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Blackstar is a Mage / Necromancer / Conjurer follower made in tribute of David Bowie.

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Something happened on the day he died.  Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside.  
Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried: I'm a Blackstar!  ~David Bowie
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A follower created in tribute to David Bowie.  I created this mod for my wife and myself's personal use in our games.  I decided to share it on the Nexus since the two of us were enjoying him so much as a follower. 









Race and Voicetype: 

  • DarkElf
  • Male Commoner (accent seemed to fit the character better)

Body Type:

  • CBB.......Nope, he is a man guys....sorry! :-p

Location:

  • Winterhold College - Arcaneum

Equipment:

  • Dark Elf Temple robes
  • Miraak Tentacle staff

Combat and Magic:

  • Necromancer / Conjurer
  • Raise Dead
  • Conjure Gargoyle
  • Conjure Dragon Priest
  • Shock Spells (Sparks, Chain lightning)
  • Minor vampire abilities (uses Vampire Servant)
  • Healing, Group healing, Necromatic healing, etc... (follower management mod needed currently to allow follower to heal you or your group)

Perks:

  • Lightfoot
  • Conjuration Master
  • Avoid Death
  • Destruction Master
  • Restoration Master

Leveling:

BlackStar is designed to scale with the player from level 10 through 100.
He can be a bit OP especially in the mid to higher levels (50-100).  But he is a lot of fun to watch go after your enemies.

Marriage:

You should be able to marry BlackStar just like any vanilla follower.  Use your Amulet of Mara, go to the temple, and do the deed.

Protection and Friendly Fire:

BlackStar is protected and contains the vanilla script to ignore friendly fire.

Requirements:

  • Skyrim Special Edition - For Vanilla version
  • Skyrim Special Edition, Apachii Skyhair 1.6, and  1.2 for males - For Apachii version ~our favorite version

Installation / Uninstallation / Load Order / Compatibility:

  • I recommend  the use of a mod manager such as Nexus Mod Manager for both installation and uninstallation.
  • Use LOOT to sort your load order.  If you use Relationship Dialogue Overhaul, ensure that this mod is earlier in the load order.
  • This mod should be compatible with all other mods.

Mods used to create BlackStar:


Mods used for screenshots:


Recommended Mods:


Tools:


Thanks:

  • SigynX1  My lovely wife.  For being infinitely wonderful and awesome in all the worlds <3 :-D
  • Bethesda for Skyrim Special Edition
  • Nexus Mods and all the wonderful authors who inspire me constantly
  • Last but not least, David Bowie.  For inspiration throughout my years


Future Possible Plans: 

  • Custom Map Marker to track BlackStar (in the event you lose him) - COMPLETED
  • Ability to Summon BlackStar to fight by your side - COMPLETED
  • Custom Voicing (once I figure it out and get over stage fright)
  • Possibly a bard (tried to do this, he sounded weird as a Nord)
  • Healing automation built in with scripts (need to learn to script here since Perl and shell wont help :-P), using a follower management mod that allows followers to heal (such as Heal me follower recommended above) works well though
  • Possible a small quest
  • Possibly a custom house or portal - CURRENTLY WORKING ON
  • Custom textures
  • Custom spells and conjurations and the ability to dispel conjurations

Link to Mandalay Preview, the upcoming house for BlackStar

Disclaimers:

  • This is my first Mod, please be gentle.  While I have created a family follower mod (may post to Nexus eventually) and ported loads of mods for personal use, all the mods created have been for SigynX1 and my private use up to this point.
  • The Voice type is set to Male Commoner. While this worked fine in our testing, we both use Relationship Dialogue Overhaul. I will consider changing to a more voiced vanilla if there are problems. (We did not have any.)
  • ABSOLUTELY NO SHARING OF THIS MOD OUTSIDE OF NEXUS MODS.
  • THERE WILL BE NO CONSOLE PORTS OF THIS MOD SO PLEASE DO NOT ASK!