Livonya's Beta 1.5 Mod.zip

Hezrou stench and the Balor fight:

I'm pretty sure the 1.5 incarnation of Hezrou stench is not working the way you want. My L9 party would have had quite a fight with Hezrou, if he hadn't succumbed to his own stench. That's the only way we could've taken him down, as once he's sick he gets no more saves. With him summoning other demons (one time he summoned 2!) to help out I would've said forget it until L11.

Anyhoo, fighting the Balor I whipped out my golden skull and got my very own Hezrou. Big mistake. He sickens himself, he sickens any nearby party members, you can't tell the scope of his stench visually, and finally he sickened the Balor, permanently.

Here's the best part: Despite the Balor being helpless, I couldn't kill him. My two fighters, each with +17 on primary weapon, could only hit about one in 20 times, and damage him less frequently. Got him all the way down to Nearly Dead, used up all my spells and at last gave up. It was like trying to chop down a redwood with a butterknife. I'm thinking, because we literally couldn't kill him even when he was defenceless, he might be a teensy bit overpowered.

 

Here I am again.
I had an NPC problem after dropping my slot 1 ranger at the hostel in Nulb. Elmo, Spugnoir and Meleny were still in my party, and fight with me, but their dialogue is pre-join, as if they were back in Hommlett. If I ask them to join, I get the party-is-full options only, even though I only have 7 members. I can't add any NPC's for the #8 slot. Lastly, Spugnoir now casts Mage Armor every time we enter a new area, until he has 4 going.

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The final Traders Revenge fight was great, I loved it. It's amazing that battles scripted by yourself are so much superior to the ones in the game. One complaint: the treasure is outrageous. Enough magic equipment to outfit an entire party, platinum, gems, magic items. The necklace alone is worth more to sell than the gem (the only reward) you get for defeating Hezrou.

 

Didn't sell the gem as that wasn't my point, although with Hezrou stench, he's practically useless anyway.

Did not know there was a 3 NPC limit. That explains one thing anyway! Does that apply if you use the Suggestion exploit (kill Suggested NPC, resurrect as permanent NPC)>

The ranger did not enlist Meleny, the other two probably.

I haven't tested out whether they gain xp or loot yet. Still in Hommlett.

 

you can get around the 3 npc limit if you edit the temple dll or ues the patcher on here to change your pc or npc limits. the total just cant go above 8

 

Could you please add masterwork cloth? and black too? my rogue has 30 dex thanks to items etc and even padded wont do

 

There is no "cloth armor" in the D&D rules. So there's no reason to add a masterwork version.

If your rogue has a 30 Dex (and I'm trying to figure out how. Elf with 20 Dex with Gaunlets +6 and 2 stat buy-ups at 4th and 8th level gives you a 28.) just give him bracers of armor.

 

heh

With the mod you get em at 4,8,12,16,20.
30 is possible.

I think he meant robes? With 1 level of mage he can wear arch robes.... And adding those would be really cool, hehe.

 

I realize if you eventually level up enough you could eventually get to 30, but I've found you're pretty hard-pressed to get enough XP to go beyond 12th level with a 5 person party.

 

that would be great! and i did mean cloth armor types, my rogue is a halfling.

 

Right. Because the game needs more ways for people to break it. *head shake*