• Tweaked Red Duke's Ancillarie effects
• Added Bloodline mechanics to the lesser factions when played as a Human
• Strygos Empire, Necrarch Brotherhood, Silver Host and Mousillon all start with a Blood Kiss when played as Human
• Rakaph Dynasty starts at peace with the Strygos Empire
• Teef Snatchaz starts at war with the Strygos Empire
• Removed peace between Bordeleaux and Mousillon

• Fixed Red Duke's ancillary skill not showing up properly
• Script polish

• Added a new script which confederates the Carsteins and Sylvania when both are under AI control. A random roll determines whom comes out on top. The script further restores Templehof in this case to prevent a complete Sylvania domination. This does give the AI access to additional LLs sooner than it otherwise would have under normal circumstances.
• Added some AI Personality group changes depending on the difficulty level of the campaign, for The Barrow Legion, The Silver Host, Necracrh Brotherhood and Strygos Empire to bring those factions closer in line with the AI Personalty Groups used by Carsteins, Sylvania and Mousillon.

• Adjusted Spirit Host Spooked from -10 to -4 Leadership
• Removed Strigos Empire custom start as they now reside in the Badlands and there's a dumb elf in the Fortress of Vorag
• Rewrote Dilemma texts
• Added a new dilemma option for the Carsteins to confederate with Sylvania
• Removed vanilla necromancer (Vampires) rename and moved it to the character pack
• Housekeeping

• Removed starting army tweak (Script)
• Removed region reveal (Script)
• Removed Skeletal Steed tweak
• Added a tweak to unshackle The Barrow Legion when played by the AI (Script)
• Added a new starting location choice for Strygos in Galbaraz (Undead Custom Start Script)
• Added religion (Vampiric Corruption) balancing (Undead Custom Start Script)
• Added a random chance the Strygos AI relocates to Galbaraz w/ Ruins of Murkhain when no vampire factions are under human control (Undead Custom Start Script)
• Rebalanced Spirit Host ability
• Added Spooked contact ability to Spirit Host melee weapons causing -10 Leadership for 10 seconds
• Added Ghostly Howl active ability to the Tomb Banshee (Copy of Medusa RoR Wail)
• Added Infested passive ability to Terrorgheists (Summons Fell Bats upon death)
• Removed Necromancer (Vampires) text tweak (It'll return in the next update to the character pack)
• Housekeeping

Previous version of the mod can be found here[drive.google.com]

• Removed bloodline lord fix for custom battle as it's now part of the CBFM mod

CBFM also includes fixes for Cairn Wraith's not causing fear, missing attrition entries for several units, consistent level unlocks for mounts, recruitment fixes for AI vampire counts and a fix for lesser vampire factions, so make sure you sub to it.

https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1234481316

• Minor change to the Custom Start script, now utilizes CharacterSelected instead of FactionTurnStart.

• Minor script polish for vmp_lesser_families.lua
• Renamed Emeline to Princess Layla of Copher

• Compatible with the Shadow & The Blade
• Integrated the Custom Start mod in to this one, with a newly written script and changed functionality
• Custom start Dilemma options are now available for the Carsteins, Sylvania, Followers of Nagash and Strygos Empire
• Restored Templehof when Vlad/Isabella are played by a human
• Replaced raiding stance for Vampire Count factions, it now adds +2 corruption over the vanilla one
• Tweaked starting armies for most vampire Lords
• Removed Black Knight melee weapon changes, as they are, in part at least, now in vanilla
• Removed Red Duke's random trait and Armour of Fortune ancillary
• Spirit Hosts were moved to the new 'Campaign Exclusive' category in Custom Battle
• Added a new custom trait for Red Duke and added two new ancillaries available to him at rank up
• Mousillon now starts with a necromancer hero
• Silver Host now starts with a vampire hero
• Unblocked the Strygos Empire, Necrarch Brotherhood and Silver host from building Abyssal Wood, Vampire Crypts, Vampire's Keep and Terrorgheist Lair
• Replaced vanilla Ushoran with a Bloodline Strigoi Ghoul King
• Replaced vanilla W'Soran with a Bloodline Necrarch vampire
• Replaced vanilla Count Ewald with Emeline a Bloodline Lahmian vampire
• Added a new Carstein banner flag made by Lost2Insanity with art taken from 8th ed. army list
• Revealed Arkhan's starting region to Mousillon
• Bordeleaux starts at peace with Mousillon
• Housekeeping

• Fixed bug due to incorrect schema file in RPFM for effect_bundles