Pacifist's Vow - Non-Lethal Attacks Overhaul

A toggleable 30m aura that turns every killing blow into a clean Knock Out. Works with melee, ranged, and spells.

Features

• []Replaces the vanilla Non-Lethal Attacks toggle with a 30m aura.[/]

  []Any character inside the aura that would die instead drops to 1 HP and gains the Knocked Out status directly. (behavior from Auto-Knockout Story NPCs)[/]

  []No Downed saving throw system, no death-save flicker, no Damage Over Time breaking the chain (the main difference from Bonk Enhanced).[/]

  []Per-character toggle for performance reasons. Any active aura converts every killing blow in its range to a Knock Out regardless of who lands it. [/]

  []Affects everything in range: melee, ranged, spells, AoE, environmental damage.[/]

  []XP is still granted on Knock Out.[/]

  []Toggle it off and combat returns to fully lethal as normal.[/]

  []The vanilla protections on who can be Knocked Out are kept intact (undead, constructs, spore servants, inanimate objects, dead creatures, and anything immune to KO). Quest-critical NPCs stay on the standard restriction list, so the aura will not accidentally flag-break a storyline by Knocking Out someone you were not supposed to.[/]

  How it was put together

  Pacifist's Vow merges two mods into a standalone overhaul.

  • []Bonk Enhanced supplied the 30m aura model, the per-character toggle, and the eligibility filters that decide which characters the effect can reach.[/]

    []Auto-Knockout Story NPCs supplied the direct KO approach, applying the Knocked Out status the instant HP would hit zero instead of routing through Downed and a death saving throw.[/]

    Compatibility

    Conflicts with:

    • []Non-Lethal Ranged Attacks and Spells. Pacifist's Vow already covers ranged attacks and spells natively, so running both is redundant and will cause overlapping behavior.[/]

      []Bonk Enhanced - Knocked Out Failsafe - Non-Lethal Attacks and Damage Overhaul. Pacifist's Vow is built on top of its aura model and overrides the same entries. Pick one.[/]

      Plays nicely with:

      • []Auto-Knockout Story NPCs. Fully compatible. That mod will continue protecting story-critical NPCs from dying even when the Pacifist's Vow aura is toggled off, which is a useful safety net for any lethal hits that slip outside the aura's range. Load order agnostic.[/]

        Installation