[WOTC] Frost Munitions

This mod expands the ice-themed element of the game by polishing existing features and adding new Frost items. The new items consist of new rounds and tier 2/tier 3 Frost grenades.

It is meant to be a lightweight expansion. If you want a full arsenal of Frost items, you should check the excellent Bitterfrost Protocol.

I’ve always wanted to create "Frost Rounds" but balancing ammo around the Frost effect is tricky. I was inspired by the mechanics in Path of Exile where the cold element is split into two status effects: chill and freeze.

Hence, this mod introduces the Chilled status effect, a weaker version of Frozen that reduces mobility and dodge chance.

Chilled Status Effect

• Status effect that chills non-robotic units for two turns
• Chilled units lose 25% of their Mobility stat and 100% of their Dodge stat
• Chilling (and freezing) removes Burning from target
• Shiny new particle effect on Chilled units (see videos)

Frost Grenades

• Vanilla Frost Bomb has been tweaked and renamed to Frost Grenade
• Frost Grenade is now obtainable through the Experimental Grenade Project
  (you can disable this if you’d rather use the DLC method)
• Frost Grenade can be upgraded to Frost Bomb and Frost Warhead* like most grenades
  *only if using [WOTC] Superior Explosives
• Frost grenades can now inflict two different status effects based on the distance between the center of explosion and the targets
• Targets in the epicenter will be Frozen**
• Targets in the peripheral edge will be Chilled**
  **one of the pictures shows the epicenter/peripheral areas for multiple grenade radiuses

Arctic Rounds
The name is a homage to this old mod

• Rounds that can chill or freeze eligible targets and add +1 damage
• Arctic Rounds are obtainable through the Experimental Ammo Project
• Guaranteed chance to chill on hit
• Small chance to freeze targets on hit (10% by default)
• Chance to freeze increases against Chilled targets (20% by default)
• Shiny new projectile effect (see videos)

Frost Immunity
Frost immunity is added to a bunch of enemies to make the element more balanced and more realistc. Here is the list of enemies included by default:

• All robotic units
• Codex
• Spectre
• Andromedon
• Gatekeeper
• Viper Neonate
• Viper King

Frost immunity was also added to the Hazmat Vest and the Fortress Ability. The in-game descriptions were adjusted to reflect these changes.

This mod should be compatible with any mod that doesn’t alter the Frost Bomb and can be added mid campaign.

I have added inherent compatibility between this mod and [WOTC] Proving Ground Overhaul. No need for an additional Bridge mod.

I recommend the following mods:

• [WOTC] Superior Explosives if you want tier 3 grenades, including the Frost Warhead added by this mod
• [WOTC] Proving Ground Overhaul if you want to be able to build the Frost items in the Engineering Bay once obtained through an Experimental Project
• [WOTC] Corrosive Rounds if you want an acid-themed ammo to go with the Acid grenades

The configuration files should be in the following location:

Everything is configurable: you can tweak the new status effect, tweak the new items, add/remove Frost immunity to specific units, etc.

If you encounter any bug, please post it here.

I’d like to thank the following persons:

• neIVIesis for creating all item icons and the Chilled effect icon
• Mitzruti for helping me add the Frozen particle effect to Arctic Rounds
• Iridar because the code for adding different effects based on distance from center of explosion is 100% copied from his Nuke Rockets