NLL: The New Logic of Leaders

I'm frustrated with the current state of leaders in Stellaris, so I decided to change it. While many fellow modders have treated the symptoms, I wanted to remove the cause. And I managed to do it—with two versions of the mod!

The core change is simple: instead of a random starting trait, leaders receive a vanilla subclass. At levels 2, 3, and 4, they choose ordinary traits from that subclass's pool. DLC, technologies, empire type, and other conditions may further limit the available choices.

PERSONAL BONUS POOL — AVAILABLE TO ALL SUBCLASSES

• Eager: −50% leader hiring cost, −10% leader upkeep, +10% experience gain • Resilient: +20 years of leader lifespan • Adaptable: +20% experience gain • Gifted: +1 trait option when choosing traits; reduces the leader's age when acquired • Emotional Support Pet: +10 years of leader lifespan, −1 maximum negative leader traits

Additional random traits, including the bonus from completing Aptitude, are drawn from this pool. Gifted and Emotional Support Pet require Galactic Paragons. Under the right conditions, these traits may also appear among ordinary level-up choices.

COMMANDERS

• Admiral: Aggressive, Cautious, Unyielding, Engineer, Trickster, Roamer, Void Hunter* • General: Butcher, Restrained • Governor: Capitalist, Private Mines, Homesteader, Scrapper, Entrepreneur, Venerated, Bureaucrat, Righteous, Iron Fist, Environmental Engineer, Enlister • Councilor: Skirmisher, Defense Engineer, Politician, Champion of the People, Fleet Organizer, Warlike, Charismatic, Feedback Loop, Logistic Understanding, Eye for Talent

SCIENTISTS

• Explorer: Engineer, Roamer, Meticulous, Custom AI Assistant, Sapient AI Assistant, Void Tracker* • Scholar: Engineer, Carefree, Roamer, Archaeologist, Custom AI Assistant, Sapient AI Assistant, Void Tracker* • Governor: Capitalist, Private Mines, Homesteader, Scrapper, Entrepreneur, Venerated, Bureaucrat, Environmental Engineer, Architectural Interest • Councilor: Politician, Champion of the People, Spark of Genius, Industrialist, Charismatic, Feedback Loop, Logistic Understanding, Eye for Talent, Planar Theorist*

OFFICIALS

• Delegate: no ordinary traits tied specifically to this subclass's pool • Governor: Capitalist, Private Mines, Homesteader, Scrapper, Entrepreneur, Venerated, Bureaucrat, Righteous, Environmental Engineer, Architectural Interest, Trade Focus • Diplomatic Councilor: Politician, Champion of the People, Fertility Preacher, Shipwright, Principled, Spycraft, Industrialist, Charismatic, Feedback Loop, Logistic Understanding, Eye for Talent • Economic Councilor: Politician, Champion of the People, Fertility Preacher, Shipwright, Principled, Spycraft, Industrialist, Charismatic, Feedback Loop, Logistic Understanding, Eye for Talent

• Special requirements: Void Hunter requires Grand Archive and an encounter with space fauna; Void Tracker requires Grand Archive and gravity snare technology; Planar Theorist requires Astral Planes and the tech_rift_sphere technology.

Gestalt empires work a little differently. Their council nodes start with predefined subclasses, as they do in vanilla, but those subclasses now provide bonuses. So while the nodes lose their starting traits, they gain a little more overall. Gestalt leaders cannot acquire a Councilor subclass by any means. --->>>https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3809027330