Companions

This is a standalone version of my other mod at http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/46284/ (which requires Revised Children of the Sky plus some DLCs, but has them looking more childlike, includes a brother, and allows you to play as a child race)

Requirements:
Skyrim
More Follower Voices Mod (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/36913/) - needed for them to have the right dialogue (not needed if you just want to adopt them)

(They're also at http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/48052//? for those of you who like the Nexus)

Their bodies are standalone (they use a custom race) and so won't be affected by any body mod you have (exceptions are listed under "Compatibility")

They're both located in Riften, in the Bee and the Barb Inn.

Liette is a custom Bosmer child follower, and a prodigy to boot. She's a destruction-orientated mage, although she can also use conjuration (atronachs and familiar) and alteration spells. She'll level with the player (like most followers, you need to use console commands to force this - it isn't auto). She has the Lightfoot perk (so she won't set off traps!), plus Muffled Movement, all of the Destruction-costs-less-magicka-line (Novice..., Adept..., etc), and Destruction Dual Casting. She's willing to commit any crime, and won't report the character. She has RIDICULOUS stealth. Seriously, she hits 100 ranks at level 24. I gave her basically every destruction spell, with the notable exception of area-of-effects and Chain Lightning, because those hit bystanders. She's foolhardy and loves fighting, and really doesn't get the concept of "retreat." (I gave her all the spells she needs at the outset; she starts using them once she has enough magicka).

Liette is carrying her deceased father's journal, which she has contributed a few pages to.

Natesse is her baby sister. She's a bit different from Liette - less of a prodigy, doesn't really have a knack for magic. She's also far more cautious. Natesse's talents like in shadow and sword - she's an excellent thief, with some ability in light armor, archery, and one-handed, also making her a good assassin. She has the Light Foot, Muffled Movement, Backstab, Deadly Aim, Silent Roll, Silence, and several lockpicking and pickpocketing perks. She has far more health and stamina than her older sister, but no magicka and she doesn't know any spells.

(If you have Hearthfires and want to adopt them, and don't want them as a follower, target either and use the command "addfac xx004290 1", where xx is the position of Hearthfires in your load order (should between 01 and 03). It'll disable the follower dialogue, though, and if either's already your follower, you'll have to dismiss them first, then add them to the adoptable faction. Unfortunately both can't be active at the same time, and it looks like making them adoptable and as a potential follower will require a lot of work... Also, DON'T GIVE THEM CHILD'S CLOTHES)

They both have a custom combat class, which affects their leveling. All three are very heavily weighted towards stealth. Liette will gain a lot of magicka as she levels, some health, but no real stamina, and her destruction skill advances faster than her other combat skills. Her onehanded will increase very slowly. Natesse has ridiculous health and sneak. Her lockpicking and pickpocketing level up at a decent rate. Her combat skills - onehanded, marksman, and lightarmor - don't level up quite as quickly, but they'll be sufficient for most uses, especially if she has good gear.

CREDITS:
All of their hairs are taken from the Oblivion Hair Packs by rodeorage, who gave blanket permission to repackage and redistribute individual hairs, and who did the amazing work of converting Oblivion custom hairs to Skyrim. Credit also goes to the massive list of modders rodeorage got permission from, although I couldn't figure out which modder went with which hair
To LogRaam for their eyes (from the Eyes of Beauty mod)
To tktk for their faces/eyebrows (from the Pretty Face mod)
To triplex2011 for the AMAZING Book Creator for Skyrim - BCFS mod that I used to make the journal.
To narphous, for the freckles
To caliente for CBBE, and to stuffed_bunny for Bodyslide++, both of which I used to create their bodies (using the NeverNude base)

Compatibility:
I've tested them in combat at level 1, 12, 24, and 65. Tested them with Effective Follower Framework (so they should be fine with other multi-follower mods) and with Convenient Horses (some clipping problems, but not much). Because of MFVM, they are NOT compatible with My Home is Your Home
They're semi-incompatible with armor replacers - for instance, I have a CBBE body, with a CBBE-compatible armor replacer. Having either of them equip a replaced armor forces their body to conform to the body I have at the moment, resulting in various levels of weirdness. They're fine with vanilla armors, though, and with some custom armors. (Boots, gauntlets, and helmets are almost always fine, too, as are most clothes)
There is a small chance they'll conflict with other mods editing the Bee and the Barb. I didn't touch anything, so if you just place ChildFollowersBosmerStandalone.esp after whatever in your load order you should be fine
I would strongly recommend against trying to turn them into vampires. Very, very strongly.

They were having a bug earlier where their lips wouldn't move when they spoke. I did have other stuff affecting animations loaded at the time. I think I fixed it, but I'm not sure. If it happens to you, please report it!

