Soulscial Distancing v1.3 by ToasterCat

A deadly, incurable virus has recently swept through the land of Lordran. Those who survived the first wave, though now immune, are carriers.  As a complete stranger with no immunity, the Chosen Undead must navigate the virus-plagued landscape.   Keep six feet away from others at all times for your own personal safety.

Gameplay Changes
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* Getting attacked or hit by any enemy or trap at melee range will inflict Toxic on the player.
* Attacking any enemy with a melee weapon will inflict Toxic on the player.
* Certain item descriptions and functions have been changed.   There is no cure for this virus.
* Certain preventative gear and items are harder to find or non-existent due to hoarding in Lordran.
* Several merchants are closed indefinitely due to the virus.

Installation
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Note that this mod will only work with Dark Souls Remastered -- it will not function with Prepare to Die Edition.  It will also not work properly with the Item Randomizer.

1.  Download file and unpack it.
2.  Create a back up of your Dark Souls Remastered file.
3.  Set Steam and Dark Souls Remastered to offline to avoid ban.   Keep in mind you risk a ban when using mods online, and it's easy to end up online accidentally if you're not paying a lot of attention to your settings.
4.  Copy content of "DATA" folder to your Dark Souls Remastered folder and overwrite when prompted.
5.  Launch Dark Souls via Steam.

Credits
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Thanks to the following for either writing tools or providing help on the modding discord that was invaluable:
TKGP, Meowmaritus, thefifthmatt, JesterPatches, geeeeeorge, HotPocketRemix, Wulf2k, foxyhooligans
If I missed you, I probably just forgot!

Appendix: Specific Changelist [SPOILERS]
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1.3
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* Oswald's Absolution is no longer considered an essential business.
* Hellkite Dragon breath and Moonlight Butterfly laser no longer inflict toxic (bugfix).

1.2
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* Massively upped DPS on new Toxic effect.
* Player model NPCs no longer inflict Toxic on themselves with melee attacks (bugfix).

1.1
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* Arrows/bolts no longer inflict toxic on player (bugfix).

1.0
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* All enemies/bosses/NPCs/melee traps inflict a new Toxic effect on melee with higher damage/duration than any other in the vanilla game.
* Using any melee attack on an enemy/boss/NPC inflicts the same effect on the player.
* Blooming Purple Moss Clump name,description,function changed to Suspicious Moss Clump -- inflicts curse on player.
* Divine Blessing name, description function changed to Offbrand Elixir -- heals player only, no status effects removed.
* Remedy spell replaced with Rubbish.
* Replenishment Miracle location swapped with Black Knight Helm from Kiln of First Flame.
* Poisonbite Ring replaces Rare Ring of Sacrifice in Sen's Fortress.
* Spider Shield removed from Bandit.
* Spider Shield in Depths replaced with Rubbish.
* Spider Shield in Valley of Drakes swapped with Titanite Chunk in drained New Londo.
* Bloodshield swapped with Avelyn.
* Gargoyle Helm lower drop chance.
* Dung Pie inflicts new Toxic effect on player, renamed Infected Dung Pie.
* Gold-Hemmed Set swapped with Paladin Set.
* Painting Guardian Set swapped with Crystalline Set.
* Shadow Set swapped with Black Iron Set.
* Pyromancer Set removed from Pyromancer.
* Pyromancer Set treasure swapped with Black Sorcerer Set.
* Gold Pine Resin replaced with Rubbish.
* Crestfallen Merchant, Domhnall of Zena, Ingward, Oswald, Patches, Shiva, both Undead Merchants, Chester, Gough, and Elizabeth will not sell items to player.