Name: Necromancer Mount
Author: Mondstein
Version: 3.0
Date: 7. July 2014
Category: Animal, Creatures, Mounts and Horses


This is the Read Me
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This horse is a must-have for every necromancer out there ...


NEW IN VERSION 3.0
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- The spell to summon the mount no longer affects your health. Instead it decreases your constitution permanently (summon the horse costs you 5 points of constitution; unsummoning gives you 4 points of constitution; so your constitution is permanently decreased). Use the setav console command, if you want the points back.


NEW IN VERSION 2.0
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- added new normal map for the saddle
- the ring has now a world model


ALTERNATIVE VERSION
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- SI diseases are deleted
- no ring anymore
- Mount can now be summoned via spell


Location for Version 3.0
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You can find the ring to summon the mount in the inner sanctum of the Dark Fissure. There are a lot of open coffins and in one of them is an old bag.


Location for alternative Version
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In the first level of Dark Fissure you can find a bed and a bookshelf in one of the caverns. On top of the bookshelf there is a red skull. Touch the skull and you will get the "Summon Necromancer Mount" spell.


Details
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Eshu (named after a god in the Yoruba mythology (Eshu has a wide range of responsibilities, amongst other things he is the personification of death)) is a player owned horse (but beware, you won't get him without paying a price and in this case ... I don't mean gold).

Eshu is set essential (he will not die). He is also immune against poison, disease, magic and he can breath underwater.

If you equip the ring, Eshu will be summoned and you get a saddlebag spell. Use it to open the saddlebags (unlimited and safe storage). Unequip the ring and Eshu will disappear (the saddlebag spell will vanish too, but don't worry, your loot is safe).

He will not wander. Where you have left him, he will wait for you (if you have forgotten, where you have left him, just fast travel and he will be there (if you haven't used another mount in the meantime)).

He is way faster than Shadowmere and has a 90% chance to infect his enemies with a disease (even with deadly ones; I hope it works, because I haven't tested it) when he attacks.


Additional details for alternative version
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Summon Eshu with the "Summon Necromancer Mount" spell. You will now get the "Unsummon Necromancer Mount" spell (lesser power) and the Saddlebag spell (it is a real spell). If you unsummon the mount, the unsummon spell and the saddlebag spell will be removed.


Install
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1. Extract the files to a temporary location.
2. Copy files to (install folder)OblivionData
3. Start Oblivion Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a checkmark beside the .esp file.


Uninstall
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1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esp file(s).
2. Delete the files/folders associated with the mod.


Requirements
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Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.416
Shivering Isles (I put in two diseases from SI)


Incompatibility
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None, but I think that everything that changes the cell DarkFissure03 massively, will conflict with this mod.

For all those who have problems with the location. Just open the console and type "player.additem 01000ED3 1" without the quotes. After that, close the console. This will add the ring to your inventory.

The alternative version is not compatible with Mannimarco Resurrection. The spell can be added via console command "player.addspell A101SummonNecromancerMountSpell".


Known Issues or Bugs
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None.

If you should find anything, please tell me, so I can fix it.


Contact
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You can contact me on Tesnexus or TESAdventures (username "Mondstein"). Please put "Necromancer Mount" in the subjectline.


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Russian Translation (available at Haze Valley) by Lanell: Necromancer Mount

Russian Translation (available at tesall.ru) by listen: Necromancer Mount

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Credits and thanks to ...
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AlienSlof - for her heavy horse stallion mesh, the saddle mesh, part of the saddle textures and the tail textures
Gabriel Gullberg - for the saddlebag mesh
Nitocris - for the undead mount textures (I only changed the color and added some stitches)
Ghogiel - for the Necronomicon textures
Reaper9111 - for the skull ring resource
Exnem - for the rune skulls (alternative version)
Saiden Storm - for the saddlebag spell script
Maigrets - for the ignore-friendly-hits-in-a-battle script
XMarksTheSpot - for the rein

LoganZezima - for the Real Diseases mod

mbass - for the great Blender tutorial

Jaded stock - for the stitches brushes
R0b2k5 - for the nebula brushes
neb-tssg - for the splatter brushes


Bethesda Softworks - for creating Oblivion and the CS
NIF File Format Library and Tools - for Nifskope
Blender Foundation - for Blender
Mental Elf - for TES4Files
lHammonds - for the Readme Generator

If I have forgotten to give you credits, please send me a PM and I will put your name immediately on the list.


Tools Used
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7-Zip
NIFSkope
Blender
TES Construction Set
TES4Files
Readme Generator

GIMPShop
GIMP DDS Plugin
GIMP Normal Map Plugin


Licensing/Legal
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Do not redistribute this mod without asking me for permission first.

If you want to use something from this mod, please read the Licensing/Legal terms of the original authors and do what is stated there.

The textures I created are free to use, just give me credits.

You need my permission, if you want to translate this mod.


Disclaimer
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Use this mod at your own risk! Don't blame me, if it blows up your computer.


Last but not least
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Thank you for downloading and have fun!