Crucible Release

[morpheus562]

 

In collaboration with @Acifer, it is with great joy that I am announcing the release of our newest mod, Crucible.

You can download the latest version of the mod here.

You can view the readme for the mod here.

We were recently featured in an article for EIP located here.

Introduction

Crucible features a continuation of the story once the player closes their pocket plane in ToB. Instead of immediately beginning the final fight at the Throne of Blood, the player will find themself in Gehenna outside of Bhaal's kingdom. From here, the player will need to assault Bhaal's kingdom and fight to the Throne. This mod includes about a dozen new areas, created by Acifer, and delves into the lore surrounding Bhaal while offering many new and challenging opponents and tactical encounters. The player should expect the mod to add about 1 to 3 hours to the game.

Difficulty

Difficulty for this mod is heavily tied to the difficulty slider to include the numbers and types of enemies encountered along with the abilities they choose to use. Insane and LoB difficulties are going to be in line with Tactics/Ascension level difficulty while anything less will be much more approachable to users who avoid difficulty increasing mods.

Components

The player has the option to install the mod with or without ai generated voices for the NPCs. Please note: even if the player chooses to install without ai for npcs, the opening scrawl will still be voiced by ai.

Compatibility

This mod is for Enhanced Edition ONLY and compatible with Ascension and mods that add IWD spells into Baldur's Gate. In both instances, Crucible needs to be installed after these mods.

Emerging Technology

This mod uses ai voice acting for net new characters courtesy of Replica Studios and ElevenLabs.io. Any characters with prior voice work, such as NPCs, do NOT have voice acting for any new lines of dialog.

Special Thanks

• Lava, thank you for the numerous bam files and feedback
• lowman02, thank you for the testing and feedback
• Cam for all of your help and assistance. The reasons are many, thank you.
• All those who assisted in testing and providing feedback! I appreciate every single one of you for all that you do!

Edited February 25 by morpheus562

[Lava]

Congratulations!

[Trouveur80]

Congratulations ! Now I really need to reach ToB ^^.

[Morgoth]

Congrats. I'm installing it last, even after SCS and all the rest. I wish to see. And if any bug arises, I don't have to do anything odd but install the patches that you may (or may not) release.

[morpheus562]

1 hour ago, Lava said:

Congratulations!

I appreciate all the help and support in making this a reality!

[Thacobell]

Congrats on the release!

[megrimlock]

Nice. Been looking forward to this one.

[Bubb]

Congrats!

[Daulmakan]

W00t! I'll have to start a new game soon.

[DiesIrae]

Congratualtions on the release.

Just need to work out where to fit it in my mega mod install

 

[Gorionar]

Congratulations on the release of the mod, I have a small question. Where is it indicated which platform the mod is EE or vanilla?

[morpheus562]

It is for EE, non-vanilla.

[Daulmakan]

Just now, morpheus562 said:

It is for EE, non-vanilla.

I take my Woot back. 

[morpheus562]

9 minutes ago, Daulmakan said:

I take my Woot back. 

Fully understandable.

[Gorionar]

28 minutes ago, morpheus562 said:

It is for EE, non-vanilla.

This information is simply missing in the readme and description of the mod.