XtraDeconstruct 2.0.f.

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**RELEASED 2016-04-05**

NOTES

• Don't forget to delete the previous version before installing;
• There isn't enough Champions in Vanilla LH, I strongly recommend using Champion Bonanza;
• I'm generally annoyed by Caster's prompts (Letting you pick who will actually cast the Spell when two or more Champions can actually cast it), but I felt they were needed for some Strategic Spells, so I've added them.

NEW FEATURES HOW-TO

• When you cast Steal Spirit, you now gain +1 Reincarnation (UnitStat), which unlocks the Reincarnation Spell. The Reincarnation Spell can be used up to three times (Meaning you reincarnate up to three Champions). The Spell will "respawn" your now dead Champion under a new identity.
• When you cast Totem Search (Path of the Shaman: Totem I), you gain +1 Totem (UnitStat) which unlocks other Totem Spells. Totem Spells allow you to summon a Beast Henchman/Henchwoman to replace your Champion.

XtraDeconstruct: Legacy of Magic, by Primal with help from David Elliot Lamb and Hellions Felis Silvestris
Version: 2.0.f.

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XtraDeconstruct [χD] 2.0.f. - Totem Edition Changelog
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[*] Equipment (Accessory): Banner of Leadership
[*] Equipment (Cloak): Gilden Lion Hide
[*] Equipment (Consumable): Caustic Egg
[*] Equipment (Consumable): Caustic Plasma
[*] Equipment (Consumable): Floral Compound
[*] Equipment (Consumable): Floral Ointment
[*] Equipment (Consumable): Legendary Cake
[*] Equipment (Consumable): Rattus Miasmaticus
[*] Equipment (Consumable): Tar Amphora
[*] Equipment (Consumable): Tar Barrel
[*] Equipment (Consumable\Crafted): Ayahuasca
[*] Equipment (Consumable\Crafted): Forged Dagger
[*] Equipment (Mount): Hatchling (New varieties: Air\Lightning, Death\Poison, Earth, Water\Cold)
[*] Equipment (Mount): Hatchling (New varieties) now available for Sovereign creation (4 points)
[*] Equipment (Mount): Ceratopsid, thanks highawyhoss for inspiration!
[*] Equipment (Mount): Ceratopsid now available for Sovereign creation (2 points)
[*] Equipment (Mount): Hellspawn, thanks highawyhoss for inspiration!
[*] Equipment (Mount): Hellspawn now available for Sovereign creation (2 points)
[*] Equipment (Mount): Nomad's Horse
[*] Equipment (Mount): Nomad's Horse now available for Sovereign creation (1 point)
[*] Equipment (Weapon): Angelic Warhammer
[*] Equipment (Weapon): Composite Shortbow
[*] Equipment (Weapon): Midnight Maul
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Bane
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Celestial
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Coral
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Crimson
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Cyclone
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Degeneration
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Gravity
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Growth
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Harmony
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Hoarfrost
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Maelstrom
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Malignancy
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Mimesis
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Moonlight
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Numbing
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Radiance
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Scorching
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Shimmering
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Survival
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Symbiosis
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of the Beekeeper
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of the Mountains
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Torment
[*] Equipment (Weapon\Crafted): Dagger of Vermilion
[*] Faction Strength: Mediums
[*] Faction Strength: Nomads
[*] Improvement: Shaman's Hut [Requires a Swamp Terrain and an Infirmary]
[*] Improvement: Shaman's Yurt [Requires a Shaman's Hut and a Mining Guild]
[*] Path (Mage): Hellspawn Finder [Empire]
[*] Path (Mage): Planeswalker
[*] Path (Shaman): Totem I
[*] Path (Shaman): Totem II
[*] Path (Shaman): Totem III
[*] Path (Shaman): Totem IV
[*] Path (Shaman): Totem V
[*] Path (Shaman): Totem VI
[*] Path (Shaman): Totem VII
[*] Path (Shaman): Totem VIII
[*] Quest: The Garrote Cloak
[*] Quest: The Ice Warg Cloak
[*] Special: Added option to select a different Starting Battle Wisdom value (3, 5, or 7) [See A_UserGuide]
[*] Spells: Atramentous Mist [Midnight Maul]
[*] Spells: Ayahuasca
[*] Spells: Caustic Egg
[*] Spells: Caustic Plasma
[*] Spells: Command Ability [Banner of Leadership]
[*] Spells: Create Portal (Mage)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger I (Bane)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger I (Beekeeper)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger I (Numbing)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger I (Radiance)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger I (Shimmering)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger I (Survival)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger II (Coral)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger II (Degeneration)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger II (Gravity)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger II (Growth)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger II (Moonlight)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger II (Scorching)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger III (Celestial)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger III (Hoarfrost)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger III (Mimesis)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger III (Symbiosis)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger III (Torment)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger III (Vermilion)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger IV (Crimson)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger IV (Cyclone)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger IV (Harmony)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger IV (Maelstrom)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger IV (Malignancy)
[*] Spells: Enchant Dagger IV (Mountains)
[*] Spells: Flurry of Arrows [Nomads]
[*] Spells: Gilden Lion Hide
[*] Spells: Rattus Miasmaticus
[*] Spells: Reincarnation
[*] Spells: Summon Hellspawn [Mage (Empire)]
[*] Spells: Summon Hellspawn (Profession) [Planeswalker Profession]
[*] Spells: Planeswalking (Mage)
[*] Spells: Sagittarius [Nomads]
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Black Widow [Totem III] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Cave Bear [Totem V] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Great Wolf [Totem IV] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Hergon [Totem II] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Hoarder Spider [Totem VI] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Naja [Totem II] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Ophidian [Totem VIII] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Silt Skath [Totem III] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Stalker [Totem I] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Timber Warg [Totem I] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Umberdroth [Totem VII] x2
[*] Spells: Spirit of the Wild War Boar [Totem IV] x2
[*] Spells: Tar Amphora
[*] Spells: Tar Barrel
[*] Spells: Totem Search [Totem I]
[*] Spells: Totem (Black Widow) [Totem III]
[*] Spells: Totem (Cave Bear) [Totem V]
[*] Spells: Totem (Great Wolf) [Totem IV]
[*] Spells: Totem (Hergon) [Totem II]
[*] Spells: Totem (Hoarder Spider) [Totem VI]
[*] Spells: Totem (Naja) [Totem II]
[*] Spells: Totem (Ophidian) [Totem VIII]
[*] Spells: Totem (Silt Skath) [Totem III]
[*] Spells: Totem (Stalker) [Totem I]
[*] Spells: Totem (Timber Warg) [Totem I]
[*] Spells: Totem (Umberdroth) [Totem VII]
[*] Spells: Totem (Wild War Boar) [Totem IV]
[*] Tech: Nomads
[*] Unit Design: Additional variety of Hatchlings
[*] Unit Design: Composite Bow [Nomads]
[*] Unit Design: Nomad's Horse [Nomads]
[*] Units: Created some new Beast Henchmen/Henchwomen [Totem Spells]
[*] Units (AIOnly): Thinking Machine Units now available for Custom Races

