Alsaahir kit for BG2

Version: 5.0
Author: TotoR
Languagues: English and French

I. Introduction:

I created this kit to add a different feeling with bards: some touch of oriental myth mixed with ADnD and was created with two things in mind:

Wisdom is useless for bards -> make it usefull
Bards are poor fighters and as they can't wear armor and casts spells at the same times, they are less protected than mages and thieves in BG1 -> give them some natural resistance and better fighting skills.

So with this kit :

more Wisdom give you more spells at the cost of 1 spell less per level
you can mastering (***) some weapons at the cost of the bard's natural versatility in weapons.
You will also gain some natural protection and abilities that protect you from weapons

In consequence you will now choose if you want to go more towardsi fighter (constitutuion) or wizard (wisdom).

II. The Kit

ALSAAHIR:

like a snake charmer, this bard has studied the sensibility to vibrations of fiends and undeads. However, practicing with such evil is a dangerous game and those who survive never come back unhurt, physically and mentally. This path needs wisdom, mastering the art of illusions and better fighter's skills than a bard at the expense of his natural versatility and dexterity

Advantages:

Can use the Alsaahir'song.
At level 1, may conjure a Green Flame Blade once per day. gains another use at level 10 and 20
At level 1, may use Wraithform at will
At level 3, +2 to AC and saving throw vs. Demons and undeads
At level 5, +3 to hit and damage against fiends and undeads. It becomes +6 at level 13
At level 8, gains 1/2 attack bonus
At level 10, Gains 5% resistance to slashing, piercing, crushing, acid, fire and magical damages. It further improves at level 15
Can achieve mastery in daggers, scimitars and maces
like an Illusionist, casts and resists better to illusion's spells
knowledge is a weapon. Like a cleric, wisdom increase the number of spells cast by level

Disadvantages:

Only has one-half normal lore and Pick Pockets
Can't be proficient in other weapon than daggers, scimitars, and maces and can't put slots in two weapons fighting style
Can't cast spells from the necromancy's school
May cast one spell less per level than regular bards
Must be Chaotically aligned

ALSAAHIR'SONG:

At level 1, give all allies +2 to hit and damage against fiends and undeads. It lowers saves by 1 of all fiends and undeads
At level 7, give all allies +3 to hit and damage against fiends and undeads and immunity to fear. It lowers saves by 1 and magic resistance by 5% of all fiends and undeads
At level 13, give all allies +4 to hit and damage against fiends and undeads, immunity to fear and protection from fiends & undeads. It lowers saves by 2 and magic resistance by 10% of all fiends and undeads
At level 19, give all allies +5 to hit and damage against fiends and undeads, immunity to fear, protection from fiends & undeads and increase fire resistance by 10%. It lowers saves by 2 and magic resistance by 15% of all fiends and undeads

GREEN FLAME BLADE: The Alsaahir has developed the ability to conjure a green Flame Blade. This weapon deals 1d10 salshing damage and 1d10 bonus damages to fiends and undeads. It is non-magical at levels 1 to 4, has an enchantement of +1 at levels 5 to 9, +2 at 10 to 14, +3 at 15 to 19, +4 at 20 to 24, and +5 at levels 25+. it lasts for 4 rounds + 1 round per 2 levels, up to 20 rounds

The blade provides to the wielder immunity to fear, At level 15, immunity to negative plane, at level 20 and immunity to charms and confusion at level 25 and above

WRAITHFORM: At will, You and all of your gears became insubstantial and are subject only to magical or special attacks or by creatures otherwise able to affect those struck only by magical weapons. You also gains a 25% magic resistance bonus. Attacks or spells are not possible when in wraithform. A successful dispel magic spell forces you back to normal form

At level 10, gains protection against +1 wepons and 35% of magic resistance bonus
At level 20, gains protection against +2 wepons and 45% of magic resistance bonus

HLA:

This kit will have to choose between two style with HLA :

Moudjahidine :

You gain 10% resitance to slashing, piercing, crushing, acid, fire and magical damages, +3 to thac0 and save vs breath
Protection from the elements as ability
Improved Mantle as ability
Moudjahidine's special Magical Flute : can summon a guardian Genie, can cast Bolt of Glory (3) and Limited Wish

Almusalil :

you gain +1 bonus to wisdom, +2 to AC and +3 save vs death
Project Image as ability
Nature Beaty as ability
Moudjahidine's special Magical Flute : can summon a Deceiver Genie, can cast Bolt of Glory (3) and Limited Wish

III. How and when should this mod be installed:

This mod should be installed just like all other WeiDU mods. Unzip the mod to the Main Directory of Baldur's Gate 2. Then, run the Setup-Alsaahir.exe file. After doing this, you will be asked about the installation of the mod.

I usually install Kit mods after mods that add or revise spells.

IV. Credits and thanks:

A whole community wich survive more than 20 years... and specially the bigg for the lib that allow me to add more spells with wisdom.

V. Version History:

Version 4.0 - january 2023

some minor spell update
some tra update - thanks to @11jo

Version 2.0/3.0 - ??

EE compatibility

Version 1.0 - Septembre 2022: -Initial release.

TotoR115 / Alsaahir