#mods: beamdog

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Bi/Pan Romance Mods in Baldur's Gate 2

🔹️Eddard Silvershield ~ Review •

[fuckyeahbaldursgate]

The mangaka for Delicious in Dungeon, Ryoko Kui, did these beautiful redraw of all the Baldur's Gate portraits.

You can also use this mod to put them in your game.

[imoenhatesthis]

Lily Orchard and Imoen: Is the Mod Popular?

So unfortunately, Lily Orchard talks about the Imoen Romance mod in her 'Addressing Allegations' video (starting at 39:31, ending at 41:13) in regards to Courtney, whose made allegations against Lily you can hear for yourself here. Please heed the trigger warnings in both videos, though I won't be going in-depth here.

In this video, Lily describes that Gorion's Ward and Imoen are "the best of friends whose closeness borders on romantic at times...", (40:13) who discover being siblings in BGII. That isn't true but whatever, I'm not here to talk about the game itself. After going through her other sister OCs, she ends by going, "[I] talked about one of the most infamous and positively received mods for one of the most popular RPGs ever made," (41:05) end quote, so clearly this doesn't have anything to do with the real life allegations.

Two issues: One is that this is a deflection that does not address Courtney's allegations at all, or why she would find the fascination with those characters suspect. But the second is that this idea that the mod is popular and well-loved is just not true, and I'm going to spend time arguing against. If anything, how decidedly unpopular it is says that Lily is the one actively seeking out this content.

So why didn't Lily show proof about the mod's popularity in her debunking video? Maybe include a positive review? Well...

There was once a forum dedicated to the mod, populated only by people who'd want to play this kind of thing. So, if Lily is remembering this forum, that information is going to be skewed one way with any negative reviews chased out. It's long gone now, so I can't pull numbers. Instead, I'll be using general forum spaces that are probably the most popular with general BG fans, Beamdog and Reddit.

On the official EE mod release thread on the Beamdog forum... the total combination of posts from the author/coder and players only total 30 pages, with posts as recent as this month. 25 posts a page equals 750 posts altogether from across 10 years, though the most recent page is just 1 post, so 726. If we're SUPER charitable and say that's about 700 people playing and posting there throughout 10 years, not including mod authors, that's a minuscule audience. Especially when the original BGII game sold about 2 million copies, as well as Steam estimated selling about a million copies of the Steam release of the Enhanced Edition. Let's say the old deleted forum had about 1 thousand, maybe 2 thousand members, let's say there may be 10,000 downloads of the mod--that's still such a small percentage as to not matter. Definitely not enough to call it popular in the community.

Googling for lists of the best mods for BGII will bring up mods for the UI, general tweaks, difficulty, visuals, and portraits/voices. Especially portraits, people really like portrait mods. Sometimes the BG1 NPC Project is mentioned (which has it's own controversies, it's just probably the most talked about of any of these), but all of these will come long before a mention of NPC mods. So, NPC mods, especially romantic ones, are a niche of a niche.

On a few forums where I do see someone recommend the Imoen Romance as a "required mod"... most of the time they get a negative response.

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Just straight Googling Imoen Romance mod or mod reviews will bring up forums with pages in the single digits, with general discussion devoted to "Is this incest?" questions. It's impossible to go onto any forum post about the romance without at least one person weirded out by it's existence. So, there's at least a variety of opinions on the mod, it's not overwhelmingly positive.

But fine, that's general forums. What about BG mod reviewers? ONCE AGAIN, never ever reach out to these people.

Lily uses the Smoldering Mod Bar's review of Saerilith Romance to condemn that specific mod for its bad writing and taboo themes. It sure would be something if the mod reviewer also had a negative view on Imoen Romance...Oh wait:

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Okay, well, let's look at positive reviews instead. Lily has also quoted a Beamdog forum review to defend her views on the mod:

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Why didn't Lily link to the review in question? It would prove to everyone people love her favorite mod just as much as she does, right? Well, I can link it below:

(Source; scored on a 5/5 scale)

Oh, that's not quite as positive as she'd have you believe. Still liked it, but not quite to the level Lily does.

Here's another Beamdog mod reviewer making similar negative points, despite overall loving the mod:

(Source) Even reviewers who champion the mod as great can point out "Wow, this talks about incest quite a lot in a way it didn't even have to." And about it's other flaws too, things Lily never does.

I'm not saying NO ONE thinks the mod is good or that no one has ever mentioned it. I included positive reviews for a reason.

The issue is lying about how popular and well-liked the mod is in order to paint her sister as a crazy obsessed stalker whose just overreading into things. Especially saying this in a video about those allegations, and especially after saying the Gorion's Ward and Imoen are "romantic at times" all in the same breath. Putting ANY lie in this specific video is a serious stain on the credibility of Lily, thus it's important to call it out.

[diversegaminglists]

Big RPG bundle including the EE versions of Baludur's Gate, both Pathfinder RPGs and Rogue Trader.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker has some pan romances and two poly options (one is dlc).