FIXES
[*] 50% less Dragon Mount crotch (Fixed some dragon animations and cutscenes)
[*] Added Warning not to use certain Consumables on loot popup
[*] Champions spawned w/ a Soldier's Cloak can now sell/trade that item [Was non-tradable clothing in FE]
[*] Corrected many Starting Equipment Abilities [For Recruitment Screen]
[*] 'Create Wight' Spell now working properly, thanks chumbaba for the report!
[*] Fixed some typos & gremlins & other stuff which I forgot to write down [Catchall!]
[*] Mage's Staff now equippable by all Models, thanks chumbaba for the report!
[*] Ranger's Strike now works properly w/ Prismatic Bow, thanks cruithni for the report!
[*] Removed duplicated XtraDeconstruct Events
[*] Rewrote some non-functional 'Non Comparative Conditional'
[*] Surrendering Sovereigns will no longer have a throng of 'Amulet of Haste'
[*] Surrendering Sovereigns will no longer have a throng of 'Leather Greaves'
[*] 'The Riddle' Quest #2 no longer awards loot on a wrong answer
[*] Unit Design Ambush (Men (Altar)) now requires training turns as it should always have
[*] Unit Design Battle-Hardened (Trogs) now requires training turns as it should always have
[*] Unit Design Swinger (Trogs) now requires training turns as it should always have

