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About this mod
Despite what the game and lore says, most often than not NPCs don't really react to necromancy in any way. You can walk into town with a corpse and no one bats an eye. With this mod, NPCs will now react in ways that reflect their bias against those that openly practice the dark arts.
This mod is a LE Backport of the original mod by JaySe
- Permissions and credits
NOTE: I am not the original mod creator. I merely backported this mod with JaySerpa's permission. The No Consequences Patch is provided. If you require assistance on how to play the mod, please ask on the original SE Mod Page. However, do let me know about technical issues in as much detail as possible.
Modified mod page description follows:
-NPCs React To Necromancy-
When I was working on a certain magical quest mod, I realized the conjuration scholar Phinis is always talking about how
Nords don't like magic, how you shouldn't summon atronachs or similar
near them and how you should under no circumstances resurrect corpses
near towns, as it's especially frowned upon.
However, NPCs barely react to anything you summon, so I thought vanilla could use a bit of polish.
Features:
- Around 150 new reactions, spliced from vanilla lines.
- Only NPCs that make sense will react (Mages or those familiar with conjuration won't be surprised)
- Most of the new reactions revolve around necromancy, but other types of summoned creatures are also covered with specific lines.
- Mod does not edit a single vanilla record, so... compatible with everything.
- ESL and safe to install mid-game.
- These are rare, but some reactions can result in consequences... Or not, since it's optional. More info below.
Consequences:
Repercussions are completely OPTIONAL. If you choose to have them on, they follow these rules:
unsure of what's going on... But no special consequence, just the
reaction.
- Around 20% of the time: They might realize you're afilthy necromancer and start hating on you.
Basically: Their relationship rank with you will decrease to a maximum of -1. This does not affect friends/followers/family members. In terms of gameplay, it means they will remember you are a necromancer and be rude when talking to you in the future.
〜Andrew, Ares, Macpherb, Red Nick〜
& everyone who is supporting me on Patreon or via other means
Thank you! Your support means a lot!
- Are consequences enabled by default?
Yes, they don't really interfere much with the game but they're a nice touch, so I recommend leaving them on.
- I only want reactions. How do I disable consequences?
You can install the optional plugin to disable the consequences, or you can
do it yourself by typing: "set Reactions_Guard to 2" in the console
after installing the mod. Same result either way.
- Are there any consequences to using non-necromancy related spells?
No. There are certain reactions to those conjuration spells, but no consequences.
- What are some examples of lines in the mod?
Some of the best are probably... "That's disgusting, get that rotten corpse
away from me!" / "You've got quite the creepy companion there." /
That... thing... is unnatural!". There are lots of examples in the
images of the mod, but do let me know if you hear a cool line in-game
you want to share!
- I don't play as a necromancer, is the mod worth installing?
I would say yes. Necromancy related lines take about 70% of the new
lines, but 30% of the remaining lines are general shock or even specific
lines connected to certain spells (eg: Sure, sure! Why not summon an atronach to cause some chaos, great idea!!)
- Guards don't seem to want to arrest me?
As explained above, it's based on random chance. The more you "provoke"
the guard resurrecting undead around them, the more chances they will
decide enough is enough.
- Splicing? Xvasynth?
I don't use Xvasynth. No offense to mod authors that do, I just really
like splicing. All my mods use only spliced lines. I'd argue most of the
reactions in the mod are pretty natural (I try my best!), but feel free
to give the mod a try and hear for yourself. Reach out if you think a
line needs more love.
- How does the mod work technically?
It just uses the vanilla idle (and hello) line system, with conditions
that check if you have an undead summon with you. It works similar to
the "player is naked" comments you get in vanilla. Arrest chance is an
alias with an AIpackage.
- Performance?
It just uses the vanilla dialogue system, as mentioned above. 0 performance worries.
- What's the arrest like?
Guard will talk to you, weapon in hand, and you can use persuasion,
intimidation or your status as a thane to get the guards to look the
other way. If nothing works, you can try to fight them and escape or go
to prison for being afilthy necromancer.
- NPCs had many reactions at the beginning, but they stop reacting after some time. How comes?
All lines have a cool-down timer. The shock of seeing undead can only last
so long lol. Give them an hour, they'll be surprised again. Also: if you
want to directly trigger a reaction, you can talk to the NPCs.
- Is this marked ESL? Can I install this mid-game?
Yep! Yep!
- Compatible with...?
Yep! Pretty sure! No vanilla records were edited.
- Did you... change your Nexus avatar?
Yes haha. It's not amazing but it'll do for now. It's a J... and a S that
resembles the Skyrim logo, lol! JohnSkyrim, please don't report me to
the guards.
- What are you working on next?
There's an update and a sort of sequel for Bandit Lines Expansion in the works.
Stay tuned for those. In terms of Quest Expansions, there'll be a big
poll on Patreon* for you to vote on possible ideas for future mods.
We'll see from there.
*Please note that none of my mods are ever hidden behind a paywall. Nexus always comes first. Supporting
me is a "thank you" more than anything else. Don't worry if you can't
join Patreon, I still love you all the same. Or do I?
- I need MOAR!
