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

This is one massive Easter-time update that will fill your wicker basket full of eggs containing little surprises. Spare some time to munch on each one, and don’t forget to send positive and constructive feedback to the budding modification authors.

Dwarves in plain clothing
Paralyse your enemies by picking up Erephine’s next One Pixel Productions animation replacement, Female Dwarves. This cute little pack continues a graphics revolution that will bring a refreshing tear to your eye. And if that isn’t enough, add the in-progress Paperdolls modification, newly featuring the female dwarves’ tough partners in all their flashy apparel. Grab the action figurines here and the dolls here.

One Ring to rule them all
Lord of the Rings fame has made its away into the Forgotten Realms, and what better to introduce the most powerful yet dangerous of all items, The One Ring. But be cautious, you may be blinded with the lust for power that you may become a pawn in Sauron’s quest for domination. Or maybe not, there’s nothing in the readme that suggests it. Still, give it a try here, because it won’t burn if you throw it into the fireplace.

But if the One Ring isn’t enough to transform your world, the Shed offers you a bonus Lord of the Rings Item Pack. This older modification has been updated to version 1.03 with a bug fix and an Italian translation. Still, I’ll market it as a bonus. You can get it here.

Mods in a Shed
One may posit that there are enough modifications to fit into a backyard shed. Well, here are a few that come from the Shed itself. Dubbed ‘micro-mods’, Shed’s Mods features katanas, a lockbox, some funky spells, and novel items. Well, it might even classify as Pandora’s Shed. Discover the hiddden treasures here.

Sniffer dogs to catch those illegal drugs
Hmm, never thought that the Forgotten Realms ever needed customs, although I’m sure that weapons of mass destruction do exist and would propagate more freely than in this world. Nevertheless, Jarno Mikkola offers you Cerberus v0.99, featuring dog servants of the underworld available for hire to suit all your trap detection needs. Leave them a message here and they will reply shortly with a quote.

Old mods go new
The little modifications really are teetering around fanatically this fortnight. We have updates to Adventures in Papperland, Tortured Soul Quest, Blood of the Martyr, Jandor, Ghost, Bag Bonus, Jan’s Alchemy, Demon Summon Ritual, Domains of Dread, Heart of the Wood, Familiar Pack, and Fairy Dragon. Whoa, ain’t that a massive set of updates. These little gems you can find out more about here.

Worship Sune and embrace the fire of love...
with Adul’s implementation of the Heartwarder of Sune Cleric Kit modification. The kit is based upon the 3rd edition Dungeons and Dragons prestige class, and certainly won’t disappoint you romantics! Read moe about it and download it from here.