Mercy Strike

This is mod quite experimental mod to say at least and there's still lot room to adjust, but i think it's ready for testing.

I'm huge fan of dynamic mods, where you can feel the progression over the gameplay, like Sharpening Overhaul and Leechcraft. It's been on my table for one year, i've had breaks from KCD2 modding, but still lot of testing has gone into this. Be sure to read Known Limitations so you know where you are stepping into and also Testing - your help is needed.

Mercy Strike brings the spirit of Kingdom Come: Deliverance's mercy strike back to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II as a dynamic RPG system. A defeated enemy may collapse unconscious instead of dying outright, leaving Henry with the choice to spare them or use the game's normal mercy-kill interaction.

The outcome is shaped by Henry's Warfare skill and the weapon in his hand. Experienced fighters become more likely to produce knockouts, while axes and maces receive a distinct advantage. Mercy Strike aims to make character growth and weapon choice visible in combat instead of adding a fixed random KO chance.

The Unknown

Mercy Strike briefly applies the engine’s immortality flag imm=1 to let selected NPCs pass through a natural downed transition before the protection is removed. Extensive testing has found no evidence that this changes their individual statistics or behaviour, but the flag’s native implementation is not fully documented. Please report any unusual NPC behaviour.

Mercy Strike works with the game's combat systems rather than replacing them:

• []Warfare progression: Henry's Warfare skill steadily improves the chance of get ko'd enemy.[/]

  []Weapon identity: recognized axes and maces gain an additional knockout bonus.[/]

  []Natural falls: the engine performs the downed transition; the mod does not force a custom animation.[/]

  []Meaningful aftermath: unconscious NPCs remain alive and eligible for the vanilla mercy-kill interaction.[/]

  []Vanilla outcomes remain: NPCs that are not selected are left completely untouched.[/]

  []Optional configuration: Mod Configuration Menu and KCDUtils/LuaDB add in-game balancing and persistence without becoming requirements.[/]

  Experimental: The core natural-down, finisher, lifecycle, and cleanup systems have been proven through extensive testing, but this remains an ambitious engine-driven mod. Please read the known limitations and report unusual animation timing or NPC behavior.