bg2-tweaks-and-tricks VS NPC_EE

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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You might want to try NPC_EE for character tweaking. Lets you change classes, kits, and stats.

NPC EE: Equivalent in functionality to Level 1 NPCs and SCS’ NPC customization, this mod equips all joinable NPCs with an item which, when activated, allows you to change their class, kit, stats, and/or proficiencies.

I'd be willing to bet it was Lvl 1 NPCs, given that iirc it's supposed to de-level NPCs to let you reset their class/stats. I've been using NPC EE instead and it's been pretty foolproof, in my experience.

I'd recommend NPC EE in lieu of Lvl1 NPCs, personally.

EEkeeper hasn't been properly maintained for awhile and it may not be the most reliable method for a heavily modded install. Supposedly there can be issues with certain variables and effects not getting properly saved. Dual 2 kit works fine, or you can install the NPC EE mod and use one of the kit tomes for yourself - eg, cheat it into your inventory with this code: C:CreateItem("d5_ckit") and then use the item it spawns.