MODIFICATIONS
[*] Champions w/ Stealthy now have an additional trait, either Dodge I or Quick I
[*] Diplomacy: Reactivated Forge of the Overlord -9.0 Relation Modifier since much harder to cast Spell of Making now
[*] Equipment (Accessory): Alchemist's Tools now an accessory and now gives +1 Alchemist Power
[*] Equipment (Mount): Water Dragon Mounts now white instead of blue to prevent confusion w/ Storm Dragon
[*] Event: Deathstorm probability to spawn decreased 50-folds
[*] Event: Night of Haunted Dreams now awards Angelic Warhammer instead of Blessed Warhammer
[*] Event: Sarog probability to spawn decreased by two thirds
[*] Faction: Denizen Males now use a paler color/texture
[*] Faction: Faith Air no longer shows any graphics for helms
[*] Faction: Faith Air resized to fit more Screens
[*] Faction: Faith Air Males/Females now use a different texture
[*] Faction: Faith Fire no longer shows any graphics for helms
[*] Faction: Faith Fire resized to fit more Screens
[*] Faction: Faith Fire Males now use a different texture
[*] Faction: Wildings rebalanced
[*] Improvements: Herbalist (Apothecary, Alchemist, Alchemy Lab) can now be build on Swamp Tiles
[*] Others: Disabled Fillers Fix [Can be re-enabled by modifying file extension, see Customization Guide]
[*] Others: Increased Likelihood by 10%-20% for some less frequent loot
[*] Others: Tech Victory easier to obtain
[*] Path (Assassin): Death Blow rebalanced
[*] Path (Warrior): Astral Warrior rebalanced
[*] Profession: Planeswalker can now summon a Hellspawn Mount [Must be Level 10]
[*] Quest: Alchemist Quest awarded Ophidian now Level 4 instead of Level 1
[*] Quest: Arena of the Slakhanan last fight now awards a Midnight Maul instead of a Sythe of the Void
[*] Quest: Exile of Ice Quest awarded Staff is now a Boreal Branch
[*] Quest: Rampaging Umberdroth awarded Umberdroth now Level 4 instead of Level 1
[*] Quest: Restoration Quest awarded Butcherman now Level 4 instead of Level 1
[*] Quest: The Arctic Wolf Cloak Quest now offers Arctic Wolf Cloak for 67 Gildar instead of 80 Gildar
[*] Quest: The Brood awarded Naja now Level 4 instead of Level 1
[*] Sovereign Talent: Rebalanced Inventor
[*] Spells: Rebalanced Chimerical Imagination
[*] Spells (Assassin): Added Caster's prompt to Pickpocket (Champion), Summon Giant Wolverine
[*] Spells (Bard): Added Caster's prompt to Frozen Bones (Bard)
[*] Spells (Commander): Added Caster's prompt to Summon Warhorse
[*] Spells (Defender): Added Caster's prompt to Summon Komodo Dragon
[*] Spells (General): Added Caster's prompt to Eyes of the Eagle, Obliterate Roads
[*] Spells (Gravelord): Added Caster's prompt to Create Wight, Summon Underworld Mount
[*] Spells (Mage): Added Caster's prompt to Bookworm's Stick, Cloak of Thorns, Flying, Frozen Bones
[*] Spells (Mage): Added Caster's prompt to Summon Air Elemental, Summon Crag Spawn, Summon Earth Elemental
[*] Spells (Mage): Added Caster's prompt to Summon Fire Elemental, Summon Grave Elemental, Summon Hellspawn
[*] Spells (Mage): Added Caster's prompt to Summon Ice Elemental, Summon Ignys, Summon Lightbringer
[*] Spells (Mage): Added Caster's prompt to Summon White Elk, Summon Wisp
[*] Spells (Ninja): Added Caster's prompt to Shinobi shozoku
[*] Spells (Ranger): Added Caster's prompt to Call Companions, Craft Bow I to Craft Bow V, Craft Legendary Ranger Cloak
[*] Spells (Ranger): Added Caster's prompt to Craft Wild Winter Boots/Cuirass/Greaves/Gloves/Helmet
[*] Spells (Ranger): Added Caster's prompt to Natural Remedy, Rain of Arrows, Track Beasts/Twisted, Webbed Arrow
[*] Spells (Shaman): Added Caster's prompt to Cannibalize I to Cannibalize III, Summon Pointy I to Summon Pointy V
[*] Spells (Warrior): Added Caster's prompt to Jaguar Rider
[*] Tech: Exotic Mounts now also unlocks Ceratopsid
[*] Tech: Hatchling Mounts now unlocks a variety of Hatchlings
[*] Units: Mounted Pioneers no longer bald creepy-looking clones from a gene splicing factory [+clothes/hair!]
[*] Unit Design: Rebalanced some Unit Design Abilities
[*] Unit Design: Variety of Hatchlings now available [Once Hatchling Mounts is researched]

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Quoting Primal_Savage,

reply 1433

I think he was trying to trick me into believing he actually wanted to be my friend.

12 SHaman spells? I can wait for that. Kashadda would be very interested.

BTW some ideas on mounted units; get rid of the Horse/Warg resources...instead have it as follows:

• Mounted warfare tech gets horses in shops.
• Warg riding tech gets Wargs in shops
• Animal Husbandry makes stables/kennels available for cities to build.
• Faction strengths (or certain races) can replace horses or wargs with exotic mounts.
• Faction Weaknesses can deny either or both.

