Compass of Womanhood (COW, CoW, 6W), subtitled "Ways of Women, Ways of Pleasure", is a mod project for Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.
Its goal is to create diverse cast of interesting female companions that fit well with both the Forgotten Realms lore and the base games. All the mod's components are, by design, dual-language — in most cases both the English and the Polish version can be considered "the original" (it's usually bolded when that isn't the case).
There are currently two companions developed as a part of this project, but additional companions may be added to the list:
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Shithri — vagabond half-orc pirate girl from Zhentil Keep. Worshipper of orcish goddess Luthic, Mother of Caves. She's free-spirited and loves a good drink (and is quite persistent with her offers of drinking). Speaks in heavy pirate accent (pirate dialect even, in Polish language version).
This component includes:
- One chaotic-neutral half-orc swashbuckler
- Two companion quests
- Some interjections
- 1-5 banters with each of the Bioware and Beamdog NPCs
- One in-party romance (NOT with the PC)
- Numerous originally-written sea songs
- Lots of orc, liquor and naval lore
- (Polish version only) a dedicated "pirate dialect"
Shithri is found in the Docs District of Athkatla, near the lighthouse ([3564.3086]).
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Caly — high-class courtesan from Calimshan who speaks in posh manner and is blessed with red heair, believed by some to be "the touch of Sune. Exclusive artiste and experienced story hunter. Worshipper of moon goddess Selûne, but touched by the shadows.
This component is currently under development.
- Double-click Setup-CompassOfWomanhood.exe — or call it from the console (if you're on Linux, use wine)
- You may be asked whether or not you wish to install Compass Of Womanhood. Answer Yes.
- A console window will open up (unless you've run the exe file from the console) and asks you to choose a language option. 0 = English, 1 = Polish. Type your number choice and enter.
- You will be prompted whether or not you wish to install Shithri component. Enter Y for Yes.
- You'll see a summary of the files being compiled, copied, extended etc.
- While the new companions may work with old saves, it's best to start a new game to make sure
Core team (in joining order):
- Michalina "Misza" Kotwica (Udiknedormin) — founder; researcher, script & song writer, programmer (mod implementation, automation), audio adjustment
- Aleksandra Bielak (Vakme) — co-founder; script writer, programmer (landing page, automation)
- Aleksandra Czapla (Lexie Heron) — graphical artist (portraits)
- Gabriela Zubek (Hrabina Gabina) — voice actress (Shithri), graphical artist (item icons, logo)
- Maria Oleszkiewicz (Wilczogon) — song writer
- Piotr "Bunio" Bunkowski — voice actor (Franky the Eye-Popper)
- Dominika "Domi" Wesołowska — graphical artist (logo, landing page)
- Andrzej Kaźmierski — voice actor (Pirate Peter)
Special thanks to:
- Paweł "Kaczmar" Kaczmarek — linguistic consultation for Polish version of Shithri
- Szymon Stoczek — proofreading of early versions of Shithri
- all the creators of and contributors to WeiDU, NearInfinity and BamWorkshoop2 tools
- authors of and contributors to all the source materials that we used, particularly:
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YouTube video series "Dycht Kociewie" on TVP3 Gdańsk channel
This project is not developed, supported or endorsed by BioWare, Black Isle nor Beamdog.