Their story: details in Anorien's Journal. I actually put a good bit of effort into making this lore-friendly and consistent with the timeline

Future changes: custom skeleton, to fix their body proportions (their legs are ridiculously and annoyingly long) (maybe). Custom dialogue (voiced) + quest (custom dialogue will come before voicing) to get them to follow you. Maybe adoptable and followers at the same time - is there any demand for this? Because it'd probably be a ton of work

Permissions: do whatever, though don't upload to other sites without permission first. I used free-to-use resources, which I'd recommend getting from their source. Make sure you credit the same people I did if you change anything

File paths (for manual uninstall, or if you want to mod them; all the things I added in the CK are prefixed with "aaa" and usually contain "child"):
...Meshes/Actors/character/ChildFollowersLiettePlusSibs <----contains head, body, hands, and feet nif files, plus the FemaleHeadRaces.tri file
...Meshes/Actors/character/ChildFollowersLiettePlusSibs/Hair <-------meshes for their hair
...Meshes/Actors/character/facegendata/facegeom/ChildFollowersBosmerStandalone.esp <----FaceGenData meshes
...Textures/Actors/character/ChildFollowersLiettlePlusSibs <-----contains textures for head, body, hands, feet, eyes, and freckles
...Textures/Actors/character/ChildFollowersLiettlePlusSibs/Hair <------contains Natesse's hair texture. Couldn't find the one for Liette
...Textures/Actors/character/facegendata/facetint/ChildFollowersBosmerStandalone.esp
...Textures/BookCreator/Anorien's Journal/ <-----png files for the book

Levelled* Mage Succubus Companion to accompany you on your myriad adventures in Skyrim. Hobbies include killing people, slinking about seductively and puppies.


Worth watching the video to see if this will be to your taste or not (lil pic under the main picture with a play button in the middle of it). Note Ararra was lvl 69 when the video was shot hence able to do some serious damage and summon a Dremora Lord. Might add ability to summon puppies also...

/>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EyHaiXSCzU


(*levelled means she levels with you, so becoming stronger when you level yourself. She also has levelled weapons, so will become more lethal as you progress through the game)


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Please note feedback suggests that the Succubi Mayhem mod is required for this mod to work (this was not intentional on my part, and will look in to why the Mayhem mod is needed - complete mystery at this point - Oh quirky Skyrim)

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She can be found in the Whiterun Plains district slinking about as she likes to do - just walk up to her and say hello - she will readily join you on your adventures.


She comes armed with a saucy outfit, and can summon her own swords and bow to use when needed. Feel free to change her outfit by removing items from her inventory and adding new weapons, or clothes as you see fit.


This came about due to requests to have a Succubus as seen from my Succubi Mayhem mod (where they are monsters out to kill you) available as a companion instead.


I've marked her as essential so you don't need to worry about her dying. Can always make another version if enough people like the idea of struggling to keep their pals alive throughout the game...


In my head she has a backstory about being banished from Oblivion for being naughty in some way and so wants revenge, being willing to kill her sister Succubi with you - however I suck at making quests - not something I have really delved into before for Skyrim, so if anyone is good at that stuff and wants to work with me to make a quest/background for her, am happy to work with you


Hope you enjoy.


Kisses,


TS


FAQ:


Q1) Any DLC or other mod pre-requisites?

A1) You will need to subscribe to 'Tubosnowy's Succubi Mayhem' mod for her to appear for you. I tried to make her standalone, yet somehow apparently the Mayhem mod is still required and I don't know why yet... weird...


Q2) Where can I find her?

A2) In Whiterun Plains District, not a big area so you should not be able to miss her if you wander about.


Q3) Why is she pink/purple and kinky looking?

A3) That's what Succubi look like in my head so there.


Q4) What body type is she using?

A4) A preset CBBE shape - if you want to give her armour that will fit just like a glove, she will happily wear anything dropped from enemy succubi in my 'Succubi Mayhem' mod or from my Fetish Wardrobe/Pantyhose collection. She'll likely be AOK with my Armour Collection and catsuit mods aswell (however they may not combine well with wardrobe/pantyhose or succubi armour items so read descriptions of my mods - they are not 100% interchangable ). Give her stuff not from my mods and you might run into issues like clipping so be aware - and no I will not change my mods to fit with someone else's or change theirs to fit with mine.


Q5) Can I give her any armour to wear and she will look ok?

A5) See above - she should work with my mods - other mods from other people I cannot say.

