Skyrim Special Edition

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Integrates Minotaurs SE and/or Mihail's Minotaurs in with the Forsworn faction in a compatible and visually fitting way, with new model variants.

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(This mod has two light plugins, a 'main' one for Minotaurs SE and an additional one for Mihail's, you can use one or both.)

It is increasingly common knowledge that Skyrim not only has minotaurs, but its own race that are less degenerated. They were absent from Skyrim's 2011 release, but we are lucky enough to have not one but multiple mods that add Minotaurs to the game.

As minotaurs were allied to the Reachmen in the second era (ESO) and a good fit both visually and thematically for the Forsworn, I tended to check areas such as Karthspire Camp for them but realised that Minotaurs are primarily integrated like oversized wolves: waiting in the wilds to rush the player and die. No offence to the mods. (Which I love, and 4thUnknown's models are DLC quality.)

Between the name of the mod and that conceptual description you now know what this mod does.

Features:
  • Integrates Minotaurs to the Forsworn, via manually placed spawns for compatibility.
  • Forsworn Minotaurs use their own visual variants, currently 4 5 7? additional appearances for Minotaurs SE.
  • Heavily random inventories for more interesting loot.
  • Slightly different level scaling to original mods (lower min level so they don't ruin early games, higher max level so they remain threatening.)
  • Integrates an unused human-like texture and new half-minotaurs to Minotaurs SE.
  • A couple more Forsworn spawns, and I really mean a couple, so that adding a few minotaurs isn't as jarring.

The effects of the changes:
  • More minotaur visual variety.
  • Forsworn camps are slightly harder and busier due to increased population and a new enemy class. 
  • Minotaurs are a great fit for the Forsworn from visual, lore and even combat perspectives by providing a tank role.
  • Forsworn feel even more outcast, ragtag and fantasy.
  • More places to see the mods you downloaded.
  • Integrates Minotaur SE's unused clean texture, probably intended as a part-human lineage of minotaur.
  • Adds half-minotaurs that have their own body and face morphs, acting like tougher but less intelligent Forsworn. They have a few guaranteed spawns and are a rare spawn in the Forsworn minotaur levelled list.
  • Minotaurs have the interesting effect of defending the Forsworn from other modded creatures that have been known to wreck them, like Mihail's Goblins.

You can use one or both plugins, Minotaurs SE is the 'main' one but the Mihail option synergises well as their attack patterns and body builds are different.

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Possible features in order of likelihood:
  • New, more Forsworn-styled Mihail Minotaur model.
  • Pack files into a bsa to make mod smaller.
  • Separate version that adds to Forsworn enemy levelled list.
  • Keep improving my added textures and make them a bit furrier.
  • Finish the female minotaurs, and add to Broken Towers Redoubt as I abided by its vanilla rule of only having female Forsworn outside.
  • One or two bandit minotaurs. As in literally single digit across all of Skyrim.
  • A minotaur voicetype, maybe?

For Minotaurs SE you need a fixed ESP version.

I recommend a higher res Forsworn armour texture as you'll be seeing it more often and scaled up. I might upload one myself as a quick option.
Forsworn Fashions - Cleaned and Upscaled Textures: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/72740
Rustic Fosworn: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18170

I'm aware of two other modded Minotaurs; Beyond Skyrim's and Mihail's Cyrodiilic Minotaurs. As of August 2022 Mihail uploaded a merged Minotaur two-pack.
I'm mildly tempted to integrate them too but I mainly made the mod for 4thUnknown's.

Compatible with probably everything. V1 doesn't touch vanilla levelled lists, factions, navmeshes, weapons e.t.c. Later versions have minor navmesh edits in an area I've never seen another mod touch.
Also the plugins are all ESL-Flagged/ESP-Light.

  • I take suggestions and read comments.
  • I'm not a great screenarcher, if you take a cool screenshot go ahead and submit it!
  • Permission info is in the permissions and credits box.