Ability Artist - Mutagens to Paint Abilities (Next-Gen)

This mod allows to paint abilities into different color in the character menu by drag & dropping mutagens at abilities.

How does this work?

Changing the color of an ability requires a Greater mutagen of the desired color and a skill point or several skill points depending on maximum level of the ability.

For example: 1 skill point for Adrenaline Burst or 3 skill points for Yrden Intensity.

Updated! New version v2. 0. 0 should be much more merge-friendly through use of annotations

How to use

1. Equip the ability into the socket, but not in the mutation-related socket.

2. Switch to mutagens tab. Drag & drop the Greater mutagen of the desired color onto the icon of ability.

3. If there is enough skill points, the confirmation will pop-up. Agree to paint the ability into the desired color.

The skill points and the mutagen would be consumed in the process.

Skill points can be refunded using potion of clearance.

But it is not necessary to consume a potion of clearance and redo all your build from the scratch.

Just drag&drop a potion of clearance from the mutagens tab in the character menu in the same way on top of the ability and it revert the ability to its previous color. The skill points would be refunded, but not the mutagens. The potion of clearance would not be consumed after this.

Of course, if a potion of clearance is consumed, the skill points will be refunded as well.

Regarding matching mutagens, Synergy skill and mutation slots:

Bonus for mutagen matching skills and the Synergy skill works when a skill's color matches the mutagen's color — not based on its category (combat, signs, alchemy, or general). My mod allows you to change the skill color, but not its category. So, when you repaint a skill, it establishes synergy with its new color, not with its original color mutagen.

Additionally, repainted skills can also be socketed into mutation slots that restrict skills by color. Since the game recognizes these mechanics purely by color, it makes sense that repainted skills follow their new color for both mutagen synergy and mutation slot compatibility.

Compatibility

For Slots Slots SLOTS (Next-Gen compatible) use the special main file modPaintYourAbilities-SSS

Uninstallation

Recommended way: unpaint all the abilities using potion of clearance without consuming it, then uninstall the mod.

Loading the save without the mod after saving with painted abilities left would al