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Looking at the convo file, It seems that you... Must be allied with or have 3 or more Reputation with VTC. Must have 16 Diplomacy (w/ party support). Have restored the adra vein on either Hasongo or Poko Kohara. Ukaizo must not be unlocked ('b_Ukaizo_Unlocked' - I think this is set to true when a faction quest is completed, but I'm not sure). Try opening the Console and enter PrintGlobal b_Ukaizo_Unlocked If it prints 1, that might be the cause.

Yeah, that seemed to be it. Let's leave up the thread, I deserve the shame.

Wait, seriously? I'm an absolute idiot.

Nexusmods user SirDun recently noticed that one of my mods caused the game to stutter: https://www.nexusmods.com/pillarsofeternity2/mods/481?tab=posts In the latest update, I had added a game.globalvariablesbundle file with a single new variable to the mod. Apparently, this is what caused the game to periodically stutter. It's very noticable and happens every 13 seconds at 60fps, with even shorter intervals on higher framerates. It is luckily very unusual that mods actually implement new variables, but I remember it having been discussed here before. Nevertheless, I want to warn everyone that adding new global variables should be avoided entirely.

I apologize to everyone for my inactivity, this week was more eventful than I expected... Fantastic, thanks! You wouldn't happen to have the translation of "Potion of Enlightenment" as well? I absolutely love the idea of restoring Empower Points, but to do it through a duration-based effect might be the wrong way to do it? Maybe if each character could empower more than once per encounter (and the game was balanced around that fact), but otherwise the effect would only be useful up to a certain amount of ticks for each encounter, which I think should be avoided for an Inspiration. As a completely separate mechanic, how would you feel about the player passively restoring an Empower Point every Xth encounter? Cycling Spell Tiers is no doubt the best solution to nerfing Brilliant while still allowing regeneration of high-tier spells, but the question remains if that is desirable. Wizard, Druid and Priests each have many great Spells in PL3 and below, relevant all the way through late-game. Regenerating within that selection is still an extremely strong effect, and still the best Tier 3 inspiration by far. Isn't that enough? I really like the idea of Fatigue after the combat encounter. I have a single concern though, that this effect may add a 4th Injury and kill the drinker right after the encounter. We could use an Injury-like effect (like the Sigil Curses) or a hangover/addiction just to make sure that a player doesn't defeat a megaboss only to die from the fatigue injury? But if this is a non-issue then Fatigue would be great, so I'll add it meanwhile.

Thanks for the translations @Boeroer@Elric Galad@lewis_cb! I managed to locate vithrack luminaries in PoE1's stringtable entries, here are the official translations de Vithrack-Koryphäe es Luminar de Vithrack fr Sommité Vithrack I'm sorry to keep bothering you, but could you confirm that I've inserted them grammatically correct? de Dieser geheimnisvolle Trank wird aus gelösten Vithrack-Koryphäe-Hirnen destilliert und mit der Essenz eines unerbittlichen Adra-Animats aufgeladen. Sie erlaubt schier sagenhafte Einsichten und erfüllt den Nutzer mit einer unermüdlichen Beharrlichkeit. es Destilado a partir de los cerebros disueltos de Luminar de Vithrack e infundido con la esencia implacable de un Anímata de adra, este brebaje llena al usuario con conocimientos maravillosos y perseverancia inagotable. fr Distillée à partir de cerveaux dissous de Sommité Vithrack et infusée grâce à l'essence tenace d'Animat d'Adra, cette concoction emplit celui ou celle qui la boit d'une perspicacité merveilleuse et d'une persévérance inépuisable.

There's a list of all effect types here in case anyone is interested (warning - it's dense): https://eternity.obsidian.net/game-data-formats/enumerations#statuseffecttype It's hard to find a fitting effect that doesn't conflict with other Attributes/Inspirations... What I would put up for consideration: Suspend Hostile Effects. +X to all Skills.

