Unique Loot Drops Shadow Realm
This is an add on for my mod Unique Loot Drops. It’s still in the early phases.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2414527037
It needs to go second in the load order. It also requires gift bag 5 as well as Norbytes Script extender.
The mod adds a portal near the Lady Vengeance way point in Arx.
The portal takes you to 1 of 5 , so far, randomly chosen arenas and creates enemies with randomized attributes/skills/talents. Kill the boss to unlock the next difficulty level as well as getting an item from the mod with additional stat boosts. The goal is to keep fights challenging and progressing in levels difficult but possible by farming the super powered items from the bosses. So basically Diablo style game play in Divinity.
Current Goals:
Currently I am working on how effects and skills are applied to enemies. As it is now things are too random. Enemies get too many useless skills and rarely make use of the effects they have. It’s also very rare to see enemies use their weapons. So I am working on cutting down the number of skills they get and also prioritizing skills that make use of the effects they have.
Items also suffer from a similar issue. They get so many bonuses that you can’t see the whole Item card. I’m going to make it so they receive fewer, but larger bonuses, and also prioritize stats that are already on the item card.
Levels and lighting are still messy. To some extent that’s due to having limited space on the Arx map to add levels but I want to make improvements there and also add some more levels/arenas to fight in. I think there is room for 4-5 more smaller levels.
Compatibility: Should be compatible with most mods. The exception would be mods that make changes to the map in Arx or have Gift Bag 5(armor sets) as a dependency. Due to limitations of the Editor I had to build the Shadow Realm arenas in the empty, which is to say anywhere where you can’t walk to, areas of Arx. I’m not sure what would happen if this was activated with another mod that uses those same spaces but they obviously both couldn’t use the same space at once. The Armor sets gift bag makes changes to the Ai Grid in Arx so I have made it load before this mod. This is not really supported by the editor so I had to use some trickery to do it. I would recommend setting this mod last in the load order if you have trouble getting it working.
Updates
10.14.2021
Fixed a bug causing enemies to disappear if you didn’t engage them quickly
10.10.2021
-Added another level/arena
-Added Lizards as another enemy group bringing the number up to 12
-Made and enemy start location closer so that you can’t start every fight with a free Lightning Storm
-Effects from weapons can now spawn as a 2nd effect on any item
– Put caps on enemy boosts to Leadership, Retribution, and Pain Reflection after I ran into an enemy with 25 leadership
-Adusted enemy/item stat generation numbers
-Changed the lightning on a few levels to feel more shadowy.
10.4.2021
-Added a new level and two new enemy types.
-Fixed bug where Voidwoken Boss would spawn without minions.
-Adjusted stat boosts for bosses.
