Better Mages - Better Spells

This simple mod is aimed on making spells more powerful and all lines satisying. I found, in fact, the concept of many spells very good, in theory, but their execution a bit lacking (an example was the entropy line, apart Hex of Torment and Horror). I tried my best to resolve this issue (within the restrictions imposed by not having a toolset), making all spells powerful for what they should do. Another intent of this mod is making mages less tied to CCCs to be effective and be less reliant on other party members to do their job. There are two different approaches on how to handle this, imo, namely: - Have mages to be able to cast more. This is my preferred approach and it\'s based on the assumption that mages rely much more on abilities than other classes and do very minimal damage from auto-attacks. In this way mages are able to cast spells more often than before and so they can be very efficient without having to wait a party member to open the option for a CCC. - Make mage spells more powerful overall with diminished CCC damage. This was the approach of the old \"Normal\" version of the mod and it does work quite well. It relies more on brute force instead on having the possibility of casting more. Instead of not waiting to use a spell because you will be able to use it soon after, this approach is based on the principle that you will not have to wait on a CCC because your spell will do anyway good damage. A note: this mod works best on hard/nightmare difficulty, where enemies\' resistances/immunities and their much increased health make encounters more difficult and the aforementioned approaches and improved spells have a sense and are either arguably needed. If you use the mod on normal/casual then it is perfectly possible that your mage will destroy everything with ease. It is not a bad thing in itself, given the lore and the fact that many find this aspect of mages fun, however keep this in mind. TO ALL USERS: If you are interested on a full overhaul of combat gameplay, including Rogues and Warrior classes, plus naturaly the changes in this mod, then take a look at my \"Better Combat\" mod here: http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2766 *********************************************************************************************************** How to install: ******************************************************************************************************** Extract or copy the content of the archive (using 7-Zip, Winrar or similar) under ..\\Documents\\BioWare\\Dragon Age 2\\packages\\core\\override. Be sure to not have the game running while you do this, or the changes will not take effect until you restart. NOTE: If you have a version prior to 2. 0 then remove the old version since I\'ve packed the files in an erf for better management by users. ******************************************************************************************************** How to uninstall: **