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Requirements
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The latest version of Base Skyrim. No DLC is necessary.


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Description
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This mod adds some craftable light armor, weapons, and food to Skyrim that are appropriate for a Ranger. Because a Ranger is a person who stays out for long periods in the wilderness, the craftable items added by this mod are all lightweight and simple.

The more powerful items will require some unofficial questing to gather some rare materials and then multi-step processes to combine them, which should make their creation a rewarding experience. It's gonna take more than leather and strips to make this stuff!

One of the reasons I made this mod was because the higher-level gear in unmodded Skyrim has a little too much ... cowbell? ... for my taste. I can't imagine a hunter stalking the bushes wearing glass armor. Therefore, I made this mod so you can have glass armor level protection while wearing something more appropriate for a ranger.

The craftable items added by this mod look unique from other craftable items, even while I constructed them exclusively using Vanilla Skyrim meshes and textures.

See the screenshots or the in-game book for required materials.


The book is called "Ranger Notes on Crafting," and a free copy can be found sitting on the counter in the Drunken Huntsman shop in Whiterun, or can be bought from Belethor's Trade Goods, also in Whiterun.



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The Weapons (all One-Handed or Bows)
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Tomahawk
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Damage is approximately equal to a steel axe. But smaller, much faster and lighter, and with deadlier critical hits.

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Nomadic Bow
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Damage is approximately equal to a steel bow. But faster and lighter, and with deadlier critical hits.

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Skinning Knife (req. Steel Smithing Perk)
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Damage is approximately equal to an elven dagger. But also does additional damage to animals.

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Ranger Long Bow (req. Elven Smithing Perk)
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Damage is approximately equal to an elven bow. But faster and lighter, and with deadlier critical hits.

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Ornate Tomahawk (req. Advanced Armor Smithing Perk)
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Damage is approximately equal to a glass axe. But smaller, faster, lighter, and with deadlier critical hits.

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Master Hunter Bow (req. Glass Smithing Perk)
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Damage is approximately equal to a glass bow. But much faster, lighter, and with deadlier critical hits, and with more damage to animals and dragons.



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The Armor (all Light Armor)
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Deer Hide Boots
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Armor is slightly better than leather.

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Wolf Hide Gloves
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Armor is slightly better than leather.

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Fox Skin Hat
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Armor is equal to leather.

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Predator Hide Armor
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Armor is slightly better than leather.

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Woodsman Armor (req. Elven Smithing Perk)
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Armor is approximately equal to elven, but much lighter and with resistance to frost and fire.

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Stalker Boots (req. Elven Smithing Perk)
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Armor is approximately equal to leather, but lighter and with a muffle effect.

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Hardened Boots (req. Advanced Armor Smithing Perk)
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Armor is approximately equal to scaled.

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Hardened Arm Guards (req. Advanced Armor Smithing Perk)
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Armor is approximately equal to scaled.

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Snow Fox Hood (req. Advanced Armor Smithing Perk)
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Armor is equal to scaled, but much lighter.

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Master Hunter Amulet (req. Advanced Armor Smithing Perk)
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Provides benefits to Archery, Light Armor, Sneak, and Alchemy.

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Master Ranger Armor (req. Glass Smithing Perk)
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Armor is approximately equal to glass, but much lighter and with resistance to frost and fire.

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Ornate Arm Guards (req. Glass Smithing Perk)
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Armor is approximately equal to glass, but much lighter.

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Ranger Field Runners (req. Glass Smithing Perk)
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Armor is approximately equal to glass, but much lighter, and with a muffle and restore stamina effect.



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The Food
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Reach Ranger Stew
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Provides a similar benefit to Venison Stew, but lasts twice as long. This sucker will fill your belly.

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Brace of Coneys Stew
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Yes, it requires a brace of coneys :)

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Thrush Egg Soup
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Hard boil 'em with some tomato stock! Delicious!

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Warbler Egg Soup
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And these too!

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Grilled Fish
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Now you can grill the fish you catch. Perch, Carp, Longfin, Spadetail.



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Install/Uninstall
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It is highly recommended that you use the Nexus Mod Manager to install this mod. NMM is a great tool for clean, correct installation and also clean, correct de-installation. If you want to do it manually, I'll let you figure it out because I'll assume you know how it all works with correct folder structure, etc.



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Known Issues and Conflicts
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1. The amulet displays correctly in the Inventory Screen and on the ground, but the hawk beak part of it does not display on the Player Character in "Game Mode." This is due to technical issues beyond my knowledge of how nifs work for armor.



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Version History
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1.3:
1. Added a description of the Ranger Long Bow to the book.

1.2:
1. Added the book to Belethor's Trade Goods.
2. Changed the Ranger Lonw Bow look to be unique.

1.1:
1. Fixed the blood decals on the tomahawks.
2. Added the Ranger Long Bow.
3. Rebalanced a couple lower level items to be less powerful.

1.0: Initial Release.



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Recommended Other Mods
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Camping Kit of the Northern Ranger by Tek_7
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Sleep out in the wild. And you can bait traps and catch game!
Link:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/10573


Nordic Ranger Outift by FrankDema
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Really great looking Ranger armor. My favorite mod for Ranger clothes.
Link:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/25113


Hunting in Skyrim by B1gBadDaddy
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Adds a Hunting Guild with quests, hunting-related, perks, revalues pelts, and more.
Link:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/18866


Immersive Armors by hothtrooper44
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Some really great stuff in here for Ranger/Hunter types.
Link:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19733



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Credits
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Technical Help
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Hanaisse, throttlekitty, Tamira, Chesko.


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Tools Used
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The Skyrim Construction Kit, Notepad, and NifSkope.



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Licensing/Legal
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Please contact me before-hand if you want to release anything in this mod.