Oblivion

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Adds NPCs with the ability to infect other NPCs, evolve, and multiply!

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Developed with the help of 4chan's /v/, this mod adds a large set of new spells to Edgar Vautrine in the Imperial City (in his shop Edgar's Discount Spells).  They give the player the ability to spawn simple NPCs with some unique properties.  Those NPCs are the following:

Simple Clones

- Have an "Infect" spell which allows them to turn other NPCs into Simple Clones.  The probability of infection depends on the NPC's health, and it can affect essential NPCs.
- Have an "Evolve" spell which is used at low health, which can result in one of two outcomes.  Either the clone splits into two full health clones, or it evolves to its next stage of power.  The more a clone evolves, the less likely it is to split.  There are six total evolution levels, each more powerful than the last, with the 6th being a level far beyond the other five.  Evolution levels are denoted by armor worn by the clone.
- Every Saturday at noon, Simple Clones automatically use their Evolve spell a few times.
- Every Sunday at midnight, Simple Clones will (individually) run to a random city, town, or city castle, to spread the infection.
- Hostile to everything except Simple Clones by default.

Opposing Clones

- Identical to Simple Clones, except their evolution focuses on Frost and Light Armor as opposed to the Simple Clones' Fire and Heavy Armor.
- Hostile to Simple Clones and everything that Simple Clones are hostile to.

Note: Simple and Opposing Clones can infect each other, the exception being that any clone at or above Evolution Level 5 is immune to infection by another clone.

Doctors

- NPCs that possess touch and target spells that OHK and "disinfect" Simple and Opposing Clones, turning them back into "Healed" generic NPCs that will help fight nearby clones or retreat to a safe zone inside the Imperial City Palace afterwards.
- Meant to be hard counters to evolved clones.
- Hostile to all clones and parasites
- Individually travels to random towns, cities, and city castles similarly to Clones

Crusaders

- In the same faction as Doctors
- Generally high-level melee NPCs meant for anti-clone crowd control
- Crusader Boss NPC wields a longsword that disinfects clones on contact
- Travels to Cities, and always travels as a unified group.

The Parasite

- Absorbs Health and permanently absorbs Endurance from other NPCs
- Completely absorbs NPCs on-kill, removing their body from the game entirely.
- Gets significant stat boosts the more NPCs it kills.  Generally is quite weak on its initial spawn, but gets extraordinarily powerful if fed many weak NPCs.
- Only one Parasite is meant to exist at a time; stat boosts from kills are carried over to subsequent Parasites spawned.
- Has a spell that gives it a chance to summon minions which follow it around and aid it in battle.  The chance for a minion to spawn increases as the Parasite gets stronger.
- Travels to Cities, Towns, and City castles similarly to Simple Clones.

Nickies Black

- An easter egg meant for /v/.  I'll leave it to you to figure him out.
- Hostile to everything not in its own faction.

Edgar also sells spells that allows the player to add him/herself to the various factions added by the mod, so as to decide who the player should help or fight.  The player can choose to join the Simple Clone Faction, Opposing Clone Faction, Doctor Faction, Nickeis Black Faction, Parasite Faction, Friendly to all Nickies NPCs Faction, or Enemy to All Nickies NPCs Faction.

Ultimately the goal of the mod is to simulate an infection of viral NPCs throughout Oblivion.  What I mean is, if you get a large population of clones going, they will indeed travel from city to city infecting everything in their path until there's nothing left.

NOTE: USE OF THIS MOD CAN RESULT IN ESSENTIAL NPCS BEING DISABLED IN YOUR SAVE.  DO NOT USE ON SERIOUS PLAYTHROUGHS WITHOUT BACKING UP YOUR SAVES FIRST.

NOTE #2: THIS MOD OFTEN RESULTS IN A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF NPCS ON-SCREEN AT ONCE.  LOW SETTINGS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED WITH HEAVY USE.