This is a collection of Mods based around 5 Central Mods for Balance and Difficulty Scaling.

1. Divinity Unleashed (Complete Game Overhaul that Balances Exploits & OP mechanics)
2. Party Size Evolved (Allows 6 Player Campaign)
3. Enemy Upgrade Overhaul (Enemy Scales to your level + other difficulty tweaks)
4. Enemy Randomization (Adds Random Buffs to enemies and chance of spawning a Champion)
5. 75% Less EXP (Reduces 75% of the XP gained by the Party from Combat)

We've tried making the game harder by giving enemies tons of HP and armor but that turned out to create grindy and boring gameplay while not necessarily increasing the challenge. Instead this time we're going to try the heavily rebalanced combat mechanics introduced in the "Divinity Unleashed" mod. Massive nerfs to Hard CC abilities mean that enemies now have a chance to properly react and fight back! On top of that, we can boost enemy difficulty using enemy scaling + randomized buffs + Champions while keeping EXP low using the -75% EXP mod.

As suggested by the Mod's creators to increase the difficulty, I have installed a bunch of Skill and Class mods which enable new and powerful skills that can be used by the enemies as well!

Read the Full Documentation of "Divinity Unleashed" here (The massive changes are all listed in this 29 page doc!)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qnECB8DZVt7s_O2_TbEbGzipfdg1zLqtj9mtFNyaFFk/edit#heading=h.x8gb3l5l2ryj

Recommended Larian Gift Bag Mods:
Animal Empathy: Unique functionality that works great with Divinity Unleashed. Zero issues reported.
Crafter's Kit: new consumables. No issues reported.
Divine Talent Pack: minor issues reported. Your talent list might start scrolling to the top. Haymaker doesn't seem to work properly in DU. Zombie on ally death is bugged, don't pick it. But the new talents are otherwise very fun.
Fort Joy Magic Mirror: because it broke the community version.
For every other mod use community versions. They have the same (or better) functionality, don't create conflicts and can be turned off.

If you didn't read the descriptions and documentations of all the mods listed here. You will need to download and install 2 more things from outside of Steam.

#1 https://github.com/Norbyte/ositools/releases
(Needed by Divinity Unleashed)

#2 https://www.nexusmods.com/divinityoriginalsin2definitiveedition/mods/201
(Needed to avoid icon atlas limitations by the game)

In order to get the mods to load correctly in the game, you will need to place LeaderLib on top of all the mods created by LaughingLeader (The same has to be done for all the other mods from the same modder). Place Divinity Unleashed Close to the bottom and 75% Less EXP at the absolute bottom to ensure it loads corrrectly.

This entire Mod Collection is used in Kaen's Divinity 2 Livestreams
Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/Kaen_SG
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/Kaen_SG

Youtube Series Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPvSEcOAck&list=PL-zR07P_fLut8nZg0FeJNlcOFw6Kyq226

Some of the mods are used in a QOL manner, they can be exploited for gameplay advantages if you wish but we don't do that here on my stream. We enjoy a good struggle, We enjoy being LEGIT. :)