Bad Back - Skill Reworked

Your back is a mess—and now so is your horse! Rebalanced the punishing 'Bad Back' skill with modular adjustments, better pacing, and no longer annoying voice lines.

Bad Back - Perk Rework

🎯 Module Introduction

Tired of "bad back" skills ruining your hardcore gaming experience? 🤕 This mod gives you full control over its effects, offering a range of mods - from removing annoying voice lines to introducing new strategic elements like potion relief and horse load adjustments.

🎮 Modular Design - Customize your pain!

Choose the module that suits your playstyle. Combine freely - or just use the master file.

The main file contains a combination of all modules (except "Still Running"). You can select the main file for full functionality, or select each feature individually in the optional files.

**Master File Features:**

• 🗣️ **Completely removed** Bad Back debuff’s repeated voice lines
• 🔊 **Keep** the weak bone cracking sound as feedback
• 🐎 **Horses and saddlebags carry less** - They also have bad back issues (this mod also works outside of hardcore mode)
• 💊 **Normal quality or higher massage oil** now **offsets movement speed reduction** when in effect

Skills still trigger, so the hardcore experience remains intact - but are now more tolerable and bring additional challenges.

🔧 Optional modules

If you use "Less Pain" and "Still Running" at the same time, make sure "Still Running" is loaded after "Still Running" to preserve sprint functionality.

• **Less Pain**: A medium or high quality massage oil potion can remove the movement penalty from an injured back
• **Still Running** (Standalone only): Allows sprinting even if injured
• **Speechless**: Disabled the voice line when the back injury debuff is triggered - only the bone cracking sound is retained
• **Weak Horse**: Halve saddle bag and horse carrying capacity

🌍 Supported languages

• English, German, French, Spanish, Polish, Russian, Czech
• Italian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Ukrainian
• Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese

Translation is done by AI, please let me know if it sounds strange!

📥 Installation Guide

Extract the mod into your `Mods` folder, making sure the structure is correct:

`Mods/bad_back_perk_rework/Data...`

🔄 Compatibility

• ❌ Not compatible with mods that modify the "Bad Back" skill or the "Massage Oil" effect
• ✅ Compatible with most audio, balance and UI mods

⭐ Other mods by the author

• Bara's Gifts - New Game Plus Light
• Henry the Explorer
• Bashful Rebalance
• Numbskull Rebalance
• Explorer Overhaul - Discover POIs Naturally

🛠️ Want to make your own mod?

Check out the modding tool I'm working on **ModForge** - it might be just what you need!