: Almateria@gery.pl
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COMPONENTS
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1. Spell Components
A component that creates a totally fresh and new feel to your casting! (actually not really) Some of your boring old spells now have a "component cost" added, so that now you can pay in XPs and gold while you cast.
SPELLS AFFECTED
*^*^* Priest Spells *^*^*:
Animate Dead
Cost: 25 gp for a small skeleton and 250 for a bigger one
Glyph of Warding
Cost: 200 gp
Lesser Restoration
Cost: 100 gp
Raise Dead
Cost: 5000 gp
True Seeing
Cost: 250 gp
Gate
Cost: 5000 xp
Symbol, Fear
Cost: 1000 gp
Resurrection
Cost: 10000 gp
Greater Restoration
Cost: 500 xp
Symbol, Stun
Cost: 5000 gp
Symbol, Death
Cost: 5000 gp
Summon Deva
Cost: 1000 xp
Summon Fallen Deva
Cost: 1000 xp
*^*^* Mage Spells *^*^*:
Identify
Cost: 100 gp
Non-Detection
Cost: 50 gp
Animate Dead
Cost: 25 gp for a small skeleton and 250 for a bigger one
Stoneskin
Cost: 250 gp
True Sight
Cost: 250 gp
Contingency
Cost: 1500 gp
Limited Wish
Cost: 300 xp
Simulacrum
Cost: 100 gp and 100 xp per level (up to 20th)
Symbol, Death
Cost: 5000 gp
Gate
Cost: 5000 xp
Shapechange
Cost: 1500 gp
Wish
Cost: 5000 xp
Summon Planeteer
Cost: 1500 xp
Summon Dark Planetar
Cost: 1500 xp
2. Minor spell tweaks
*1. Energy Drain now drains 5 levels instead of 2.
*2. Being raised from dead now drains 1 constitution point and 1 level.
3. Bling!
A small crapcomponent that gives your jewellery that special gangsta shine. Fits really well with Mang0's Hip Hop Mod.
4. Keep common helmet animation
A bit of code shamelessly stolen from BG2 Tweak Pack, used to change all helmets' animation to standard HELM01. Nothing special, nobody should ever find a reason to install it.
5. Change temples' resurrection cost
To change the issue of cheapness of death, I had to change temples' spell costs, too. There are two variants:
*1. Based on 3.5th edition, where Resurrection always costs 11000, regardless of your level.
*2. Based on 4th edition, where it IS based on your level:
Level Cost
1-5 500
6-10 2500
11-15 5000
16-20 25000
26-30 50000
31-39 75000
40 100000
In original BG2, it costed around 1000 gp in all temples.
The last ten levels are not in the 4th edition, so I made up those.
6. 3.5 ed race bonuses
It changes race bonuses to much more overpowered in accordance to 3.5th ed.
Human: No changes
Dwarf: +2 to constitution, -2 to charisma
Elf: +2 to dexterity, -2 to constitution
Gnome: +2 to constitution, -2 to strength
Half-elf: No changes
Halfling: +2 to dexterity, -2 to strength
Half-orc: +2 to strength, -2 to intelligence and charisma
7. Protection from good/evil
My take on creating an alternative protection for the evil characters. The scrolls are on Galoomph's and Lasarus's stores. Contains an original icon!
8. X kills Y
I'm not so good at inventing titles. Anyway, this component is all about the idea of certain spells killing certain monster groups. Mostly the weaker ones, so fear not.
Spells affected currently:
* False dawn
Kills shadows.
* Sunray
Kills shadows.
* Zone of sweet air
Kills mists.
9. Poor man's reputation
By my understanding, reputation doesn't mirror one's wealth. People won't whisper among themselves "watch out, bro, this guy donated 8000 for the church", but something about like us freeing the slaves, or resurrecting a dead child's dad.
So now you can raise your reputation by money only up to 12.
10. Paladins fall more often
I asked myself, "why are paladins falling only because of their reputation? And why can they only redeem when they are already paladins?" I can't help the second one, but nowpaladins can fall automatically after performing some vile deeds.
Like:
- Poisoning the Grove
- Taking Lady Elgea's ransom *
- Killing Adalon
- Killing Hendak *
- Striking a deal with Firkraag *
- Getting thrown out of Radiant Heart
* - 66% chance of falling. Those actions are evil, but not many can hear about it, so you don't have to be socially depaladinized.
11. Anarg's helm of reversed alignment
Anarg wasn't thought out very well. A high-ranking officer suddenly found trading slaves and breaking out of Order? Clearly, this was an effect of EVIL MAGIC! In a helmet form. So now you can explain it to yourself, all while wearing Anarg's cursed helmet.
12. Improved gloves of healing
For a great honour in wearing those gloves, they are rather weak. If real young paladins wore this, they wouldn't stand a chance if an evil red dragon changed them into monsters and kidnapped a local landlord's daughterson.
So now they:
Cure 30 hit points
Cure blindness
Cure diseases.
