Item Pack

Author: Daulmakan

This mod adds new items to Baldur's Gate II, Tutu, BGT and Planescape:Torment, as well as plenty of item-related tweaks that I find convenient.


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COMPONENTS

1. Item Pack
2. Extra Items
3. Tweaked Items
4. Convenient Free Action Items
5. More Distinguishable Items
6. Familiar Faces
7. More Work for Cromwell
8. Pocket Store
9. Item Pack for Tutu/BGT
10. +X% Elemental Damage
11. Item Pack for Planescape:Torment
12. Cursed Items

Before installing this mod, or any other, make sure you have done a proper backup, in order to avoid the hassles of installing/uninstalling the entire game and make your life easier if you run across any problems. If you don't know how to properly do this, check this wonderful thread:

Building and Maintaining a Clean Install

Once that is done, just extract the contents of this mod to your BGII folder (if you’re installing on a Tutu/BGT or a PS:T game, point to that folder instead), make sure you haven't got any Infinity Engine applications such as Shadow Keeper or Near Infinity open, and run the Setup-Item_Pack.exe. You'll be asked what do with each component (all of them are optional).

I. Compatibility

This is a WeiDU mod, so it should work well along with such others. If you have other item-affecting mods, be warned that Components 3., 4. & 12. from this mod overwrite items, so you'll only get to see their version or mine of the items in question, depending on your install order. From version 2.0 onwards, the mod is fully compatible with both BG1&2 Enhanced Editions (Planescape:Torment component is untested on PST:EE).

Some of the items provide spell-like abilities. These are taken from the vanilla game's spells, so if you have Spell Revisions installed or any similar spell mod, said changes will be accounted for. In other words, Item Pack will use, when appropriate, any modified version of spells you have, provided it's installed AFTER them (there's only one exception, which should be obvious enough by the item's description).

In order to see all the items, you should install Item Pack AFTER the following:

  • Tactics' Gebhard Blucher's Improved Mae'Var
  • Item Upgrade
  • Anishai One Day NPC
  • Questpack's Additional Shadow Thieves' Content
Note that those aren’t necessary for Item Pack to work. But if you want them, they should be installed before.

You'll have to start a new game in order to enjoy the full contents of this mod.


II. Components

1. Item Pack

This is the mod's main component. It will add 45 brand new items to the game, with some of them taken from the Icewind Dale series & Planescape: Torment, although modified in several cases. The items themselves are dispersed throughout the game: some of them can be bought in stores, others will be in possession of enemies or other NPCs. In two particular instances, two of the new items will replace vanilla ones as quest rewards (don't worry, you can still get those somewhere else).
Cespenar will forge a new item for you as well.

There are two spoiler files included with the mod with the abilities for each item and their exact location if you're curious, though I recommend not using them on the first playthrough.

2. Extra Items

Adds a pair of Boots of Speed and a Potion Case to Ribald, a Bag of Holding to one of the containers near the Jailkeep Golem in Chateau Irenicus, the Cloak of Balduran to one of the chests in Irenicus' room, an extra chunk of Illithium to Neb so you can upgrade the Mace of Disruption and complete Sir Sarles' quest at the same time, and 5 extra tokens for the slot machine in Spellhold.

3. Tweaked Items

This component will tweak several items so that:

In all cases the item descriptions are updated to reflect the changes.

If installed on Tutu, the Greenstone and the Shield Amulet will be affected in the BG1 portion of the game too.

4. Convenient Free Action Items

This will change the Flail of Ages, Ixil's Spike, and the Ring of Free Action so that they no longer prevent the wielder from being hasted (they will still provide protection against hold, slow, and other similar effects).

If installed on Tutu, the Ring of Free Action will be affected in the BG1 portion of the game too.

