Simple Medieval

This mod fills the gap of vanilla medieval content without content bloat, balance nightmares or performance costs from large frameworks.

Adds a medieval faction using only vanilla RimWorld and DLC assets – no new items, buildings, or C# code. By mixing content from all DLCs, it's possible to create a faction that feels well rounded and unique.

Biocodes 90% of raider guns, making crafted bows more relevant throughout the early and mid game.

Locks several key technologies behind techprints to extend low-tech gameplay at all stages:
Electricity – keeps players in the medieval era longer.
Bionics – gives prosthetics more relevance.
Gas Operation – makes weaker guns more relevant.
Marine Armor – gives Recon Armor more relevance.

Credits:
MedievalSettlement.png, PlaceEnd_Medieval.txt, PoliticalUnions_Medieval.txt, Medieval_First_Female.txt, Medieval_First_Male.txt, Medieval_Last.txt are direct copies from Vanilla Factions Expanded – Medieval by Oskar Potocki, which is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Some other XML def parts were used as reference.
See: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2023513450

I used DeepSeek to generate new medieval backstory defs, as I could not include the ones from Vanilla Factions Expanded – Medieval 2 – the newer version of Oskar's mod switched to a license that does not allow derivative works, and the older version did not yet include them. I am still working on these backstories.

This mod is licensed under (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/