This is my mod “Reaper Viator”.

It’s a Zenos inspired Reaper mod that comes in 2 versions, one with the Avatar and one without it. It also comes with a Shinryu Patch, to mimic Zenos’ use of elemental abilities.

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♥ What does it do? ♥

♦ It streamlines Reaper’s abilities and gives them an overall theme (Zenos’ red and black with purple for the Voidsent) since vanilla RPR is too “colorful” for me

♦ It makes some abilities more exciting and flashy, whilst still remaining lore- friendly

♦ Comes with two versions: With Avatar and No Avatar -> Avatar version has enhanced and tuned “Avatar based” abilities -> Seeks to make the Unveiled abilities as well as Bloodstalk more meaningful -> No Avatar version turns Unveiled abilities as well as Bloodstalk and Grim Swathe into “standalone” attacks

♦ Revamps Reaper’s “Default Combo” (Slice, Waxing Slice, Infernal Slice) to make it feel less slow and sluggish ♦ Customizes all of Reaper’s abilities

♦ It is fully standalone and does not require any other mods

♦ Comes with a “Shinryu Patch” for both Limit Break I & II as well as for some base abilities for Reaper, like Whorl of Death and Grim Swath which can be used for all versions of the mod

Shinryu Ability Patches comes with the following abilities:

-> Harpe -> Exathunder

-> Harvest Moon -> Exaflare

-> Grim Swathe -> Tidal Slash

-> Whorl of Death -> Raging Storm

-> Limit Break I -> Diamond Dust

-> Limit Break II -> Hellfire

♦ All charged Shinryu abilities come with Zenos’ “Shinryu Aura” and fitting sound

♦ Fully compatible with Roe’s and Lala’s

Update 07.04.2024

-> Fixed “pre 6.5 texture glitch”

Update 06.04.2024

-> Lowered Volume of Grim Reaping by 30%

-> Switched Animation and VFX of Lemure’s Slice & Lemure’s Scythe

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♥ Why did I make this mod? ♥

The following section contains minor spoilers for Endwalker. Please skip it, if you haven’t played it.

I always loved Reaper. It’s a relatively simple, yet fun DPS class with a lot of character. Unfortunately, Reaper was always lacking for me in the VFX department. The combos and attacks often feel very weak and lack any kind of “oof”. Reaper also uses a lot of different colors: bright blue, dark blue, pink, very bright red, purple, etc. The colors are kinda all over the place and I feel like they lack any tighter theme or consistency. After I went into the last Duel/Bossfight with Zenos in Endwalker, I felt like this is exactly what Reaper needs. And as a huge Zenos fan, I went in and made this.

It seeks to unify Reaper’s theme into a set color scheme, Red&Black being for the Reaper, Purple&Black being for the Voidsent Avatar. It’s also supposed to add more “juice” to Reapers abilities, with new VFX, Animations and Sounds. All that whilst remaining absolutely lore-friendly.

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♥ How to use? ♥

Unpack the “Reaper Viator” file and install one of the 4 provided versions. Best to use Penumbra. Don’t use more than one at the same time!

If you want to use custom Avatar mods with my mod, that should be possible, as long as they don’t modify the Avatars VFX.

If you want to use custom Enshroud mods with my mod, that should also be possible, as long as they only modify the Enshroud’s appearance and not the Aura for example. In both cases, just make sure to set their priority one higher than my mod.

If you want to use the Shinryu Patch, just install that as well, one priority higher than the base mod.

Important note for the Shinryu LB I & II patch:

Make sure to install this in your characters collection inside of Penumbra as well as in the Default collection, otherwise it won’t properly work.

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♥ Trouble Shooting ♥

♦ My mod; like almost any other VFX mod; might recolor some other abilities as well

♦ There will probably always be bugs, if you find one or just have notes that I could use to enhance my mod, feel free to let me know!

♦ The VFX of my mod might be very large, so be careful when you use them in Raids while synched with others

♦ The mod was originally created only for myself, so the eye glow is made to fit my “Yellow and Green” Yubel eyes. If your character has a different eye color from that, it might look off to you

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♠ Thank you Dekken, for the lovely Enshroud Animation

♠ Thank you Ocaelot for VFXEdit