5. More Distinguishable Items

This component will change the inventory BAMs for the Ring of Regeneration, the Girdle of Fortitude, the Saving Grace shield, the Defender of Easthaven flail, the Robe of Vecna, Dak'kon's Katana, the Sensate Amulet, Vhailor’s Helm, the Skull of the Lich, the Mercykiller Ring, the Plate of Balduran, Edwin’s Amulet, the Scarlet Ninja-To, Everard’s Morning Star, Everard’s Sling, Jerrod’s Mace, Mauler’s Arm, The Sleeper, Malla’s Soul Stone, and Wong Fei’s Ioun Stone. Previously, all of them shared BAMs with other existing items. They should all stand out now.

A new Werewolf paperdoll for the Shapeshifter class is included as well.

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6. Familiar Faces

This will make Joluv and Deidre appear in Amkethran's Inn, in case you forgot to buy something or didn't have enough funds while in SoA.

7. More Work for Cromwell

This component will allow Cromwell to forge more items for you. The list of recipes is as follows (highlight to see the components required):


Ring of Protection +2
Cloak of Protection +2
Mace of Disruption +2
2 Rings of Protection +1
1 Diamond
5.000 Gold

2 Cloaks of Protection +1
1 Rogue Stone
5.000 Gold

Mace of Disruption +1
Extra Chunk of Illithium
7.500 Gold


Ilbratha +3

Belm +4

Jhor the Bleeder +4
Ilbratha +1
1 Scroll of Mirror Image
1 King's Tear
7.500 Gold

Belm +2
1 Emerald
15.000 Gold

Jhor the Bleeder +2
2 Poisoned Throwing Daggers
7.500 gold


Adjatha the Drinker +4

Periapt of Proof Against Poison

Mauler's Arm +4
Adjatha the Drinker +2
2 Bloodstone gems
7.500 gold

Amulet of Protection +1
3 Jasper Gems
5.000 gold

Mauler's Arm +2
King's Tear
Potion of Hill Giant Strength
15.000 gold


Reflection Shield +3

Dak'kon's Katana +4
Reflection Shield +1
2 Scrolls of Protection from Normal Missiles
Star Sapphire
5.000 gold

Scroll of Chaos
20.000 gold

8. Pocket Store

This component will enable a new vendor in the pocket plane, mainly for dumping stuff purposes, though he has 2 new items for sale as well (these are not included in the main component). In order for him to appear, you need to have rescued (killed) Dola Fadoon, the genie being tortured near the entrance of Ust Natha. If you talk to him after the destruction of Saradush, he will help you a bit with your upgrade components (you can get another copy of either the Heart of the Damned, the Bowstring of Gond, or the Eye of Tyr, just once).

9. Item Pack for Tutu/BGT

Adds a small amount of the main component's items to the BG1 part of the game. The items added are (highlight to read):

Black Wolf Amulet, Gauntlets of Elven Might, Helm of the Trusted Defender, Blur Deck, Jester's Bag of Holding, Serpent's Ring, Clasp of Bron's Cloak, Ring of Dwarven Bone, Holy Chaos! Deck, Oil of Second Chances, Mummy's Tea, Boots of the Forgotten Ones, and the Tome of Sacred Verse.

Furthermore, a Bag of Holding is added to Winthrop's shop, two scrolls of Knock are added to the Priests' Quarters in Candlekeep, as well as new BAMs for Perdue's Sword, Edwin's Amulet, History of the Sisters of Light and Darkness, and the Vial of Mysterious Liquid. There's also a new item exclusive to the BG1 part of the game: Ulcaster Academy Ring, which is added to the The Vampire Sword as a reward for giving Ulcaster the Idol of Koza and the Ancient Armor.

As with the main component, there's a spoiler file with their exact locations inside the mod's directory.

10. +X% Elemental Damage

Making use of Ascension64’s ToBEx magic, this component will add 5 new items with the +X% Elemental Damage ability. There’s one item for each “element” (acid, cold, fire, electricity, and magic), and each of them will increase their respective element’s damage by 20%. This component is based on (and requires) ToBEx Beta0021_test_110709 or greater.
If playing BG2:EE or EE:T, whis component will be unavailable and instead the items will be included with the main component.

