[MOD] BG:EE NPC Revamp v0.1.0
Llewren
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A new mod in development from the writer of the Smoldering Mods Bar.
BG:EE NPC Revamp — an expansion mod for the companions of BG1
The original companions of Baldur's Gate have long been little more than a portrait, voice, and character sheet. There have been other mods that seek to remedy this. This is a new one. The Revamp seeks to bring all 29 companions to life with new and/or expanded quests, banter, interjections, and player talks — while maintaining a focus on modularity and faithfulness to the tone of the original game.
Currently, the Revamp features content for Ajantis and Coran. Updates will come on a per-character basis, in the form of large content drops.
Current Features:
- Two on-the-road conversations with Coran.
- Two on-the-road conversations with Ajantis.
- A quest for Ajantis that begins when the player enters northern Baldur’s Gate, involving reactive branching paths.
- Enhanced reactivity and player involvement in Coran’s quests: ‘Coran the Wyvern Hunter’ and ‘Brielbara’s Baby’.
- At least one banter between Coran and every joinable companion.
- At least one banter between Ajantis and every joinable companion.
- Two new shopkeepers added to support companion-related content — one in the Temple of Helm, and one in the Undercellar.
- Two new magical items to help you on your journey.
Planned Features:
- 700+ inter-party banters.
- Revised conflicts for each applicable companion.
- 5+ on-the-road conversations with every companion.
- Companion interjections throughout the story.
- New quests for Alora, Branwen, Baeloth, Dynaheir, Garrick, Imoen, Khalid & Jaheira, Kagain, Kivan, Montaron & Xzar, Quayle, Shar-Teel, Tiax, Viconia, Xan, and Yeslick.
- Expanded quests for Edwin, Eldoth & Skie, Faldorn, Khalid & Jaheira, Minsc, Safana, Neera, and Rasaad.
- New lines and dialogue in Siege of Dragonspear to reflect new potential events and relationships.
- And more!
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(a small note: the download button on the mod's page does not seem to work)
It's more an alternative to BG1 NPC Project than an add-on to it isn't it?
What about the BG1 expansion mod from Jastey and the Coran friendship mod ? Can they work with your mod storywise?
I will definitely try it out on my next BGEE run.
I haven't put any special consideration into compatibility with those mods, but given that the Revamp is completely modular, if you would rather have a different expansion for an individual character rather than the one that the Revamp offers, there shouldn't be any issues! I will do my best to ensure that it is technically compatible, but story-wise and characterisation-wise, I cannot guarantee that it will make sense.
As I've spoken to elsewhere, I do not play with EET and thus testing with it is not really in my wheelhouse, especially when the mod is in such an early stage.
Ouch, that's kind of bad. If/when I go back to do my last farewell run, it will be EET. And I would really like to play with this mod.
I'm definitely not opposed to it, but it's just not a priority for me at this point in time!
I definitely understand that. At the end of the day I’m just trying to give myself that same feeling! I’m making an expansion that I want to play and that will genuinely have me playing with oddball parties just for the quests and banter. In an ideal world I could have full compatibility with every interpretation of the characters but that’s just a lot of work on top of an already monumental workload, and I’d rather write character arcs from scratch than just try to fit in content for the sake of it.
Thanks for letting me know. This early in development I don't doubt that there will be consistent issues with the NPC Project, so I recommend playing the two together exclusively if you want to playtest it for compatibility.