IceWind Dale: Heart Of Winter
Improvements Pack version 1(6.12.05)
Victor Georgiev(balduran@abv.bg)
http://balduran.blackwyrmlair.net

About:
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These fixes have been in my IWD folder for more than two years, and I finally decided to pack them together. As usual, they  are installed sepparately. Updates can be expected on regular basis, as long as I receive bug reports, suggestions and any sort of requests about IWD.
This mod was created using Nearinfinity, WEIDU and good al'Wordpad.

REQUIREMENTS:
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This mod is designed for IWD:HOW. It will work both with or without Trials of the Luremaster. I will also work on IWD alone.

COMPATIBILITY:
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Should be compatible with any mod, as long as they don't replace the following files:
 - ABRACEAD.2da
 - BACKSTAB.2da
 - LORE.2da

INSTALLATION PROCEDURES:
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UNRAR to your IWD directory. For me it looks like "D:\IceWind Dale\". Open the directory and run Setup-Improvements-IWD.exe. Confirm for each component you'd like to have installed.

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Table of Contents:
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1. Weapons For All
2. Improved Races component
3. Wizards Know Better (have more Lore) component
4. x6 Backstab Multiplier
(END) Thanks
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1. Weapons For All:
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This component is more or less similar to the one I made for Baldur's Gate II. All classes have equal access to weapons, which means that you can have a mage wielding a crossbow or a hammer. However, that doesn't mean that the mage can have any number of proficiencies with the responding weapons - as he/her is limited to the sinlge proficiency he is allowed by default.

2. Improved Races component:
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This component is actually an improved ABRACEAD.2DA file, which changes the basic stats of different races as fallows:
-Dwarves can now have 20 CON, but their CHR is limited to 16.
-Elves gain additional DEX point and loose 1 point in CON.
-Gnomes can have 20 INT but WIS cannot be higher than 16.
-Half-elves are now what elves used to be: can have 19 DEX and 17 CON.
-Halflings' STR is limited to 16(You can't expect Frodo to be a Hercules, right?), but DEX can be 20.

3. Victor's Wizards Know Better (have more Lore) component:
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Wizards now gain 5 Lore per level instead of regular 3. You can't expect any thief to have the same knowledge about ancient artefacts as a wizard who has devoted his life to studies.

4. x6 Backstab Multiplier:
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Don't expect too much from that one. It basicly improves tha backstab multiplier to x6 at 26 level.

(END) Thanks:
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- The BWL team for hosting the site and the downloads.
- Westley Weimer for his great utility tool.
- Jon Olav Hauglid for his fantastic work on Nearinfinity.
- All BG&IWD modders out there.