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[Lassal]

File Name: Mercenaries of Sword Coast for EET
File Submitter: Lassal
File Submitted: 22 Oct 2017
File Category: BG:EE Mods

Mercenaries of Sword Coast v. 0.41

 

by Lassal

 

MEAN NOTE 1 - To play MoSC you need to have EET installed (BG1 EE+SOD+BG2 EE).

MEAN NOTE 2 - This mod is only for English and it will be so until I will decide, that I have done all dialogues (so it will be in very distant future). And my English is not good. So you could have a heart attack reading texts.:-)

MEAN NOTE 3 - Portraits, that are available in this mod, all have Creative Commons C0 license and don't require mentioning author (they were downloaded through pixabay.com).

 

This is demo. Don't know when I will finish or will I finish mod at all.
Some things may not work as intended.

The main idea of this mod is to allow player to hire mercenaries of races and types, that don't exist as joinable NPCs.
At least for now, these mercenaries don't have talks with main character, only hiring dialogs exist.
But I am open for cooperation, if you would like to add your creatures to mod or to make some character dialogs or even romance, contact me.

 

WARNING!!!!

Now ("thanks" to people, who first command "Install all submods", and then complain about "disturbing content, cannibalism and slavery") every submod needs separate command to install.
Now it will be only your full responsibility, if you install something you can call yourself disturbing. Read notes to such submods and, if your traditions, culture or religion doesn't permit something in submod,
don't install it, please.

 

WARNING!!!!

This mod as a whole goes under rating 18+, so if you are below this age or age of adulthood in your contry, you must not download and install it.

[LEGION OF BHAAL & MERCY OF BHAAL]

Mercenaries Of The Sword Coast (Main Block)

 

This block adds racial descriptions and some common things needed to mod to work.
Also it changes MULTIG/MULTIJ dialogs, so mods that change these files are incompatible with this mod.
Mercenaries can leave party due to reputation changes, but they will immediately return, because they work for money. But there is possibility that they no longer will tolerate player's behaviour and try to kill him.

 

[LEGION OF BHAAL]
Mercenaries allowed to hire:

 

- Hamadriad Darina (can be recruited at Cloakwood Druids area)
- Bandit Igor (can be recruited at Coast Way area)
- Ogre Dubar (can be recruited at Lonely Peaks area)
- Medusa Helena (can be recruited at Sharp Teeth Plain area)
- Prostitute monk of Sharess Agatha (can be recruited at Feldepost's Inn Level 2 area)
- Sirine archer Rada (can be recruited at Shipwreck's Coast area)
- Zombie Vladimir (can be recruited at High Hedge area house)
- Hobgoblin Madur (can be recruited at Friendly Arm Inn area)
- Crusader Nadya (can be recruited at Dead Man's Pass area)
- Fatty Sofia (can be recruited at Belching Dragon Tavern, Nashkel area)
- Aasimar Panteleimona (can be recruited at Beregost Temple)
- Tiefling assasin Gina (can be recruited at Gullykin area)
- Tomb explorer Dita (can be recruited at Durlag's Tower area)
- Bandit woman Fiona (can be recruited at Bandit Camp)
- Elven ranger Nefellim (can be recruited at Bear River area)
- Pirate Simona (can be recruited at Jopalin's Tavern in Baldurs Gate)
- Demoness and fire mage Azargoth (can be recruited at Avernus Bridge)
- Elven ranger Shaella (can be recruited at Umar Hills near tavern)
- Minotaur berserker Mauren (can be recruited at Windspear Hills)
- Goblin crusader Minoga (can be recruited at Coast Way Crossing)
- Executioner Gerda (can be recruited at Athkatla's Government District near prison)
- Halfdragon barbarian Sera (can be recruited at Forest Valley, TOB)
- Demonic blackguard Megana (can be recruited at Demon Plane, visited by Planar Sphere)
- Myconid shaman Hog (can be recruited at Myconid Area, Copper Coronet sewers)
- Rakshasa kensai Zidan (can be recruited at Amkethran, near tavern, TOB)
- Ogre halfling Xsi (can be recruited at Planar Sphere, Entrance area)
- Ninja Motoko (can be recruited at Ice Maze)
- Inquisitor Ignatius (can be recruited at camp at Coast Way Crossing, SOD)
- Serial killer Trapper (can be recruted at Eastern Sewers of Baldur's Gate)
- Half-orc fighter Marakhan (can be recruited at Athkatla's City Gates)
- Book collector Akumaya (can be recruited at tavern at Candlekeep)

- Necromancer Isania (can be recruited at Valley of the Tombs)

 

[MERCY OF BHAAL]
You can show mercy to some of characters in game, enslave them and add them to party:

