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[bulian]

Bulian's 6.4 branch update:

New items and NPC modernization - complete

• Cromwell/Cespenar dialogues,
• 9 new items, including ones for Sarevok, Minsc, Dorn, and Aerie
• Seven additional randomized items
• Sarevok is now viable as a joinable party member in TOB
• Aerie has more reasonable IA stats

Updated encounters

• Limak
• Spellhold Book
• The Four (with more relevant IA rewards, removal of unbalanced items)
• Supreme Golem in Watcher's Keep (party can now fight it and green wyrm),
• Dracolich is accessible n Ch 6/7 with significantly reduced rewards,
• Demon fight in Underdark (new Chapter 5 encounter)

Quality of life

• Early containers in Irenicus dungeon (bag of holding, ammo belt, etc.)
• Store depreciation removal - sell items for same cost regardless if the merchant has them in stock
• Stronghold quests continue in Chapter 7

All protagonists can access almost everything in the mod (less balanced)

• Remove class restrictions on forging items
• Enable Memory of the Apprenti robe to be forged 100% for all protagonists
• Enable early Ranger and Mage stronghold quests for all PCs
• Ancient Secret of Sulda will remain Vagrant only
• The Old Ones/Time Machine will remain Necromancer only
• Enable Justice Day quest for all PCs

This post has been edited by bulian: May 16 2020, 01:18 PM

[bulian]

Awesome! Please share feedback and let us know if you come across any bugs. I'm excited to see you are giving the "hard mode" version a try.

Just curious - does the TOD -> IA installation still result in the improved encounter with Ustrain in Ch 7 with skeleton grandlords etc.? I think the TOD mod is a nice complement to IA but have only ever installed it after IA.

[Azoth]

Awesome! Please share feedback and let us know if you come across any bugs. I'm excited to see you are giving the "hard mode" version a try.

Hard mode could be made a bit harder in d'Arnise Keep lvl1. My party is at 1.2M XP and i almost didn't feel that the troll wave was IA content.

SPOILER!

The wave i was fighting: 1xTroll, 2xGiant Troll, 1xSpirit Troll, 2xSpectral Troll
This encounter feels to easy, when i compare to the 2xYuan-Ti + 3xGreater Yuan-Ti + 1xMinotaur in Mekrath lab or to the 1xShade lich + 2xSL + 2x Greater Mummy in Temple Ruins.
Maybe set hard mode to: 2xNoble Troll, 3xSpirit Troll, 1xSpectral Troll