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[ak404]

To combat the shortage of decent long bows in BG2, I downloaded Weimer's Item Upgrade pack, and aside from a few palette switches, I like it.  However...

One of the things I've noticed about the Teleomortis is that...well, it's a composite long bow that requires 18 Strength.  Now, it's not like every ranger actually needs 18 Strength, especially an archer.  Right now, I'm trying to create a new long bow for archers with, er...shall we say, "lower than munchkin" strength with Near Infinity with these stats:

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Kabbalah's Heartbane +4

The favored weapon of the famed (for her beauty as well as her skill with the bow) elven archer Kabbalah Ní Mhaonaigh, this blackwood ceremonial bow was given to her by one of her many would-be suitors. The bow's name stems not for its dreaded ability to kill in a single blow, but as a lament, for the ranger refused to marry. Instead, she professed dedication to Mielikki and the Way of the Bow. Strangely enough, the bow seems to exhibit a semblance of awareness, allowing itself to be held only by women and harboring a special distaste for members of the male gender, who should fear additional damage from its arrows in battle.

STATISTICS:

Equipped Abilities:

User immune to Charm, Confusion, Fear, Psionics

Combat Abilities:

25% chance each hit that target must save vs rod/wand or be stunned (as per Celestial Fury)
5% chance each hit that target must make a saving throw vs death (+2 bonus) or die (as per Silver Sword)
+5 damage to male humanoid targets

THACO: +4
Weight: 2
Speed Factor: 3
Proficiency Type: Longbow
Type: 2-handed
Requires: 6 Strength
Not Usable By:
Male Characters
Druid
Cleric
Mage
Thief

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The bow uses the graphic of the Elven Court Bow with a black/white or dark grey palette.

So far, the booming thunder and vorpal strike don't seem so difficult, but the restriction against male characters and the bonus damage against male characters are...difficult (and probably not even worth coding in, thinking of replacing it with double damage versus rakshasa or something).  However, as a first time user of NI, may I have some help with this?  Heck, I don't even know how to write up a new item file...

[ak404]

OK, got some of the bow to work under IEEP, but I can't get the immunity icons up and there's no way that I can see for ghost arrows.

Suggestions?

[Cuv]

Ghost Arrows???? ......easy, just look at BOW15.itm (Tasharon's) that requires no ammunition.

As for the portrait icons.. that is easy too. Just open up your item with NI and add equiping effect: Display Portrait Icon (142). Then just set what icon you want displayed.

Cuv

[ak404]

Well, Cuv, it's that I wanted to use the Elven Court Bow Icon and tint it black. but I will look up the line on ghost arrows.

I've decided to scrap this bow anyways. I used it with just the Booming Thunder and already it's obscene. And worse, if you use arrows of detonation with it, everything caught within the blast is stunned.

Overpowered, I'm sorry to say.

[Cuv]

Yes, it sounded a little too powerful. But you can still use the Elven Court Bow bams for your item with the ghost arrows of Tasharon's, all you have to do is change the Inventory and Carried bams to that of the Elven Court Bow.

And for tinting it black, just extract those bams and recolor them by hand in BAMWorkshop... or extract the animations and color them in your favorite paint program, then reimport them into BAMWorkshop and make new bams.

Cuv

[ak404]

BAM Workshop?

Hm...I'll give it a shot. Right now, I'm trying to rebalance the bow, and I'll take your advice about the ghost arrows into consideration. Tell me, Cuv, how do I program knockback on small to large targets (as the staff of the ram) into a long bow without having to resort to Wing Buffet? (You know what I'm thinking of, yes?)

Or is the staff of the ram using Wing Buffet as well?

[Cuv]

Like Sim said... use Wing Buffet. You can set just how far the victim is knocked back easily. There is a range parameter. Dragon Wing Buffet knocks you back a long way. Also, if you have Ascension installed, look at DaveG's "Unleash" power... it also knocks back.

Cuv

[ak404]

Hm. Interesting. So far, I'm trying to make a long bow +5 with...

Ghost Arrows
Knockback (what's the knockback length of the Staff of the Ram? I don't want to go extreme with this.)
Adds an extra attack
Increases movement rate by 2

So...um, this is all possible through IEEP and NI, right?

[Cuv]

Yep... you can do all of that with NI alone.

Also take a look at Improved Illasera for archer special abilities.

Cuv

[ak404]

What, you gave her more than what an archer usually gets?

I mean, besides the ability to wear elven chain...

[Cuv]

LOL... dont blame me for anything she has, I just tested the thing for DaveG... he made her what she is:P But you can learn alot from his items and scripts in the Improved Battle mods and Ascension.

Cuv