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About this mod
This mod overhauls some vanilla NPCs that has unique names but uses bandit templates (e.g. Fjola, Rigel Strong-Arm) and turn them into actual unique ones.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
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Description
Some vanilla NPCs has their names, and even has their stories, but are treated simply as renamed bandits. This mod makes these minor NPCs unique.
The NPCs made unique in this mod:
Fjola
Anska
Rigel Strong-Arm (2 versions to choose in the FOMOD)
Ari
Krev the Skinner (leveled character, can be either male or female)
Niels
Brandish
Captain Hargar
Ghunzul
Telrav
Requirements
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
High Poly Head
KS Hairdos SSE(v1.9+)*
The Eye of Beauty SSE or The Eyes of Beauty AI Remastered*
*not hard requirement but I recommend using these mods. All the hair/eye meshes and textures from them are included in the FOMOD.
Installation
Install with your mod manager. The plugin is already flagged as ESL. Load after USSEP (and High Poly Head). The provided BUVARP patch should be loaded after both this mod and BUVARP.
This mod will use whatever skin you have and whatever hair texture you have for KS Hairdos. If you are using the resource files from the FOMOD, they are the ones from KS Hairdos SSE and The Eyes of Beauty AI Remastered. You do not need to install these if you are already using these 2 mods.
It is safe to install anytime as long as:
1. You have not visited Pinewatch yet.
2. You are not currently meeting Fjola and doing her quest.
3. You are not currently doing the quest The Silver Hand.(If Skjor just asked you to meet him at Underforge, it should be fine)
For case 1, you will likely not be able to see the Rigel being overhauled. For case 2 and 3, I recommend installing before starting or after finishing the quests.
Uninstalling is not recommended. There will be errors in the Papyrus log after uninstalling and I have no idea what will happen. As for updating, if there are any, I will try to make them as compatible as possible.
Compatibility
This mod is most likely incompatible with any mod that directly changes these quests (conflict of script files or conflict in the quest records):
C03 - The Silver Hand: the Companion quest after you finish the quest Proving Honor.
dunPinewatchQST: the quest automatically runs in the background when you enter Pinewatch for the first time.
dunMistwatchQST: the misc quest given by Christer in Mistwatch.
To make patches, the quest scripts and records need to be rewritten.
Patches avaliable:
Details about how each NPC is changed:
Hopefully I have done enough testing. If you find any problem, feel free to report to me and I'll see if I can fix them.
Mods Used in Screenshots
Skins are NOT included in this mod. I am using a mix of Bijin Skin (main), Fair Skin Complexion (body normal map and teeth/mouth) and ALT2 (face complexion for older people) for female NPCs. And for males I am using BnP - Male Skin and AW Mosaic Skin.
The ENB preset is Rudy ENB for NAT 3.
Credits
Expired for RaceMenu
Niroku for Expressive Facegen Morphs
Spongeman131 for ECE Sliders Addon for Racemenu
ElminsterAU and the xEdit team for SSEEdit
NifTools' developers for NifSkope
G_k for Cathedral Assets Optimizer
KouLeifoh for High Poly Head
Kalilies and Stealthic for KS Hairdos SSE
LogRaam aka Gabriel Mailhot for The Eyes of Beauty, docteure for the SSE version and wammy for the AI remastered version
DomainWolf for Vanilla Warpaints Absolution
Wenderer for FOMOD Creation Tool
Koveich for the font Sovngarde used in the cover
Boris Vorontsov for ENB and Rudy102 for Rudy ENB for NAT 3 that make the game look so beautiful
Bethesda for Skyrim and Creation Kit
My Other NPC Appearance Overhauls
meon1k NPCs
meon1k NPCs - Cutting Room Floor
meon1k NPCs - Alternate Start
Some vanilla NPCs has their names, and even has their stories, but are treated simply as renamed bandits. This mod makes these minor NPCs unique.
The NPCs made unique in this mod:
Fjola
Anska
Rigel Strong-Arm (2 versions to choose in the FOMOD)
Ari
Krev the Skinner (leveled character, can be either male or female)
Niels
Brandish
Captain Hargar
Ghunzul
Telrav
Requirements
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch
High Poly Head
KS Hairdos SSE(v1.9+)*
The Eye of Beauty SSE or The Eyes of Beauty AI Remastered*
*not hard requirement but I recommend using these mods. All the hair/eye meshes and textures from them are included in the FOMOD.
Installation
Install with your mod manager. The plugin is already flagged as ESL. Load after USSEP (and High Poly Head). The provided BUVARP patch should be loaded after both this mod and BUVARP.
This mod will use whatever skin you have and whatever hair texture you have for KS Hairdos. If you are using the resource files from the FOMOD, they are the ones from KS Hairdos SSE and The Eyes of Beauty AI Remastered. You do not need to install these if you are already using these 2 mods.