There’s a spoiler file with the items’ locations inside the mod’s directory as well.

11. Item Pack for Planescape:Torment

Unlike the previous ones, this component modifies the items by patching, although since modding for PS:T is so scarce, it hardly matters. I made this with all of Qwinn's excellent mods installed, so no need to worry about compatibility with those. All modified items have their descriptions updated as well.

This component makes the following changes:


12. Cursed Items

IE veterans will know that cursed items suck, and that at best only careless first timers wil get to "use" them (and even then only once) as was originally intended. This component aims to remedy that, by adding benefits to the items so it's not all drawbacks, hopefully making them appealing enough to at least consider using them.

ITEM
VANILLA
MODIFIED
Armor of Missile Attraction

● AC 5 (Enchanted +2)
● AC 15 vs. missiles
● Inconsistent description


● AC 2 (Enchanted +5)
● AC 12 vs. missiles
● Disables spellcasting (vanilla, but was missing in the description)
● Buying price reduced by 20%
● Added to Lucky Aello in Tutu/BGT
● Added to Ribald in Chapter 2 in BG2

Backbiter +3


● Enchanted +3
● Inflicts 3 piercing damage upon the wearer on every succesful hit

● Enchanted +3
● -3 AC penalty
● Added to Osmadi in Tutu/BGT
Boots of Phasing

● +2 AC bonus
● Teleports to an enemy in sight every 3 seconds
● Unavailable


● +2 AC bonus
● Teleports to an enemy in sight every 6 seconds (1 round)
● Added to Lucky Aello in Tutu/BGT
● Added to Deril in BG2

Bracers of Binding
● -5 THAC0 penalty
● -5 Damage penalty
● 75% casting failure

● -5 THAC0 penalty
● -5 Damage penalty
● 75% casting failure
● +5% XP gained
● 75% Resistance to cold, electricity, and fire

Ring of Folly


● Intelligence set to 3
● Wisdom set to 3
● Feeblemind


● Intelligence set to 3
● Feeblemind
● +3 Wisdom

Gauntlets of Fumbling

● -10 THAC0 penalty
● -2 Dexterity


● -10 THAC0 penalty
● -2 Dexterity
● +25% Magic Resistance

Helm of Opposite Alignment


● Alignment becomes opposite
● Only gettable in BG1 from the Demon Knight in the ground floor of Durlag's Tower
● Unavailable in BG2


● Alignment becomes opposite
● Available from the Demon Knight after the final battle in Durlag's Tower
● Added to Stalman in the Guarded Compound in BG2

Ring of Clumsiness: 'The Jester's Folly'

● Reduces Stealth by -50%
● Reduces DEX by -50%
● 75% casting failure


● Reduces Stealth by -50%
● Reduces DEX by -50%
● 75% casting failure
● +10 THAC0 bonus vs. Bards
● +10 Damage bonus vs. Bards

T'rachie's Plate


● AC -2 (Enchanted +5)
● -1 Movement Rate
● Disables Spellcasting
● Disables Thieving & Stealth
● -2 CON
● -5 CHA
● Available from Ribald in Chapter 6


● AC -2 (Enchanted +5)
● Disables Spellcasting
● Disables Thieving & Stealth
● -5 CHA
● Available from Ribald in Chapter 2
● Price reduced by 50%


The Claw of Kazgaroth


● Unavailable in BG2


● Added to Jayes (Promenade) in BG2

The Vampire's Revenge


● -1 INT
● Inflicts damage upon the wielder and heals the target
● Berserk effect on the wielder upon every succesful hit
● Unavailable in BG2

● -2 CON
● Every succesful hit heals the wielder by 1 hit point
● Added to Bodhi's Lair in BG2

In all cases the item descriptions are updated to reflect the changes.

