Chrome Dome's Anime NPC's and Combat (THE TRANSFORMATIONS UPDATE)
This is a mod that is mostly just instructions. What it does is improves NPC generation as well as NPC intents (Basically the actions NPC's take) to make them feel more apart of a fun, high-power anime setting. What it does: NPC Intent Instructions: Some minor instructions on dialogue and major on combat. NPC's should be more creative and powerful in fights, performing more destructive, decisive, and anime feeling moves. NPC Updates: The task that adds NPC's, also responsible for naming and appearances. New NPC's should have far more anime-inspired apperances with unique hair styles, colours, fashion choices, accessories, etc. NPC Details: The task that adds details to an NPC. I added instructions for abilities. By default, NPC's get 3 generated abilities, which sucks. Now, they get 15-20 abilities with a single overview of their fighting style and then tons of usages of their powers and some generic, choreographed melee moves. Alongside intents, NPC's should be dangerous, epic, and destructive. NPC Archetypes: NPC's are randomly given an archetype, like slacker, joker, networker, thrill-seeker. I added a few more archetypes: Rival, Prodigy, Optimist, Stoic, Trickster, Devoted, and Dreamer, just to add more variety of NPC's. Note: The mod is generally setting-agnostic but does operate under the assumption of anime with some magic system or power system. If you want it to be more personalised to a world some mention of powers and energy and stuff will need to be removed. ActionInfo: Adds a small section that dictates actioninfo should give a +20 to skill checks while the player is transformed. THE TRANSFORMATION UPDATE: This is a modification to the intent instructions and actioninfo. What it does is simple: *When you transform, enemies will not attack you.* An issue with voyage transformations is that the gravitas is IMMEDIATELY sucked out of them because enemies will actively attack you after you transform, which makes the transformation feel cheap. With this mod, if you transform, NPC's for that turn will not act or attack you and instead react. This lets you dedicate an entire turn just to your transformation and will give more weight to the whole affair.
