Ancestral Recall v1.01 for D2X-LOD v1.09 -> By TeknoKyo 
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For Bug reports or anything that u wanna talk about ... put it in the forums 

Forum: http://www.planetdiablo.com/phrozenkeep/ <- go here and click forums link, there is a link to TeknoKyo Mod Forum.

Pls use the forum instead of emailing me so that every1 can help each other and myself.

IMPORTANT MUST DO Instructions:
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-Make a backup of the file Patch_D2.mpq in your Diablo2 directory before copying this mod  over it.  
 (Most probably located in C:\Program Files\Diablo II)
-Make a backup of your char files that you wanna use for this mod b4 playing. 
 (C:\Program Files\Diablo II\save)
-To install ... just unzip the Patch_D2.mpq into your Diablo II folder.
-Play the game in Hell for the best experience.
-Remember you can use your existing chars to play the this mod and try playing Hell.
-You can start a new char with this mod and then use that char on normal LOD too.

Info:
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This is an upgrade of Ancestral Recall from v1.00 to v1.01 for LOD Patch v1.09.
I spent only about 4-5 hours from the time I downloaded, install, checking for new changes, modding, testing, added some minor changes to come out with this upgrade ... if there are any serious bug ... LMK... I just wanted to make a fast upgrade for you guys to play with.

For new players:
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-Crypts-Burial Grounds -Act 1 is as hard as Act4 and Act5 ... so most probably it's too hard
 unless your char can at least kill duriel.
-Lvling and difficulty - intended completion levels Norm=40, NM=70, HELL = ??
-Make sure you kill Blood Raven in Norm for an early boost.
-In Blood Moor ... when starting new chars ... go for Nest Kills ... it'll give u a few good  lvls mabbe up to lvl 10 for another early boost ... but it won't be that easy.

v1.01 Additions
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-Upgrade to run on LOD v1.09
-Cow King will now drop cow-leathers instead of any unique cow in cow level
-Major change to Sorceress, Necro, Druid Spells ... all do double base ... this should make
 spell casters more a lot more powerful and playable in this mod.
-Cut down a lot of Spike Giants from Act 3.
-Some monster sound changes.
-NPC buy back now at 100K,125K,150K ... since Blizz decided to change this file, I should do
 it too ... :)
-Blood Raven only drops Cube in Normal now ... stupid me ... didn't think about it b4.
-Blood Raven will now drop Mavina's Caster in Hell for u to complete the set.
-Made some changes to monster immunity becus this the calc is changed in LOD v1.09. Took me
 by surprise when I saw the Iron Golems immune to physical, fire, ice, poison ... it's like
 they became invulnerable... LMK if there are monsters with more than 2 immunities besides
 superuniques.
-Some minor changes to Global item drops.
-Make some changes to uniques monsters appearing.
-Some other changes.


Ancestral Recall - V1.00 Additions.
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-Lots of new monsters including wolf, iron golems, blood golems, rogues, guards, iron wolf,
 spirit baboon, quill bears, scimitars, variants, etc, more monsters will be in final mod
-Some new and switched around superuniques, added in Butcher, blood golem summoner, iron
 golem summoner ... the hardest monster in the game will most probably be the iron golem 
 summoner which is at where Hephasto used to be ... Hephasto is now located as 1 of the     seal monster. FireEye is a now a Unique Guard that drops Aldurs set in NM and Hell.
-3 Stooges -> Korlic, Madawc, Talic now gives exp when killed second time and has very good
 drops ... same as Baal for now... most probably will change in final version.
-Lots more uniques/champions in ever area/location/acts.
-Tweaked some monsters AI and stats for better gameplay/challenge..
-More set drops ... can complete Aldurs(FireEye ... Act2), Griswold Legacy(Griswold), 
 Bul Kathos(Iron Golem Sommoner-Act 4 where Hephasto is) ... final mod will try to get
 all sets in
-Baal now provides a lot better drops for NM and Hell
-Minor skills increased for starting skill for sorc, necro, druid to get you started if you
 wanna start a new char
-More unique rings/ammy drops.
-The unique runic talon that Natalya drops in Norm now has 130% damage instead of 35% ...
 you can even revert back to Normal LOD and the 130% dmg stays... more to come in final mod
-All towns has more NPC that you can hire from. 
-Cut down a lot of annoying monsters like leapers, swarms, maggots, fetish, flayers and
 replace with new monsters... still a lot to be done here.
Added in after Beta:
-More monsters added in ... almost every single area in every act plays differently  now  including non-essential areas... more changes to this after v1.09
-Every exceptional set items will be drop from superuniques or certain monsters.
-Some visual only changes like pimping Greitz... :)
-Baal is harder now and can regenerate ... so don't waste time with hits. All baal minions  superuniques changed.
-Added in a Moe-the butcher ... really tough guy ... it's lvl 40/70/90 ... so most probably you gotta reach those levels before attempting to kill him ...but he gives out uniques of Baal Drops.
-Harem has monsters now... :)
-Can't remember what other changes ... but there a still a lot that I didn't mention... and I don't want to mention some spoilers.

