ATHKATLAN GROUNDS: SIAMORPHE'S WEAPONRY
INTRODUCTION:
The mod adds a Shrine of Siamorphe to Athkatla's Government District - and it is a perfect place for a place of worship of a deity of nobles and nobility in general. The Shrine, however, comes with more than just the usual temple services. The priest sells items that were inspired by Siamorphe or somehow connected to her portfolio. This mod greatly focuses on this new kind of items, and while it's not the only type of content provided by the mod, it is Siamorphe's Weaponry's main feature.
Items bought at the shrine may level up. Each time an enemy is killed while holding such an item, it is noted. Slay enough of those on your way, fill the items with blood-red essence, and they will become stronger. Most of these items may be upgraded more than once.
Still, the mod also comes with a short quest: once you find out how much the priest misses his daughter, you may decide to help him with the problem, and find a way for them to talk freely, even when they are so far away from each other.
KNOWN ENGINE LIMITATIONS:
To upgrade the items, you need to use either altar you may find at the Shrine, or the Orb of Siamorphe. Thanks to the Orb, you will be able to still upgrade the items in Throne of Bhaal or during the chapters you spend away from Athkatla. If you want to do so, remember to buy the Orb from the priest. Due to the number of items, other solutions would require the game's main script to have a lot of new blocks, which may possibly become problematic in mega-installations.
While the mod uses this system to count kills and improve a variable upon slaying enemies, if a group of more than 1 is killed at the very same moment (for example, by a fireball's blast), only 1 death will be counted. This was taken into account when deciding on how many kills are needed to upgrade an item.
INSTALLATION AND COMPATIBILITY:
As with any other WeiDU mod: unzip the archive into your Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition directory and run Setup-SiamorphesWeaponry.exe. Note that this mod requires an up-to-date EE version of the game. Unlike most other Athkatlan Grounds mods, this one works only with the EE version; oBG2 and its iterations (like BGT) are not supported.
You need to start a new game for the mod to work properly (or at least use a savegame from before you've ever reached the Government District - if you don't, the new content won't show properly and may cause multiple problems).
GAMES: BG2EE