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous has some pan romance (including an evil spider lady), one gay male option, but no poly option.

The EE version of Baldur's Gate add some pan romances (the original trilogy only has M/F and F/M romances, there are also bucket loads of romance NPC mods for the entire trilogy though).

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear adds one gay male romance, however he will not appear in Baldur's Gate 2 (unless there's a mod that adds him).

Baldur's Gate 2 EE adds an evil lesbian romance.

[shaydh]

the beamdog switch releases are notoriously unstable 😔 i own them for every platform but switch bg pretty frequently crashes to home if you look at it funny. definitely runs better on pc 😭

Damn I ran into bugs with planescape torment on the switch but I was hoping bg would be okay :’( I just want to be comfy in bed while playing. Oh well, at least on pc I can use my custom sound sets and mods and stuff. Thanks for letting me know!!

[sequesteredbhaalspawn]

If anyone is going to play BG1EE then I highly recommend the mod, BGEE Classic Movies. They just are way more atmospheric than the moving drawings that Beamdog used to replace then, in my opinion.

[agirlinsearchof]

While Beamdog never released an Icewind Dale II Enhanced Edition due to not having the source code, there's a fanmade Enhanced Edition mod. Would save files from IWDEE be able to be imported to the IWDIIEE mod?

[cortexreaver]

maybe im just woke gay zoomerbrained etc whatever but i kinda like a couple of the companions beamdog added to the enhanced edition of bg1 and i dont get why people complained about them so much beyond like theyre a new thing and new thing bad like to the point that people mod them out like sure even as a first-time player i can tell they stand out a bit but theyre completely optional....... just keep walking luv x

[midnightvoyager]

I have seen so many awful Baldur's Gate romances that I have come around on Anomen being a prat (better with mods!) as being preferable to modding in dude romance options, like holy god. The familiar evil has become preferable. There's just always something weird in there. Valygar goes "the writer's fetish" insane in the Underdark, Haer'Dalis is a designated side-piece. Kelsey's whiny but forgettable. Solaufein's OP as hell and won't shut the fuck up about random IRL poetry. Keldorn freaks out when your sister hits on him because of the age difference and you have to get rid of his wife for it, so I'm GONNA SAY I don't think his mod will be any better. There's also a Yoshimo romance where he dies if you want even more trauma for the protagonist. There's one for Edwin, and like... why. Every time I consider a mod, I have flashbacks to another one and go "maybe not." I'm considering Mazzy, but her mod does a lot of stuff with morals and I'd like to be able to romance someone who isn't going to try to kill me if I do thief things.

As far as Beamdog goes, all their characters get abruptly worse in BG2 to the point where I generally loathe them. Rasaad in particular breaks up with you because he inexplicably thinks you did the crime you're framed for. Dorn decides he's a cartoon. And Neera is just physically painful.

If you're wondering why there's no women on this list other than Neera and Mazzy, then I want to introduce you to Chloe and Imoen and Saerileth and the wide wide world of "The male options may be shit, but the female options tend to scar your fucking soul."

[bubblebuttgames]

Sapphic Romance Mods in Baldur's Gate 2

🔸️Juniper ~ Review

[wolfsong-the-bloody-beast]

yeah love the flowers/background art in bg1 especially. Re: the Enhanced Edition. Part of me thinks you can just watch other people's lets plays on youtube for the parts you missed. part of me WANTS you to buy those games, for a number of reasons, not least of which is that the Enhanced Editions have a whole separate expansion that explains what happens between BG1 and 2. Otherwise the transition is kinda....abrupt.

The art aged extremely well. I especially like the natural landscapes, as well. And some of the interiors look particularly cosy.

I admit I’ve been thinking about it here and there. The Enhanced Edition, I mean. I guess I’m just not sure what to think of Beamdog because they mostly seem to make remasters of old games that they didn’t make... and then suddenly Siege of Dragonspear? I don’t know exactly why but it makes me feel kind of weird about them. But in the end I suppose the most important thing is whether the expansion is good and the “enhancements” make the game better. The thing is that I’m happy with the graphics as they are and I’m not entirely sure that I like what they did with it. I don’t have enough knowledge to say how it changed other elements of the game. Which is probably why I can’t decide. Although the dialogues seem to be easier to read and it’s true that I had to increase the game’s window size with a mod because playing in a tiny box was effectively driving me crazy.

I’d be happy to hear some opinions, though.

[mostlygibberish]

On a related note to my last rant: I just remembered the time I was looking for a mod for mount and blade warband that made the auto-resolve battle button actually function instead of very consistently costing you 20 to 30 times as many casualties as the actual battle would have.

I found a thread of someone else asking the same question, and being met with fuckwits saying “just play every battle noob”, as though m&b doesn't have like 1000 near identical and extremely tedious battles you have to play to finish a campaign. Someone even said “Just start the battle and tell your men to charge, then wait like 3 minutes. I do.”

Imagine thinking that not only should you be forced to wait 3 minutes for every single battle when the game GIVES you an auto resolve button that just doesn't work, but that everyone else should have to as well.