A whole lot more changes will come in after v1.09 and after I finally complete Hell playing Druid ... haven't even reach Act 2 norm yet.


Old features that were in My Natalya 10x mod v1.00 - Main features 
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-All Monsters are 10x harder to kill but you get 10x more experience... resulting in very
 fast lvl ups.
-Added Fire Golem as a new monster. Can appear as Unique and Champions.
-Added Natalya as a new superunique that summons the Fire Golems in the Crypts.
-Killing Natalya will result in specific Item drops. 
 Hell = Full Set of Natalya's Odium, 
 NM = Natalya's Mark x2, 
 Norm = Greater Talons x2,   Unique Cutthroat + another rare Greater Talons.
 Sometimes you'll get a rare instead of an Odium Item ... if this happens, just go kill
 Natalya again in the Crypts.
 Suggestion : If you can kill Duriel then most probably you'll survive Crypts and able to
 kill Natalya. It's suicide to even go near her you can't kill Duriel.
-Lowered all items base lvl to use at Char lvl 50 ... but mods on items that require higher
 lvls will stay at the higher lvl. This will allow you to use any set/Base/Unique items once you 
 reach Lvl 50.
-Items Selling Capped at 100K instead of 25K thruout all Acts and Difficulty
-Item Drops are a lot better ... Hi% of Unique/Rare Items on Unique Monsters.
-Rune Drops are better ... but I think runes sucks ... even if the runewords are  enabled.
-Some other changes that I can't remember now.

Notes:
- NO changes to anything that causes items morphing or chars to become newbie again
- You can use your existing chars on this mod + LOD original
- I Finished Hell playing this mod with Legit Assassin Char at Lvl 81/82 so it's
  possible to completed the game thru hell, the char is also enclosed for your use if you
  wanna see how I play... There's still about 100+ stat points and 30 skill points unallocated.

Credits and Greetz:
- My wife who has been so ever patient with me ... :)
- Blizzard for making a real cool game and making modding even easier on LOD 
  ... this is the kind of coding that other software company should learn from.
- Blizzard for the way-cool softcoding that enabled the production of this mod.
- All Mod making program coders and supporters... without them there will be no mod.
- Every1 at PlanetDiablo, PhrozenKeep, Chealist-Diablo 2 Hacklist, VKmods, Infoceptor
  and all the rest of the D2 sites.
- All my Beta Testers ... you guys help me a lot ... :)
- Every1 participating in all mod making forums.
- The reason I don't have any names here is bcus I don't wanna leave out anyone ... ;)

Copyright:
This mod is provided as is where is and no part of this Mod is to be distributed or reuse
without my permission ... Whatever ... ;) 
If you like this mod, just realise that in this world, there are people who are unfortunate,
and live your life to the fullest of your potential.

Email: teknokyo@angelfire.com
Site : http://www.planetdiablo.com/teknokyo/
Forum: http://www.planetdiablo.com/phrozenkeep/ <- go here and click forums link, there is a link TeknoKyo Mod Forum,

Due to the fact that I'm a damn lazy guy I might not reply emails ... if you seriosly want replies ... post in my forum ... unless it's real personal ... :)

If there a are lot of ppl who likes this mod ... then I'll decide to put in more effort on it to suit more ppl ... currently ... it's made as per what I think is fun/challenging and only 
with my own ideas and what I found out about mod making ... nothing in it is ever copied
from any D2/LOD mod that is currently out there ... ;)