- Tomb robber fighter Samia (Firkaag's Maze)
- Bandit mage Jemby (Wilderness Lake)
- Adventurer Kirian (Sharp Teeth Plain)
- Skeleton Icharyd (Ulcaster Ruins)
- Mage and merchant Shaldrissa (Underground City, near Temple of Bhaal)
- Cyric worshippers Lamalha, Telka, Zeela, Maneira (Valley of Tombs) (you must be of evil alignment, have low reputation and talk them)
- Ranger Shallen (Temple of Cyric, SOD) (illithyd must be killed before her)
- Succubus Kirinhale (Durlag's Tower, Level 4, player must be of Demonic race or chaotic evil)
- Mage apprentice Sanasha (Prebek's home, Alkathla Docks)
- Sarevok follower Cythandria (Iron Throne building, after Sarevok's escape)
- Slave woman Elhastra (Yaga Shura's Keep, TOB)
- Thief Ketta (Guarded Compound, Athkatla, Temple district) (needs slave collar to be enslaved)
- Thief monk Anishai (Mae'Var guild, Athkatla, docks) (when Mae'Var exposed or his guild is attacked by player, she will initiate dialog with player, if sees him)

[LEGION OF BHAAL & MERCY OF BHAAL]
Mercenaries can agree to ganble for money, sex and alcohol (You can install this mod only if your age is 18+ and your local laws, ideology or religion allow to read such content)

 

If you are below this age or you don't tolerate freedom of sex or alcohol drinking, you absolutely cannot use this part of mod (it is not descriptive, but still it is forbidden).

You can get additional adult dialogs with mercenaries proposing sex, alcohol or some other activity.
If used with mod Pregnancy, you can get pregnant.
Some mercenaries can get pregnant too and after several months will born a child for you.

 

[LEGION OF BHAAL & MERCY OF BHAAL]
Sacrifices in altair of Temple of Cyric

 

You can sacrifice your companions at altair in Temple of Cyric and get some additional bonuses to stats.
You can also sacrifice any other NPCs not from this mod. Their deaths will provide increase of standard parameters mostly.

 

[CALL OF BHAAL]

You can summon mercenaries, that were in party previously, to the Pocket Plane thanks to the fate spirit.

 

After completing Bhaal challenges at Pocket Plane you can ask mercenaries to join you in final fight against Melissan.
If their happiness are greater then 2000, they will agree to fight for you and will appear at Throne of Bhaal out of party.
You can archieve it by giving them premies, for example, or by adult activities.
Remember to level-up them and give them gear. If they will die in this fight, they will die.
Also mercenaries got end biographies.

 

[LEGION OF BHAAL & MERCY OF BHAAL]
Cannibalism system

 

If mercenary/player is Trapper, zombie, ghoul, ogre, orc or lycanthrope, he/she can eat bodies and get characteristics upped. For example, eating duke Eltan's body will get +2 Charisma permanently.
 

 

[SLAVES OF BHAAL]
You can enslave your companions and sell them to slavers

 

You can enslave every joinable NPC in game, but NPCs not from this mod will retain dialogues, scripts and can walk away before you lead them to slavers (this can change in next versions, as
enslaved companions loose will to defend or to not obey.)
Slaves can leave party due to reputation changes, but they will immediately return, because they are controlled by collars.

 

Slaver traders buy enslaved companions, sells slaves, sells slave collars for enslaving:
- Savria (Nashkel Carnival)
- Veladin (Ust Natha)
- Alessandra (Amkethran)

 

You can put these collars on neck of your companions and sell them to slavers.
If this collar is removed earlier that a week (by Remove Curse or by death and resurrection), your companion will become hostile.
If week with collar on passes, it becames used to enslaved companion and no longer can be removed.
Enslaved companions loose a will.

 

Slaves that can be bought in slaver shop:

- Gladiator woman Peleya (Nashkel Carnival)
- Orc berserker Zabar (Nashkel Carnival)
- Orc archer Malak (Nashkel Carnival)
- Gladiator Paris (Nashkel Carnival)
- Drider Kariana (Ust Natha)
- Drow monk Uranae (Ust Natha)
- Githyanki blackguard Sai'Runa (Ust Natha)
- Desert archer Farrida (Amkethran)
- Tribe hunter Maja (Amkethran)
- Gladiator man Merces (Athkatla)
- Bodyguard woman Namia (Athkatla)

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[Miloch]

- Hamadriad Darina (can be recruited at Cloakwood Druids area)

Interesting. Is this the hamadryad you otherwise fight, or a different one? Let me know when you finish writing the romance with her.

[Lassal]

Added possibility to increase stats of mercenaries by eating bodies.

 

I also plan to make "Mercy of Bhaal" part of this mod.

There are several NPC, that gain my interest and I didn't want to kill them in game, but rather to conquer and join to party (not the last impression is thanks to PPE mod and pretty portraits).

