Suggestions for the coming release Options

[pekkae]

Hey! I have a question to you guys, how would you rate the difficulty of the fights against the children of Bhaal in ToB? Are any of them really difficult?

To me, the only ones that are on ok level are:

Yaga-Shura (this is nice fight!)
Sendai's (the whole enclave is ok)
Abazigail (this is a nice fight as well)

The rest of them are quite easy/straightforward.

for Gromnir fight, personally I don't like "Karun the Black" that much, as Karun has such protections that it means it just drags on and on without that much point. Otherwise I like Karun's scripting.

This post has been edited by pekkae: Feb 10 2026, 12:11 AM

[SparrowJacek]

Thank you everyone for your ideas and suggestions povided throughout the years. Many of them were implemented i one way or another, which you'll hopefully be able to see very soon. The only thing I still have remaining before I publish the new version of the mod is a sensible readme with a list of all the changes, so the mod should be published by the end of this month, as promised.

Here's one final change I'll share as a teaser:

There will be a component turning Aerie into a Shaman and she'll get a unique armor instead of her standard warhammer:

Armor of the Ascendant Viper +6

The treacherous flaw once hidden within the Armor of the Viper has been purged in the process of creation of this armor. With the Elven Stone of Arcana and the Elven Stone of Holiness set into its lining, Aerie may call upon the lingering spirits of ancient spellcasters, drawing strength from their essence. In addition, all venom that touches the armor is drawn into the stones and unraveled in the spirit world, leaving the wearer untouched.

STATISTICS:

Equipped Abilities:
- Immunity to Poison
- Aerie can memorize two additional spells per spell level
- Base duration of clerical spells increased by 20%
- When casting Natural Restoral, Aerie's aura is cleansed as if she cast a Mend spell

Armor Class: 1 (-1 vs. slashing, 0 vs. piercing and missile)

[lxgxnd9]

Thanks for your hard work with the new changes, perfect timing for a new run.

[SparrowJacek]

The work on IATweaks 1.2 is ongoing. This version will focus mostly on enemy AI improvements, Bard rebalance and a full rework of Traps, which will hopefully make Bounty Hunter into an interesting choice.

New traps will be items that can be placed on the ground and picked up for further use once their duration expires. Here's an example of one such item (values might change during testing)

Starwheel Mechanism

A compact but remarkably dangerous mechanism designed to defend an area rather than hunt a particular target, the Starwheel releases a sudden ring of whirling blades at regular intervals. Once deployed, its internal mechanism propels eight enchanted five-pointed stars outward in every direction, leaving little room for nearby enemies to approach unnoticed. The blades themselves are forged with sufficient magical force to cut through all but the strongest magical defenses.

Though the Starwheel Mechanism requires little precision once deployed, a skilled trapmaker can improve the force with which its springs release the blades and extend the duration for which the mechanism remains active.

STATISTICS:

Creates a Starwheel Mechanism for 10 seconds, after that duration the mechanism can be picked up and used again
- THAC0: 1
- Damage: 8-10 (slashing)
- Range: 20 feet
- Fires enchanted blades +5
- Each blade has a 5% chance to score a critical hit and a 5% chance to critically miss; critical hits cannot be averted by helmets
- Only affects hostile creatures

Special:

Gains +5% bonus to damage for every 5 points of Set Traps above 100
Duration increases by 5% for every 5 points of Find Traps above 100

[lappen]

nice!
i wonder if KI helps with programming nowadays do u used it ?

[SparrowJacek]

AI helps me with writing some descriptions without grammatical errors and I use it from time to time to write a particularly long Weidu function, or when regular expressions are involved. That's mostly it.