Feel free to check an overview video of all my releases these past 2 years! It's been quite the journey. Take a peek and you might walk out with a couple new mods for your insatiablemod addiction perfectly normal hobby.
Modified mod page description follows:
-NPCs React To Necromancy-
When I was working on a certain magical quest mod, I realized the conjuration scholar Phinis is always talking about how
Nords don't like magic, how you shouldn't summon atronachs or similar
near them and how you should under no circumstances resurrect corpses
near towns, as it's especially frowned upon.
However, NPCs barely react to anything you summon, so I thought vanilla could use a bit of polish.
- Around 150 new reactions, spliced from vanilla lines.
- Only NPCs that make sense will react (Mages or those familiar with conjuration won't be surprised)
- Most of the new reactions revolve around necromancy, but other types of summoned creatures are also covered with specific lines.
- Mod does not edit a single vanilla record, so... compatible with everything.
- ESL and safe to install mid-game.
- These are rare, but some reactions can result in consequences... Or not, since it's optional. More info below.
Video Showcase
Consequences:
Repercussions are completely OPTIONAL. If you choose to have them on, they follow these rules:
- If you cast a normal summon (not UNDEAD) around NPCs, they might react shocked or distrusful, but there are no consequences.
- If you summon a dead thrall or a skeleton,etc. around NPCs however, there
is a chance it affects how the NPC sees you from then on:
unsure of what's going on... But no special consequence, just the
reaction.
- Around 20% of the time: They might realize you're a
Basically: Their relationship rank with you will decrease to a maximum of -1. This does not affect friends/followers/family members. In terms of gameplay, it means they will remember you are a necromancer and be rude when talking to you in the future.
- Guards will warn you to cut it out, and SOME of them might even attempt to
arrest you if you don't leave/stop. Most guards won't go this far though, but the more you provoke them, the bigger the chance they try to arrest you.
〜Andrew, Ares, Macpherb, Red Nick〜
& everyone who is supporting me on Patreon or via other means
Thank you! Your support means a lot!
Yes, they don't really interfere much with the game but they're a nice touch, so I recommend leaving them on.
- I only want reactions. How do I disable consequences?
You can install the optional plugin to disable the consequences, or you can
do it yourself by typing: "set Reactions_Guard to 2" in the console
after installing the mod. Same result either way.
- Are there any consequences to using non-necromancy related spells?
No. There are certain reactions to those conjuration spells, but no consequences.
- What are some examples of lines in the mod?
Some of the best are probably... "That's disgusting, get that rotten corpse
away from me!" / "You've got quite the creepy companion there." /
That... thing... is unnatural!". There are lots of examples in the
images of the mod, but do let me know if you hear a cool line in-game
you want to share!
- I don't play as a necromancer, is the mod worth installing?
I would say yes. Necromancy related lines take about 70% of the new
lines, but 30% of the remaining lines are general shock or even specific
lines connected to certain spells (eg: Sure, sure! Why not summon an atronach to cause some chaos, great idea!!)
- Guards don't seem to want to arrest me?
As explained above, it's based on random chance. The more you "provoke"
the guard resurrecting undead around them, the more chances they will
decide enough is enough.
- Splicing? Xvasynth?
I don't use Xvasynth. No offense to mod authors that do, I just really
like splicing. All my mods use only spliced lines. I'd argue most of the
reactions in the mod are pretty natural (I try my best!), but feel free
to give the mod a try and hear for yourself. Reach out if you think a
line needs more love.
- How does the mod work technically?
It just uses the vanilla idle (and hello) line system, with conditions
that check if you have an undead summon with you. It works similar to
the "player is naked" comments you get in vanilla. Arrest chance is an
alias with an AIpackage.
- Performance?
It just uses the vanilla dialogue system, as mentioned above. 0 performance worries.
- What's the arrest like?
Guard will talk to you, weapon in hand, and you can use persuasion,
intimidation or your status as a thane to get the guards to look the
other way. If nothing works, you can try to fight them and escape or go
to prison for being a
- NPCs had many reactions at the beginning, but they stop reacting after some time. How comes?
All lines have a cool-down timer. The shock of seeing undead can only last
so long lol. Give them an hour, they'll be surprised again. Also: if you
want to directly trigger a reaction, you can talk to the NPCs.
- Is this marked ESL? Can I install this mid-game?
Yep! Yep!
- Compatible with...?
Yep! Pretty sure! No vanilla records were edited.
- Did you... change your Nexus avatar?
Yes haha. It's not amazing but it'll do for now. It's a J... and a S that
resembles the Skyrim logo, lol! JohnSkyrim, please don't report me to
the guards.
- What are you working on next?
There's an update and a sort of sequel for Bandit Lines Expansion in the works.
Stay tuned for those. In terms of Quest Expansions, there'll be a big
poll on Patreon* for you to vote on possible ideas for future mods.
We'll see from there.
*Please note that none of my mods are ever hidden behind a paywall. Nexus always comes first. Supporting
me is a "thank you" more than anything else. Don't worry if you can't
join Patreon, I still love you all the same. Or do I?
- I need MOAR!
Feel free to check an overview video of all my releases these past 2 years! It's been quite the journey. Take a peek and you might walk out with a couple new mods for your insatiable