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| There Can Be Only One |
| A Morrowind Mod, Version 1.3.1 |
| by Necrolesian |
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Description |
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This mod makes Daedric weapons and armor pieces unique items; there will now be
only one of each piece in the game (ammunition excluded).
I was inspired to create this mod by Mort's One of a Kind. I loved the idea,
but I didn't agree with a few of that mod's placement decisions, and I didn't
care for how it handled Divayth Fyr, so I decided to create my own
implementation of the idea. Use whichever one you like best.
In general, Daedric weapons and armor pieces are in (one of) their vanilla
locations. I tried to avoid placing them in new locations. I also tried to
avoid leaving them in the possession of NPCs the player won't have reason to
kill at some point in the game.
Unique items that are based on Daedric weapons or armor (such as the enchanted
Daedric Cuirass and Greaves given by Therana as a quest reward) are considered
separate items, so they are not made into Ebony items, unlike in One of a Kind.
However, I did ensure that only one of such items can be obtained. In most
cases nothing needed to be done, but in a few cases the items needed to be
removed from a leveled list and placed manually.
The issue of Dremora and Golden Saints dropping Daedric equipment has been
resolved by giving these creatures constant effect Bound Item abilities, so
they can still use this high-powered stuff against you, but you'll no longer be
up to your eyeballs in it by killing them.
Dram Bero's dialogue related to the lost ebony mine has been altered so that he
gives out Ebony weapons as a reward, rather than Daedric. The text of the
dialogue has been adjusted as needed. Regarding Divayth Fyr and his suit of
Daedric armor, see below.
This mod also incorporates my Magas Volar Anti-Cheat mod, in order to prevent
you from obtaining a duplicate Daedric Crescent.
The "spoilers" document in the archive lists the locations of each Daedric
weapon and armor piece, and provides a comprehensive list of changes made by
this mod.
Divayth Fyr
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Divayth Fyr and his suit of Daedric armor (and Daedric Dagger) is a tricky
issue to handle. Mort's mod addresses Fyr by scripting him to disappear upon
death, but I wasn't satisfied with that solution (in part because it prevents
you from looting his useful key from his corpse).
The main version of this mod addresses the issue by giving him different armor
and a different weapon. Specifically, he now has a suit of Dwemer armor and a
Dwarven Shortsword. I thought Dwemer was more lore-appropriate than Ebony,
since Fyr is a well-known collector of Dwemer artifacts. His Heavy Armor skill
has been jacked up as high as it will go to (partially) compensate for this
change.
For those who don't like this solution, there are two alternate plugins
available that differ only in how they handle Fyr. In the first alternate
plugin (Alt Fyr), Fyr's Daedric armor will disappear upon his death.
Disintegrate Armor won't work, and if you did somehow manage to get your hands
on it, you would find that it's not useful to you. He also has a constant
effect Bound Dagger ability rather than an actual Daedric Dagger.
There is a known issue with this plugin, but it's pretty minor: Fyr won't be
wearing his pants after his armor disappears, so his corpse will be naked.
The second alternate version (Alt Fyr 2) gives Fyr a unique, unenchanted
Daedric Robe instead of Daedric armor. It also gives him a Bound Dagger ability
rather than a Daedric Dagger. His unarmored skill has been increased to
compensate for this change, so his armor rating will be the same as in vanilla.
Finally, there is a fourth option. If none of these three ways of handling Fyr
are satisfactory to you, open up the main version of the plugin with Enchanted
Editor or TESAME and delete the reference to Divayth Fyr. This will result in
him having regular, lootable Daedric armor like normal.
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Installation |
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Use a mod management tool such as Wrye Mash, or just copy the plugin of your
choice to your Data Files directory and select it in the Morrowind Launcher.
Enable only one of the included plugins.
If you're using the "Alt Fyr 2" version of the mod, also copy the included icon
and meshes to your Data Files directory if installing manually. These files
don't need to be installed if you're using one of the other versions.
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Compatibility |
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In general, this mod should be compatible with most other mods, and most
conflicts that do arise can be resolved by using an object merger such as
tes3merge. However, there are a couple things to keep in mind.
First, be careful about other mods that also remove instances of Daedric items.
If another mod in your load order removes the now one-and-only instance of a
Daedric item retained by this mod, you would find no instances of that item at
all in the game.
Second, this mod removes items from two leveled lists - random excellent melee
weapon and l_m_enchantitem_temple_rank8_2 - which has compatibility
implications for any other mod which edits these lists. Unfortunately, creating
a multipatch with tes3cmd / Wrye Mash, while a good idea, won't solve the
problem in this case, because tes3cmd doesn't quite know how to handle it when
a plugin removes items from a leveled list, and tends to add them back.
If you're using another mod which edits either of the relevant lists, you
should examine your multipatch carefully, and you'll probably need to manually
edit it to re-remove the Daedric items from the affected lists.
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Version History |
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Version 1.3.1 - 2020-10-28
- Incorporated Patch for Purists fix for Severa Magia (now in Dark
Brotherhood Faction).
Version 1.3 - 2020-04-20
- Moved location of Daedric Tanto about five feet for compatibility reasons.
Version 1.2 - 2020-04-07
- Added another alternate plugin that handles Fyr in another different way.
Version 1.1 - 2020-04-03
- Added alternate plugin that handles Divayth Fyr in a different way.
Version 1.0 - 2020-04-03
- Initial release.
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Credits |
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The assets (meshes and icon) for the unique Daedric Robe were created by
Moranar, and included in the mod Dremora Overhaul by Ignis of Vinheim.
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Contact |
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Feel free to contact me on the Nexus with any comments or suggestions. You can
also find me on Discord as Necrolesian#9692.
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Usage |
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You can use this however you want, but if you use the unique Daedric Robe
included in the "Alt Fyr 2" version, you should credit Moranar and Ignis of
Vinheim.