Mod42

The linearity of the game is removed by homogenizing opponent_power/items_skills all around.

That also removes the majority of Geralt's power curve, one can fight everything and everyone with the starting set and nothing else.

On top of that some anime swords were added because, why not? Demo here: https://youtu.be/FpJ0IzT4kJk

Things to watch out for:

(1) Anime swords, Longclaw, Harpy and starting silver sword - do both normal and silver damage. Rule of thumb that steel is better for humans and silver for monsters still stays though (silver swords do less normal damage then their tool-tip indicates).

(2) Progression dependence is removed from most of the witcher things (except for oils), potions and bombs of all levels have the same effect (despite some descriptions) and only one recipe level can be used.

(3) Bookshop in Novigrad sells all monster deck cards, do not buy more than 1 of each or it may break some quests! Obtaining duplicates otherwise should be fine, use them or not is up to you.

(4) Skill tiers are removed, the locks on the right side is just a visual artefact

(a) Mod is not likely to be compatible with most of the other mods out there

(b) Would not recommend to use with existing save-file

(c) Mod is not intended to be used with NG+ and most likely ruins it

(d) Mod requires both big DLC + crossbows + wolf_set

-Rotation glyphword no longer prevents burning application

-Runewrite is now appropriately generous with his craft for what Geralt did for him

-Heavy artillery perk is heavily buffed, damage buff from 200% to 300%, no more reduction in the number of bombs

-Anime re-balanced and intensified, now enhanced/superior are rebuild models for the basic version where superior is an axe. (models are only added for bear gear at the moment)

-Minor re-balance of scaling in favor of monsters.

-Cat school weapons additional models (same principle as for bear)

-Griffin school weapons additional models (same principle as for bear/cat)

-Cat silver sword enhanced model slightly corrected

-Major set bonuses requirement lowered to 5

Detailed description (more or less)

-Monster cards now allow duplicates (1 per card), full set of field-cards can be bought from book-shop in Novigrad. WARNING: buying more than 1 of each might cause quest failure!

-Runewrite is crafting things virtually for free because of how much he owns to Geralt. SIDE-EFFECT: new runes/glypths are cheap as dirt

-Anime sword models are for Bear/Cat/Griffin steel/silver swords of basic/enhanced/superior quality