This NPC Mod's Shadows of Amn portion currently includes two components, that are available in English German and Spanish:
- 1. Amber, a chaotic good tiefling fighter and thief (dual class) as a joinable NPC with
- a customised portrait
- extensive voicing in the English version and soundset for Amber in the German version
- original music that plays during the conversations with the PC (due to its infinitely looping structure it occupies one of the 17 free slots in songlist.2da)
- custom made AI script (courtesy of Yovaneth)
- up to 13 casual interactions with the player character including one in-between talk if you can't quite decide whether you want to be friends or something else
- up to 10 chapter-specific interactions with the player character
- up to 13 player-initiated conversation topics to discuss about if the casual interactions left you wanting more
- one of these three relationship paths:
- a friendship path for the protagonist with
- up to 9 friendly interactions
- romance with a suitable male protagonist with
- 24 romantic interactions, of which 7 are 'floating' and 3 are kind of pick-up talks if things are about to go sour between you and Amber
- a flirt pack with unique Amber-initiated flirts and an extensive set of player-initiated flirts
- a romance conflict with Viconia, Jaheira and Aerie; Amber will also react to Solaufein's romance
- the Bodhi abduction quest
- a romance with another suitable male player character in a multiplayer game if the protagonist is not agreeable, with
- customised friendly interactions and lovetalks to replace those suitable only to the protagonist
- 2 or 3 regular banters with all Bioware NPCs and a set of scripted banters with Imoen, Viconia and Haer'Dalis
- up to 47 interjections and reactions to conversations between the player character and non-party NPCs, plus additional 24 interjections with minor citizens of Amn
- Tree of Life with different options depending on your relationship with Amber
- special interjections, banters and more for the Underdark
- a string fixer (SHIFT-k) in case, for example, re-installation mixes up her soundset and name strings in old savegames
- 3 mini-quests with copious dialogue, new areas (edited from original game areas) and voicing for six non-party NPCs
- several brand new items, some more useful than others, along with an upgrade to the Blade of Roses
- small tweaks including
- corrected spear animations: more stabbing and less swinging
- corrected Haer'Dalis' blades description texts: they're usable only by Haer'Dalis, not by all tieflings
- corrected kit.ids and added ToB scripting functions
- and a hilarious Easter Egg to boot!
- 2. Multiplayer-friendly flirting for Amber
- Flirting with Amber will not pause the entire game. The other players are free to do their shopping, adjust inventories of their characters etc., and you can make out with your sweetheart without annoying your co-players. This is an optional component that will be of use mostly to multiplayers.
Additional features planned as separate add-on releases later on:
- Throne of Bhaal content
- a stand-alone quest
- banters with mod NPCs via Crossmod Banter Pack
- joinable spin off NPC Lorraine (don't hold your breath).
Ideas that were entertained at some point but discarded for one reason or another:
- tiefling as a playable human subrace
- backstabbing as in IWD:HoW (we have no idea how this could be implemented)
- a long haired avatar for Amber