so for some reason, it turns two elves in the grove white, when they are supposed to be black, and im wondering what the reason is? and is there i way i can just have the dwarf changes, because thats honestly all i want and care about.
Because elves are their own separate race, they're not white/black/asian. They're elves. They have their own distinct appearance which is usually gold-hued skin and elongated, elegant features. Really only their hair and eye color differs. *High elves
Wood elves usually have darker skin but also bear the same traditional features as their cousins.
It’s really quite intuitive. Turning elves into pointy-eared humans or dwarves into stocky humans diminishes their uniqueness. Elves have distinct traits that don’t fit into human racial categories. Making fantastical races resemble human phenotypes doesn’t add diversity - it does the opposite, and the obvious ideological intent further diminishes immersion. The true richness of these races lies in their differences. A character like Halsin faces the same issue: he’s a wood elf depicted as white-ish and brawny when he probably should have been coppery and lean. However, his exaggerated, steroidal look was likely chosen to play into his bear theme. The overly human appearance of elves was a subject of significant criticism during Early Access - but it was completely ignored until mods like this emerged.
i agree wholeheartedly with seraphael. people are applying real world politics into a fantasy universe.
it's making the races more accurate to the source material and less all over the place. i personally never liked elves being changed from their own race with unique features to humans with pointed ears.
Nice work! Especially the githyanki had some weird fashion choices in vanilla. Redditors are pretty tilted by the lore-accuracy of the mod but don't let that stop you from improving games.
Hey this is a neat mod. I was tired of how cartoonish some of the characters looked. I understand that it's inconvenient for contemporary politics, but I do prefer the more traditional fantasy look.
Update for new patch? I hear Mod manager is not working with patch 7 and using a manual older version causes a bunch of menu stuff to be shown as "Not found", haven't gone deeper.
I hope you come back to update and add to this, good modder. It has a lot of potential. It's a must-have for my playthroughs, and I'd be delighted if you added more, or possibly posted your modding process. Hope you have a great day! <3
Does this also replace zoomer broccoli hair, side shave, frizzy afros, dreadlocks, corn rows, etc with more appropriate medieval/renaissance fantasy styles? The amount of idiocy in character design in this game makes it look like it was made by SBI themselves.
Would be content even with a simple copy paste of the existing normal hairstyles over these atrocious zoomer hair styles. Less is more.
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Wood elves usually have darker skin but also bear the same traditional features as their cousins.
it's making the races more accurate to the source material and less all over the place. i personally never liked elves being changed from their own race with unique features to humans with pointed ears.
Would be content even with a simple copy paste of the existing normal hairstyles over these atrocious zoomer hair styles. Less is more.