Candle in the Dark

Version: v1.11

Custom Standalone Adventure by BowShatter

Original Custom Module from Neverwinter Nights: https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/module/candle-dark
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Install Instructions

1. Unzip the RAR archive to retrieve the .pak file.

2. Drop the .pak file into the following directory, Documents>Larian Studios>Divnity Original Sin 2>Mods

3. In DOS2, in Story, change Adventure selected to "Candledark" and start playing. Have fun!

Make sure to deactivate mods as they might result in serious bugs! (unless you know for sure they are safe)
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Game Details

No. of Players: 1-4 Player Characters (PCs).

Companions: 2 Humans - Elsa (2H Warfare/Pyro/Bartering) and Vincent (1H Warfare/Hydro/Loremaster)

Party Size: 4 (includes companions)

Mode: Both Singleplayer and Multiplayer, but some triggers are exclusive to the first PC entering it.

Estimated Playtime: 3-5 Hours

Starting Level: 1

Ending Level: 6

Difficulty: Classic (Easy), Tactician or Honour (Intended Difficulty)

Races: Any living race will do. Human is ideal for story reasons. Strictly no Undead.

Misc: It is advised that you have played DOS2 main campaign or at least Fort Joy before and are familiar with its mechanics.

Notes: Pet Pal is not supported, but there is another obvious way to speak to animals in the mod.
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Notable Features

- Most humanoid enemies will drop all the gear that they are visibly wearing.

- Traders will restock their shop inventory just by asking them to.

- New custom and returning DOS1 Skills/Spells for all skill trees, sold by a dedicated merchant.

- Special weapons, such as fist weapons and elemental daggers.
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Original Synopsis:

The village of Shadowrock labors under the yoke of unknown evils that walk the night mists, leaving the corpses of villagers for the morning light.
They are the victims of a strange plague which has always haunted this sleepy valley, and so it has ever been say the Shadowrock elders.
You have lived unquestioning like the rest, surrendering the dead to the Gravekeeper who watches the forbidden tombs of the forest.

Then one morning everything changes when the dreaded night ills strike your own family down.
A road of fateful decisions, whispered questions and bloody vengeance lies ahead.
With all the forces aligned against your struggle, you are but a candle in the dark.
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Expected Issues:

Since this is my first ever adventure mod in DOS2, there will bound to be bugs (especially textures and terrain), though nothing too game breaking.
Be sure to save often just in case. The Divinity Engine 2 has some weird quirks as of current build.
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(SPOILERS) -DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED-

Changelog:

v1.11
- Players and NPCs can no longer go out of bounds by way of teleportation skills.
- Fixed Elsa being in the Companion faction rather than the Hero faction.
- Fixed area transition placing some party members in the void when entering the castle.
- Floor Grate in Gravekeeper's Basement should not block sight or projectiles anymore.
- Wolves should no longer cannibalise themselves to heal.
- Hot Pool in the Castle actually has water in it now.
- Specific Chest in the Castle can no longer be picked up.
- Ending Dialogue tweaked slightly.
- Howl of Terror increased cooldown from 3 to 4 turns.
- Fixed Global Warming not turning surfaces into clouds, however the caster must be standing in one to do so.
- Enemy name "Wind Child" changed to "Strange Child".
- Swapped large doors in the Castle with smaller doors as they were previously causing enemy vision issues.
- Fixed Slither Trader dialogue options causing an incorrect loop back.
- Gravekeeper's Mansion floor no longer blocks surfaces from being seen.
- Added an additional dialogue option if you asked Barkeeper Jard for the Mayor's location before.


v1.10 (Release)
- Made some changes to the Village to look more visually acceptable.
- Overhauled the area design and encounters in the Forest.
- Slight visual changes to the Graveyard.
- Corpses added near Bazial as a display of his power.
- New NPCs with mini quests added: Kalyson (Bird) and Pavel (Dog)
- Three new unique equipment added: Eagle's Eye (Ring), Zweihander and Hunter's Companion
- Extra enemies added to the Lycan Forest
- Slither Cave is now darker, but with torches.
- Added spell: Global Warming
- Fixed Peddler selling enemy loot in his standard treasure table.
- Pard and Thea now reacts to Werewolf Form.
- Slight XP adjustments to account for greater number of enemies.
- Enemies now use some of the new spells.
- Enemy armor looted now is properly coloured.
- Terrain for all areas tweaked.
- Visual effect of Ice Shard changed.
- Companions should no longer gain illegal attribute points when loading a save every new level.
- Howl of Terror magic damage nerfed by 30%.

v1.01
- All Class Presets for Living Races now start with Civilian Clothes.
- Intro Dialogue is now much longer and explains the narrative.
- More NPCs will now acknowledge on your alternate appearance.
- Some terrain textures fixed.
- Kesa's dialogue has been entirely overhauled.
- Sleeping bags added near the river under a tree.
- Peddler now sells backpacks of different icons for inventory management.
- Peddler's faction now set to Neutral to the player (until you bribe him through trade).
- Vincent no longer incorrectly thinks you didn't hire him.
- Vincent's and Elsa's comments on your alternate appearance have been rewritten.
- Vincent and Elsa will no longer trigger a player-only conversation in the village.
- Vincent and Elsa now both start with Encourage since they are Human.
- Townsfolk and Militia have been given their own neutral faction to avoid combat issues when attacking them.
- Rending Bite range has been reduced.
- Extra crafting ingredients added to merchants.

v1.00
Public Test Released Version

v0.99
Public Test Pre-Release

Known Issues:
- PCs in Werewolf state cannot attack regularly unless unarmed or using fist weapons, this is due to lack of animations.
- Companions cannot be rehired after being dismissed.
- Companions may receive random stat boosts when they level up.
- Cannot exit Werewolf state while in Yeva's House. (???)
- Mods that change the main DoS2 campaign are incompatible and will cause serious bugs.

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Credits:
Larian Studios for making the editor available.
LaughingLeader for coding help.
Windemere RPG for his in-depth Video Tutorial Series on YouTube.
Dima01 for his Video Tutorials especially the one regarding enemies approaching, talking, then attacking.
Scottworld for his Video Tutorial on how to create Companions.
SweDreams for his instructions on how to change the colours of armors.
Luckless Yilas for his encouragement, initial playtesting, bug spotting, ideas and being a good friend.
ohgodhwhydidIjoin for first playtest feedback.
Damashi The Kaotic for his playtest.
VoidInsanity for his harsh yet constructive criticism on area design.
MAHak for his advice, encouragement and some playtesting.

If you feel like you've contributed to this mod, but are not credited, inform me and I will update the list.

Finally, I'd like to thank you for helping to playtest this mod!