III. Credits

I'd like to thank:


IV. Version History

Version 2.2:

- Added a new component: 'Cursed Items'.
- Fixed an issue with Cespenar's dialogue when upgrading the Silver Sword.
- Fixed an issue with the file for EE item descriptions (used to avoid duplicating the usabilities lines) misteriously vanishing from its folder since last version.

Version 2.1:

- Added Storm Star +5 to the Tweaked Items component.
- Added two scrolls of Knock in Candlekeep to the Item Pack for Tutu/BGT component.
- Added new BAMs for the Spellhold portal gems (Opal, Ruby, and Sapphire stones) and the Book of Rituals to the More Distinguishable Items component.
- Fixed an issue with some of the items in the Planescape:Torment component not getting their description updated.
- Fixed some minor typos.
- Since the +X% Elemental Damage component requires ToBEx, the items weren't available for the Enhanced Editions. Now they will be added to the main component if you're playing BG2:EE or EE:T.
- ¡Se habla español! Added spanish translation.

Version 2.0:

- Added Cam's code for item descriptions. Item Pack *SHOULD* now be fully compatible with both BGEE and BG2EE.
- Added extra conditions to prevent some components from being installed in the wrong game.

Version 1.9:

- On August 13th 2023, Item Pack became 14 years old! To commemorate the joyous occasion I have decided to include a new component dedicated to Planescape:Torment, my favorite game of all time.
- Added a new BAM for the Sling of Everard to the More Distinguishable Items component.
- Added extra tokens for the slot machine in Spellhold to the Extra Items component.
- Added an option to upgrade the Silver Sword to the Tweaked Items component.
- Added the Shakti Figurine to the Tweaked Items component.
- Changed some of the items' usabilities, which should be more dual-kitted friendly now.
- Changed the location of the Bracers of Icelandic Pearl.
- Changed Ulcaster's Academy Ring, now it no longers replaces the Vampiric Sword to avoid conflict with other mods.
- Fixed an issue with Malla's Soul Stone protecting from Cure Disease instead of the Diseased state.
- Fixed an issue with Club of Detonation's and Harbinger's party-friendly Fireball, which summoned the Cowled Wizards if the magic license wasn't paid.
- Fixed an issue with Holy Chaos! Decks's charges being incorrectly set.
- Updated WeiDU version to v249.
- Changed ReadMe format.

Version 1.8:

- Added new BAMs for Edwin's Amulet, Malla's Soul Stone, Mauler's Arm, The Sleeper, Jerrod's Mace, Everard's Morning Star, Wong Fei's Ioun Stone, and a slightly recoloured Scarlet Ninja-To to the More Distinguishable Items component.
- Added two new items to the Tweaked Items component: the Cloak of the Stars and Malla's Soul Stone.
- Added new BAMs for Perdue's Sword, Edwin's Amulet, History of the Sisters of Light and Darkness, and the Vial of Mysterious Liquid to the Item Pack for Tutu/BGT component. A new BG1-only item is also added to this component: Ulcaster Academy Ring.
- Fixed an issue with Mummy's Tea using Tutu-only sound resource & ground icon.
- Fixed Keryvian's bonus against demons, which weren't working because of the effects not being copied to the Override folder.
- Fixed Mummy's Tea “Gulp!” misplaced string reference that should appear after drinking it.
- Fixed the misplaced description for The Bitch Queen's Envoy.
- Fixed the misplaced name string for Tutu's modified Free Action Ring.
- Removed 'Beta' tag from +X% Elemental Damage component.
- Tweaked the Serpent Ring so dual kited Fighters/Thieves can use it too.
- Updated Russian translation.
- Updated the tooltip macro.