Speaking of which, I noticed on one of the docs in the mod an entry about Cave Bear mounts that's been deactivated.....will we see Cave Bear mounts in a future update? (CAVE BEAR CAV!!!)

I have also an idear which I would like to see modified, since vanilla has no solution.

I am talking about a "faction vault" or something. And since we now have an incredible amount of Heroes, thers always a lot of stuff wich needs transfer.

If it would be possible that there is a second storekeeper, or better said a storeman who could do the job.

If this is to gamey, there could be fees on taking an item out the store, lets say half the value in mana or gold.

Probably this is alot work and you already solves this with the tireless page. Which is a bit circuitous if I may say so. 

There aren't many ways to create a "faction vault". I tried many different things, but ultimately I ended up w/ TirelessPage/FlyingPage. However, here is another method I think would work, involving Quests, Spells, and UnitStats...

Creating a specific item on a Champion is fairly straight-forward. You can do that using a Spell (Let's call that a "Trade Spell"). That's the easy part, although with 1000 different items available, it means you need 1000 different Trade Spells.

The first issue you will encounter however, is destroying the original item. To be precise, the first issue is destroying the original item in a meaningful way (By meaningful way, I mean destroying the item has to unlocks a specific Trade Spell). Because you don't want the player to be able to duplicate all items all the time, the Trade Spells must be unlocked AFTER the item has been destroyed. Now, destroying an item in LH is complicated:

Selling it to a (normal) merchant does destroy the item, but not in a meaningful way;

Giving it to some random Champion and then disbanding said Champion will not destroy the item in a meaningful way;

Consuming could work, but that really isn't a solution since most items aren't consumables and generally consuming the item activates it anyway, so you can't really trade an item that has been consumed;

Which leaves us w/ only one meaningful way to destroy an item, a Quest Location + Quest.

You can set up a Quest to CheckForItem (e.g. The Arctic Wolf Cloak), and based on you having that item unequipped in your inventory, it will destroy the item in a meaningful way (However, you can not use CheckForItem + ChoiceUnlock, you can only use CheckForItem + Success; there is an exception to that, see Assassin's Blade Quest, but that exception would not work to set up a "faction vault").

Once the item has been destroyed on Champion1 and the specific Trade Spell unlocked, you can recreate the item on Champion2 and then hide/lock the Trade Spell again until the process is restarted. So basically, in order to do a "faction vault" with the current set of items you need to code:

• 1000 unique UnitStats unlocking 1000 unique Quest Spells (1 per);
• 1000 unique UnitStats (same as above) added to 1000 unique Items (1 per) so that they unlock said item-specific Quest Spells;
• 1000 Quest Spells
• 1000 Trade Spells
• and likely a bit of testing along the way to make sure everything is working properly!

Let's assume you can automate the process of creating the UnitStats, Quest Spells, Quests, Trade Spells, and that all you need to do is adding the 1 UnitStat per item (Which is still a lot), then what? To do a long distance trade, you need:

1. To equip a specific item;
2. Open the Spellbook (find the relevant Quest Spell among a number of Quest Spells, say 100 if you have 10 Champions using 10 different items each);
3. Cast the specific Quest Spell;
4. Unequip the specific item;
5. Enter the Quest location (and click a few times whatever dialog choices you need to click, if any);
6. Open the Spellbook again;
7. Cast the specific Trade Spell on whoever you want to trade the item to;

You would have to do that for every single item you want to trade.

Anyway, when I started writing this, I wasn't sure what the end result would be. It does look good, to some extent, but (i) I'm not sure it would work, (ii) I'm not sure it would be significantly better than TirelessPage/FlyingPage, (iii) I was never bothered by how many quests/spells/unitstats I created, but adding a 1000 of each may start creating unknown issues.

If someone has a better way to do this or think the number of quests/spells/unitstats could be (much) lower, do share (Other than limiting the Trade Spells to say Weapons or Rare items or something, I don't see any at the moment).

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Hello @ Primal_Savage,

Coming back to this and setting everything back up after a hiatus from the game. One quick question: is Demons & Wizards compatible or incompatible? It is not on either side of the compatibility list on the Nexus. I remember a long while ago seeing something that indicated there was some experimentation in making XtraDeconstruct work with it, but it was never released publicly. Any prospects for eventually seeing compatibility or partial incorporation? Or should it be on the 'not compatible' list?

Thanks

-Faceless

Same issue occurs for me in my mod all the time. So either not mod-related, or both our mods are doing it. 

I copied your idea of making curgen's volcano a city-targeting spell...I wonder if that is leading to the tactical unit error you mentioned as a possible explanation?

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