For example, Samia in Windspear Hills. She leads my party to trap, but she is very cool in her cowardice, and her portrait and stats are also cool.

Or Jemby from bandit group in BG area near Drizzt. Isn't it too violent to kill this bandit and take her scalp? Especially for evil party, when you make more worst things. 

I want to add possibility for some of enemies to beg for mercy and to be taken to party, killed, or let go after paying ransom. Of cause, Creative Common Portraits will be included if good ones are found.

Edited by Lassal, 21 April 2018 - 04:09 AM.

[Lassal]

New part of mod - MERCY OF BHAAL is added.
Now you can only let fighter Samia go or welcome her to your party.

[Greenhorn]

The more hot chicks in the party, the merrier. Of course, question of their loyalty or PC common sense to recruit them is highly debatable... 

[Lassal]

Added few hot chicks and ability for your hero to sacrifice his companions on altar of Temple of Cyric, increasing his stats.
Works only with NPCs from this mod currently.
I plan to add some downsides of sacrificing many NPCs in some kind of retribution or divine messengers.

[Greenhorn]

Added few hot chicks and ability for your hero to sacrifice his companions on altar of Temple of Cyric, increasing his stats.
Works only with NPCs from this mod currently.
I plan to add some downsides of sacrificing many NPCs in some kind of retribution or divine messengers.

The former I wholeheartedly support. The latter I will pass, thank you very much.   Well, maybe I can introduce Cyric and Vladimir. For the greater good, of course.   Yes, yes. 

P.S. On second thought, better not. 

Edited by Greenhorn, 02 May 2018 - 04:58 PM.

[Lassal]

Added slavery system  

[Samriel]

Added slavery system

 

Sounds interesting.

 

Will the slaves grow to respect or love the slaver PC based on how he treats them? Based on the description they hate him at the beginning if the collar is removed and later they lose will. Does losing will mean that they stop hating the PC or simply they lose the mental fortitude to keep resisting?

[Lassal]

Added slavery system

 

Sounds interesting.

 

Will the slaves grow to respect or love the slaver PC based on how he treats them? Based on the description they hate him at the beginning if the collar is removed and later they lose will. Does losing will mean that they stop hating the PC or simply they lose the mental fortitude to keep resisting?

 

The mercenaries and enslaved joinable NPCs from other mods or from BG1/2 will attack if collar is removed (due to Remove Curse or death and resurrection).

The slaves collar (or the collar of NPCs who were enslaved week ago) is not removable.

Yes, I think what to do with slaves, bought from slavers. Maybe I will make a way to remove collars from them and make them free. And I didn't yet do pregnancy and children on them. 

And I didn't fixed talks for enslaved mercenaries (they will act like they are free now).

 

I think I need another one slave trader near Copper Coronet and another one in Saradush...

Also I think about adding few NPCs to Mercy of Bhaal block, which lives can be spared only if you have collar and put it on them instead of killing.

 

PS Collar is a biodevice and gets under skin of slaves. So no one sees that this is a slave behind him. That's why you can walk with slaves without arresting.

Edited by Lassal, 27 June 2018 - 12:43 AM.

[Lassal]

Added posibility of enslaving Ketta (one of the party needs to have collar in inventory and not wear it as slave at the same time) instead of murdering her.

Fixed few bugs in slave system, allowed slaves to have children.

[Samriel]

Added posibility of enslaving Ketta (one of the party needs to have collar in inventory and not wear it as slave at the same time) instead of murdering her.

Fixed few bugs in slave system, allowed slaves to have children.

 

Cool, will the slaves have some sort of affection levels and/or epilogues?

[Lassal]

Added posibility of enslaving Ketta (one of the party needs to have collar in inventory and not wear it as slave at the same time) instead of murdering her.

Fixed few bugs in slave system, allowed slaves to have children.

 

Cool, will the slaves have some sort of affection levels and/or epilogues?

Slaves and enslaved will not have epilogues (they have no life on its own).
When I think out the way to free slaves, they will get epilogues, if decide to stay with portagonist.
Enslaved will not stay with hero, they will try to kill hero for this.
So it's up to hero to decide, will he/she enslave NPCs and mercenaries and sell/not sell them to slavers.
This mod aims to create more strategy aspect of BG.
You can choose optimal party for each fight, you can sacrifice your companions and get stats upped,
you can level up mercenaries and use them in final fight again Melissan (if you are a vampire and have vampires in your party,
Mellisan can kill undead instantly, so you need to have some non-undead members).
There is a some cheat also, lycanthropes and vampires can turn mercenaries and slaves to their kind and seriously
increase their prices for slaver merchants (if MoSC is used together with Vampire World).
So it's up to player to decide what to do.

[Lassal]

New version is uploaded.

 

I hope I fixed slaves and mercenaries leaving party due to happiness downfalls, without alignment changes.

