I also decided to lay the groundwork for a larger project/goal for Neko characters (if the extreme magic content is on). I want to stress that I want this to be something that is very hard to pull off, since it has larger impacts for all Nekos (and in one instance Kitsunes) on the map. I haven’t gotten all of the details and balancing figured out yet, but I’ll post about what I’ve got so far.
The idea is to have 3 idols that can be activated or deactivated to give/take away buffs to all Nekos on the map. Playing off of the established rivalry between Nekos and Kitsunes in LF, those two races are the only ones who can use the idols (although if any other character gets an idol, they will be able to give or sell it to a Neko or Kitsune). I intend to use the inventory system for those that have the dlc that enable it, but if you don’t have the dlc character flags will be used instead for tracking the idols. Nekos will be able to turn the buffs on or off, and Kitsunes will only be able to turn them off (there is no real reason for them to turn them on). I haven’t figured out how I want the Kitsunes to use it, but Nekos can turn on the idols if they have them the first time they reach 200 weight (the threshold for immobility). When they turn the idol on, the Neko will have have their weight reset, every character will get an event notifying them about it, and all Nekos will receive their respective buffs. These buffs will likely make the Nekos OP, but remember that these idols are going to be very difficult to get your hands on, and they can be taken away if a Kitsune decides to intervene.
Now for what the buffs themselves do:
Top Cat: Vassals of Nekos will lose 5 weight every weight pulse (the vassal’s weight pulse, not the liege) and their Neko liege will gain 1 weight per vassal. Seems a bit week, but immobile Nekos get a ton of prestige and Neko opinion bonuses. Courtiers do not lose any weight, only vassals.
Blurred Ancestry: Nekos and Kitsunes on adulthood might receive personality traits from their opposite race. Specifically, Kitsunes will have a chance to become one of the following: gluttonous, lustful, feedee fetishist, breeder (LF trait), or slothful. Nekos can get either proud or envious (lower chance of Nekos getting the traits then Kitsunes). Nekos can also sometimes be born with the ability to use the magic system. Kitsunes spells will have a higher chance of failing, and they will have a harder time turning off the idols than before (whatever that will mean in the future)
Natural Appeal: Nekos will get several bonuses related to their appearance. Nekos will have a decent chance of being born with the attractive trait. Male Nekos will get +1 diplomacy at birth. Female Nekos on adulthood will be able to chose which body part they want fat to primarily go to. Nekos will gain a small fertility bonus the fatter they are. Finally, all characters who are not either a Neko or Kitsune will have the ability to give out the Neko Pet title without needing to unlock it.
There is one more power/event related to these idols that I have planned, but this will need to enabled with a game rule (the ones that you select before starting a game) due to it being a very dramatic, permanent change to the game world. If all of the Neko idols have been activated, three things will happen. I do have a vague idea for the lore as why this would happen (as well as for the idols themselves), I will need to work it through a bit though since I haven’t dedicated much thought to this outside the mechanical aspects.
First, the idols will no longer be able to be turned off by Kitsunes.
Second, all non human, non Neko, currently living, adult characters will have a chance (or guarantee, if you/they choose that option when the event comes up) to get one of the personality traits of Nekos.
Third and most importantly, every Human character will have a chance to become a Neko. Characters can either let it happen or try to resist (chances of resisting will be dependent on piety or the zealous trait). If you have the non consensual content turned off, resisting will always succeeds (though to compensate, I will have more AIs accept the transformation if its turned off).
There is a very low chance of anything else like this being in the mod (the sweeping, possibly unwanted permanent changes I mean). This is more of a personal idea I wanted to include, so unless people really like it, I probably won’t focus too much on it either. Nekos also needed something more substantial to do, in default LF, only the female Nekos had anything unique to them (occasional massive fertility boost).
Again if this content is unpalatable, there will be a game rule to turn off the final power. The idols are also reliant on having extreme magic turned on. Any thoughts on how to balance it or just on the content in general would be appreciated.
