Quality of Life

• Overhauled all item and ability descriptions, made the keywords more consistent and improved (hopefully) general readability.
• New items come with their own lore with a tiny touch of DnD’s existing lore, enhancing overall immersion as a Scrounger.
• New lore have their own keywords explaining certain concepts.
  

• Updated description to include newly added items, called Toolkits.
  

• Renamed to Biofuel, updated description to reflect this change.
  

• Changed description for each tier. Prior to 2.0, they were simply “Battery Capacity Tier 123456”, now they have a bit more personality.
  

• A new class resource, required to use Toolkits. It has a fixed value of 10 and does not change with leveling. Toolkits do not require Biofuel to fabricate, but they do require their respective components.
  

• Each has 1 charge and replenishes after long rest. Dreadful components are required to fabricate the toolkit of the scholars, and sinister component for the toolkit of a vivisectionist.
  

• 1 charge, replenishes on long rest. Required to fabricate Handheld Supernova.
  

• In addition to its base effect, this evolution now also grants a +10 bonus to stealth checks.
• Biofuel cost increased to 3, up from 2.
  

• Added two new abilities, Depth Tow and Baleful Blow.
• Depth Tow transforms the weapon into a mechanical hook that can pull a target towards you for a distance of your choice, dealing cold damage and applying Chilled.
• Baleful Blow costs a bonus action. It functions like a basic attack with some extra effect. First is Hydraulic Pressure, which roots an enemy in place and deals a tiny amount of force damage each turn. Second is Sheltered by the Deep, which grants you temporary hit points and some bonus AC until your next turn, or when your temporary hit points is depleted for whatever reason.
  

• First, transitions between different forms don't feel smooth enough. Let's say I make two weapons, each has an ability to summon the other weapon (aka transform). In Bloodborne, when you transform a weapon, if you are in an attack animation prior, the transformation will turn into a special attack, making the whole moveset fluid. This is not the case (at least for me) in BG3. Summoning weapons is just...summoning weapons. There is an awkward downtime that clearly tells you "These are two separate items" and pulls you out of the fantasy.
• Second, complementarity. I thought of some weapon combinations, like a sword and a bow, each can summon (or "transform into") the other. While it sounded cool on paper, I felt they didn't really complement each other. If I am using a bow, I am most likely to keep using it for an extended period. Same for the sword.
  

• All fabricable weapons now deal a mix of piercing + poison/acid damage, instead of pure poison/acid like 1.0 version. Weapon enchantment has been removed from superior weapons, and their base damages are increased to compensate. They do overall same damage as before.
  

• Toolkit of the Scholars
• Toolkit of a Vivisectionist
  

• You found this in an abandoned laboratory. A dusty lab journal describes them as some kind of parasitic monopod creature. They would latch onto a victim, or drag the victim towards them with surprising strength, albeit at a cost of damaging their own body. The parasite's pod messes with the victim's brain, and temporarily disables their verbal organ. Scholars from the college cultivated them upon learning its potential connection with the Deep. Such activity may be the culprit of rampant missing person cases during their time.
  

• This one was found in a ruined lighthouse near the college. It was actually a wick of the lighthouse's lamp. The scholars imbued the wicks with knowledge from the Deep, and turned them into observing devices for their study. A layer of security was also added to the wick to protect the observer by masking their precise location. Shortly afterwards, the lighthouse became a haunting place for the locals as fishermen and travelers alike recited creepy encounters on the water.
  

• Found in the half-collapsed dining hall of the college. The abhorrent scene started with a faint moan, followed by gruesome body horror. Some of the scholars seemed extremely fragile, like a walking piece of glass. While others conveyed twisted features, such as bloated heads, abnormal upper limbs, etc, and are more destructive than usual. The source of the incident appeared to be the meal the scholars ingested. Inside the iron bowl, the still twitching larvae of unknown origin were seething their teeth in anguish.
  

• A tool you found inside a deserted clinic. The vivisectionist spent years perfecting its formula, making it useful for almost any alchemical brewing. One of the key ingredient was an eerie organism, purchased from a shady scholar who claimed to be a member of Helstorboren College. The organism was sealed inside a bottle of reagent, which then became its incubation chamber. The reagent never fully depletes, and will replenish from time to time via unknown methods.
  

• Found in a cracked safe, still intact to an extent. Within it is a densely packed forgery kit, with stamps, seals and papers tailored to bypass any checkpoint. The items endured excessive usage by the Vivisectionist and weren't as effective anymore.
  

• This one was found on the perished Vivisectionist, a surgery kit that tasted the blood of many. The Vivisectionist was once a respectful doctor, but also an egotistic individual. It all began with a botched surgery, and their life went downhill from there. The Vivisectionist eventually alienated everyone close to them and succumbed to narcissism and paranoia. They died a lonely death on a pile of filth, a fitting end many would say.