Seriously, you don't get to decide how other people enjoy video games, nobody does, and that includes the developers. Anyway I just modded the game myself because fuck that.

Every singleplayer game should have extensive and powerful cheat codes, and the only argument against this hinges on people viewing personal experiences as some bizarre contest they have to “win”.

And this doesn't even touch on cheats or “story” difficulty modes as an accessibility feature, which is a damn fine concept. The Baldur's Gate enhanced editions did this and it was fucking excellent. Big respect for Beamdog on that front.

[diversegaminglists]

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you probably know how much I love Baldur’s Gate by now.

Fanatical has the entire EE bundle for 80% off (it’s steam keys).

Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition (includes Tales of the Sword Coast)

Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition (includes Throne of Bhaal)

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear

Baldur’s Gate EE Soundtrack

Baldur’s Gate 2 EE Soundtrack

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Soundtrack

Faces of Good and Evil DLC (custom portraits)

Fanatical is a fully licensed site, not a “grey market” reseller (Beamdog even retweeted this sale on their official twitter).

The EE versions of the games add several new party members and romance options (IIRC including gay, lesbian, and bisexual love interests) and the newer versions of the Big World Setup tool are 100% compatible with the entire series, so there are many more options that can be modded in.

Current Big World Setup Build (I don’t recommend trying to mod the game unless you’ve played it several times first though.)

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Baldur’s Gate Modding

The list of Baldur's Gate I, II, & III mods I personally like and use!

BG I & II

I'm really only interested in male romanceable companion mods, but there are gameplay, combat oriented, and miscellaneous mods out there too.  You can look on gibberlings3, giberrlings3 github, pocket plane, spellhold studios, spellhold studios github, and the beamdog forums.

I decided to add all other companion mods I’ve found (female, non-romanceable male, and animal companions).  I dug through their crossmod info, but I'm only 70% confident in their installation order since I don't use them myself.

BG III

The game is out now so I’ll be going through and updating/editing the list (this text will change once I’m done), just be aware there still may be updates that break mods--at least for a little while.

Note: Mooooom!!!  Tumblr is messing with the links again!! The mods shouldn’t be impossible to search for, but sorry for any inconvenience.

Full list below:

Baldur’s Gate I

!!!!!Mod order is by installation order (maximizing crossmod content)!!!!!

Modmerge - [download]

IF YOU HAVE SIEGE OF DRAGONSPEAR YOU NEED THIS!!!

Apparently if you have Siege of Dragonspear (through GoG or Steam) you need to install this before it’ll even let you install mods.

How to install and info on modmerge is [here].

I can’t get my mods to work with SoD, so...I’m just gonna delete all sod-dlc files and play BG normally.  lmaoooo

Gavin - [download] - A Human Lathander cleric.

Gavin isn’t really appealing to my personal taste; I’m not a good-alignment or cleric/paladin lover, but I can’t deny it’s pretty extensive and a great mod.

Garrick’s Infatuation - [download] - Adds a romance for Garrick.

It’s a really cute romance though it’s not that deep.

BG1 Romantic Encounters - [download] - Adds ‘romantic’ encounters throughout the game.

I basically only use a small handful of the encounters, but in general it’s a great mod.  Both teen and adult rated content.

If nothing else download the Girdle and Childhood Friend parts, they’re the best.

BG1 NPC Project - [download] - Adds romance for Ajantis, Xan, Coran, Dynaheir, Shar-teel, and Branwen; as well as banters, quests, and interjections.

My favorite BG1 mod.  Xan and Coran’s romances are the absolute best, but overall this mod just adds so much life to the game.  It’s all the stuff that should have been in the game from the start.

Glam’s NPC Pack - [download] - 5 companions, no romance.

I’m here for [Vynd], here’s the standalone mod for him.

I haven’t tried the mod since the other NPCs were added.

White - [download] - A Human barbarian

Never really clicked for me, but a decently good mod.

Verr’Sza - [download] - A Rakshasa ranger

A favorite!  An interesting companion and romance, but to be fair I prefer him in BG II.

Drake - [download] [forum] - A Human priest

A fun character, has a little romance in SoD (which I don’t have, but I went ahead and just read the dialogue files).

Zakrion - [download] - A Human duelist

Pretty good, I like Zakrion as a character, so I’m looking forward to his BG2 appearance (in development).

