YAGLUTH'S BEAST EXPERIMENTS 0.8.1

:: INTRO ::
Yagluth, the twisted sorcerer, has been able to harness the power of the slain. Not only the obvious power of the Forsaken but the power of any slain creature.
Holding Yagluth's Thing, you now have Yagluth's knowledge and are able to use that power.

:: INSTALLATION ::
• Use a mod manager (Vortex for example)
• Or install manually: download the file.
• Copy the content of the zip file: BeastMode.dll and BeastModeOptIn.dll to your Valheim BepInEx plugins folder.
• If you don't want to opt in the rebalance/revamp aspect of the mod, don't copy the BeastModeOptIn.dll to the plugin folder.

:: INSTRUCTIONS ::
• To "unlock" the mod, obtain a Yagluth Thing.
• Build a Sacrificial Altar to craft Beast Essences from excess trophies.
• Sleep next to a displayed trophy to be bound to the creature it represents.
• Consume a Beast Essence to unleash the power of the creature you are bound to.
• Enjoy, explore and experiment with all the 25 powers!
• If you want to opt out of the rebalance/revamp aspect of the mod, remove BeastModeOptIn.dll from the plugins folder.

:: REQUIREMENTS ::
• The Valheim game
• JotunnLib
• BepInEx 5.4.9 and later

:: FEATURES::
• 25 cool and/or useful powers imagined after the creatures of Valheim.
• A new smelter-like crafting station, the Sacrificial Altar.
• A new consumable item that activates the beast powers.
• A little bit of revamp/rebalance for armor, resistances and blocking/parrying. Most of the time, this revamp makes the game a little harder but should hardly be noticeable.

:: KNOWN ISSUES ::
• Some really crude and/or non-existent visual feedback.
• There may be some Player to Player or Server to Player interactions that don't work well yet. This aspect is being tested.
• Some powers may need some balancing.
• Does not work properly with ScriptEngine, don't place this plugin in the /scripts folder.

:: CREDITS ::
♦ Thanks to JotunnLibTeam for JotunnLib, awesome work!
♦ Thanks to Dick Justice for his awesome Youtube Valheim mod tutorials. They really are among the best tutorials I've ever seen!

:: BALANCE REVAMP EFFECTS ::
• Resistances are calculated at a steady 50% resistance instead of an indefinite value
• Armor is pretty much the same, protects usually a little more
• Blocking with normal shields takes more stamina
• Blocking with tower shields takes less stamina
• Dodging takes less stamina
• Staggered enemies take 150% damage instead of 200%