13. Quite dangerous Rejiek and Darsidian
It's actually mostly affecting Rejiek. In the base game, he was just another five hit point wonder wuss, so I thought that he should be a bit stronger. And the same applied to Darsidian.
Now they're both at the "a little bit stronger than original Darsiadian but no big deal" level. Also, they can transform you into themselves by attacking.
14. Non-lethal weapons
Another from the "Change A to type B" line of toys, this time all weapons are changed to do fist-type damage, the non-lethal kind that only can make you unconscious. Bonus damage from weapons is still present, so you can KILL AND MURDER with no hindrance. But yay, peaceful resolutions!
15. Alternate third Pocket Plane trial
Throne of Bhaal always bored me to tears, after Abazigal/Sendai I can't play no longer. I thought I should tweak the Third Trial to make the rest of the game feel like a breeze.
WARNING: This component can seriously affect the rest of
your game. Use at own risk.
16. Better Throne of Bhaal starting items
A bit of exaggeration. All it does is giving all spellcasters Robe of Vecna, and changing the Hammer +3 to Crom Faeyr. It was kinda mean to give it to us not upgraded.
17. Delete Deirdre & Joluv
Aside from being overpowered and without personality, those two represent what's wrong with 2011's Bioware. Eleven years earlier!
18. Bardic XP Boost
Apparently, bards with over 16 INT get a 10% boost to their gained XP, according to the 3.5 SRD. Who knew?
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FAQ
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Q: What happened to the singing heads? I have a bad taste and found it funny!
A: I'm ashamed I even wrote it. Also, copyright issues.
Q: Oh god why are those prices so high? How am I supposed to play without my money?
A: Play cautiously. Also, the prices are so high because the SRD for 3.5 edition commands so. It was written for people with an infinite access to money.
Q: Why so little spells have their costs? I really like the idea, but it is somewhat lacking.
A: Those are the only spells with a fixed component cost. How do other spell components look like? Let's take Sequester for an example. "A basilisk eyelash, gum arabic, and a dram of whitewash." I can't price this! I could use real prices for it, but "three bucks and a quarter" doesn't sound like much when a stick costs an ounce of gold.
Q: Why does this mod only substract money and not real components? It would be a REAL mod then.
A: Sure it would. However, I totally suck at modding.
Q: But everything that makes a paladin fall is evil-only. how could I do that?
A: Component 11!
Q: Everything is so overpowered, I don't like it.
A: It's called "Tweaks" for a reason.
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BUGS
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- Spell Components works even when you don't have the required money. Engine's limitations.
- After the alternate ending, there are no epilogues. This is caused by Doubtful!Charname being a dirt farmer in Candlekeep and not really caring.
- After the alternate ending's credits, the cursor is not there. Hell if I know what this is caused by.
- There can be some bugs caused by being two Rejieks at the same time, but I don't know what.
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VERSION HISTORY
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22.8.2008
v1 - Fresh Head of Bel-Air
Info deleted because of shame.
27.3.2010
v2 - Alma Tweaks
Added the Bling!
Added the Normal Helmets.
Re-writed the Readme to a better form.
18.4.2010
v3 - Alma Tweaks: Requiem
Added the Spell Components.
Re-writed the Readme to a better form.
Still nobody wants to download.
5.8.2010
v3.5 - Alma Tweaks: Revolutions
Added English translation.
Changed temples' prices.
Added two minor spell tweaks.
Cheated the download count.
9.8.2010
v4 - Alma Tweaks: Almateria's Revenge
Added Planetars' costs.
Streamlined the mod for compatibility.
Nerfed Raise Dead even more.
Raised my self-esteem by learning macros.
11.9.2010
v5 - Alma Tweaks: A New Beginning
Added 3.5 ed Race Bonuses.
Added Protection From Good.
Added X kils Y.
Added Poor Man's Reputation.
Added Paladins Fall More Often.
Added Anarg's Helm of Alignment.
Added Improved Gloves Of Healing.
Added components' mode choice.
Reserved my own prefix.
Streamlined the tp2.
12.9.2010
v6 - Alma Tweaks: The Final Chapter
Fixed Devas' and Planetars summoning, Gate's and Limited
Wish's cost.
Fixed a game-breaking bug.
24.9.2010
v7 - Alma Tweaks: Almateria vs. the World
Threw away protection from good.
Fixed paladin's downfall's variables being quite wrong.
9.10.2010
v8 - Alma Tweaks Infinity
Restored Protection from good.
Added improved Skin Dancers.
Added Non-Lethal Weapons.
Added Alternate Throne of Bhaal Ending.
Added Better Throne of Bhaal Starting Weapons.
XX.XX.20XX
v9 - Alma Tweaks One plus Two plus Two plus One also Three
Current version.
Added Delete Deirdre and Joluv.
Added Bardic XP Boost.
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Thanks to:
Yarpen, who motivated me to do better than previously;
And Zed Nocear, without whom I wouldn't know what the hell.
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