Coffee with an old Khajiit

[Avrie]

Gooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Middas the 22nd of Frostfall and another quiet predawn here on warm sands. The blessed moons were new, and this one has little pity for the hunters headaches this morning. Some have been in their cups since Fredas. Anyway, it is time once again for this one to tend the inn. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the flame...

Our brew of the day is Capetown Lungo, and the biscuits are chocolate chips. Checking the hot sheets we have 38 new mods today. A scant few caught the eye, so lets dive right in.

CyanEryth released Mass Perk Scaling as a first SSE mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162372
This is actually a patch for Better Vanilla Perks that restores Novice, and adds a 6th rank to some skills. Thanks.

Nexhrafn released Juniper's Houses - NPC Overhaul Patches as a first mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162352
"Patches for Juniper's Houses and the NPC replacer mods Bijin and Pandorable's AIO"

Well even waifus need to be able to find their beds LOL Thanks
The noob is strong in this one. They specify that load order doesn't matter

Blackspine18859 released Paralysis Cooldown
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162367
"Provides a five minute immunity timer to actors who have been affected by paralysis."

What, so you can't stunlock and enemy while you pummel them. Darn it LOL

Lets get to the good stuff already

PuneumaSigne released Always with a foldable chair
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162317
"Create and carry foldable chairs to sit anywhere. You can even sit with your followers. You can craft a foldable chair, carry it around, and set up it anywhere you like. There are two types of foldable chairs, both of which can be crafted at the Tanning Rack (1 Firewood + 2 Leathers, or 1 Firewood + 1 Sabre Cat Pelt)."

This is actually really well designed, and the word (Dare I say it) immersive comes to mind. This one gets a cookie, and the old cat is tracking for now.

Finally, Ask and the universe responds. This one is for Eternie

Warlord the power of the Golden Mask (Konahrik) by JamesTParker
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162382
"This mod adds a long forgotten spirit to Bromjunaar Sanctuary. Everyone has forgotten who he is. Including himself, yet he still fulfills his purpose to serve the leader of the Dragon Priests. Once you gain the Golden Mask. Speak to him to gain the ability to summon a named Dragon Priest of your choice to fight for you once per day."

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!

[Avrie]

Goooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Fredas the 24th of Frostfall and thank the divines the weekend is nigh. It's a beautiful predawn with a chill in the air here on warm sands. The first crescents of the blessed moons were again visible last night, but they have set, the paths are closed, and it is once again time for this one to tend the inn for our most honored guests. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the flame...

Our brew of the day is Inspirazione a Venezia, and the biscuits are Ginger. Checking the hot sheets we have 51 new mods, Lots of jangle and outfits as always. Let's see what catches the eye over a fresh cuppa. Definitely a fresh cuppa.

ImABotBeepBoop released Dragons - True Ragdoll Physics
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162505
"Enables proper ragdoll physics for Dragons! Allowing their bodies to roll over and around obstacles, rather than getting stuck on every little thing in their path."

Should work with all dragon overhauls, it's a simple tweak to the inertia setting. Thanks

ZackC99 released Simple Ysolda Tweaks
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162565
"This mod lets Ysolda become the owner of the Bannered Mare if Hulda is killed, or Belethor's shop if he is killed."

The old cat thought that was a vanilla mechanic, but Okay. Thanks

MikoMuto released Blowing in the Wind Lite - Lights Out
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162509
"Turns off lanterns during the day"

Lanterns of Skyrim already blows in the wind and has hours, but your game your way.

lets see valcaira released Eclipse Vampire Eyes
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162572
Make that eye, it's a single texture. Thanks Nathanael

lSmoothl released Fixed Female Hand Size
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162507
"Corrects the hand positions by restoring abnormally small, deformed female hands to their normal size."

Or just stop installing those stretched neck Japanese follower mods They have a thing for tiny hands and feet

yoshiki's renovation - Skaal Village Greathall
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162503
"Immersive renovation for Skaal Village Greathall. I took particular care to respect the primitive communism aspect inherent in Skaal."

Your game your way. It reuses quite a few Dragonsreach kit pieces that really don't fit the Skaal. You know you're in trouble when immersive is in the description. Explain the elk head over Fanari's bed... Did they pay to import it for her LOL

We do have a mod of the day...

Chitin Bow SE by 4thUnknown
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162526
" This modification will add a chitin bow and arrow to your game."

The old cat would have never thought of using bug parts for a bow. But it looks surprisingly good. This one gets a cookie.

The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept. Have a seat by the fires and warm your bones. We-B-Open!

[Avrie]

Gooooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Loredas the 25th of Frostfall, and wage slaves rejoice, the weekend has arrived. The blessed moons have set, and it's time for this one to tend the inn for our most honored guests. Excuse please while the ash pits are emptied and the fires rebuilt. You may want to cover your tankards for a bit, this can get a tad dusty, and Khajiit no not from free refills... There, much better no? Ah'vrie always likes to start the weekend off with happy fires. They warm more then the room as his mother often said.