It is safe to install anytime as long as:
1. You have not visited Pinewatch yet.
2. You are not currently meeting Fjola and doing her quest.
3. You are not currently doing the quest The Silver Hand.(If Skjor just asked you to meet him at Underforge, it should be fine)
For case 1, you will likely not be able to see the Rigel being overhauled. For case 2 and 3, I recommend installing before starting or after finishing the quests.
Uninstalling is not recommended. There will be errors in the Papyrus log after uninstalling and I have no idea what will happen. As for updating, if there are any, I will try to make them as compatible as possible.
Compatibility
This mod is most likely incompatible with any mod that directly changes these quests (conflict of script files or conflict in the quest records):
C03 - The Silver Hand: the Companion quest after you finish the quest Proving Honor.
dunPinewatchQST: the quest automatically runs in the background when you enter Pinewatch for the first time.
dunMistwatchQST: the misc quest given by Christer in Mistwatch.
To make patches, the quest scripts and records need to be rewritten.
Patches avaliable:
Details about how each NPC is changed:
Spoiler:
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- Fjola: uses the original FormID. Fjola's name will be hidden until her quest dunMistwatchQST finishes. The quest script is edited so all mods that edits this quest are incompatible. She will also receive AI packages after the quest finishes. Fjola's stats are adjusted and now she is capped at level 50 with a level multiplier of 1.5. This already made her the most powerful bandit. There are mods that turn her into a follower, but I do not plan to patch this since it is already possible to make her a follower in game with more general mods like RDO or simply with console commands. Patch for Dungeon Quests are not Miscellaneous provided in optional files is an example on how to fix this type of quest conflict.
- Rigel Strong-Arm: added a new Character that replaces the original Pinewatch bandit boss. She is 1.2x of player's level till level 28. The original NPC is now initially disabled, and a script is attached to Rigel will be triggered when Rigel's dead body is cleaned up and it will then re-enable the original NPC, ensuring Pinewatch respawns normally.
- Krev the Skinner: both male and female Krev are new NPC templates and Krev the Skinner is a new leveled NPC. They use the original Silverhand Boss' stats and inventory and they are not flagged unique. They will replace the original Silver Hand boss with the same script as Rigel. Although UESP says Krev respawning was fixed by USSEP, it turns out that starting with some version USSEP decided to set Gallows Rock to never reset so the respawning is untested, but it should work fine just like Pinewatch if any other mod changed Gallows Rock's Encounter Zone record. One more thing is that for the quest C03, the quest alias is also changed and assigned to the new Krev's reference.
- Anska: uses the original FormID, but her stats are slightly different and she now level with player till level 28. In BUVARP Anska is a potential follower, and a patch forwarding all BUVARP edits is provided in the optional files. Patching for other mods should be the same as patching any other NPC appearance overhauls.
- Ari and Niels: use the original FormIDs. Their stats are changed but it does not matter much. I had some ideas about saving them but during testing I found the story doesn't feel good enough to me, so nothing made to the released version.
- Ghunzul: uses the original FormID, but his stats are slightly different, and he is 1.2x of player's level till level 28. A new bandit boss is added to Cracked Tusk Keep, and will be enabled if the dungeon respawns (which doesn't in vanilla game, but the original Ghunzul respawns so I added this just in case any mod changes this location)
- Brandish and Captain Hargar use the original FormID, but their stats are slightly different. They now level with player till level 28 and 25.
- Telrav: uses the original FormID, but his stats are slightly different and he now level with player till level 28. As far as I know,
this guy tells some sweet little liesno patch is needed for Nilheim - Misc Quest Expansion.
Hopefully I have done enough testing. If you find any problem, feel free to report to me and I'll see if I can fix them.
Mods Used in Screenshots
Skins are NOT included in this mod. I am using a mix of Bijin Skin (main), Fair Skin Complexion (body normal map and teeth/mouth) and ALT2 (face complexion for older people) for female NPCs. And for males I am using BnP - Male Skin and AW Mosaic Skin.
The ENB preset is Rudy ENB for NAT 3.
Credits
Expired for RaceMenu
Niroku for Expressive Facegen Morphs
Spongeman131 for ECE Sliders Addon for Racemenu
ElminsterAU and the xEdit team for SSEEdit
NifTools' developers for NifSkope
G_k for Cathedral Assets Optimizer
KouLeifoh for High Poly Head
Kalilies and Stealthic for KS Hairdos SSE
LogRaam aka Gabriel Mailhot for The Eyes of Beauty, docteure for the SSE version and wammy for the AI remastered version
DomainWolf for Vanilla Warpaints Absolution
Wenderer for FOMOD Creation Tool
Koveich for the font Sovngarde used in the cover
Boris Vorontsov for ENB and Rudy102 for Rudy ENB for NAT 3 that make the game look so beautiful
Bethesda for Skyrim and Creation Kit
My Other NPC Appearance Overhauls
meon1k NPCs
meon1k NPCs - Cutting Room Floor
meon1k NPCs - Alternate Start