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[Zyraen]

Guess I finally got it done! Somewhat different from what I imagined, more useful than I thought, but very nifty nonetheless and probably fun to play, that's what counts. Testing out the Spells and HLAs (especially!) was great fun, although many bugs were tough to fix. I have attached the Readme along with 2 screenshots taken long ago. Comments, Flames, Reviews etc, can all be posted here.

Conductor Kit for Bards
v 1.00
by Zyraen

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Every Conductor sparks a most enchanting charm that they use to electrify their audiences in every sense of the word. Just through their performances, Conductors can channel electricity and possibly even set alight all those who incur their wrath, and their mastery of Electrical and Lightning spells is unparalleled even when compared against Mages.
However, their limitations are many. Their art requires use of small single-handed weapons, the proper timing means they may not be quick on their feet while performing, and since their calling is to be the centre of attention, a Conductor can never use invisibility of any sort.

Advantages :
- Damaging Bard Songs progressing as follows
5 : Bard Song damages nearby opponents for 1d6 electrical damage on failed Save vs Spells
9 : Bard Song damages nearby opponents for 2d6 electrical damage on failed Save vs Spells -1
14 : Bard Song damages nearby opponents for 2d6 electrical damage and 2d6 fire damage on failed Save vs Spells at -2
- Gains 10% Electrical Resistance every 5 levels, up to 50% Max
- Auto-Learns special Electrical / Lightning Spells at various levels
- HLAs includes Conductor Song Upgrades, Conductor Resistance, Proficiencies, and Conductor Spell Upgrades

Disadvantages :
- Bard Song sets the Conductors movement speed to half of normal
- may not have Proficiency Points in any weapons or styles except Short Sword, Dagger, Single Weapon Style.
- may not ever become Invisible, Hidden, Unseen, or anything to the effect of making them invisible
- Offhand Thac0 has a permanent -7 Penalty
- HLAs excludes all Use Any Item, all Traps, standard Enhanced Bard Song, Alchemy and Potion-making

Conductor Special Spells
- Charged Magic Missiles (level 1) : 1d4 Electrical Damage per missile. learned only at level 9.
- Lightning Glyph (level 2) : Wizard version of Glyph of Warding
- Conductor's Insulation (level 2) : grants 70% Electrical Resistance. lasts 10 turns.
- Lightning Blast (level 3) : Everyone in a 30' radius of caster, including allies, takes 10d6 Lightning damage.
- Conductor's Chain (level 4) : same as normal Chain Lightning, just 2 levels lower
- Lightning Storm (level 5) : Wizard version of Call Lightning, except it is usable indoors
- Conducive Surge (level 5) : single target spell, target takes -4 to Save vs Spells, -30% Lightning Resist, -30% Fire Resist, lasts 15 rounds.


Optional Component :
Haer'Dalis the Conductor
I always felt the class suited him better anyway. Now he can literally be the centre of Attention.


Note : I just put it under Hidden Kits as its too minor to warrant its own forum. Its definitely NOT a Hidden Kit.

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Edited by Zyraen, 04 January 2011 - 01:13 AM.

[Lava Del'Vortel]

I really like the idea! I will play Conductor next time I play BG2 That would be soon, hopefully! Thank you for making this kit. I'm definetelly a bard-player

EDIT:

One thing

IF	!Kit(Myself,BLADE)
	Class(Myself,BARD)
	Global("Z#Conduc","LOCALS",0)
THEN
	RESPONSE #100
	SetGlobal("Z#Conduc","LOCALS",1)
	AddKit(Z#CONDUC)
	Continue()
END

Shouldn't it be without "!"? Didn't you mean to check if Haer'dalis is a blade and if he's then to change him into Conductor?

Edited by Lava Del'Vortel, 03 January 2011 - 01:04 PM.

[Zyraen]

No worries. I changed Haer'Dalis CRE to a normal Bard without a Blade Kit, so yes I am checking if he's not a Blade then swapping him to a Conductor.

I have to use a manual script to change him, because every computer may have a different entry for the installed Conductor (Z#CONDUC) kit. There should be a way to TP2 search the IDS for the right code and then change it, but I'm too n00b to do that.

PS : I'm definitely NOT a Bard player.. found them too weak. Hopefully this kit will change that, though like I said they're still slightly weaker than a Mage. I'm thinking to attempt a ToB solo though or duo though

Edited by Zyraen, 03 January 2011 - 04:48 PM.

[the bigg]

Checking some other mod's tp2 was too much work?
Actually, that was for the best, since the code used by all current mods doesn't actually work for large installations.

This is correct:

WRITE_SHORT 0x244 0
WRITE_SHORT 0x246 0x4000 + Z#CONDUC

[Zyraen]

@bigg : thanks I'll have to note that for future runs, and also if I update the Conductor installation

Well, I guess the decent number of Downloads vs the lack of Comments here means its relatively Bug-free? Damned I should have made more mistakes lol

Edited by Zyraen, 06 January 2011 - 06:25 AM.