Jaina's Mod for Diablo II: Lord of Destruction

SUMMARY

Vanilla Diablo, but I removed the grind, simplified inventory management & horadric cube recipes, and increased the action & difficulty.

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FEATURES

• experience gained only from monsters above player level, and the first level 2 monster you will encounter is Bishibosh in the Den of Evil. you instantly advance to level 2 after killing Bishibosh.
• infinite projectiles & infinite tomes (only in Diablo 1.13c)
• no more health & mana potion drops. they're available only from vendors now, but they're cheaper
• no more full rejuvenation potions. rejuvenation potions now 50% life & mana 10 seconds cooldown
• 3 new potions:
  - cat's potion no° 9: gives 99 hitpoints every 9 seconds 9 times over
  - ras tafari's grass: gives 777 mana over 77 seconds
  - deckard's cocaine: faster movement & attack speed for 1 minute
• antidote & thawing potions last for 1 minute
• vendors sell only normal/superior equipment
• no more normal equipment drops, all equipment drops are only magic/rare/set/unique
• chests drop 10% goods, 10% equipment, 10% gold, 70% no drop
• regular monsters drop 3.33% goods, 3.33% equipment, 3.33% gold, 90% no drop
• champions & superuniques drop 25% goods, 25% equipment, 50% gold
• 10x more champions in all levels
• bosses have 6 item drops
• stronger attack & hp of all bosses
• added weak fodder monsters to all levels
• increased all monsters group size
• added rune # to rune names
• simplified hitpower, blood, caster, & safety horadric crafting recipes (only 1 gem & 1 item required)
• removed gem bonuses (gems are now used only for the new horadric recipes, see next section below)
• removed large & grand charm drops (all charm drops are now small)
• lessened superfluous zeroes- gold drops and item prices are roughly 33% of vanilla amount (projectile weapons are 16.6%)
• edited characters' initial stats, weapons, and starting spells for survival in blood moor
• edited initial run/walk speed to match the character's personality
• starting mana regen rate is now 60 seconds
• no more auto increase of life & mana per level up. 1 point vitality = 4 life, 1 point energy = 3 mana
• balanced out level 1 weapons' damages
• averaged projectile weapons' damages
• added class skills to these magic armor & weapons:
  - amazon: bows, arrows, spears, javelins, torso armor
  - sorceress: orbs, staff, circlets, belts
  - necromancer: wands, polearms, voodoo heads, gloves
  - paladin: scepters, swords, auric shields, helms
  - barbarian: axes, throwing axes, maces, hammers, primal helms
  - druid: clubs, knives, crossbows, bolts, pelts
  - assassin: throwing knives, katars, boots
• clubs, maces, throwing knives, & throwing axes damage is maxed out proportionally to level 85
• faster projectile weapons, faster monsters
• changed sound effect of barbarian's bash, stun, concentrate, and berserk
• velocity bonus for druid shapeshifts
• gave blood raven a long bow, and a real "army that will destroy you" so that her taunt makes sense.
• 10x10 stash, 10x9 inventory
• included SnakeByte's No Intro & Fixed Font

NEW HORADRIC CUBE RECIPES:

2 runes -> 1 upgraded rune
1 rune -> 2 downgraded runes

key + socketed item -> unsocket gems (retains gems)

socketing skulls + any equipment -> add sockets (# of skulls in the cube = # of sockets)

diamond sharpening stone + ethereal equipment -> repair ethereal

*for the following recipes, output level = player level

diamond sharpening stone + normal equipment -> make superior
diamond sharpening stone + superior equipment -> upgrade basic>exceptional>elite

gold upgrade stone + normal item -> roll magic item (of the same type)
gold upgrade stone + superior item -> roll rare item (of the same type)
gold upgrade stone + magic item -> roll set item (of the same type)
gold upgrade stone + rare item -> roll unique item (of the same type)

2 amulets -> roll unique amulet
2 rings -> roll unique ring
2 jewels -> roll unique jewel
2 charms -> roll unique charm

sapphire + full helm -> hitpower helm
sapphire + chain boots -> hitpower boots
sapphire + chain gloves -> hitpower gloves
sapphire + heavy belt -> hitpower belt
sapphire + gothic shield -> hitpower shield
sapphire + field plate -> hitpower body
sapphire + amulet -> hitpower amulet
sapphire + ring -> hitpower ring
sapphire + blunt -> hitpower weapon

ruby + helm -> blood helm
ruby + light plated boots -> blood boots
ruby + heavy gloves -> blood gloves
ruby + belt -> blood belt
ruby + spiked shield -> blood shield
ruby + plate mail -> blood body
ruby + amulet -> blood amulet
ruby + ring -> blood ring
ruby + axe -> blood weapon

amethyst + mask -> caster helm
amethyst + boots -> caster boots
amethyst + leather gloves -> caster gloves
amethyst + light belt -> caster belt
amethyst + small shield -> caster shield
amethyst + light plate -> caster body
amethyst + amulet -> caster amulet
amethyst + ring -> caster ring
amethyst + rod -> caster weapon

emerald + crown -> safety helm
emerald + plate boots -> safety boots
emerald + gauntlets -> safety gloves
emerald + sash -> safety belt
emerald + kite shield -> safety shield
emerald + breastplate -> safety body
emerald + amulet -> safety amulet
emerald + ring -> safety ring
emerald + spear -> safety weapon

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I originally installed Berserker Mod as a base, so I give big thanks to mrnorris