The Dark Gift (WIP - 1.0.9)

This mod adds various vampiric/alchemy/sorcery related items to the game. They mainly function as healing/food/elixir/automation items and can be used for role playing as a vampire character. It also complements other mods with themes meant for role playing as dark fantasy races like vampires, etc.

Currently, these items can be accessed/spawned via the admin/cheat panel or with the Pippi mod. The main items are Blood Serum, Blood Wine, Demon Blood Wine, Void Malign, and The Dark Gift, respectively. Supporting items are the Demonic Patron, Philosopher's Stone, Void Leech, Blood Arrow, and Blood Bow, etc.

V. 1.0.9:

As of v.1.0.9, I have added crafting options for the vampire items using recipes for the Fermentation Barrel, Firebowl Cauldron, Alchemist's Bench, Thaumaturgy Bench, and the Pleasure Place of Derketo. I have also added some useful transmutable items to the Tier 1 Derketo Religious Shrine for general gameplay as well. All craftable items can be found as feats in the knowledge menu under the categories of Survival, Primitive Cooking, Religion: Derketo, Firebowl Cauldron, and Basic Sorcery. Sorcery must be unlocked to get the most out of this mod, however, admin spawning can still access all of the items nonetheless.

A major addition to this mod has been the Philosopher's Stone and Void Leech items. These make sorcery spellcasting much more enjoyable, and automate the crafting of several important religion/sorcery related items. Reagent pouches can now be crafted by hand, and many items can be duplicated using Void Leeches, as long as they are fed with their corresponding food item(s) with each recipe combination in exchange. They can also be bred as a crafting option as well.

This is my first mod, and is therefore quite basic. Since it is currently a WIP, I may add further functionality and crafting options later on. I am also considering adding some storylines and custom npc characters for a unique quest experience as well. I definitely want to add more content to the player's journey and acquisition of The Dark Gift, in a way that follows and complements the main story. I would also like to add vampire abilities and attributes later on.

I think it would be a fun idea to tie in the dark god Nergal with the other religions in the game a bit more, and explore some of the lore on ancient demon civilizations more. It might also be cool to add a new demon god to the game too, if it would add some new stories, and unique demonic characters/items to the game.

Also, I would recommend using the Pippi Thespians to distribute these items in your game/server, for curating unique role playing gameplay.

Lastly, I would highly recommend that you pair this mod with Indrid's Custom Races and Classes, as the vampire/undead race abilities and shapeshifting options in that mod are pretty awesome!

I sincerely hope that you enjoy this mod, and please rate it if you would like!

Special thanks:

I have been greatly inspired by some other popular community mods:

Pippi (Joshtech) ExilesExtreme (Sibercat) Improved Quality of Life (Muzlu Pasta, Dr. Nash, Emberlight) Indrid's Custom Races and Classes (IndridCold) Evils Emporium (EvilGrin) Legacy of Darkness (GabrielNerevar) GrimProductions (GrimSovereign, Shinoboru, Kayootie) Professions (Bain, Gaijin Jo)

Addendum:

Mod Contents:

- Unique Vampire, Alchemy, and Sorcery related items/recipes/feats. With more NPCs and storylines coming soon.

- Sylvian custom race. They are meant to be vampiric thralls, and will become a new race of humans with an arcane/demonic lineage.

It is heavily advised to spawn the Sylvian merchants into your game via Pippi's NPCSummoner, instead of just directly from admin spawn. This is due to it being tricky to remove the merchants once they have been placed. Otherwise, you will have to select "Kill All Spawned NPCs" from the Admin/Cheat Panel. However, with NPCSummoner, you can edit/remove the spawn tool freely, without worry, and easily tidy things up this way.

I would still like to expand the inventory and dialogue of the merchants, and to develop some unique crafting stations and crafting thralls, however, this is all still very much a work in progress, and are features that will get more developed over time.

Mod Server Link:

https://discord.gg/gp8akDf5Wq

Disclaimer:

This mod contains assets (art, music, code, items, systems and/or designs) that are the intellectual property of Funcom Oslo AS or their licensors.

Mod ID: 3231096674