I would try to contribute as well... I stress the word TRY. I have never done any scripting, modeling, or anything like that. I might mess around with that modeling tutorial I just saw though, just to try and help.
To make things simpler...
Since it's been brought up that alchemy and divine stuff are the most difficult to implement, I think that a M&B mod that has everything Darklands does, EXCEPT the alchemy and priestly stuff, would still be great. It would not be as good, but it would still be great. Would that make the process substantially easier, or would the time it saved not be worth it's lack?