On another note, I've finished up everything with the Potion of Enlightenment! It'll spawn in the following shops, one potion per inventory refill: Vendor Location Bauble The Deck of Many Things Dimesa The Treasure Trove Fetid Spray The Forgotten Sanctum Fassina / Shop Imp The Dark Cupboard Neale The Crucible The last touch is the translations for the item description, @Boeroer@Elric Galad@lewis_cb I'll publish the mod as created by the 'Obsidian Forums Community', with more specific credits in the description. Sounds good to everyone?

I have to say I feel this too. Arbitrary duration cap breaks established design rules, and misses the crux of the issue - that the effect itself is too strong. Alternating between PL levels is a really cool, but we should ask whether letting Brilliant restore high tier spells is necessary to begin with. I think the Balancing Patch's current solution of restoring spells only up to a certain a PL is the most efficient and seamless we have so far. If not that, I think we should look back to what Boeroer started the thread with, and think up an altogether different effect for Brilliant. (Anti-Confusion would've been awesome. ) How about suspending hostile effects while Brilliant?

It's only possible to override Item and Ability icons, not UI textures sadly. Which font color would suit you the best? Do you want to replace player dialogue options as well, or just the white text spoken by other characters? I had some success editing the Assembly-CSharp.dll to use specific hardcode font colors, for now just play responses as a proof of concept, but I think it would be possible to apply this to all conversation text if you are ok with this solution: If not, I would try to batch search/replace in the conversation stringtables like you mentioned.

Aah, I get you. Yeah that is clean.

That one was not perpetual though?

I have a couple ideas on the top of my head: Add Resources when the effect ends (static duration of 30s), and also make the effect apply another copy of itself on the target when it ends. Take inspiration from Grave Calling, and only trigger the effect after a certain amount of stacks have been accumulated (in this case 1, ignoring the initial tick). Just a hunch, but maybe StatusEffectTrigger with OnInterval doesn't cause an initial tick? My gut feeling tells me that it won't be that outrageous to implement

Just a thought about the implementation. How about filling the original INS_Brillant_SE_AddResources with all the "tick"-effects? It is already used by all the brilliant effects, so that way you don't have to edit each variant individually. Something like: { "$type": "Game.GameData.StatusEffectGameData, Assembly-CSharp", "DebugName": "INS_Brilliant_SE_AddResources", "ID": "600e15a1-2db9-45f7-9584-c98d8a9aeff8", "Components": [ { "$type": "Game.GameData.StatusEffectComponent, Assembly-CSharp", "StatusEffectsValueIDs": [ "1369508f-f6d6-4fa8-86bc-a289881e1c81", "4ab182f9-80ae-4aa4-aa2d-0b1995a980f4", "4a7502c3-ac26-46a0-8214-3faf67995106", "f40ed981-799c-4397-9e10-90a409ecf409", "d9a2e46d-f076-4a13-96f9-3948169c7323", "54bc041c-0f37-4e9f-8cb7-9f9a8463cd50", "0a7f81ca-4bc1-42fb-8665-5821930ba1d7", "3e82b302-8e57-45bc-82e7-1c9c129aa943", "e91bac89-f5f9-4356-ab76-4138fad7b1a4", "5ae7a8c0-582d-49e2-aaf2-78c630e24554" ], "StatusEffectType": "None", "IntervalRateID": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", "ApplicationType": "ApplyOnStart" } ] }

Through the StoreAddRegenerationList script you can add a naturally refilling Loot List to a store, which allows pretty sophisticated behavior. (Or is this what you refered to?) But yeah, 1 Potion/refill does feel like a good spot.

I've implemented the vendor scripts but realized that we haven't discussed the spawn rates for when the vendors refill their inventories. What should the upper/lower bounds be? Should it have a risk of not spawning? Should all vendors have the same rates? Not that it matters but it translates to "Upplysningsdryck" in Swedish.

(Cost should be 1000g, dunno what's causing that...) The icons are absolutely gorgeous. Maybe the 100x100 is slightly oversized for the crafting menu, but so are most big vanilla potions, and it looks cool anyway. I think it's perfect. Awesome, thanks again! Ah right, does anyone have suggestions for the description or should we roll with the auto-generated one?

Alright, I'll get to it! I'll add The Dark Cupboard as another vendor on top of the ones you listed (and I'm excluding the Spindle Man). Btw if anyone is able to provide translations for "Potion of Enlightenment" in any of Deadfire's supported languages, just tell me and I'll add that localization!

