As those of you who visit the the website may have noticed, SHS now has its very own Twitter! (You can see the latest entry above! How cool is that?)

In it, there’ll be regular updates about what’s going on here at SHS--interesting discussions, mod releases, and general pointing out of things--perhaps even the occasional preview of a mod-in-progress! We’ll also be posting updates there about any SHS news or technical hiccups if they occur.

:cheers:

Liam/K’aeloree

Welcome to another week containing a smorgasboard full of goodies. It’s time to show and tell!

RoT in your item pack
Forgotten in the crypts last fortnight was the Return to Trademeet Item Pack additions version, which throws in French and German translations. This handy little pack boasts 51 magic items accessible from your favourite item trader, Ribald the Adventurer. Be sure to check in and check out here.

More dwarven goodness
In leather armour, in chail mail, and perhaps soon to be in plate mail, your jaws will drop and your eyes open wide as Erephine continues her episodes of One Pixel Productions dwarven makeover. Catch their leather sexiness here and their chain mail bling here.

Once upon a time in a land far, far away...
Their was a Fairy Dragon modification. It was so frustrated that it could not communicate with Le Chateau that it decided to learn a crash course in French, and here is version 6 boasting a French translation! Grab it here.

Bigot + Tutu = Works
Now to make a Rod of Refuge that actually works, Konalan just fixes the modification. Simple as that. Grab it here, no questions asked.

Hummmmmmmm, bo hummmmmm
A wim oh weh. Put on your chanter’s persona with this bardic priest kit modification, Chanter, prepared by Adul. It is meant to fit well into the start of Baldur’s Gate I. So, join in with the Voices by grabbing this modification here. Since North, South, East, and West are all taken, you’ll fill in that you are the Voice of the ___

Scratch fighting training for the unarmed
Learn the mystical art of scratch fighting with Adul’s Unarmed Adjustments. This modification makes monk’s fists magical from level 6 instead of level 9, great for a BGT or Tutu game, and/or modifies werewolf attacks. With these changes, no girl will ever scratch you again! What are you waiting for? Grab the modification here.

A final word for this month, as next fortnight this digest’s drafts were, well… digested, and thus no news will be posted. That final word is: ENJOY!

Introduction

The Rogue Rebalancing mod is a gameplay modification for Baldur’s Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal which strives to bring Bards and Thieves closer to their Pen and Paper AD&D counterparts. aTweaks represents a compilation of PnP related tweaks and various house rules which are designed to bring more consistency to the gameplay. Both mods works on normal Baldur’s Gate II games as well as either of the two Baldur’s Gate conversion projects: (Easy)Tutu and Baldur’s Gate Trilogy (BGT). They are divided into multiple components which can be installed separately and are completely independent of each other.

New in Rogue Rebalancing v4.1

This minor release alters the Alchemy and Scribe Scrolls HLAs in order to make them more customizable. Characters using these abilities can now choose which potion/scroll they wish to create. Furthermore, this update gives characters a chance to talk their way out of trouble after failing to steal an item from a store. The new dialogue options which make that possible are dependant on the character’s mental attributes. A more detailed list of changes can be found [url=http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?showtopic=27169">here.

Relevant links

• Download location
• Documentation
• Discussion forum
• Compatibility guide

New in aTweaks v2.5
This minor release adds three additional components to the “PnP Tweaks” group: “Restore innate disease immunity to Paladins”, “Additional racial traits for Dwarves” and “Additional racial traits for Gnomes”. In summary, these components restore several PnP gameplay elements which were missing from the unmodded game. More detailed information can be found in the [url=http://rogue.rebalancing.googlepages.com/README_aTweaks.HTML">readme.

Relevant links

• Download location
• Documentation
• Discussion forum

With thanks to Galathee of the D’Oghmatiques, Shed has released an update to the monk NPC mod Yikari. Version 1.4 may now be installed in English or French.

Related links:

• Download
• Website
• Forum
• Readme

Thanks to the hardworking Classic Adventures team, a new version of CA has been released in the form of a patch! As per usual with patches, you must install 0.49a over a previously existing installation of 0.49.

The changes from 0.49 include:

• Bergon is now joinable
• Fala’stra has lots of new banters
• Ilhara has a new soundset
• Terra has a new soundset
• Lots of posted bugs have been fixed
• Lots of other banters have been added

Related links:

• Download v.49a
• Website
• Forum