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MERC_Nurse [Nytingale]

An NPC turned Merc!
A nurse turned assassin-for-hire!

Full Name: Flo Nyette
Codename: 'Nytingale'
Role: Doctor
Special Ability: 'Make Them Bleed' (provides extra damage for each bleeding enemy in sight.)
Other Abilities: Killing Spree + Saviour
Strengths: Agility, Dexterity, Medical, Cheap merc, doesn't haggle.
Weaknesses: Low health, low strength, low Marksman. Very limited worthwhile development paths beyond melee+support.

Backstory:
A nurse from the US who travelled to Grand Chien to gain experience working at the Sanitarium.
Upon learning a dark secret, she was kept prisoner in the Sanitarium Basement but after one bloody endeavour, broke free.
Now she turns to mercenary work to earn enough money to go home and fund her medical studies. But she's also developed a rather sadistic bloodlust and enjoys carving up her victims, dead or alive.

Creation note:
I wanted her to be a bit more than just 'the hot nurse' character and lean more towards 'horror nurse' vibe but ultimately this was all I was able to accomplish before I got bored of modding the game and wanted to play around with it. And it's kinda hard to come across art for this exact type of character that kinda fits the rest of the game. I think the one I found was the closest I was going to get.

I was torn between giving her the 'infected' trait or not, and perhaps a line or two about being fascinated with the Sanitarium's secret work to add to the dark side of her character, but ultimately decided to leave it out because I wasn't sure about the balance and couldn't be bothered to test stuff.

And in case you needed a reminder on how low effort this mod is, the character's name is literally Florence Nightingale.

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I wanted another Merc to use for Medical skill checks.
I'm kinda bored with MD's character and how long it takes to get him to be a killer.
I like Fox's character and combat potential, but her medical skill isn't high enough for some difficult skill checks.
The higher level medics seem good, but I haven't really used them because of their price. I wanted a cheaper option I could use earlier in the game.

The character is best used as a hit'n'run melee fighter who can keep up with and provide medical support to your frontline fighters. She could become quite powerful if you put time into training her Strength, but the lack of Health would leave her as a 'glass cannon'.

I tend to favour run'n'gun weapons and maybe one or two snipers. I've found Nytingale fits right into that playstyle.

- First custom MERC I've made.
- It's low effort.
- It uses one of the Sanitarium nurse character models.
- It uses the custom IMP voice, so it probably sounds like your custom character.
- And the only new assets are the portraits which are slightly edited version of art created by dongsheng li on Artstation (I just changed the hair to black to match the in-game model and darkened the make-up.
https://www.artstation.com/lidongsheng

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Known Issues:
- The problem within: I'm not a modder. I've dabbled, but I'd much rather play the game instead of doing work in my spare time, so unless I keep playing and get inspired to work more on this character, don't expect many updates.
- As I said, it's very low effort. The only reason I'm setting as public is because maybe someone else wants another cheap medic option.
- Balance probably. She doesn't randomly haggle for more money. Salary only increases with level ups. Her skills leave her limited in roles, but the one she plays has very high potential.
- I find the portrait and name are just slightly too big for some parts of the UI.
- Portrait doesn't exactly match the in-game model. It's mainly the thigh-high boots and hair. I'd have to flick through the options in the appearance editor to see what the game has but what you'd think would be a fun part of designing the character is in reality very time consuming. I started the process and got very bored.
- The backstory I wrote in her character bio is...idk...hard to believe maybe? Let me know what you think. There's a longer version in-game.
- I honestly don't know if I've made the medical skill high enough to pass every check in the game. Please report if you run into any trouble.

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Future Project Ideas:
- Tomb Raider. I started working on a Lara Croft Merc, using concept art from one of the newer games as the Portrait and Appearance. I think it matched as well as this mod's art. Picked a few perks that make her a mobile dual-wielder with good Wisdom too. Just haven't created the in-game appearance, starting gear, price and wrote any dialogue lines. It's do-able it's just that I can't be assed doing it. No creative drive right now.

Credits:
- Art created by dongsheng li on Artstation - https://www.artstation.com/lidongsheng
- Everything other than the writing (the in-game model and voice for example) are all assets from the game.