The ‘semi-romance path’ was kinda lackluster, speaking as someone playing specifically for the romance.  If the BG2 Zakrion has romance, I imagine it might play out like ‘I was being silly, let’s try this again’.  (that’s just my speculation/hope of course)

Aura - [download] - A gnome artificer

Romance for female PCs

Sirene - [download] - A tiefling paladin

Romance for male/female PCs

Emily - [download] - A half-elf archer

SoD romance for male PCs (no gender restrictions for her BG2 appearance)

Helga - [download] - A dwarf priest

No romance

Vienxay - [download] - A elf shadowmage

SoD romance for male PCs

Kale - [download] - A halfling barbarian

SoD romance for female PCs

Recorder - [download] - A gnome bard

SoD romance for male PCs

Ishlilka - [download] - A half-orc wizard slayer

Romance for PCs

Isra - [download] - A human paladin

Romance for PCs

The Sandrah Saga - [forum] [download]

Romance for PCs

Corwin - [download] - A human archer

SoD romance for PCs

Sharteel for SoD - [download] - A human fighter

Unsure if romance from BG1 NPC Project continues

Neera Expansion - [download]

Neera romance for female PCs

Rasaad romance for male PCs

Skie The cost of One Girl’s Soul (SoD) - [download]

No romance

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Baldur’s Gate II

!!!!!Mod order is by installation order (maximizing crossmod content)!!!!!

Ajantis - [download] - Adds Ajantis with new and rekindleable romance.

If you liked Ajantis from the BG1 NPC Project, you’ll want this mod.

Kivan and Deheriana - [download] - Adds Kivan with romance.

My favorite BG2 mod.  Kivan’s romance is so sweet and well written!  My canon Bhaalspawn Ales’elle romances Kivan.

To be fair I’ve never played this mod without romancing Kivan, but I’m sure Deheriana is lovely.

Xan - [download] - Adds Xan with new and rekindleable romance.

Another favorite!  I love Xan a lot, but then again who doesn’t?  Give this poor man some love.

Spoiler the new romance is 1000% angst bad ending only, now I’m sad...

Angelo - [download] - Adds Angelo (yes that Angelo).

I know what you’re thinking: Angelo?  Romance?  Yes and yes.  It’s well written, though I understand it’ll only truly appeal to a special kind of person.  (me)

Arath - [download] [github dl] - A Human druid.

An interesting NPC and romance.  A rollercoaster of emotions.

Keldorn Romance - [download] - Adds a romance for Keldorn.

A patience required romance path for dear ol’ Keldorn.  It’s well written, but again not really to my taste.

Gavin - [download] - Adds Gavin with new and rekindleable romance.

I found myself liking Gavin’s BG2 romance more than his BG1 romance.  Maybe because it’s more adult rated?

Banter Pack - [download] - Adds banters.

I tend to have the same companions so I doubt I’ve seen more than 5% of the banters.  lol…

IEP Banters - [download] - Adds banters.

Again, I probably don’t even see most of the banters!  hahaha

Tsujatha - [download] - A necromancer Elf.

In my modding journeys it’s probably the go to mod to make fun of, with reason I suppose.  The writing and romance aren’t award winning quality, but I still enjoy this mod a bit.

Yoshimo Friendship - [download] - Adds friendship with Yoshimo.

I don’t like angst, but if you like to suffer…

Yoshimo Romance - [download] - Adds romance with Yoshimo.

I don’t like angst, but if you like to suffer…

Edwin Romance - [download] - Adds romance with Edwin.

A favorite!  Oh boy.  This stupid arrogant wizard definitely needs some love.

Imoen Friendship - [download] - Adds friendship with Imoen.

Imoen is a must for my party!

Sarevok Friendship - [download] - Adds friendship with Sarevok.

Friendship you say…will there be romance as well?  Patience…

Solaufein - [download] - Adds Solaufein with romance.

I would put this in the same category as Tsujatha, lots of mixed reviews I’ve seen.  I do like the mod, but it’s not the direction I would have taken Solaufein in personally.

Kelsey - [download] - A Human sorcerer.

I think I read somewhere he set the standard for future romancable mod companions, so I’d say try this mod for that reason, but more importantly because it’s a great mod.

Adrian - [download] - A half-Elven mage.

A favorite!  A sweet and romantic companion mod.

Darian - [download] - An Avarial.

It’s interesting from what I remember, kind of on the level of Tsujatha and Solaufein.  If you like angst…

Faren - [download] - A human fighter/thief.

Another favorite!  It’s sweet and funny, a winning combination.

[Installation fix] - 1) move all mods’ setup-modname files out of the installation location 2) copy Faren’s files in and install him 3) move the other mods’ setup-modname files back and continue installing

NPC Flirt Pack - [download] - Adds flirts to the original BG2 romances.

I don’t use this much because I basically just use Anomen to make other mods jealous…HAHAHAHAH

BG2 Romantic Encounters - [download] - Adds ‘romantic’ encounters throughout the game.

I basically only use a small handful of the encounters, but in general it’s a great mod.  Both teen and adult rated content.

Phaere’s Reward, A Night with Coran, Cyric’s Test, A Tryst with a Pirate Lord, Eldoth’s Exploits, are Noober Returns some of the ones I consider must haves.

Haer’Dalis Romance - [download] - Adds romance with Haer’Dalis.

A favorite!  UGH it’s soo good…. Maybe second favorite to Kivan.

Sarevok Romance - [download] - Adds romance with Sarevok.

Of course you can romance dear step-brother Sarevok!  It’s surprisingly really good!  Again it’s probably not for everyone.

Nathaniel - [download] - A human kensai.

