About this mod
Watchers and Vigilants are a class of daedra originating from Apocrypha with an unmistakable appearance: they are floating spheres with countless tentacles sprouting from all sides and large central eyes, with keen intelligence and fearsome magical abilities.
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- This mod is a compilation of my Watchers (LE/SE-AE) and Vigilants (LE/SE-AE) mods. If you use these 2 mods, by downloading this new file you will be able to delete these 2 esps, thus saving space in your load order;
- Obviously you should not use this mod together with the 2 mentioned above, since they are already compiled in this new file, and using them at the same time will double the amount of these creatures in your game, in addition to other possible problems;
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Watchers and Vigilants are a class of daedra originating from Apocrypha with an unmistakable appearance: they are floating spheres with countless tentacles sprouting from all sides and large central eyes, with keen intelligence and fearsome magical abilities.
From Watchers mod page:
"Watchers are commonly found in Apocrypha, and are a perfect expression of this strange realm: they look like spheres with a large, all-seeing central eye, and additional small eyes distributed around this central core. Their bodies are covered by tentacles of different sizes that move slowly in the air helping the creature to float around the infinite corridors of the forbidden realm of knowledge.
They have considerable magical abilities, being generally skilled in the use of electricity and fire, being able to fire powerful beams of fire from their eyes, at the same time that they perform electrical discharges around their enemies.
The Watchers usually found in Apocrypha are grayish green in color, while others, in the service of other Princes or Lords, often have other colors, and even unique abilities."
by Beastmaster Mihail *
(*Who is Beastmaster Mihail? He is my avatar/persona within the universe composed of all my mods. He is the ingame author who writes the texts that are usually presented as descriptions for my mods. A former monster hunter, now a dedicated scholar, he is planned to be released as an NPC in late 2022/early 2023, doing the same job in-game as my descriptions do on Nexus.)
Technical info: Conjuration spells added by this mod can be purchased randomly from spell vendors or found on the map.
From Vigilants mod page:
"Vigilants are peculiar floating blue daedra with eight large tentacles ending in triangular fins, connected to a small round body with one large central eye on each side and appearance similar to the eyes of octopuses. They also have an antenna that produces light in its end, similar to that used by some benthic fish, with unknown use.
They use their long tentacles to move between tight spaces in Apocrypha, looking for intruders or rebellious inhabitants in need of punishment. Under the relentless gaze of the Vigilants, the inhabitants of Apocrypha live in order in Herma Mora's realm of endless knowledge but strict discipline.
In combat, like their Watcher cousins, Vigilants make use of fire and shock waves, in addition to shooting powerful beams of the same elements from their eyes. They can also fire beams of primordial magical energy that not only deal damage but also suck the magic essence out of their victims, which is then absorbed by the attacker.
Vigilants are rarely found outside of Apocrypha, but there are sightings of individuals guarding the hideouts of powerful mages."
by Beastmaster Mihail *
(*Who is Beastmaster Mihail? He is my avatar/persona within the universe composed of all my mods. He is the ingame author who writes the texts that are usually presented as descriptions for my mods. A former monster hunter, now a dedicated scholar, he is planned to be released as an NPC in late 2022/early 2023, doing the same job in-game as my descriptions do on Nexus.)
Technical info: Conjuration spells added by this mod can be purchased randomly from spell vendors or found on the map.
- 2 new creatures: Watcher, in 2 common enemy variants, namely, "apocrypha's" Watcher
and "deadland's" Watcher, and 2 unique giant Watcher bosses, namely, The Watcher of Labyrinthian
and The Vigilant of Rannveig's Fast; Vigilant, in 2 variants: (normal) Vigilant and Dread Vigilant;
- 2 new ingredients: Watcher Tentacles (in 2 variants) and Vigilant Tentacles;
- 2 new spells: Conjure Watcher and Conjure Vigilant.
So far no incompatibilities have been found between this mod and other mods.
(OBS- If by chance when installing several of Mihail's mods at the same time you are asked about files overwriting those of other Mihail mods or other authors mods, don't worry because they are just the same files shared between mods. I recommend that on these occasions always give preference to the files contained in my mods, and among mine always give preference to the mod you are installing last.)
The Mihail Monsters and Animals series aims to create and make available to the community the most complete set of creatures for TES 5: Skyrim, implemented in an immersive and unique way, with respect to the pillars of lore. Instead of pathetically just throwing models and textures in the game reusing 100% vanilla mechanics, the creatures made by Mihail have uniqueness and extreme zeal in their idealization and implementation, which will provide you with an experience that you have never had before in this area.
Authors:
Mihail- Vigilant model, textures, animations, spells, effects, sounds,
loot, game implementation; Watcher spells, effects, sounds,
deadland's watcher retexture, loot, game implementation.
SoN6of6TrediS- Watcher model, texture and animations;