School of the Mongoose

Mongooses / Mongi... Mongeese? Whatever...

They are kind of the Witchers of the animal kingdom!

Don't believe me?

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• []They successfully take on prey that is far bigger.
  • []They have white/grey hairs.
    • []They are resistant to poison. (The toxins in snake venom attach to chemical receptors in their victims and block communications between nerves and muscles. Mongoose receptors have mutated so that the venom simply bounces off the muscle cells.)
      • []And they are incredibly agile!

        This might partially be due to slower time perception.

      And this is also partially why I chose the Blizzard potion.

      It increases Geralt's CFFF(Critical Flicker Fusion Frequency)... I mean it slows time and heightens his reflexes.

      Another reason is that the Blizzard potion has a fairly short duration.

      The purpose of this mod

      ...is to change up combat - by making you fight like a mongoose (or at least differently)

      for a brief period after a strategically activated(or do you say 'imbibed'?) Blizzard potion.

      In addition to the Blizzard potion - the poison debuff will also give you the same effects.

      (Making you react with ferocity to adversity)

      It gives you the motivation to fight more strategically since you:

      • [] do more damage when not getting hit

        [] have a guaranteed critical hit when slashing an enemy's back

        [] get a random sign buff

        [] have a chance to get an extra buff when alternating strong/light attacks

        But not all of these bonuses unlock automatically.

        You need to kill some snakes (I mean draconids) first!

        Requirements

        For balance, I decided to require some skills to be equipped for the powers of the Blizzard/poison to unfold.

        These skills are related to a mongoose-like fighting style.

        - Fleet Footed (dodging is encouraged)

        - Deadly Precision (when it strikes - the mongoose strikes with precision! A fight with a snake is mostly dodging around and then snapping its head with one hit)

        - Frenzy (reflexes and toxins)

        - Killing Spree (reflexes and toxins)

        - Heightened Tolerance (Geralt needs to be able to handle his potions)

        Not all of those skills are needed!

        Just 3 of those skills need to be equipped to unlock all of these decoction buffs.

        And even with fewer or no skills, the Blizzard potion is still powerful:

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