[WOTC] Stun Grenade
I’m really on a roll lately! Three new mods in as many weeks. Today I have a relatively simple mod that I have been meaning to make every time I get back into the game but somehow it has ended up on the backburner more than once! A simple flashbang variant I’ve called the Stun Grenade. I wanted a grenade that inflicts a small will penalty which could help panic enemy units that have been in the fight for a while and to boost your chance of successfully affecting said units with psi abilities such as Mind Control/Domination.
I thought I’d pair this with a 50% chance to either two turn stun or cause the disoriented status effect to give it a bit more utility and it’s also good narratively to explain the loss in will. No one is going to be fighting off the voices in their head when their ears are ringing.
Plus making it a flashbang variant also meant I wouldn’t need to make custom effects for it which is still not really in my skill wheelhouse yet. I searched the workshop and it looks like no one else has ever made a stun grenade? Crazy I know, well now one exists.
It has a much smaller radius than the flashbang but it’s meant to be a higher yield, more targeted grenade so I feel like it works out quite nicely anyway. This mod might be a bit niche but it’s just something I’ve been meaning to make since forever and I figured I’d share it in case anyone else would like to add it to their arsenal.
Stun Grenade – A modified flashbang with a tighter blast pattern. Inflicts stun or disorientation against targets and applies a concussion modifier which negatively impacts the targets will.
Targets in the 3×3 blast radius have a 50% chance to be either stunned for 2 turns or disoriented. All targets suffer a -15 Will penalty for 2 turns. Will penalty and radius can be adjusted in the XComStunGrenade.ini config file should you desire.
As far as I can tell everything seems to be working as intended. I did quite a bit of testing but if you find anything that seems like a bug post it in the comments section and I will try to get round to fixing it as soon as I can. 🙂
I hope you enjoy my mod! If you have any comments or questions feel free to leave them below and if you enjoy the mod please click that thumbs up button, rate and favourite it. 😀
