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  • The joys of being a pedant

    So here's something that's bugged me for ages, but I've just had to confront the issue directly while working on the plugin for Convenient Horses.

    I'm British, in case you didn't know. Skyrim is made by an American company. It's written in American English, right? I've made a certain amount of effort to make sure that the dialogue in Khajiit Speak is American English, as far as possible, so you'll see 'traveler' rather than 'traveller'. It may not always work (I'm not an expert on the differences), but I try, because most people are going to be playing the US version, and it makes sense.

    So why, oh, why, can Bethesda not decide whether it's 'grey' or 'gray'?

    'Grey' is Brit...

  • Cool mods for Khajiit players

    A list of mods which I feel may be of interest to Khajiit players, grouped together loosely. Note that they may not all be compatible with each other.

    At the moment this is just personal preference: please feel free to suggest more!

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    Coverkhajiits by mrLenski
    Great textures. A vast improvement over the vanilla game.

    Better Beast Races v2 by Xenius
    Removes angular faces and awkward normal maps. Nice work from one of the earliest Skyrim modders.

    Dagi-Raht Khajiit race by nuska
    An excellent custom race, slightly more human in appearance. Can be either installed as a standalone race or a replacer.

    Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival by Chesko
    This might seem like an odd...