If they break up with party, they will not run away, but return back or wait for player to talk to them.

 

+ added Anishai to Mercy of Bhaal part. Her Romantic Encouters part has influence on her dialogue. It was strange that main hero had a good times with her, and then butchered her with all other Mae'Var's guild members.

 

+ finally Athkatla has its own slave trader. And two generic gladiators in stock.

Edited by Lassal, 16 September 2018 - 09:55 AM.

[Lassal]

Due to criticism in beamdog forums, I decided to add a vote. Those, who tried mod, please vote and show your opinions.

Note that likely no written dialogues will appear for most of NPCs. There are just hirelings like in POE.

Edited by Lassal, 24 September 2018 - 09:34 AM.

[Samriel]

Hmmm, the content itself being adultish isn't necessarily a bad thing.

 

If I would change anything it would be to add some conversations or just PID(Player Initiated Dialogue) for the mercenaries so they feel more "alive".

 

Mixed feelings about dividing it in 3 separate mods. All those parts have adult content so its not like it would help censor it in any way. More importantly...would that actually make the work easier or allow to expand more on each aspect of the mod if done separately? If it would then I think it would be good. If it wouldn't then I see no point.

Edited by Samriel, 30 September 2018 - 05:29 AM.

[@vGur]

Slavery, canibalism, human sacrifices.. Haven't played yed, by it looks like a musthave for any evil-aligned walktrough.

Vanilla BG was for young audience, so fairy tale style was obvious. Now we are adult enough to explore the dark side of fantasy.

 

 

If You are interested in ideas for evil activities, than assassinations of various NPCs for opposite sides looks good, especially if it could be done silently as poisoning.

Also kidnapping and tortures. City council members are excelent choice. 

You have a bank, so we need a robbery.

Seduction (sex offer) could be an alternative way to get your female PC (or proper NPC) out of trouble (when combat is loss or You captured on stealing), success of such offer should be calculated from constitution and charisma.

You could explore ideas of drug addiction, alcoholism, prostitution, so evil\CN aligned (N)PCs should get XP for such activity.

Enslavement could be a standart mechanic, so any humanoid NPC can be affected. In such way slaves are controllable and could travel with party but not as party members and will attack you (combat cappable class) or run away (innocents) if Your party is heavily injured or greatly outnumbered. Drugs, alcohol or something else could affect they loyalty.

Brynnlaw definately should have a slave market.

Slavers can send slave caravans from City to City (maeby even ships, so Brynnlaw could be on they regular route). Good PC could fight them. Evil PC will be offered to guard them. It could be another route to Spellhold. 

Slavers also could run a brothel and push drugs, so You can beat slavers and their guards to become a godfather of slavery and their building could be your stronghold with regular gold income. Again, good PC could set prostitutes free and kill slavers.

Driads, noble womans and sirines would be sold there for very high price, so evil group will hunt for them.

City guards or even some council members would require a regular bribe to appreciate this business.

Harpers will hunt You anyway. If captured you will be judged and send to local prison or Spellhold (based on your answers during trial, so You can stay in local prison, escape and do more quests in Athkatla before moving further)! It could be an alternative route without dealing with Mae'Var or Bodhi.

Concept could be expanded in so many ways and still remain realistic and suitable for dark fentasy.

Do You want to become the undground ruler of the Sword Coast?  

 

I would like to see this mod continued, tell me if You need more ideas\details. Good Luck

Edited by @vGur, 25 December 2018 - 07:00 PM.

[Lassal]

Thanks for your ideas.

Slavers buy prices already depend on race of enslaved companion.
I think of adding alcohol addiction consequenses.
Prostitution system is one of throughts, i think ill release some non-descriptive version somewhere in future.
Most of trouble is that i have no time to work on mod. I just started to change and test something yesterday.
I will make Cannibalism system as distint submod and extern it to main hero. But it will be limited to this mod npcs yet. You could say to npc that its his time to die, and after his/her killing you will receive a body (not all races will leave a body still), and you will have options what to do with it.

Assasinations and slaver quests i cannot yet carry myself.

Porno adventures of Bhaalspawn? That will be extended romantic encouters thing. But it will require to change a lot of dialogs. And will have reason as an standalone mod...
 
UPDATED:
Cannibalism is made stand-alone submod and extended.

PS Remembered local humor:
Pioneer Timur and his friends done a good deeds: they bought prostitutes and let them go free.

Edited by Lassal, 28 December 2018 - 10:31 PM.

[Lassal]

Updated mod with few changes and fixes. Cannibalism system and Hate of Bhaal are removed. Slave collars can be taken off by slave traders.

[Endarire]

@Lassal

I miss the removed modes of cannibalism and Hate of Bhaal.  May we get those as optional components in a near-term release?

Thanks for making and maintaining this mod!

Edited by Endarire, 17 December 2020 - 04:30 PM.