Updating from v1.1 to v2: (assuming you didn't just delete Liette when you updated RCOTS). First, make SURE you have the new RCOTS version (the esm one). Dismiss Liette, open console, target her, then type 'disable'. Save, exit, delete everything involving her. Then update your RCOTS. Then download the new file

Liette is a custom Bosmer child follower, using the Revised Children of the Sky mod as her base. She's a destruction-orientated mage, although she can also use conjuration (atronachs and familiar) and alteration spells. She'll level with the player (like most followers, you need to use console commands to force this - it isn't auto). She has the Lightfoot perk (so she won't set off traps!), plus Muffled Movement, all of the Destruction-costs-less-magicka-line (Novice..., Adept..., etc), and Destruction Dual Casting. She's willing to commit any crime, and won't report the character. She has RIDICULOUS stealth. Seriously, she hits 100 ranks at level 24. I gave her basically every destruction spell, with the notable exception of area-of-effects and Chain Lightning, because those hit bystanders

Caenlyn is her twin brother and uses a mixture of conjuration/necromany and one-handed weapons, though he also knows a handful of destruction and alteration spells. He'll also level with the player. He has the Lightfoot, all Mage Armor, Muffled Movement, all Conjuration-costs-less-magicka, and Conjuration Dual Casting parks.
He's willing to commit any crime, and won't report the character. He has every single conjuration spell, including the DLC ones (explanation is in his story at the bottom). His stealth levels like Liette's

Natesse is their baby sister. She's adoptable, though using console commands to remove her from the adoption faction will allow you to have her as your follower. In case you decide to do that, she has ridiculous stealth, pickpocket, and lockpicking, and is set as a thief for combat.

They all have a custom combat class, which affects their leveling. All three are very heavily weighted towards stealth. Liette will gain a lot of magicka as she levels, some health, but no real stamina, and her destruction skill advances faster than her other combat skills. Her onehanded will increase very slowly. Caenlyn won't gain as much magicka, but he'll gain stamina and health far faster than Liette. His conjuration skill will advance less quickly than Liette's destruction, but his onehanded increases faster than Liette's. Natesse can use stealth, pickpocket, lockpicking, and marksman very well, and her health is ridiculous.

I just gave them all spells they'll need at the outset. They'll use them as they get enough magicka.
They're now using a child voice! Though note: this requires the More Follower Voices Mod (findable on the Nexus) to be installed and loaded if you want them to have the right dialogue.

You can adopt all three using console commands, but you can't have them as your follower at the same time

She's also at: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/46284/? for those of you who like the Nexus Mod Manager

Requirements:
Hearthfires
Dawnguard
RaceCompatibility (the CotS download includes this)
Children of the Sky - found at http://www.loverslab.com/topic/20706-children-of-the-sky-reworked-stand-alone/
More Follower Voices Mod at http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/36913/

CREDITS:
All of their hairs are taken from the Oblivion Hair Packs by rodeorage, who gave blanket permission to repackage and redistribute individual hairs, and who did the amazing work of converting Oblivion custom hairs to Skyrim. Credit also goes to the massive list of modders rodeorage got permission from, although I couldn't figure out which modder went with which hair
To the amazing Glouf, of course, for the RCOTS mod and for all the help with Liette
To Jittek, for the original CotS mod
To the plethora of online guides for character creation

Compatibility:
They should be compatible with just about everything, with the possible exception of any other mod that changes the Bee and the Barb. I've tested rhen with the Extensible Follower Framework (she should therefore also be compatible with any other multi-follower mod), My Home is Your Home, and Convenient Horses. I've tested them in combat at level 1, level 7, level 30, and level 70.

Problems:
None that I've noticed stand-alone (except for occassionally resizing while sandboxing - this only happens with the "lean against the wall/rail" animations). Also, DON'T try editing them in the Skyrim NPC editor! It causes the race to change to "fox race" and basically breaks the mod.
BUT the main Children of the Sky file does have its own problems. If you use a mod to change her default outfit to "none," she will be naked. There might be clipping problems with some custom armors, and the RCOTS-Armor Pack's Expert and Master Destruction robes cause her body to disappear. If you have an armor replacement mod, it might change her body (I have CBBE, with a CBBE-compatible armor mod. Having her equip altered armor gives her a miniturized CBBE body, which is weird. I basically recommend keeping her in enchanted clothes)
ALSO MAJOR POTENTIAL PROBLEM: if (and only if) you have both a body-replacement mod and an armor-replacer for males (I have Schlongs of Skyrim with an SOS-compatible armor replacer), and you have Caenlyn equip a replaced armor, YOUR GAME WILL CTD. So don't do that. The vampire armors and dawnguard armors don't seem to be touched by any male armor replacer, so those are probably safe

DON'T GIVE THEM CHILD'S CLOTHES. Seriously, don't. (This is after you adopt Natesse, or all of them using commands). Weird problems will happen with feet+hands, and they'll be naked. (This is a problem with all custom children using custom bodies)

Sometimes after adopting her Natesse will just stay in the Bee and the Barb and won't have the typical dialogue. Might be a conflict between RCOTS and one of my adoption mods, though, or between RCOTS and the vanilla adoption system. Working on figuring this out

This is my first mod, so there are probably other issues. Please report any you notice!

