In the absence of nephtu, hihi...
Cutting and pasting from the Readme:
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Improved Ilyich (requires ToB)
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The Improved Ilyich component makes the first dungeon much more
difficult. It was written by Lesley Reimer. The classic introduction is
as follows:
As I played through the Irenicus dungeon for the nth plus one time, I
remarked for the nth plus one time that Irenicus has some singularly
bad help down there. And while Bioware wanted players to be able to get
comfortable with the game, I have no such compunction.
Irenicus is, by all accounts, a master planner and a mage among mages,
with resources enough to build a vast underground empire, with a pocket
Plane of Air, all undetected by the Cowled Wizards. I find the notion
that he hires incompetents offensive.
What galled me most was the fact that Ilyich is guarding nymph acorns,
which are essentially an artifact-level treasure. It seemed implausible
that he would not take greater precautions to protect them.
So I have added a few extra guardians and improved his own combat
abilities modestly, to befit the trusted servant of an archmage and one
who would wish to keep his aforementioned artifact. It should be a
manageable challenge to an experienced BG2 player.
It is important to note that the Ilyich mod is a PARODY that is amazingly
difficult. Check out HINTS-Ilyich.txt for more information and make sure
you are up to the challenge before installing. Really, some elements of
the mod may not make sense to you (e.g., why Ilyich thinks the arcons are
hot stuff) unless you read up on the background.
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So essentially, what it means by "a few extra guardians" above is that the Improved bugger has an evil planetar and a golem or two that can leave you buggered, figuratively speaking. Reloading is the norm rather than the exception.
Have fun!
Linear Mode
