[Mod Request] (5€ Bounty) Ability Score Boosting Items Balance

[Rhonin25]

(Once more with Clickbai--- errrr I mean Feeling ^^, as it says in the title, I'd happily give the person who makes this mod 5€ via Paypal)

Dear readers, esteemed people who are good with computers,

 

I request a mod that changes the effects on five items:

 

Warped Headband of Intellect - Sets Intelligence to 17 -> Change into +2 to Intelligence (Up to 17)

Club of Hill Giant Strength - Sets Strength to 19 (formerly 15) -> Change into +2 to Strength (Up to 19)

 

Gloves of Dexterity - Sets Dexterity to 18 / +1 Attack -> Change into +4 to Dexterity (Up to 18) / unchanged +1 Attack

 

Amulet of Greater Health - Sets Constitution to 23 / Grants Advantage on Constitution Saving Throws -> Change into +4 Constitution (Up to 23) / unchanged Grants Advantage on Constitution Saving Throws

 

Gauntlets of Frost Giant Strength - Sets Strength to 23 / Strength Saving Throws +1 -> Change into +4 Strength (Up to 23) / unchanged Strength Saving Throws +1

 

 

The reason for this proposed mod is that the existence of items that flatly set your ability scores to a certain value in combination with "free" respeccing, allows a character whos class traditionally relies on a certain attribute to dump said attribute and boost his secondary stats.

Examples include, Rangers dump Dexterity with the Gloves of Dexterity equipped, Paladins dumping Strength with the Gauntlets of Frost Giant Strength equipped, equipping the club of hill giant strength in your off-hand while using the Titanstring bow to gain potentially +4 to damage, straight up dumping Con when encountering the Amulet of Greater Health and of course using the warped headband of intelligence to excel at intelligence, and allowing pretty much any spellcaster to dip into wizard with 8 intelligence and still being granted 4 slots in his wizard spellbook.

 

All these cases would be more balanced and made more immersive if these items only granted a bonus to you already existing ability score and I hope my proposed changes also keep these items attractive enough to justify them occupying their respective equipment slot.

Thank you whoever has read this for taking the time, and I dearly hope this idea will prove interesting to some. Be good everyone.

Edited August 29, 2023 by Rhonin25

[ITRMM]

Made the Mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/1654

 

I was already working on it yesterday, so no need for the "Bounty".

[Rhonin25]

Holy s#*!! I had kinda thought that this would have been ignored and started to try and learn to do myself... with small success. You're my absolute hero! If you ever feel like sending me your contact info, the offer still stands.