For the 3rd release today, we have a completely new mod which has been released- PC Soundsets!

This mod adds 22 new and unique sound sets for the PC to choose from - 9 female and 13 male, including racial sets for dwarves, halflings and half-orcs, and varying from the most righteous paladins to the sassiest rogues and most psychotic killers.

You can download the mod here, listen to previews and descriptions of the voicesets here, and learn more about the mod itself here!

- K’aeloree/Liam

The second release for day 12 of 12 is Erephine’s Flaming Swords, WeiDU version! With many thanks to Nythrun who coded it, and we hope she won’t bite us when she returns. We love you, Nythrun!

Flaming Swords is the latest part of One Pixel Productions, and - funnily enough - adds realistically flaming animations to your flaming swords in the game, much like in the original Baldur’s Gate!

You can download Flaming Swords here and visit the One Pixel Productions forum here!

- K’aeloree/Liam

For day 12 of 12, we have four releases - that’s right, four releases!

The first is the Sylmar Battlefield mod, by Zyraen, which adds a combat and strategy oriented quest to Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn!

Aid a nation of elves with an invasion into their holy burial grounds. Fight in a war alongside the elven army, and test your battlefield acumen by combating against continually attacking hosts of orcs and even against deadly, nightmarish demons, while keeping the elven commander alive and their holy grounds sacred.

This mod is meant to be a small sample battlefield, as a precursor of what is to come in Silmarillion. It is NOT a Total Conversion and is totally compatible with all other WeiDU mods.

You can download the mod here and read more about it here!

- K’aeloree/Liam

For day 11 of 12, the Luxley Family SoA has been released!

The Luxley Family introduces two joinable NPCs, Sebastian and Andrei Luxley, to your game. Sebastian is a Chaotic Neutral playwright with a rather idiosyncratic sense of humour who appears to take great delight in showing his cousin Andrei the world outside their family home. Andrei is a polite, Lawful Neutral young monk with a strong sense of self who has led a rather sheltered life until now. Throughout your journey with them, you will discover that their family is not all that meets the eye. You may have to make some tough decisions - and the path you choose will have repercussions.

Though you do not need to start a new game to have them join your party, it is advisable to have them join early in order that their story arc is completed. Both banter with all the Bioware party NPCs and they comment on many of the quests in the game.

Sebastian and Andrei both have detailed talk tracks with the PC; they also banter with each other extensively throughout the game.
Note that there is adult content in this mod, but all of it is voluntary on the part of the player - nothing that you feel uncomfortable with is forced on you.

You can download the Luxleys SoA here, check out their forum here and read more about them here!

- K’aeloree/Liam

The SHS Fanfiction Challenge is a monthly challenge where everyone can submit their entries related to the challenge genre. The challenge is open to everyone and there is no limit on the length or number of the entries submitted. It can be any kind of game!

The theme for December is: Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Winter. Most either love it or hate. Some love to hate it. But regardless it has a lot of meanings. For many it brings snow for their reindeer games, for others it simply brings shoveling and sub-zero temperatures. Bah Humbug! But what about your characters? What do they feel about the frozen wastelands, or the earth blanketed in white? That’s what we wish to know for this month, so get out this pencils, bank up your fire, bundle yourselves in your warmest blankets, and get writing.

Interested in participating? Check it out in the Fanfic Challenge Forum!