Hey Swinton....I finally got to play test 'Bracken'....she is lovely, I like the way she just decides for herself to follow and I like the dialog you gave the Dovahkin (the asking her to do things, not telling), I feel it suits Bracken well.....She charmed me completely....
I have asked her to return home though as I had one rather difficult problem with her, as a Ranger type my Dovahkin relies on Stealth tremendously....would it be possible to give Bracken high Stealth ability? Plus may I ask if you would consider releasing a HD version of Bracken, such as this kind of skin for her?....:
She looks awesome. I downloaded the mod, cleared the dungeon, but Bracken doesn't want to speak to me. I was using UFO and wondered if that was a problem, so I removed UFO, reloaded and tried again .. and she still won't speak to me. Is there something special I have to do? Like get a control rod or something? Totally confused why she won't speak to me.
Normaly, she simply "talks" to you once you killed the hagraven whatshername (simply a named hagraven). Then, if you talk to her, you'll be greeted by the normal "spriggan moving"-sound, and a tiny message "Bracken decided to follow you" shows up in the corner of your screen. She never actually talks, she just makes spriggan sounds and does what you ask her too. And she worked fine with UFO for me.
Great and cute little Spriggan. Great to have around, like the fact there is no human voice. Only bug is that sometimes Bracken just up and leaves and I must venture back to Spriggan's Rest to re-recruit. Was fine with UFO but seems to not work so well with AFT. No other "pet" type of followers used.
Just wanted to say that I actually forgot I had this mod installed, and was on my way to Redoran's Retreat to hunt down Amren's old family pigsticker and stumbled across a cave I didn't recognize. Quite a pleasant surprise that I would find Bracken for the first time while playing the character most likely to befriend her. Xechs-Fir doesn't get along with people too well and generally spends more time talking to repaired Dwemer automatons than anyone else. A being with a mind of their own is a welcome change from his usual traveling companions.
Hey there - this looks like a pretty cool idea, right here. I'd love more information on the front page (What interactions are available, essential/marriageable toggles, etc) but as my personal concern (about her being set to essential) was answered here in the posts by yourself, MangoMonkey (nifty tip, that) and Stayfrosty, I'm downloading this right away. I've always felt despite being such a nature-surrounded game, options are kind of limited for nature-centered characters and Daedra worshippers. But so it goes.
As per the description: "This mod adds a Spriggan follower named Bracken who acts as an animal follower."
Bracken uses the "pet" follower AI, like Meeko, Vigilance, or Barbas, and as such doesn't have any "higher functions" support (like marriage, area commentary, or proper dialogue). If you have a follower mod that alters pet AI, she'll behave accordingly.
Never before was a walking bonsai tree so adorable. She's like a puppy that follows you home, you just can't leave her alone.
I only wish I could give her another home location. My home has a nice garden where she could spend her time, that's probably more comfortable than the lonely cave. Especially considering that she was imprisoned there while the hags experimented on the other Spriggans.
My Home is Your Home lets you move the home of any of your followers. I haven't tested it with Bracken yet, but I mean to take her to the forest near Lakeview if I can.
Now this looks interesting and given my Dovahkin's RP, she maybe perfect for him....He is already allied with most of the Spriggans in my game...his a Tribal Werewolf (born as such).
I do have a question though, is Bracken set essential?...I run a pretty brutal game, I would hate for her to get killed...
You can set any NPC essential with the console. Type "help bracken" to pull up his base ID number, then use "setessential <baseID> 1" to mark him as essential.
Make sure you do this without clicking on anything with the console open, though, or it won't work (has to be the baseID only, with no refID gained by clicking on something within the console). I do this for all my animal followers, so I can confirm it works! Hope it helped.
Aye, she's essential though she does have slightly less health than the usual Spriggan but she should do the regular spriggan heal when she gets on low health.
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I have asked her to return home though as I had one rather difficult problem with her, as a Ranger type my Dovahkin relies on Stealth tremendously....would it be possible to give Bracken high Stealth ability? Plus may I ask if you would consider releasing a HD version of Bracken, such as this kind of skin for her?....:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/32402//?
Endorsed....
Thanks for the hard work!
Bracken uses the "pet" follower AI, like Meeko, Vigilance, or Barbas, and as such doesn't have any "higher functions" support (like marriage, area commentary, or proper dialogue). If you have a follower mod that alters pet AI, she'll behave accordingly.
I only wish I could give her another home location. My home has a nice garden where she could spend her time, that's probably more comfortable than the lonely cave. Especially considering that she was imprisoned there while the hags experimented on the other Spriggans.
I do have a question though, is Bracken set essential?...I run a pretty brutal game, I would hate for her to get killed...
Make sure you do this without clicking on anything with the console open, though, or it won't work (has to be the baseID only, with no refID gained by clicking on something within the console). I do this for all my animal followers, so I can confirm it works! Hope it helped.