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Blunt Force Trauma Llama

Are you wanting to use blunted arrows to knock foes out from afar but finding that they are often more lethal than lullaby-singing?

The Blunt Force Trauma Llama is here to rectify that!

This mod is bringing bows to the game SPECIFICALLY for thrall-takers as the vanilla bows tend to kill even with blunted arrows AND blunted fittings equipped.

"What bows does it bring?"

It brings variants of the base-game bows that have been modified (and tested) to deal non-lethal damage in the form of traumatic brain injuries. These bows are tied to their counterpart's feats, meaning if you learn "Hunting Bow", you also learn "(TL) Hunting Bow" with the same feat and take the same materials as their more death-bringing counterparts.

The CRAFTABLE bows are:
(TL) Hunting Bow
(TL) Light Hyrkanian Bow
(TL) Hyrkanian Bow
(TL) Ancient Bow
(TL) Hardened Steel Bow
(TL) Star Metal Bow

The mod also adds two additional treats:

(TL) Sticks-N-Stones
(TL) The Handheld Ballista Of Dooooooom!

"What is '(TL) Sticks-N-Stones'?"
It is an early form of the blunted arrows, learned with just the Archery feat. Deals a bit less damage than an iron truncheon but... lets be honest... if you expect it to deal equal or more damage than the iron truncheon, you are not taking into account that these are thin primitive arrows. You aren't legit launching truncheons at them.

They have their own unique icon and in-game model, thanks to nico.

"What is '(TL) The Handheld Ballista Of Dooooooom!'
When discussing the mod with nico, I talked about how I was keeping things fair and balanced, avoiding any urges to boost the damage of any of the weapons, saying that I did not want to make such an item. Nico reminded me that it could be a fun admin tool, so yeah, it was added to the mod as an admin-spawn-only item.

"Why do the items all have '(TL)' in the names?"
It's short for "Trauma Llama" but there mainly to distinguish them from the vanilla bows since, for now, they use the same icons and world models. In the heat of battle, especially against the Red Mother or an AoC/EEWA 'bullet sponge' you don't want to accidentally whip out one of these 'nerf guns' because that will just make them madder.

"Are there future plans for the mod?"
Absolutely.

"Will this work with Age of Sorcery?"
At the time of this writing, Age of Sorcery JUST hit the TestLive servers, so that devkit hasn't been released. I don't see why it won't though. As much as knocking folks out seems to be at the forefront of many of the Age of Sorcery benches, I am determined to make it work.

"Where did you get the model of 'Sticks-N-Stones'?
It was commissioned from Nico at a great price. Check out his Steam page here:

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Credits:
'Sticks-N-Stones' model:
nico

Knowledge:
nico, Testerle, Dr. Nash, Cateyes, Firespark81

Encouragement in the early hours: Nayuki, Livia Avenicci, Goliath, Spectrumist