Gooooood Morning Tamriel! amriel mriel riel el l
Ah'vrie wishes you well. it is Sundas the 19th of Second Seed and another quiet predawn here on warm sands. Not unexpected, people tend to enjoy their mead on Loredas, and pay for it on Sundas. It has always been such. The blessed moons are waxing through the final crescents and will be full on Turdas so it is time once again to hone those silver weapons. The goddess' crazy puppies will be out making mischief the later part of the week. Anyway, it is time for Ah'vrie to tend the in for our most honored guests while they sleep off the frivolities of Loredas. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the boil.
Our brew of the day is from India, and the biscuits are Almond biscotti. Checking the hot sheets we have 48 new with all the usual jiggles, dangles, patches and goofs. Let's see what catches an old cat's eye over a fresh cuppa or two...
AutisticAussie released Bloated Mans Grotto Player Home
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/119793
"A player home in Bloated Mans Grotto with some hidden secrets to find."
So this one cloned Riverwood trader, and dropped it in the grotto breaking Ill met by Moonlight, then added a couple of tents as well for roughing it? The location is pretty. Your game your way. PASS
RedguardDisopra released Lucien Flavius Refined
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/119768
"NPC replacer for Lucien" (using COTR)
The old cat will leave the last word about anything Joseph Russel to our lovely Gnewna. But in this old feline's humble opinion, the author did justice to the character. It has a real 'The Princess Bride' vibe to the face and the outfits. It's not Lucien, but it seems to fit.
Halffaces - small edit of Lantern
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/119748
"Mesh and textures replacer for candlelanternwithcandle01.nif"
Sooo... this puts a round cap on the square vanilla lantern. It looks totally out of place, looks badly painted instead of weathered, and bumps the size to 43 meg in 4K... PASS
FrankBlack released slightly Better Garlic Braids (BOS supported)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/119694
"A mesh and texture replacer for garlic braids and garlic." Now these look really good, and the old cat really likes the details. 13 meg for the replacer, and 16 for the BOS version. The difference is these look positively yummy. Downloaded to endorse, Have a cookie
Glanzer released Yet Another Starting Skills Mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/119762
"Sets the level of your starting skills to any value from 1 to 100 and prevents experience gains for the player until the game has fully started. Works with all alternate start mods (ASLAL, Alternate Perspective, Realm of Lorkhan, etc.). Compatible with SE and AE. ESPFE"
I know, I know, but stop groaning, this one checks all the right boxes for the old cat. You choose each skill level at game start and can even delay it for other early start mods to settle down before it kicks in. You also have don't gain all of the XP when the skill levels are updated, throwing your player level off... When it's done correctly you can tell. This one gets a cookie, and may replace 'Choose your starting skills' in the old cat's next build. Downloaded for testing.
The old cat usually doesn't bother with patches, but this one definitely caught the eye and takes the top slot as our mod of the day. Sound the trumpets!
Simple Hunterborn by DrMonops
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/109288
"A patch which integrates Hunterborn content into the Simple Hunting Overhaul experience."
"I love the elegant simplicity of Simple Hunting Overhaul, with its use of vanilla looting, but I've missed the additional items and tiered harvesting offered by Hunterborn. Simple Hunterborn aims to address this by integrating Hunterborn content into the Simple Hunting Overhaul experience, incorporating Hunterborn's ingredients, meats, and other items, while also reenabling access to several of its abilities, specifically Foraging, Primitive Cooking, and Scrimshaw"
Includes a fair assortment of patches in the Fomod, and frankly, this will be in the old cat's next build. Being able to use JaySerpa's overhaul with all of the additions of Unuroboros' additions to hunting and skinning... Testing this will be a real pleasure. 2 cookies and an instant download. This might just be the reason the old cat finally starts his new build.
And that will do for today. The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept. Have a seat and the wenches will serve you. We-B-Open!