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About this mod
A new set of armor for Ascended Astarion inspired by a talented artist's works + change in some of the poses + extra skills available after Ascension
- Permissions and credits
Hello!
I was so inspired by Marina's beautifully drawn AA masterpieces (please, please, check her art here or on her other socials at the top of the page!!! <3) that I simply had to make a mod for her armor.
I also always wanted to do my own improvement of AA as a whole, so I decided to combine both things! ^^
What can you find here? (See pics for more)
- A chest looking like Cazador's vampire coffin with the stylized bat from his throne as decoration.. The red in the chest glows softly.
Inside you can find the Dragonrider Chest piece, Boots, Gloves and a Sanguine Midnight Longsword! The visuals and Dragonrider name are originally Marina's concepts. I tried to make these as similar as possible with the skills I have, though they can probably never be as beautiful as the art itself, but I hope it's to people's liking ! :D
The armor pieces per se don't offer any Ascendant-exclusive skills, so others can use them without getting RP-breaking AA skills. They have however a bunch of bonuses and your usual Garrotte (one of my fave skills) and a new skill I made combining Thorn Whip and Shar's dark secret skill.
Extort Secret: Since AA likes to find people's secrets, you can use this skill to whip an enemy and deal some little damage. If successful, they get the status Forced to Speak for 1 turn, which forces them to share a secret (rp-wise, ofc). If they refuse to, they obtain the status Zipped Lips and take damage at the end of their turn. (ps it says Psychic Dmg on the image but I changed it later to Piercing Damage).
- Moving on! IF Astarion is a Vampire Ascendant, he gains access to a bunch of new cool passives and attacks.
SANGUINE AURA: At the start of the combat, his body will glow with a subtle red. (Visual only)
BLOOD SEEKER: If he stands on blood, he gets charged with BLOOD EUPHORIA status. He will start to glow with a stronger/pulsing red that grows in intensity. During this phase, his rolls are slightly increased.
ASCENDANT RETREAT: (this passive is not visible) (requires the Honour mod from Larian to be moved into the Active mods) If his HP falls below 40% during combat, at the start of his next turn he will cast Necrotic Spirit Guardians to protect himself, and Summon a Swarm of Bats that brings blood to him and pushes away everything nearby, possibly making things fall to the ground and getting quite some damage (allies don't get damaged).
If at the time of summoning the bats he's still bathed in blood, the bats will do a bigger damage and heal him FULLY. If he does not have the Blood Euphoria status, the damage will be a bit less and he will only heal 50 HP.
Once the bats are gone, he becomes Sated and can't use the skill until next long rest.
Summon Wolves: He summons Bloodfang and Whitemist, the two wolves you can fight in the ballroom. I liked their names and decided to keep them. (they spawn on top of each other, idk how to not make them do that, you can just move them normally).
Vampiric Touch: the same as the normal spell, just some slightly bigger damage.
Command: It includes all the various command skills, grovel, drop, etc etc.
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Other things that were changed:
- As long as the mod is active, AA's eyes will always glow red. I wanted him to look the way he does in the drawings Marina made.
- His stance didn't look very AA to me - he looked pretty mild and boring, so I replaced the animations for when he's standing (see pics).
I think those fit AA much better, he stops standing with his hand hovering and doing nothing and instead keeps his chin up and looks pretty chill or poses with a hand on his hip.
Plus, I added his weapon sharpening and hair combing animation from the epilogue to the things he does here and there while idle, cause the Vampire Ascendant needs to have his hair and weapons look perfect, even when adventuring outside in the broad daylight and not only when relaxing in camp! xD
- He has a new flying skill where he turns into a swarm of bats for a moment while moving from one place to the other. :>
I think that's all!
I will be looking forward for suggestions as usual! If there's something else you think could be added or done better, let me know!
I understand there may have been or there are/will be in the future other mods that do similar things or add similar skills, cause in the end there is only so many Vampire Lord skills one can make :P
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Special Thanks:
Marina, for blessing us with her beautiful art and giving me permission to do this mod! You rock!!!!
The usual suspects I bothered with requests for tips and aid : Moxi, Fluffyspider, KinnVerden, Satan and Cerberry, the people in the Larian modding discord who helped with a skill issue, plus all the friends on the AA Discord who are always so supportive <3
ILY all <3
Enjoy!