A sweet romance (for male PCs only).  I experienced a few odd bugs around the time when you’re supposed to get the slayer form, but I have no idea if it was related to THIS mod in particular.

Saerileth - [download] - A human paladin

Romance for PCs

Amber - [download] - A tiefling fighter/thief

Romance for male PCs

Auren Aspeh - [download] - A human fighter

I think the romance is only between her and Neera, sorry PCs

Haldamir - [download] - An elf fighter

No romance

The Beaurin Legacy - [download] - An elf enchanter/thief

Romance with Edwin I think, sorry PCs

Sarah - [download] - A human ranger

Romance for female PCs

Tyris Flare - [download] - A human fighter/mage

Romance for male PCs

Dace - [download] - A human bounty hunter

Romance for PCs

Fade - [download] - A fey’ri thief

Romance for male PCs

Valerie - [download] - A human sorcerer

Romance for female PCs

Isra - [download] [github dl] - A human paladin

Romance for PCs

Evandra - [download] - An elf illusionist

Romance for male PCs

Sirene - [download] - A tiefling paladin

Romance for PCs

Pai’Na - [download] - A drow druid

No romance?

Xulaye - [download] - A drow

No romance?

Chloe - [download] - A kensai

Romance for female PCs

Tashia - [download] - An elf sorcerer

Romance for PCs

Nephele - [download] - A halfling cleric

No romance

Ninde - [download] - A necromancer

Romance for male PCs

The Luxleys - Sebastian and Andrei - [download] [github dl] - A monk and a bard

“Depends on what you term a romance” for PCs

Andrei has a romance with Imoen in ToB

Iylos - [download] - A human monk

Flirts but probably no actual romance track

Hubelpot - [download] - A druid

No romance

Keto - [download] - A human bard

Romance?

Petsy - [download] - A halfling bard

Romance for male PCs

Yasraena - [forum][download] - A drow fighter

Romance for males

Crossmod BG2 - [download] - Adds banters between mods.

There’s a lot of mods in this pack that I just don’t have…basically all the female mods.  *SIGH*

Grey the Dog - [download] - A dog...obviously...

No romance, obviously.

Corthala Romantique - [download] - Adds romance with Valygar.

A sweet romance.

Neh’taniel - [download] - A paladin wraith.

An interesting and well written companion; cute romance.

Aran Whitehand - [download] - A human fighter/scribe.

A favorite!!  Let me tell you…I love this mod.  It’s probably the most adult mod I’ve seen, but even without that stuff I do really like it.

Verr’Sza - [download] - Adds Verr’Sza with new and rekindeable romance, and Phalh too!

Another favorite!  Surprisingly sweet!

Calin - [download] - A human blade master.

A good mod with a nice romance.

Aklon - [mod page/forum] - A human monk

Currently in development!  I’m pretty excited~~

Gahesh - [download] - A half-orc sorcerer

Romance for female PCs

Indira - [download] - A half-elf fighter/mage

No romance

Finch - [download] - A gnome cleric

No romance

Mur’Neth - [download] - A ghaundan thief

No romance

Yikari - [download] - A monk

No romance?

Yeslick - [download] - A dwarf fighter/cleric

No romance

Aura - [forum] - A gnome artificer

In development.  Romance for female PCs

Ashar - [download] - A half-orc barbarian

Romance for male PCs

Varshoon - [download] - An illithid

No romance

Hephernaan - [download] - A devil

No romance?

The Sandrah Saga - [forum] [download]

Romance for PCs

Skitia’s NPCs - [download] - Emily, Helga, Kale, Recorder, and Vienxay

Emily - romance for male PCs

Kale, Vienxay, Recorder - romance for any PCs

Helga - no romance

I liked it quite a bit!  I haven’t even gotten around to playing the BG1 mods yet...maybe I should do back and do that

Delainy - [mod page/forum] - A lycanthrope bard

Romance for male PCs

Plans for Durlyle, the male (romance for female PCs) counterpart

Afaaq - [download] - Djinni

No romance

Solaufein Flirt Pack - [download] [github dl]

Adds more to the Solaufein romance mod

Navarra - [download] - A human barbarian

Romance for male PCs

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Baldur’s Gate III

The game is out now so I’ll be going through and updating/editing the list (this text will change once I’m done), just be aware there still may be updates that break mods--at least for a little while.

!!!!!Mod order is by category, if there are further order restrictions with certain mods I’ll label them when I can!!!!!

