A new playable winged beast race for Skyrim with considerable magical ability. Pharlans begin the game with 150 bonus magicka and one half magicka regen rate. They have a spell absorb chance of 70 percent. They are immune to electricity and resist poison and disease.
Requirements
This mod does not have any known dependencies other than the base game.
None of the Models in this mod were created by me. They belong to their respective owners. Please go back to the original creators to ask permission to use any models. Most textures have been created by myself and KZM with a few defaults which belong to their respective creators.
The ideas behind the playable race contained within this mod was entirely conceived of by myself back in 1995 and thus is my Intellectual property. I am permitting the use of pharlans as a playable race in Skyrim because I retain creative control of their appearance and attributes. Do not use pharlans in other games or mods without my permission. If you want more background on this race visit my website - Sabregirl.com/pharlan/ If you wish to be a reviewer of my pharlan universe based novels or stories, or have any questions about such things feel free to contact me. Please do not use the pharlan race without permission, pharlans are copyright to me.
File credits
Anton - for awesome amazing animated wing models. This mod would have gone nowhere without him. The animations of this mod are fully dependent on the Animated Dragon wings mod. milisot1325 for the feathered wing alpha mapped textures. I mostly remade the textures for the female wings, the male wings are pretty similar. (Anton gave me permission to use these models, and animations please contact him if you wish to modify them for your mod).
Credit to Kzinistzerg, for the original Gadan Pharlan textures from my Gadan Pharlan mod for Morrowind. I have edited these textures to use for pharlans in Skyrim. Please do not use these textures in other mods without permission. KZM made those textures from scratch.
Clawed Hand models - Derok and Didact2401
Argonian raptor feet models - artifex0
Apachii sky hair - Several hair models are from Apachii sky hair, these have not been altered other than to redirect the texture directory so they don't overwrite Apachii sky hair
Big thanks to the skyrim mods subreddit members for helping me figure out how to make a functional skyrim script. I would have been stuck forever without them. :)
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Version 1.3 - Swapped the female bodies to point to default meshes so if you use a body replacer, both male and female pharlans will be affected. Added a variety of clawed boots and gauntlets to the chests in Helgen and Whiterun Catacombs. Note that some of these may clip with non-CBBE clothing.
Pharlans are a winged beast race with some bird/reptilian like qualities though they are actually neither. Pharlans have considerable magical ability, surpassing even High Elves. Pharlans begin the game with 150 bonus magicka and one half magicka regen rate. They also have a spell absorb chance of 70 percent and are immune to electricity. Wings are added to this race after character creation by drinking a potion given via script. Potions may also be obtained in the Helgen keep and Whiterun's Hall of the Dead (other races may also use these potions if desired). Pharlans take no falling damage and have a jump bonus. If you want to try flying (which you totally should!) you'll need to install the flying mod and its requirements.
As of version 1.1 Pharlans are balanced by Armor producing a penalty rather than a bonus. -1 armor rating for each piece. This means you will need to rely on magic spells for armor. This is because it's hard to fly or maneuver with wings if you're weighed down by armor.
I highly recommend an alternative start mod with this race such as skyrim unbound.
If you wish to use female meshes more accurate to pharlans - see the .esp in the "optional" folder.
Bio-electrical in nature Pharlans are able to absorb many forms of energy, including spells. They originate from Rona, a separate world from Nirn. More information on pharlans and their universe can be found on my website.