The Armor Rework included with this mod aims to make armor work a bit more realistically and add an element of tactics to the choice of how to protect yourself rather than just going for the armor with the best AC. It allows the casting of spells and the use of thieveing skills in armor but applies penalties to their success based on the weight of the armor. It also alters movement speed based on weight. It then adds in damage reduction relative to the amount fo protection the armor would likely provide, so the damage reduction of full plate is going to be much higher than that of studded leather. Finally to account for the fact that it is much easier to move and dodge in lighter armour, all armors have a dodge AC adjustment rating added, which can be positive or negative. Some of the heaviest armors even impose a penalty to the character dexterity.

This rework of the usability system allows unlimited unique usability combinations for kits and trueclasses.

Modders wishing to make their kits compatible with this system can use the template.2da file in the UKP folder rather than the standard CLAB file to create a compatible kit. The asterisk before certain spells is used to prevent them being applied.

The original usability system remains present and active, and works as it always has done in the past, new kits can be added with no new usability restrictions and they will still work flawlessly with the old system.

This component updates all of the spell icons for the Arcane and Divine casters, and also provides new icons for HLA's and innate abilities.

This component adds several new unique items to the game, including a new category of weapon, the Greataxe:

The Greataxe consists of a haft several feet long topped with a heavy blade, and is in many respects similar to a halberd. The axe may be double-bitted, with blades on both sides of the haft, or it may only have a single blade. It is an unwieldy weapon, but a skilled warrior can strike blows of tremendous strength with it.

STATISTICS:

Damage: 1d12 (slashing)
Speed Factor: 8
Proficiency Type: Axe
Type: Two-Handed
Requires:
10 Strength

Weight: 15

All of the new items are automatically added to various monsters, stores, NPC's and map loot at install.

This component removes the XP Cap for BG:EE, allowing all characters to reach level 40 (note it does not install HLA's, see the seperate component for that).

This component adds the HLA's from Throne of Bhaal into the game at the relevant levels.

Some effort has been made to maintain the same kind of curve as the classes previously had, but gradually becoming steeper over time.
As with all components, we are open to feedback on this one, and it may be altered depending on what people think.

This component adds some of the kits made available in the kitpack to some relevant enemies in the game. These enemies are also given new scripts to make full use of their new spells. Hopefully these enemies should be a bit more challenging.
Where specific mention has been made to a persons god in their dialog, they have been changed to that god, provided there is a kit for it. Some artistic license has been taken where this is unclear, but overall it's a light touch.

Cyric - Bassilus, Lamalha, Mulahey, Zeela
Lathander - Morninglord Bram, Morninglord Blane, Kelddath Ormlyr
Selune - Laryssa
Tempus - Wudei
Auril - Neira
Helm - Nalin
Shar - Dark Moon Cleric

This component adds the possibility to recover projectiles from enemy corpses after a battle. This will work with all projectiles except for those which automatically return (e.g. enchanted throwing axes).

The options at install are to give a 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% or 20% chance to recover.