Custom Companions

Companion tweaks

----- Mechanics ---------------------------------

More vampire bites - [download]

😳

Gale’s Book of Spells and Trinkets - [download]

----- Graphics ---------------------------------

The cooler Karlach - [download]

No Abs for Gale and Astarion - [download]

None or less options

Wyll’s Devil Form - [download]

Character graphics

Customizer’s Compendium - [download]

New Character Creation Presets - [download]

Tentacion - [download]

Padme’s Character Creation Added Colours - [download]

Devil Wings - [download]

Lab’s Boratory - [download]

Random selection

Astarion clawed (+optional black nails) woof woof bark I’m in love, Wyll armor, Shadow dog model, Half-orc reskin for female humans, A few custom horns, Minthrara hair from patch 5, Volo color change, Hairless male half-elves

Facial Piercings - [download]

Just Earrings - Facial Piercings Removed - [download]

Better Penises - [download]

Totally lore accurate packages - [download]

Unique Tav Custom Appearance - [download]

----- Face/heads ---------------------------------

Padme’s New Heads - [download]

Another Head 3 - [download]

Alternative Half Elf Head 4 - [download]

Other Heads for your Character - [download]

Alternative Tiefling Head 5 - [download]

Male Elf and Drow replacement heads - [download]

Faces of Faerun - [download]

Broken Hearts and Broken Heads - [download]

M Half Elf Head E for other races - [download]

Loulette Heads and Hair - [download]

Younger Elf Male Preset 1 - [download]

Male Heads - FF14 Emet-Selch - [download]

Loosey-Goosey Head and Body Edits - [download]

Sakimyuu’s Elf Head - [download]

Tiefling Head 2 for Humans-Elves-Drow-Halfelves - [download]

Weeviljester’s Ethereal Heads - [download]

Vemperen Heads for Elf Tiefling Human Drow Half Elf - [download]

More Heads for Tieflings - [download]

Tell’s Head (Tiefling Male Head B Edit) - [download]

Strong Female Heads - [download]

----- Eyes ------------------------------------------

----- Skin/Body -------------------------------------------

Tiefling de-wrinkler - [download]

Less Wrinkled Expression and Forehead for Face - [download]

Reduced Wrinkles - [download]

No elf freckle - [download]

No More Dirty and Blood - [download]

Transmasc Top Surgery for Body 3 and 1 - [download]

Top Surgery Scars - [download]

Reduced Veins - [download]

Half Orce Smooth Skin - [download]

Better Penises - [download]

Invisible Body Hair for Male Human and Half-Elf - [download]

Smooth and Muscular Githyanki F Body - [download]

Enhanced Nude Male Body - [download]

Actually Feminine Dragonborns and Lore-friendly Legs - [download]

Astralities’ Skintone Expansion - Natural Tones - [download]

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Simply Tats - [download]

Warpaint Tattoos Galore - [download]

Covenelf’s Tattoo and Makeup Collection - [download]

No Forehead Flame - [download]

Faded Scars - [download]

Angel Scar and Make up - [download]

----- Hair/Horns ------------------------------------------

Extra hair slot - [download]

Hair edits - [download]

Padme’s New Hairs - [download]

Tav’s Hair Salon - [download]

Honey’s Hair Kitchen - [download]

More Hair - [download]

Long Straight Hair - [download]

Horns of Faerun - [download]

P4_CC Blonde Edits - [download]

Author said they might do other colors

Astralities’ Hair color Supplement - [download]

White Hair White Lashes - EA Creation Preset Overwrite - [download]

More Horns - [download]

Half-Tiefs (Tiefling horns and tail for all) - [download]

Shibariwaluigi’s NPC Hair Edits - [download]

Vessnelle’s Hair Collection - [download]

Lara Croft Hairstyle (Ponytail) - [download]

Environment Graphics

Gleaming Sun Reshade - [download]

Serene Whispers Reshade - [download]

Rogue Reshade plus green tint removal option - [download]

Barf’s Gloomy Reshade (Glamarye GI and AO) - [download]

Custom Playable Races

Playable skeleton - [download]

Playable automaton - [download]

Fantastical multiverse - [download]

Avariel, Sea Elf, Aasimar, Genasi, Firbolg, Kobolad, Yuan-ti, Astral Elf, Dhampir, etc

Wine and Revelry Playable Satyr - [download]

Half angel (Aasimar 5E) - [download]

Custom Playable Classes

Celestial Warlock - [download]

Gameplay Tweaks

WASD Character Movement - [download]

5e Spells - [download]

More Actions - [download]

Dodge Action - [download]

Good Good berries - [download]

More short rests - [download]

Short rest tweaks - [download]

Long Rest Costs Tweak - [download]

Party Limit Begone - [download]

Fly Extended Duration - [download]

I believe I can Fly - [download]

Rituals for RP - [download]

Ritual Misty Step - [download]

AI Controls Party while in combat - [download]

AI Friends - [download]

Companions AI - [download]

Wildform Ritual Costs - [download]

Omniscient Wizards (can learn all spells) - [download]

All Spells No Concentration - [download]

Infinite Spell Casting Patch 9 - [download] or Infinite Spell Casting - [download] or Infinite Spellcasting for full release - [download]

Got yourself a bard - [download]

No inspiration cost - [download] or No inspiration cap - [download]

Unlimited Slayer Transformations - [download]

Items

Spawn any item - [download]

All items - [download]

Basket Full of Equipment NSFW Version - [download] & SFW Version - [download]

Purchasable Camp Clothes - [download]

