**Warning about Race and Class Mods**
Many mods add new classes and races. While these are a lot of fun, you should be aware that they are not all well balanced. Heaven forbid you should run up against an enemy that can one-hit kill you entirely because of an unbalanced class. I recommend deactivating class and race mods unless you are currently using them.

**This collection**
This collection is designed to be stuff that you are unlikely to regret using. Hopefully, nothing to cheat or be OP. Nothing useless.

**Contents**
1) Escorts Enhanced - While this does make the game easier, it arguably improves the gameplay. Default escort behavior is so bad that it disrupts the suspension of disbelief, and makes the game less enjoyable.
2) Faster Run/Rest/Explore - At first I was sceptical, but I now see this mod as a must have. Don't think too hard, just get it.
3) Marson's UI modification - My eyesight is somewhat worse than average, and this modification enables me to change the font size. However, even if that's not a problem for you, it allows you to change the font itself, and I very much prefer the aesthetic of my current font setup over the default.
4) New Gem Types - Probably the least necessary mod. Alchemist is my favorite class, though, and this adds a lot of variety to the gems, enabling alchemists to be more versatile. I wouldn't call it OP, but of all the mods in the list, it's the one I expect the least people to be interested in.
5) Zomnibus Addon Pack - This is, more or less, the definitive pack of absolutely necessary items. A separate collection has addons included in this pack separated from the pack so you can pick and choose. However, all of the addons in the Zomnibus pack are improvements in my eyes, even if not all of them are necessary, and even if I hardly ever notice or use a couple of them.

**Must Have Non Steam Workshop Addons**
Addons that are not in the steam workshop exist. Some of these are truly excellent. I highly recommend the following.
1) Improved Death Messages
2) Custom Auto Use - This allows you to setup auto use for item abilities and setup auto use in additional circumstances (like below 50% health, or when an emeny enters the range of the ability). Other auto-use improvements are included. If you have a party, last time I checked, there was a glitch when switching to a second party member (like golem) if you had an auto-use set up for an item ability.