Future changes:
Custom voice and dialogue, including awareness of location and current quest
Possibly hireable or including a quest to get them to follow you
Adoptable and followers at the same time

Her story:
They were born in Valenwood, and spent their early years there. When the twins Liette and Caenlyn were nine, and little Natesse was five, their mother died. Their father decided to travel to Skyrim, taking his three children with him. Liette and Caenlyn were excited about the chance for adventure, although Natesse wanted to stay home. All three are child prodigies, taught the art of fighting by their pyromaniac father and necromancer mother. Liette takes more after their father, Caenlyn after their mother, while Natesse wasn't really interested in magic, and instead practiced her archery and playing pranks. Liette hoped to enroll in the College of Winterhold, but was rejected because of her age. Their father, a year into their stay in Skyrim, met a charismatic Stormcloak woman, who talked him into joining the cause. They moved to Riften, and their father joined the fight, only to die as one of the many casualties in the civil war. All three were sent to Honorhall, but almost immediately ran away. They use what's left of their father's money, doing odd jobs on the side to supplement their income, to rent a room in the Bee and the Barb, where Caenlyn and Liette spend their days in hopes of a proper job. Natesse, to her sibling's despair, has taken to pick-pocketing. Liette spends what little money she can save on spell tomes, while Caenlyn saves for a better sword. The twins long for travel and adventure, and once they heard of the return of the dragons, they started dreaming of fighting them. They jumps at the first chance for adventure, eagerly following their new boss into the greatest danger as long as Natesse's safety is secured. Caenlyn and Liette are currently eleven years old, accompanied by their seven-year-old sister. All three are as much of prodigies as ever.

Fully custom voiced Midna follower: Found in Sinderion's Field Laboratory in Blackreach.


Credits:
Ash guy: For his superb texturing work and for porting the Midna helmet
Haishao: For adding Midna's little fang on the exported head mesh
Sagebeat: For some ECE help
Big Boss Gaben: For tons of beta testing and other help

Hi there!

So, a few months ago, I began tinkering around with the Creation Kit for the first time: in part because I like to create things, and in part because I couldn't find too many followers that I really liked. A few days of silly mistakes and much CK-crashing later, I had two created and working in the game. A lil' later, I had one packaged up and ready for testing!

Theeeeeennn as I am prone to do, I completely lost interest in Skyrim for a while. It's the kind of game I'll pick up almost exclusively for a month or two; then leave alone for a while. About a week ago, I picked it right back up again - and lo and behold; still had that one package still tucked safely away from the frenzied clutter-cleaning I get into once in a while.

Thus, I'd like to present her here for testing - and have a topic open for any other NPCs I create along the way. I do have one other, but I never set her up as a standalone - and would have to go find my guides again before I can put something together.


Selan (Arcadia's Cauldron: Whiterun)



At the moment, she's the most basic of Followers. She stabs, flings ice bolts, angers your other followers from time to time, and blocks narrow hallways with her sorceress-y hips.


My plan a few months ago was to start tinkering with items and quests and couriers and the like so that I could put some actual setup and development for her as a character into the game with her - and should I get the CK to play nice again, I think I'll look at that. I had wanted to do a lot of custom dialogue; but it would feel a little odd to have it totally unvoiced.
Let me know what you think - and please let me know if it doesn't work or breaks things in weird and wonderful ways! This being my first attempt at modding, it's likely I've mucked a few things up in the process - and I'd like to get it working good n' proper before I go completely crazy with the NPC-making.

To install: Extract into your Skyrim directory.

Bonus sneak peek at the next follower:


Zevvi (In development)

KAIDAN, SHEPARD, JAMES, LIARA, MIRANDA and CHRIS have landed to SKYRIM!
You can find Kaidan and Shepard in the the Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun, now also Shepard speaks English (nay the language spoken in your game)! They wear theirs own custom armors. In the LITE version I try to content whom prefer them to be more lore friendly so I equipped them with Penitus Oculatus armors.
You can find James Vega hanging around in Jorrvaskr.
Liara and Miranda instead are studying in the Arcanaeum.

NEW STUFF:
Chris Redfield is hanging around in Jorrvaskr with Vega.

Here you can find out how I make my mods: [/color]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRZQXl1mmFY

PS:
(Liara) I know that in same light condition the seams become more evident, but it's the best I can do.
(Miranda) I need to fix her hairs. They are blurred with any enb when they are on focus. Suggestions to fix this problem are welcome
For the thread click HERE (the thread is no more accessible because of a complaint)