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 counterparts. It works on normal Baldur’s Gate II games as well as with either of the two Baldur’s Gate conversion projects: (Easy)Tutu and Baldur’s Gate Trilogy (BGT). The mod is divided into multiple components which can all be installed separately and are completely independent of each other.

New in 4.40:
In summary, this version improves compatibility with Refinements and fixes a bug that broke the Scribe Scrolls ability. Additionally, some minor orthographical improvesments have been made to the written text of the mod. It also bundles ToBEx instead of the previous, stand-alone EXE hack the Revised Thievery component used. A more detailed list of changes is available here.

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• Discussion forum

The long-awaited Fishing for Trouble has been released!

Fishing for Trouble is a new quest mod by resident area creation guru Yovaneth, and centres around five completely new major areas throughout the Baldur’s Gate II world. With a long, non-linear storyline, new quests, hundreds of new characters to interact with, a number of new items and over a hundred areas to explore, Fishing for Trouble is set to rock your BGII experience.

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The Jerry Zinger show allows the PC and his companions to view (and take part in) the live talk show of Jerry Zinger, well known Amnish celebrity! Shows are daily, and executed largely by cutscenes. The programme includes features such as “My ex is an evil mastermind” with Irenicus and Ellesime, “Families Reunited” with Aerie and “My husband’s mistress”, with Keldorn and Viconia! The Jerry Zinger Show features a brand new area, the studio, which can be accessed from the Den of Seven Vales. Jerry Zinger is voiced, and great care has gone into writing the juicy material!

v4 includes a new Russian translation by Austin, aerie.ru and Prowler.

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Adding a touch of humour and hopefully a hint of originality and interest, Nephele is a new NPC for BGII: SoA and ToB--a halfling cleric of Yondalla, mother of seven and a compulsive adventurer.

A woman of many stories, she has lived a long and sometimes dangerous life, been married, had children (and grandchildren), and dealt with her demons. Nephele has no earth-shaking quest, no troubling issues and requires no therapy. That’s not to say that she won’t pipe up with her opinion at every possible juncture, and do her best to make you into the best young man or woman you can be!

Although she’s more than a little nosy, and quite often sticks her foot in her mouth, she’s a kindhearted woman trying to do good in the world. She has a number of dialogues throughout SoA and ToB on par with some romance mods, and has a large number of interactions with both the NPCs and the game world.

She joins you in Trademeet, and will stay with you throughout SoA and ToB. She has no major NPC conflicts, but doesn’t necessarily get along with everyone, either.

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1PP Avatar Fixes has been updated with new translations (French, Italian, Russian, Spanish) and OSX/Linux compatibility.

And while you’re at it, check out the new release of Female Dwarves, which adds female dwarven and gnome mage animations!

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