Version 1.7:

- Added a new component: 'Item Pack for Tutu/BGT'.
- Added a new component: '+X% Elemental Damage'.
- Added six new items to the main component: The Bitch Queen's Envoy, the Holy Chaos! Deck, Oil of Second Chances, Mummy's Tea, Boots of the Forgotten Ones, and Zilzanzer's Magnificent Dart.
- Added a new icon for the Plate of Balduran to the More Distinguishable Items component.
- Added compatibility with Tutu for the relevant items in both the Tweaked Items and Convenient Free Action Items components.
- Added one item to the More Work for Cromwell component: Dak'kon's Katana +4.
- Added four new items to Tweaked Items component: the Rod of Smiting, the Club of Detonation, the Harbinger Sword, and the Girdle of Fortitude.
- Included a new Werewolf paperdoll for the Shapeshifter class in the More Distinguishable Items component.
- Updated Russian translation.

Version 1.6:

- Added a new item to the main component: the Spyglass.
- Added Russian translation, courtesy of Silent from Arcanecoast.ru.

Version 1.5:

- Added a new component: 'Pocket Store'.
- Added a new item to the main component: the Wand of Protection.
- Added a new item to the Tweaked Items component: the Mercykiller Ring.
- Added immunity to morale break to the Greenstone Amulet of the Tweaked Items component.
- Added new icons for the Sensate Amulet, Vhailor's Helm, Mercykiller Ring, and a recoloured Skull of the Lich to the More Distinguishable Items component.
- Did a new description BAM for House of Despana Insignia.
- Fixed a mistyped 'OR' condition for Mantooth's upgrade.

Version 1.4:

- Added a new item to the main component: Jester's Bag of Holding.
- Added two new items to the Tweaked Items component: the Ring of Protection - Warder's Signet, and the Staff of Arundel.
- Did some code optimizations.
- Fixed an issue with the Dread Bond bracers, which were wrongly equippable by Kensais.
- Tweaked slightly the Badge of the Svirfneblin and the Chauntea's Vest armor.

Version 1.3:

- Added six new items to the main component: Keryvian (bastard sword), Blur Deck, Robe of the Watcher, Girdle of Labelas, and Scarab of Protection.
- Added two items to the More Work for Cromwell component: Mauler's Arm +4 & Reflection Shield +3.
- Fixed an issue with the Shield Amulet, which was providing protection from Tutu's Magic Missile instead of regular BG2's.
- Fixed an issue with the Serpent Ring, now Jan and other illusionist/thief characters can wear it too.
- Fixed Mantooth's bonus against wizards, which weren't working because of the effects not being copied to the Override folder.
- Fixed more compiling issues.
- Removed some mistyped 'OR()'s conditions.

Version 1.2:

- Added a new component: 'More Work for Cromwell'.
- Added an extra chunk of illithium and a Potion Case to the Extra Items component.
- Added a new icon for Dak'kon's Katana to the More Distinguishable Items component.
- Added three items to the Tweaked Items component: the Shield Amulet, the Studded Leather of Thorns +6, and the Short Sword of Mask +5.
- Changed ReadMe format.
- Fixed some compiling issues that were causing problems in certain instances (thanks to temujin).
- Fixed an issue with Mantooth's bonuses against liches and golems, which weren't working. Added bonus against wizards.
- Added a new icon for the Robe of Vecna to the More Distinguishable Items component.

Version 1.1:

- Added a new item to the main component: Badge of the Svirfneblin.
- Added a new icon for the Robe of Vecna to the More Distinguishable Items component.
- Changed Mantooth's sword colour, removed silver & cold iron flags.
- Corrected a few typos.
- Fixed an issue with the alternate BAMs not being copied to the Override folder if the main component was skipped.
- Fixed an issue with the Serpent Ring not displaying the Magic Resistance icon while equipped.
- Renamed Component IV. Added the Ring of Free Action to it.

Version 1: Initial release


Baldur's Gate I & II, Planescape:Torment, and all of their trademarks are property of Bioware, Black Isle, Interplay, and Wizards of the Coast. I am in no way related to them and yadda yadda, you know how this goes. This is purely meant to entertain us players and NOT to profit in any way whatsoever.