Vanilla Plus
This lightweight and modular combat overhaul provides an experience similar to the vanilla one, while tweaking and moderatly expanding the original gameplay features. Easy to use, this mod does not require to change deeply the way you play the game. If you appreciated the vanilla experience but wanted few changes on some mechanics, then this mod is for you.
Norbyte’s script extender
Optional :
- LeaderLib to access mod options and benefit of tooltip expansion
- GM Fix for Five Star Dinner if you use it in GM mode
- A customizable experience: thanks to LeaderLib, you can customize the mod to your liking and create your own balance. Most features of the mod are customizable, so you can simply adjust them or remove them if you wish (accessible through the Options menu, Mod Settings tab).
- Reworked attributes: in the original game, an optimized build would rely on 2 attributes at most. In Vanilla+ all attributes will grant you various bonuses to refrain mindless stat dump and encourage tactical building.
- Anti-lock crowd control: you cannot lock a character under crowd control effects anymore. Each time a character recover from it, they gain a status granting a semi-immunity for 2 turns, meaning that any attempt to re-apply a crowd control effect will not end the turn but will still apply a crippling debuff instead.
- Tweaked armour system: the original armour system is controversial. Its biggest advantage is to avoid relying on RNG to apply statuses but its strongest disadvantage is to diminish the viability of hybrid builds and parties. Here, the system is refined to let a part of the damage go through armours so whatever type of damage you deal you will still contribute greatly to your enemy demise.
- Tweaked skills, abilities and talents: most skills have seen their numbers adjusted, weapon abilities greatly improved to make them a prime choice for weapon users and some talents previously underwhelming should now have a better usage.
- Reworked potions,food and enhanced grenades: potion do now have limited uses per turn to prevent abusive usage leading to virtual invicibility and food is now used as pre-buffing. Grenades now do follow attribute scaling, which makes them more useful than ever.
- Dodge extension: you have now more tools to manipulate your Dodge and Accuracy. The formula has been replaced by a simple one : Accuracy – Dodge. Missing weapon hits will warmup your character, and base weapon skills (All-in, Flurry) will provide some warmup at the price of damage.
- Weapons refined: originally, the different weapon types had close to no differences. Now you won’t consider a sword in the same way than a mace. Every weapon type has been changed to provide different styles of playing.
There are many overhauls out there now. Each of them modify the game in its own way and bring its own balance – with different amounts of mechanics rework.
This figure sort existing popular overhauls by how close or far the proposed experience is from the original one. All overhauls do have a lot of work in them so this figure do not judge if one is better than another, it rather explain which one is made for you based on what you are looking for. If you want to play a completely different experience with tons of new or reworked mechanics and a completely different gameplay, you should consider the mods on the right. If you want to experience something similar to the original, minus some flaws and with a bunch of new features, you should consider the mods on the left.
Vanilla Plus should be compatible with most mods out there (except other overhauls of course). If you encounter an incompatiblity, please report it (see Feedback).
Put Vanilla Plus above class mods to ensure they have higher priority.
Discord server[discord.gg]
Github repository[github.com]
You can also make bug reports and feedbacks in the dedicated threads of this mod page.
Norbyte of course, for his wonderful extender and for listening to my requests.
LaughingLeader for his numerous advices on the engine and his API for creating options.
Frasdoge for his active participation on the project.
Thanks to all my beta testers and the modding community for their support.
The GM Bastion discord server[discord.gg] peeps for their support as well.
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Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
