A lock that literally everyone has a key for. Is Valerica stupid? I do not think so.
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To open Serana's sarcophagus you have to use a blood lock. But it takes your blood even if you are a non-dragonborn, though seasoned, fisher from Ivarstead. That makes no sense. Why would anyone install a lock that could be opened that easy?
Obviously Valerica would have made it more secure. So here is where this mod comes into the play.
Now if you try to activate the lock, simple checks are run. If you pass them, it works as usual. If you don't pass, it gives you a hint of moderate complexity (see pictures).
Checks (one is enough to pass): 1. You are a vampire (really it checks if you have one of four ranks of Vampiric Drain). 2. You have a mace of Molag Bal with you.
Now the lock is functional and our precious and valuable elder scroll, I mean, Serana is protected from some random adventures who tent to push every button they see.
I have some ideas of how to expand that, but I will wait for a feedback first.
It is compatible with Serana's Tomb Blood Curse in the sense that that mod will work after you have passed the checks of this mod. If requested and if AndrealphusVIII is not against that, I could integrate his script into my implementation, so that that mod's logic would activate at the same time as my checks are run.