This is indeed a good point. I also like @Boeroer's suggestion of a trinket with drawbacks. (Potion would be easier to design, balance and implement though.) I'm absolutely up for making this for the Balance Patch if you want to include it. On the top of my head, how about requiring Luminous Adra Dust for the recipe? Rare and used for high-tier potions such as Luminous Adra Potion and Potion of Miraculous Healing.

No, there sadly is no such effect. Edit: after some more thinking, I'm not going to try to make something out of this. It would be insanely convoluted or most likely impossible to implement for abilities that generate continuous attacks, such as beams or pulsing AoEs. I love the concept of anti-confusion, but @Elric Galad's current solution is already superb and not to mention infinitely cleaner implemented, so I feel like this is something I'd only do for the technical challenge.

Exactly, Confusion utilizes the AttacksTargetAll effect.

Made a new (hidden) Keyword, added it to one of the Brilliant effects. Made a duplicate of the Fireball_Aoe attack named Fireball_Aoe_Brilliant, made it hostile-only and added it as an extra attack to the original Fireball_Aoe. Added a conditional to Fireball_Aoe so that it will ignore all targets if the caster has an effect with the new Brilliant Keyword. Added a conditional to Fireball_Aoe_Brilliant so that it will only fire if the caster has an effect with the new Brilliant Keyword. Basically makes the original attack ignore everything and puts a hostile-only duplicate on top if it when the caster is Brilliant. The process would have to be repeated on all AoE attacks, so dunno if I can automize it and actually make a mod out of this concept, but the result is a lot better than I expected.

Just a proof of concept, but still!

Ok wtf, the Streetwise 20 check is in the scripted interaction with the traveling Dawnstars near Port Maje. Apparently there's variant of the encounter baked into the same convo file, where you find an abandoned wagon and some bandits instead... has anyone ever gotten this encounter?

Alchemy 17 LAX03_02_si_fungus_table Through a cautious application of alchemical procedures, you purge the toxins from the beaker, replacing it with a potent admixture of growth enhancers. Arcana 20 LAX03_03_cv_enchanted_armor [Break the enchantment.] Athletics 22 LAX03_02_si_false_wall You throw the whole of your weight and strength against the wall and it collapses under you in a rush of dust and rubble. Bluff 20 28_cv_Kinnuq "I came to pledge my loyalty to Nemnok." Diplomacy 23 LAX03_03_cv_spore_hive_mind "This is wrong. You're clearly more than some parasite." Explosives 20 LAX03_02_si_false_wall You take cover as the expertly-placed implosion charge detonates. With a keening shriek, it tears down the wall, consigning the rubble to the void and leaving the path open to you. History 18 LAX03_02_cv_vithrack_leader "To be binding, this contract should've been ratified by the Huana monarch or their advisor. It was not." Insight 20 lax03_03_cv_book_pedestal_archive_01 Gears click and whir beneath the device's skin. After a few moments listening, a faint tap tap sounds on the inside. Tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. It stops. Intimidate 22 LAX01_00_cv_whehami "You've seen me fight! I'm the Champion of the Hunt!" Mechanics 26 LAX03_03_si_archives_vault_door After an hour of sweaty, difficult work, a peal of clanging contraptions announces... something. Metaphysics 20 LAX03_04_cv_starmetal You open a metaphysical bridge between your soul and the entities inhabiting the mineral. Religion 16 LAX02_01_cv_hafjorn_confront "Rymrgand did not intend for his child to live forever." Sleight Of Hand 18 LAX03_04_cv_fungus [Harvest the pustules.] Stealth 18 LAX01_00_SI_Old_Bones As you make your way silently through the undergrowth, you overhear a group of kith nearby. You see them moving quietly among the trees, draped in hides and armed for the hunt. Streetwise 20 re_si_supply_wagon_trap "How about I pay you a toll, and we all walk away. This road need not be anyone else's grave." Survival 19 26_si_witch_guardians You trudge onward. Deep pits of water and sucking mud cover the ground everywhere you look, but you manage to avoid them through caution and attentive footing.