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[Lollorian]

I'll answer the rest after another analysis tomorrow but i can tell you that the streamlined trolls component is more of a tweak rather than a difficulty increase - it will make all creatures in the game that have the troll animation killable directly without the invulnerable sleeping troll animation.

BP's troll component improves troll AI and stats.

Also you're right about the vampire conflicts

[agb1]

Ah.  So the streamlined trolls does conflict with polytweaks #60 (improved less buggy trolls)?

[Lollorian]

Yes But I'd recommend polytweak over tactics because it's much narrower in scope (specifically targets which creatures to edit rather than all trollish animation ones) and newer

[Lollorian]

Twisted Rune should not conflict because BP considers them generic stuff while Tactics considers it a separate encounter.
 
By order of compatibility with other mods: choose BP > Tactics > DSoA (BP is most compatible)
Yes, DSoA overwrites like hell so mark the entire mod as expert if not already.

About EETactics, I was waiting for development to stop before asking the author if I can backport the patches over to Tactics - the mod is a total rewrite so it would be better to just start making changes to EEtactics to make it compatible with non-EE rather than make Tactics like EETactics

So new changes in red
 
Improved Ilyich - conflicts with 440 & 450 (mark as expert)
The Ritual - conflicts with 1450
Improved TorGal - conflicts with 1315 (mark as expert)
Improved Sahuagin City - conflicts with 750 (mark as expert)
Improved Bodhi - conflicts with 1030, 1050 & 1070 (mark as expert)
Improved Irenicus - no conflict (mark as expert)
Improved Guarded Compound - conflicts with 1100 (mark as expert)
Improved Twisted Rune - no conflict (mark as expert)
"Kuroisan", the Acid Kensai - conflicts with 1250
"Red Badge" Poison-Based Encounter - conflicts with 1425
Gebhard Blucher's Improved Mae'Var - conflicts with 1300 (mark as expert)
Gebhard Blucher's Lich in the Docks - conflicts with 1275 (mark as expert)
Gebhard Blucher's Improved Demon Knights - conflicts with 375 (mark as expert)
Kensai Ryu's Tougher Kangaxx - conflicts with 1225 (mark as expert)
Kensai Ryu's Gnome Fighter/Illusionist in the Docks - conflicts with 1175 (mark as expert)
Kensai Ryu's Improved Crypt King - conflicts with 1120 (mark as expert)
Ishan's "Always Toughest Random Spawns in Dungeons" - no conflict (mark as expert)
Gebhard Blucher's Random City Encounters - conflicts with 1400 (mark as expert)
Kensai Ryu's Random Wilderness Encounters - conflicts with 1400
Improved Undead - conflicts with 900
Slightly Smarter Golems - conflicts with 600 (mark as expert)
GB's Improved Mind Flayers - conflicts with 700 (mark as expert)
Smarter Dragons - conflicts with 400 (mark as expert)
Smarter Beholders - conflicts with 350 (mark as expert)
Smarter Vampires - conflicts with 1030, 1040, 1050, 1060, 1070, 1080 & 1090 (mark as expert)
Smarter Mages - conflicts with 500
Generic Archer Kit - no conflicts
Anti-Paladin Kit - no conflicts (mark as expert)
Göran Rimén's Improved Nymph - no conflicts
Kensai Ryu's Improved Copper Coronet - conflicts with 1100
SimDing0's Improved Oasis - no conflicts (mark as expert)
Mike Barnes's Improved Small Teeth Pass - conflicts with 1525
Mike Barnes's Improved North Forest - no conflicts
Mike Barnes's Marching Mountains - no conflicts
Slightly Tougher Demons AI - conflicts with 375 (mark as expert)
Tougher Druid Grove - conflcits with 1140 (mark as expert)
Tougher Fire Giants - conflicts with 2600 (mark as expert)
Streamlined Trolls - no conflicts (consider recommending a component 60 in polytweaks over this one though)

[agb1]

Thanks Lollorian.  BWS commit almost ready...

[Lollorian]

I think we should wait for a proper release of that mod before trying to meddle with its code (for all we know it might have gone through some serious rewriting since august)