bg2-tweaks-and-tricks VS IEP_Extended_Banter

Dude I swear If you Love Otilukes Resilient Sphere you need to check out this Mod's ORS component, it literally makes the spell match its description.

Tweaks and Tricks - https://github.com/BGforgeNet/bg2-tweaks-and-tricks

Maybe some enhanced Stronghold stuff? This is more convenience/QOL than an enhancement of the strongholds themselves, but I like the Tweaks and Tricks "improved strongholds," which notifies you when you can/should visit your stronghold and makes messengers more reliable.

Tweaks and Tricks: “trap intuition” makes trap detection a bit smoother. Now you get warnings if you’re near a trap (you know, for those of us who don’t have trap locations memorized). I haven’t tried the familiar changes, so won’t comment on those. The “Improved Strongholds” is a nice convenience addition that reminds you if you have business at your stronghold, and “convenient ammunition,” which adds non-enchanted infinite ranged weaponry, is handy if you don’t want to drag around 100 lbs of throwing axes. The soundset changes, which expand returning NPCs’ soundsets to include BG1 lines as well, are a good addition if you’re sick of hearing the same battle cry again and again. Other tweaks close the infinite-money fence loophole, improve Protection from Evil to protect from mind control attacks (eg, vampire gaze), add more bags (gem, ammo, etc) from the beginning, and give the option to buff Melicamp in order to increase his odds of survival. Very useful overall.

The Tweaks and Tricks mod has a component to reduce/nullify the detection delay, if it bothers you that much (or if like me ain't nobody got time to deal with dat). That said, I think it kinda fits for such a CURSED place that some traps could slip by.

Familiar and Improved Traps from here

It's a component in BG2 Tweaks and Tricks mod, found here: https://github.com/BGforgeNet/bg2-tweaks-and-tricks

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Not that I usually recommend changing mod configs midgame, but what happens if you install a banter accelerator (ie, this one)?

Minsc, Yoshimo, Valygar, Cernd, Imoen, Korgan, Mazzy, Viconia. Pair these with the Banter pack and IEP for even more chatter.

Banter: Banter pack and Extended Banter. The latter contains an optional timer that makes banters (dialogues between NPCs) occur more often (choose whichever timer you prefer).

With Spellhold Studios down right now, I can't link the handy all-in-one forum page, but this is all of them, I think. The expanded banter pack is great as well. I like these a lot, they feel very true to the characters. Yoshimo's was probably my favorite because I like when games emotionally devastate me, but I've liked all the ones I've played (haven't finished Cernd's because, well, Cernd).

Interaction expansion project and the related friendship mods. Same as above - a nice addition if you want more chatter.

IEP Extended Banters https://github.com/SpellholdStudios/IEP_Extended_Banter/releases And even more great banter.