Horizon Walker - Larian Styled - No Dependencies

Credit to Caeora for the planar portal icon.

By MisterZak

Manual Installation: Take the .pak and place it here; C:\Users\<YOURUSERNAMEHERE>\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Mods. From there simply boot the game, enter the mod manager, and enable this mod from the third party tab.

I have a friend who has the worst luck with getting mods to work, but he still wants to play a horizon walker in BG3. So I decided to fulfill his wish, and this is the result! I went with a straight-forward interpretation of the mechanics, usually erring on the side of buffs in the case of conflicts (Whoever let thief have a true bonus action, I love you!). The unlocks and abilities are as follows, and I've included my reasoning below;

• []Level 3

  []The spell 'Protection from Evil and Good' is unlocked.

  []The ability 'Planar Warrior' is added.

  []This functions as an interrupt that consumes a bonus action. This can be used twice with a thief bonus action.

  []It will add 1d8 force damage to the hit it is applied to.

  []Level 5

  • []The spell 'Misty Step' is unlocked.

    []Level 7

    • []The ability 'Ethereal Step' is added.

      []this ability is implemented as a no cost cantrip with a one-turn cooldown that lets you teleport - ala-misty step - up to 10ft.

      []Level 9

      • []The spell 'Haste' is unlocked

        []Level 11

        • []The ability 'Planar Warrior' has it's damage increased to 2d8 force.

          []The ability 'Ethereal Step' is given a second use per turn.

          []The extra attack given by ranger is increased to two.

        From top to bottom here is my thought process

        All of the additional spells are added as-is with no issue

        The current way Planar warrior is implemented allows it function nearly identical to tabletop, minus the fact that it normally turns the entire attack into force damage. I did this intentionally to slightly nerf the class early on and emphasize it's late game power. My hope is that this opens at least a little room in the power budget for what comes later.

        Detect portal has been excluded to free up some of the power budget, and because there is not a way to do it thematic and mechanical justice. If you miss it, may I suggest this as an alternative. 😁

        This is where things get interesting. The ethereal plane, and with it the etherealness spell, aren't a thing in BG3. Most mods translate this as some form of a ghosting spell; no effecting or being effected by anything in the world. This was too boring for me, so I decided to rework the ability and combine it with the later acquired distant strike.

        With the input from my friend being that the mobility is what makes the