Modular Equipment - [download]

Camp Outfits of Skill - [download]

Wearable backpacks - [download]

Wearable Quiver - [download]

Arcane Rings - [download]

Drow Priestess Robe - [download]

Noble Trickster’s Garment - [download]

Ellian’s Trinkets - [download]

More Camp Clothing - [download]

Loviatar’s Claw Thigh-High - [download]

More Mage Gear - [download]

Drow Transmog - [download]

Basket equipment to Camp Clothing - [download]

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Aether’s Black Dye - [download]

Dye dye dye - [download]

Everybody Dyes Unlimited Dyes - [download]

Infinite dyes - [download]

Extra dyes for the Fashionable folk of Faerun - [download]

----- Edits ------------------------------------------

Smaller Lutes - [download]

----- God Items ------------------------------------------

Ring of Minor Rituals - [download]

Amulet of Ability - [download]

Legendary Items - [download]

Ring of Elder Gods - [download]

Overpowered Rings - [download]

Anti RNG Rings - [download]

Control your Rolls - [download]

Approval Cheat - [download]

Ring of Convenience - [download]

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Bags of Holding - [download]

Bags of Sorting - [download]

Customizable starting equipment - [download]

Enhanced Gear Progression - [download]

Druid armor sets - [download]

Loviatar Robes - [download]

Dream Lover Daisy Dress Recolors - [download]

Album of Artifacts - [download]

Custom Jergal robe and accessories - [download]

Circlets - [download]

Casual Clothing - [download]

Wearable Lanterns - [download]

Roleplaying/Immersion

Vampire Spawn Background - [download]

Werewolf Background - [download]

Demon Spawn Background - [download]

Deity for all - [download] or Gods Extra - [download]

Paladins Deity - [download]

Shar Unlocked - [download]

Daughter of Lolth - Minthara - Good Recruitment - [download]

Quality of life stuff

Faerun Utility - [download]

Invincibility Toggle - [download]

GodHero for full release - [download]

Choose Your Stats - [download]

Carry Weight Increased up to over 9000 - [download]

Carry Weight Extra - [download]

Carry Weight Tweaks - [download]

I’m not sure which one is best, I used ‘extra’ in early access but the others have more customization

Food and Supplies Zero Weight - [download]

Baldurian’s Save Games - [download]

Shadowheart Romance Scene - [download]

Karlach Hot Date Achievement - [download]

Leave No One Behind Achievement - [download]

BG3 Camera Mod - [download]

Camp Event Notifications - [download]

Show Approval Ratings in Dialogue Choices - [download]

Just Story - [download]

Baldur’s Gate 3 for Noobs - Simpler Terms and Clearer Descriptions - [download]

Infinite Spells - [download]

Practical Cheats Spells - [download]

Utility

BG3ModManager - [download]

Baldur’s Gate 3 Mod Fixer - [download]

Achievement enabler - [download]

ImprovedUI - [download]

Better containers - [download]

Search the Room - [download]

Increased Font - [download]

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Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition is great because of the multiplayer.

Originally posted  4/25/18 on Kotaku’s community blog “TAY”. Posting it here because of TAY’s uncertain future as a way of preserving some of the stuff I wrote there.

https://tay.kinja.com/neverwinter-nights-enhanced-edition-is-a-great-remaste-1825288724

These days we so often see remasters or other ports of games that people can sometimes question the necessity of releasing them at all. Other than for the cash. At first glance developer Beamdog’s Enhanced Edition of Neverwinter Nights doesn’t really seem that spectacular compared to the cheaper old version available at certain digital stores. Just a few months ago I replayed Neverwinter Nights single player campaign after I got a free copy on GOG, and it worked fine playing on a modern PC. Even if it has always been a unpleasant game to look at.

The Enhanced Edition does little to improve the games graphics other than making it possible to play in higher resolutions. But beyond than that it’s hard to find any differences that stand out. I know I read somewhere the lightning and shadows are much better this time around. But I can’t say I notice this while playing. So if you already have a working copy of the old game I would seriously question why you would need this version.

That’s it, of course, if you are only interested in playing it single player.

What made me instantly buy the new version of the game was the news that the multiplayer will once again fully work and with it any mods and player made levels from the old game. (I suspect this is a big reason why improved graphics are so limited) That means any server still running Neverwinter Nights can become available instantly in this new version.

When the original game came out in 2002, it was originally developed as a toolkit for anyone to create and host their own D&D adventures and then make them available for people to join online, or to write your own single player adventure. The toolkit was rather easy to learn but complex enough that you could recreate Baldur’s gate completely if you wanted to. This spawned a large community of different servers with their own lore, rules and settings. Many of them felt like their own MMORPG where the players base controlled what happened in the world. A large part of these communities were also strict on roleplay, meaning that you have to act your character. While Neverwinter Nights is far from the only game that players have roleplayed in, few other games have successfully grown such a large community around it. Rather, in many games offering the possibility of roleplaying it feels like a minor part of the online community. In Neverwinter Nights it is a huge part of the game’s overall design.

