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Vampires have claws(mostly) and use them once disarmed -> Added keyword IsBeastRace to vampires making them use the khajiit animations: the clawing attacks have proper sound effects. NEW: Main plugin contains the required race changes and available patches and options in a convenient FOMOD installer. BETA! Feedback appreciated.

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Skyrim Special Edition port available HERE

Hello good people of the Skyrim nexus site. First of all, I'd like to thank you all for your interest and attention on this humble mod I've managed to put together with the help of many other helpful and generous contributors.


*THANK YOU*

This mod is nothing of special but it means to me something I've been looking for years, with only having part of the features working, but now all of them do and I'm grateful.

==============Briefly, inspired by:
Unarmed Sounds and Animations for Vampires by Taliesin Ward ,
... ppp detailed tutorial of nifskope and Creation Kit - Kaw's Claws with Fingerless Gloves (it works!),
... the info presented on this forum Racial animations (ie: what makes Khajiits swipe their claws
and How to make things visible in the first person.

 ==============... plus assets provided generously by:
Kaw Claws-Colored Long Nails by kaw - Older version only available on the internet
and Better Claws and Gauntlets by Derok and Didact2401

============== this mod presents to you:

Vampires have claws and fight using clawing animations(like the khajiit and argonians do) + patched basic set of claws included.


>Installation<
It is highly recommended the use of a mod manager;
just double click the mod and install it the way you install any mod.


>Back Up your saves<
This mod is stable but under development PLUS this is a good practice at any time.

>Install this mod BEFORE you become a vampire<
Otherwise, the keyword won't be applied to your character and you won't get the clawing animation.

>If the animations are not working with the characters or no other vampire
in game has claws, test loading this mod last in your load order
<

The expected conflict is another mod overwriting the changes done to the race records.
In anyway I appreciate that you report the problem in the post section
(much better if you can post your Load Order as well, just make sure to use the
Spoiler:  
Show

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/2228744-how-do-i-insert-a-spoiler-tag/
.
A tutorial on adding records and resolving conflicts is available here TES5Edit by ElminsterAU.


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Warning: This mod will likely conflict with the following mods
Requiem
Skyrim Redone
Skin texture mods that makes changes to the Race Records

Mods covered with patches available with the Main File
Imperious
Normal Faces for Dawnguard Vampires
Succubus and Ningheim Races

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Detailed description:

- Using information from MatthewJontully post, the plugin adds the keyword "IsBeastRace" to every vampire in the game. This means they will use the khajiit/argonian clawing animation for unarmed attacks. This was also achieved in Unarmed Sounds and Animations for Vampires by Taliesin Ward but the way the animations were replaced made everyone in Skyrim use clawing animations during brawls. Adding just the keyword to race records made only vampires use the animation. Additionally, I have changed the unarmed sound effects of these attacks from WpnZUnarmedImpactSet to the FXMeleeClawSmall sound set, so you'll hear clawing sounds found within the game assets and that suit the animation perfectly.

> The other record change made to races is, under body data - slot 49 shown in the first person. This is the slot used to allocate the modified claws and nails.
> Also, with a slight change to the SkinNaked armor addon, most vampires will have claws with few exceptions, being they based on how the game handles the new Volkihar vampires(Serana for instance is set to DLC1Nord within the CK, not NordVampire as with other regular NPCs).

Information of what this mod edits and how to make it compatible with other plugins that also edits the race records are in the following videos(Deprecated, missing the SkinNaked method provided a few months ago by OneWinged20):



With ppp help from a post in a certain forum for lovely people, the body slots for the claws have been modified so that they will use other slots and thus won't replace your handwear. As far as I've tested, they work with every glove, including the Fingerless Gloves by theincrediblenick. There are videos detailing this procedure if you happen to need other items patched:








Where to get the claws?

First, download the claw addon you want within the Optional files, you can download more than one.
=======The kaw's claws are craftable at any forge, check if you have the required materials for each color, they shouldn't be so hard to acquire.

=======At this moment the addons from Derok, are craftable as well and will follow the character natural skin color.

Please use them with discretion, they are presented pretty much Out-of-the-box, so there might be clipping/seams.


Recommended Mods:

   One-Handed Fists by Kain-Xavier
Simple and essential mod that makes unarmed attacks level up One-Handed. You don't even need to have the unarmed weapon equipped!
   Vampiric Strength and Dread Cloak by KriegsSundayFinest
Yet another hidden gem, it restores 2 cut spells/powers to vampires, one of them is the bonus to unarmed attacks for vampires.

   Vampiric Drain level up Destruction skill by Xom94oK
And one more essential mod that works seamlessly in vanilla game.
   Better Vampires 7.1 by Brehanin
or Vampiric Thirst - Dawnguard Edition by Miss Leeches
   Fingerless Gloves by theincrediblenick
   Half Gloves of Skyrim by AndyTheLegend
   HN66s Mage Nails by humannature66 but load it before VFWC-*.esp
   Advanced Adversary Encounters - Ultimate Edition by Tx12001
The way it overhauls vampires makes great use of unarmed and close-combat tactics, really improving the overall notability of clawed vampires.

A patched version of old Kaw's claws is available here as an optional file. If you liked it, please, consider heading over to Kaw Claws-Colored Long Nails by kaw and endorsing his work, (s)he is one of the precursors of claws and nails models here on nexus.

Since Derok from Better Claws and Gauntlets by Derok and Didact2401 allowed me to change some of his assets, another patched optional based off those models is available under Optionals. I'd be much appreciated if you head over to his page and thank him for his kindness.


In closing...

===Any issue you are having relating what this mod involves, please use the post section, as usual.

===Let me know if the mod title misleads you or if it offers anything that you haven't found in the mod.

===If you have any suggestions to make this mod(including the description) better, let me know and we'll work on making these changes into the mod.


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And finally, big thanks to every game modder out there, for sharing your work, and making the game much better. This mod is my way of thanking you - sharing something I've discovered with your help and that I hope might help others to make their games better as well.