Dragon Age: Origins

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Some wearable custom hoods/helmets for companions (girls) to match with notable armors and robes.

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I am not a fan of vanilla hoods or helmets, so I decided to create few custom hoods for compainions. At present they are restricted to Leliana, Morrigan, Wynne and Velanna (the girls).

I work mainly on modelling and texturing these hoods or items. 

Thanks to RogueLass for the precious help in making them work! I owe it to you. Some hoods derive from the collection RLs Swan Song, which is an impressive collection of clothing and armor.

And thanks to wizzyrm for scripting and integration. The intention is to make these unique items smoothly merged in the plot of Origins and Awakening.

Main files:

(Current) v3.2: Merged the integration files from wizzyrm, except the hooded cutscenes for Morrigan (now in a separate optional file).

Optional files:

Morrigan Hood Cutscenes 1.0
: Morrigan is wearing the hood in all cutscenes in Origins and Witch Hunt. WARNING: possible conflicts with other mods (such as Qwinn's or Morrigan Restoration Patch). Use it at your risk.

Wynne custom morph: A variant (and my favorite) for Wynne face morph file to have her always wearing her jewels in dialogue. It requires Wynne Redesign to work. Replace the morph file based on vanilla face that come with Hoods (for the girls) main file and Wynne Redesign with this one.

Morrigan Mask 1.0: A replacement for Morrigan "Hood of Possession" including a freaky mask. Main mod file is needed. Extract to your override folder after the main file and replace files if asked.

Leliana Mask 1.0: A replacement for Leliana "Hood of the Black Fox" including a fox mask. Main mod file is needed. Extract to your override folder after the main file and replace files if asked.


Description of the Hoods:

1) Morrigan's Hood:
 restricted to Morrigan. (ID: 251). This looks like the hood in tmp7704 Concept Morrigan (the diffuse map is the same). I edited all the textures to include feather transparency etc. It is a good match of the robe, if you want a wearable hood for Morrigan, and do not plan to use tmp7704 redesign with the permanent hood. At present, this hood is not tintable, as it is for the vanilla Morrigan robe.
I gave it also the ability "Vicious", which I am not sure it works, but that describes perfectly Morrigan, am I right?

Integration: Morrigan starts the game equipped with the hood. In a future update, an upgraded version of the hood will be found alongside the robes of possession.
Morrigan's Hood will be visible during Morrigan's introductory cutscenes as well as during her appearance in Witch Hunt.

2) Hood of the Black Fox: restricted to Leliana. (ID: 252). This is a hood to match with Armor of the Black Fox, which is my favorite armor for Leliana. It should be tintable as the original armor. I added "Messy kills" as a property. I hope to see then some kicking asses from my favorite bard.

Integration: The Fox's Hood is obtained alongside the rest of the Armor of the Black Fox, sold by Bodahn in the main game and by Lem in Leliana's Song.

3) Wynne's Jewels: restricted to Wynne. (ID: 253). This is a circlet/diadema for Wynne and intended to match with Surana Mage Robe. The idea is to mimic the circlet in the artwork (but not exactly). I use the darker retexture of the same robe.
To have the circlet and earrings always visible (my preference) also in dialogues, use the optional Wynne morph file included (based on vanilla face). Even better, use the custom morph in optional files. In this case you need Wynne Redesign mod to work correctly.

4) Crown of the Keeper: restricted to Velanna. (ID: 254). Intended to match with the "Skins of the Keeper" default robe of Velanna. known bug: the restriction for Velanna is valid only in Awakening. It is possible to acquire it in Origins with the console, but the resctriction in this case is lost and if you wear it on other than elf females, the result is the typical head with empty scalp (no hair). Beware of this.

Note: I did not want to make them overpowered. However, I accept suggestions on the abilities to put on them (4 max as now) most suited for them. You are welcome to post your ideas in the posts section.

Installation:
Put the files in the override folder.
To acquire them directly with the console:
"runscript gb_morriganhood" (Morrigan's Hood)
"runscript gb_possessionhood" (Hood of Possession)
"runscript gb_blackfoxhood" (Leliana Fox's Hood)
"runscript gb_wynnejewels" (Wynne's Jewels)
"runscript gb_velannacrown" (Crown of the Keeper)

Recommended mods:
Armor of the Black Fox. Fantastic set of armor for Leliana. Not needed, but recommended to match with the hood here.
Surana Mage Robe. Beautiful mage robe based on female elf mage official artwork (Surana). Not needed, but recommended to match with the circlet here.
RLs Swan Song. It is an excellent collection of custom clothes, robes, and armors. Not needed for the hoods to work.
Immersive DLC Integration. Excellent placement of DLC bonus contents in the game plot for full immersion. Not needed for the hoods to work.
Wynne Redesign. Beautiful morph for Wynne. Needed if you want to use the Wynne custom morph file here wearing jewels. used here in the screenshots.
Morrigan and Leliana. Beautiful morphs for the two girls. Used here in the screenshots.

My other DAO mods:
YAHD - Yet Another HD Mod (and Fixes). A project for HD upscaling of creatures' textures at 1k/2k for balance in quality and performance.
Amor of the Black Fox (Hsli compatible). A skimpy version of Nezroi Armor of the Black Fox to be compatible with Hsli Female Light Armor Replacement. I also included an optional fix of the tint maps of the Hsli mod.
Chantry Robes - Inquisition Colors (Fix). A fix to the diffuse maps of the mod Chantry Robes - Inquisition Colors.
Theta HD (Fix). It fixes some textures from Theta HD mod. The original mod is not strictly required.
Male underwear retexture. Retexture of the human male underwear with dark grey underwear.
Creatures Tweaks. Some addons to my personal favorite creatures.

Other Collaborations:
Enchanter Robes (ENCA). Original idea from stadavan. Retextures of Enchanter Robes A (ENCA) with reduced cleavage: Chasind Robes, Lesser Tevinter Robe, Tevinter Robe, and Robe of the Witch.
Enchanter Robes (ENCB). Original idea from stadavan. Retextures of Enchanter Robe B (ENCB) including scales: Tevinter Mage Robes, Tevinter Enchanter's Robes, Archon Robes, Robes of the Magister Lords, and Reaper's Vestments.