I was so inspired by Marina's beautifully drawn AA masterpieces (please, please, check her art here or on her other socials at the top of the page!!! <3) that I simply had to make a mod for her armor.
I also always wanted to do my own improvement of AA as a whole, so I decided to combine both things! ^^
What can you find here? (See pics for more)
- A chest looking like Cazador's vampire coffin with the stylized bat from his throne as decoration.. The red in the chest glows softly.
Inside you can find the Dragonrider Chest piece, Boots, Gloves and a Sanguine Midnight Longsword! The visuals and Dragonrider name are originally Marina's concepts. I tried to make these as similar as possible with the skills I have, though they can probably never be as beautiful as the art itself, but I hope it's to people's liking ! :D
The armor pieces per se don't offer any Ascendant-exclusive skills, so others can use them without getting RP-breaking AA skills. They have however a bunch of bonuses and your usual Garrotte (one of my fave skills) and a new skill I made combining Thorn Whip and Shar's dark secret skill.
Extort Secret: Since AA likes to find people's secrets, you can use this skill to whip an enemy and deal some little damage. If successful, they get the status Forced to Speak for 1 turn, which forces them to share a secret (rp-wise, ofc). If they refuse to, they obtain the status Zipped Lips and take damage at the end of their turn. (ps it says Psychic Dmg on the image but I changed it later to Piercing Damage).
- Moving on! IF Astarion is a Vampire Ascendant, he gains access to a bunch of new cool passives and attacks.
SANGUINE AURA: At the start of the combat, his body will glow with a subtle red. (Visual only)
BLOOD SEEKER: If he stands on blood, he gets charged with BLOOD EUPHORIA status. He will start to glow with a stronger/pulsing red that grows in intensity. During this phase, his rolls are slightly increased.
ASCENDANT RETREAT: (this passive is not visible) (requires the Honour mod from Larian to be moved into the Active mods) If his HP falls below 40% during combat, at the start of his next turn he will cast Necrotic Spirit Guardians to protect himself, and Summon a Swarm of Bats that brings blood to him and pushes away everything nearby, possibly making things fall to the ground and getting quite some damage (allies don't get damaged).
If at the time of summoning the bats he's still bathed in blood, the bats will do a bigger damage and heal him FULLY. If he does not have the Blood Euphoria status, the damage will be a bit less and he will only heal 50 HP.
Once the bats are gone, he becomes Sated and can't use the skill until next long rest.
Summon Wolves: He summons Bloodfang and Whitemist, the two wolves you can fight in the ballroom. I liked their names and decided to keep them. (they spawn on top of each other, idk how to not make them do that, you can just move them normally).
Vampiric Touch: the same as the normal spell, just some slightly bigger damage.
Command: It includes all the various command skills, grovel, drop, etc etc.
--------------------
Other things that were changed:
- As long as the mod is active, AA's eyes will always glow red. I wanted him to look the way he does in the drawings Marina made.
- His stance didn't look very AA to me - he looked pretty mild and boring, so I replaced the animations for when he's standing (see pics).
I think those fit AA much better, he stops standing with his hand hovering and doing nothing and instead keeps his chin up and looks pretty chill or poses with a hand on his hip.
Plus, I added his weapon sharpening and hair combing animation from the epilogue to the things he does here and there while idle, cause the Vampire Ascendant needs to have his hair and weapons look perfect, even when adventuring outside in the broad daylight and not only when relaxing in camp! xD
- He has a new flying skill where he turns into a swarm of bats for a moment while moving from one place to the other. :>
I think that's all!
I will be looking forward for suggestions as usual! If there's something else you think could be added or done better, let me know!
I understand there may have been or there are/will be in the future other mods that do similar things or add similar skills, cause in the end there is only so many Vampire Lord skills one can make :P
--------------------
Special Thanks:
Marina, for blessing us with her beautiful art and giving me permission to do this mod! You rock!!!!
The usual suspects I bothered with requests for tips and aid : Moxi, Fluffyspider, KinnVerden, Satan and Cerberry, the people in the Larian modding discord who helped with a skill issue, plus all the friends on the AA Discord who are always so supportive <3
ILY all <3
Enjoy!