One of the types of servers I enjoyed playing on was Zombie Survival. It turned the D&D-based game into a zombie survival simulator. Deaths were often a permanent affair, meaning that your character, which you might have spent plenty of time creating could disappear instantly. The highest level you could achieve on these servers was often around 5. By D&D standards this meant you would always be a scrub. Besides, reaching the highest level wasn’t an easy task because you could only gather significant experience points by exploring the world and gaining certain items. This was extremely risky, because there were few areas that were safe from the undead and healing yourself was always limited. In many regards these servers were unbalanced and could be extremely hard for new players, but once you learned where to find certain items you could become hard to kill. This also lead to interesting scenarios where players were roleplaying desperate characters of whom a great many died, but a few grew into veteran survivors.

Although as the years went by and the multiplayer communities decreased in player numbers, NWN always managed to keep a dedicated player base and a few strong servers running. Eventually Gamespy, which hosted NWN’s server list, closed down. After that you could only join a server by typing the IP address yourself. Which to many felt like the death of the multiplayer. This is because the lack of a server list made it almost impossible for any new server to make themselves known and even if the game was still being sold, very few of those new players would go through the effort required to find a single active server.

So for me, the old version of Neverwinter Nights being sold today is half a game. Even if you technically could play the online multiplayer, it was so inaccessible it was probably completely unknown to most people.

Which brings me back to me buying the Enhanced edition the day it launched: Even if the game is now 16 years old and considered dead by most, a few servers have stayed alive for all this time. Most of them were instantly accessible to log into from the Enhanced edition’s new server list, though many of them required mods. This was not much of a problem though, as the Developer had made many of those mods easily available with the addition of Steam workshop support. Small things like installing these various mods and packs could be a hassle even at Neverwinter nights’ prime time and doing so has never been as easy as it is now. This has made a lot of old players and servers return to the game, and to my pleasant surprise, among the servers was Zombie survival.

It’s hard to describe how nostalgic all of this has made me feel. Imagine if a game you loved that has been completely unavailable to you for 12 years suddenly came back. When I saw that a Zombie Survival server was available to play I was so excited to experience it again that I instantly gifted a copy of the game to an old friend to join me. A friend I met online 15 years ago in the very same game on a similar server. Once we logged onto the server, we had a discussion about if we should roleplay at all or just try and avoid other players and stick to ourselves. As soon as we were there though, we had automatically slipped into our old comfortable roleplaying habits. One of our first meetings with other players was running into two self appointed “knights” who were a bit too nice. They started by offering us some aid in finding food and asking if we would like to go exploring with them.

“So you guys are friends, huh?” My character asked them.

“We are comrades in arms” One of them replied. We quickly started to suspect they were more than just comrades though, as they kept flattering each other constantly.

Afterwards we met a party consisting of an female Druid, a rogue and a paladin so full of himself that we all secretly hoped the zombies would get him. Together as a big group we came to a particularly dangerous cave unavailable to players most of time as accessing it required a certain rare item. Once inside though, we knew we had a higher chance of grabbing some better items. If we could survive the zombie hordes filled in the tiny hallways of the cave. After we finished looting and were about to get back to a safe location the following discussion broke out:

The Druid started the conversation: “I hope we can get out of here.”

“As long as I am here we’ll be fine.” Harold the paladin answered confidently.

“If you fight like that, you’ll die sooner or later. Probably sooner.” I replied.

Larry the rogue was not having it: “Don’t be so pessimistic lass”

“I’m a realist.” I responded.

Unfortunately for all of us my character’s instincts were right and several of our group died on this adventure.

As I kept playing, I realized how long it has been since I was able to engage in this sort of immersive, in character communication with other random players. For me, it’s less about acting the role of a character and more of a chance to be creative with your writing among other people. While I recognize that this kind of exercise can often end up being silly or immature, few games that I have played make something like this work so well between random players. That was a large part of why I spent so much time playing the original Neverwinter nights, and it is something that I’m so happy to be able to experience once more.

None of that would be possible if Beamdog hadn’t put their effort into creating a new version of the game, complete with a fully functioning multiplayer mode that supports old content from the community. To be honest, I think they could have probably gotten away with not touching the multiplayer at all, and focused solely on providing access to the single player campaigns on modern PCs. Playing this new enhanced edition I realized that the remakes or other forms of rereleasing old games that I feel are the most important, are those of games that isn’t available anymore. Even if Neverwinter Nights has, in some form, been available to play this whole time, it is only now that you can experience the actual full game again.

Thank you for reading! I’m a swedish dude by the name of Joakim Jonsson who enjoy playing and analyzing all sorts of games, but perhaps the most with RPGs. If you wanna read more stuff by me I have an article about Witcher 3, and every Tuesday I host TAY’s Open Forum. If you wanna send me an email go ahead at: Joakimjonsson07@gmail.com

Also a large thanks to Jussi liimatainen who spellchecked and edited this.

The screenshots in this article are slightly modified to make the chat between players more visible.