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:: THE ROOKERY 1.1 ::

A small bard / spy / thief house in Solitude battlements. Made for my own character. Heavily inspired by Dragon Age bards.

Feature preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pstXIpqOcJg

:: REQUIREMENTS ::

- Skyrim up to date
- All DLC

:: GENERAL ::

You decide when you get the house. The key is in Bard's College, Viarmo's room. Remember to check around the all the books in the pile.

The bed gives Well Rested bonus or a spouse bonus. The whole place is navmeshed so you can bring a spouse or companions. No, I won't add companion beds.

None of the storage will respawn.

There's a chest by the smithy in Solitude for you to throw you smithing mats into. It can also be locked, with a key you find in the house.
The house itself only has alchemy, enchanting and arrow crafting + cooking.

I didn't put up any fancy displays up, because Jaxonz Positioner (http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52583/?) is such a great tool.
You can use that to take advantage of the big empty shelf in the hidden room, or turn that shelf into a bookshelves if you're one of them collecting types.

If you don't like my storage names, you can change them with Jaxonz Renamer.

Cleaned and polished with TES5Edit.

:: UNIQUE FEATURES ::

- Dynamic Thieves' Guild display shelf
- Hearthfires cooking
- Pet bunnies
- Bath
- Activatable objects and furniture
- Secret room
- Poison Arrow Crafting
- Unique female armour (Telana's armour), craftable under Leather

:: COMPATIBILITY ::

Should be compatible with

Dawn of Solitude/Skyrim
JK's Solitude
Solitude Reborn
Solitude Tower Loft
The Lucky Skeever of Solitude
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/58568/?

:: ARROW CRAFTING ::

How to make poisoned arrows:

The basis of the arrows with special effects are Hunter's Arrows (Bosmer arrow)

To make Hunter's Arrows, which are the main ingredient for the poisoned arrows, you need to learn an ability "Secrets of Arrow Craft".
The book can be found in the secret room of the house (Book of Secrets 2).

After you've read the book you are able to craft Hunter's Arrows at the forge under "Elven", and then use the arrow poisoning font.

I left a book with all the recipes on the table next to the crafting font, so you can check what ingredients each arrow needs.

Since you need the poison fungus to make REALLY powerful arrows, the fungus is made plantable.
Use the roof top garden to grow more fungus (gives you both the fungus and its poison in a bottle)

Before you ask why I used the DLC:

Dawnguard: Effects and ingredients for poisons
HF: Planting the fungus since I didn't want to mess with distribution lists
Dragonborn: Ingredients, effects (poison spider) and the fungus mesh

:: FAQ ::

Q: The activators for items don't work.
A: Sometimes you have to press twice for the rug triggers to work.

Q: WHY IS THIS FILE SO HUGE, it's a small home!?
A: All the armours for display, the paintings, papers and such add up. I'm using all high res textures and resources.

Q: I DON'T WANT FRAKKIN BUNNIES!?
A: Disable them with console.

Q: I'm not going to play a thief, what do I do with the empty shelf?
A: It will work as any old shelf if you don't want to use it for TG trophies. Place somethin else on it

Q: How do I switch between male and female armour?
A: It doesn't work like that switching around. The house detects the player's gender upon first time entering, and enables the gender appropriate armours and decor.
You can't switch it later.

Q: The crows are just standing still!
A: I had nice actor versions but I can't hear back from the creator of them for permission so I can't release that. When I hear back from them, I'll
update the mod.

Q: Can I disable the bookshelf in the secret room when there's books on it?
A: PLEASE BY THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY DON'T DISABLE THE BOOKSHELF IF YOU HAVE BOOKS IN IT.

:: THANKS ::

TeaMistress for the consulting and testing help
JadenDew: Testing and ideas too <3
Darren83 and fadingsignal for trying to help me with secret room door V1. V2 made it to the mod ;)

:: CREDITS ::

Blary: All his modder's resources - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/2250922/?tb=mods&pUp=1
Artisanix: Painting resource - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17423/?
BrettM: FPI Experiment pack resources - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/43143/?
DanielCoffey: Book Covers resource psd and the dragon parchment - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/3204267/?tb=mods&pUp=1
DarkFox127: Resources, locking door script and textures - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/53956/?
Ezuka: Emmah dress, hentai for the original dress and Zotman12 for conversion - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30171/?
fadingsignal: Glorious wall shelf - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/2546964/?tb=mods&pUp=1
Garnet (flintone): The wicker and oriental sets - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/66282/? & http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62396/?
InsanitySorrow: All his modder's resources - http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/5972-list-insanitys-skyrim-resources/
jet4571: Building Kits & Other Resources - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/58262/?
Jokerine: Resource packs - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/53022/?
Kanra: The rabbitses - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/38138/?
Leianne: Altar blessing script and Gender Wardrobe script - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/56084/?
Lilith: Ready Clutter resources and the TESA resouce kit sewing basket - http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/files/file/1300-ready-clutter-and-furnishings/
lolikyonuy: Modder's resource meshes - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/62733/?
mrpdean: Lakeview Manor Evolution meshes - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/41645/?
Nahkin for the button script - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/3507075/?tb=mods&pUp=1
Nostromo79: Candle holders and Dwemer cube shelves - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/541688/?tb=mods&pUp=1
Oaristys: The magnificient modder's resource pack - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/16525/?
raiserfx: Detailed Rugs (explicit permission) - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/29608/?
Rajti: Architectural Mesh Resource - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/38550/?
RefurbMadness: Refurb's Resources - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/64268/?
Runspect: Resources for Modders - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/26132/?
Stroti: Multiple modder's resource packs and sets, and Tamira for converting them <3 - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/1657719/?tb=images&pUp=1
& http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/776954/?tb=mods&pUp=1
mrsiika & Tamira for converting: Ravens - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/59602/
Syncing: Better Potions - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/58239/?
Sulya Tamagen/ArtsyCat: Tamagen Pillows - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10766/?
Tamira: The climber plant and teddy (Original model of the teddy: Abitor (http://thefree3dmodels.com/stuff/accessories/toon_teddy_bear/21-1-0-2215))
tueffelachtein: Modular Crafting Table Resource - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/36499/?
The_Funktasm: Morrowind clutter resource - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24883/?
Vicn: Maiden Statue - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/65134/?
yourenotsupposedtobehere: Rug resource - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/17303/?
Zzjay: Zzjay's Wardrobe and jmenaru for Scarlet Dawn textures used in it - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/53442/?

Rainbarrel spout mesh: Arthmoor's Father in law - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/8671518/?

Additional credit details:

Triss armour conversion credits: Fraper
UNP Triss armour editing: exeter
Other Witcher 2 models conversions: L0rd0fWar

The Witcher 2 armour meshes and textures are owned and copyrighted by CD Projekt and used with permission.
The Witcher is a trademark of CD Projekt. All rights reserved.
http://www.cdprojekt.com

Note brushes:
djrana-stock http://djrana-stock.deviantart.com/art/music-brush-set-PNG-41481179
shiranui: http://shiranui.deviantart.com/
Scully7491: http://scully7491.deviantart.com/

Photoshop rune brushes: Obsidian Dawn - http://www.obsidiandawn.com/

Dragon Age Inquisition screenshots and images taken by me.

Fallout 4 wallpaper is used with a written permission from Bethesda.

Watercolor designed by Freepik.com

Glass and additional textures from cgtexctures.com

Crow sound from SoundBible.com

Vindsvept music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
In short, you can use it in any way you want as long as you leave a link back to the original source.

http://vindsvept.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/user/Vindsvept

"The Rookery" is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.