Our brew of the day is Kahawa ya Congo, and the biscuits will have to wait a bit. Ah'vrie needs to visit the markets yes he does. Checking the hot sheets we have 51 new from the usual eclectic sources. Let's see what catches an old cat's eye this day over a fresh cuppa.

LanYuri1116 released WereBearTalesPartOneBeneathWellShelter as a first mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162578
"It's a story before player looking for werebear, and here's where everything start. It's a world beneath the well, not obvious, explore it and get treasure!"

At least this is a proper noob mod, not some team homework assignment. Thanks

Lordthered released Those yummy black soul gems
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162643
"With 10 filled black soul gems and 5 fire salts you can create this dark, warm soup"

Devouror of souls huh. Well after releasing soul stealing arrows last month I guess they needed something to do with them LOL. Your game your way

MannoAlMano released Sensible Dawnguard Start
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162621
"This mod reworks the prerequisites for starting the Dawnguard questline. Instead of simply reaching level 10, you must first complete Laid to Rest."

That makes sense on a lot of levels. Well done. Have a cookie

LvxMagick released Dovah Rider Carriage - Reborn - LAL
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162651
"Live the life of a carriage driver in this 13 different start locations expansion for Alternate Start - LAL"

Alternate start locations complete with a traveling house... Why not? Dovah rider carriage required of course. Thanks. We love choice. Have a cookie as well

JohnTheJohner released Adventurer's Lodge
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162603
"It's a house. Big house. Very housey." What? oh, moving right along

Lets see... Not much left but jiggle

runescapebot released Dibella's Daughters
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162620
"Replacer for the Dibellan Priestesses."

A bit cookie cutter, in slave outfits, and Hamal for one is much too young. Thanks

Finally ZckeZckT released three today
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/Zcke ... ameId=1704
A female asset file, and the first two "cute" replacers. Carlotta and Mjoll. Frea next

This one has been making high quality jiggle for quite a while. Mostly presets with a sprinkle of followers until now, except for one "not been covered" replacer mod. Pretty much exactly what you expect LOL. Not going to poke. Mostly SFW

And that will do for today. The new casks of ale were delivered last night, A fresh batch of mead is ready, and we're serving mudcrab scrambles as the early meal. The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept and mopped. We-B-Open!

[Avrie]

Gooooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Sundas the 26th of Frostfall, and a chilly predawn here on warm sands. The blessed moons have set, and it's once again time for this one to tend the inn. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the flame...

Our brew of the day is still Kahawa ya Congo, and the biscuits are fudge Brownie cookies. (Because not only badgers love chocolate) Checking the hot sheets we have 44 new mods in the usual eclectic mix. Lets see what catches the eyes of an old cat over a fresh cuppa

Lets kick this off ugly but fitting

Grelod the Kind Refined by RedguardDiaspora
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162700
"Even Riften’s most heartless headmistress deserves a makeover."

There's nothing about this the old cat doesn't like. Letting her inner 'beauty' shine through. Perfect for All hallows eve as well. If only the skin was green

That leads us straight to adoptable kids. The old cat still knows how to Segway...

Adoptable Argonian Hatchlings by WindreeKindheart
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162528
"The mod adds two Argonian (Saxhleel) hatchling. One on the ship in Morthal and another in Windhelm docks." Because cold blooded doesn't have to mean heartless. Have a cookie

carpenihil released Azurite III Enhanced - Actually Darker Nights
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162673
"Makes the nights of Azurite III Enhanced actually darker rather than just reducing overall brightness of lights" Well, it's... It's subtle. The old cat will assume it's more noticeable in game, but in all honesty not much of a change. Thanks

DEs4lar released Cathedral CS
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162681
"A CS Visual Overhaul Version of Cathedral Weathers, Boosting Visuals for your eyes with HDR little to no Performance loss!"

Where to start... if this is about the weather shaders, then why are all the pictures clear blue skies? The PBR textures still look positively boring, but the old cat will admit that the shadows look a little better, and there is more depth to the distant terrain. CS is getting there. This is worth a look, it just doesn't seem to have anything to do with weather. It also doesn't support seasons. Um... Thanks?

Computerplayer1 High Quality Ivy - Nova Fall Recolour
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162714
"Fall recolour of ivy.dds and ivy_autumn.dds from the excellent High Quality Ivy BOS mod by fxxkthisworld" Quite pretty and well done. Unfortunately Ivy doesn't actually change color, but this really does look good. Thanks

Ruins Chair and Tables Reforged and Upscaled by Blubbo
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162755
"These textures were upscaled from the original vanilla textures using my comfyUI upscaling workflow. I recreated the normal maps traditionally, and the meshes are included because I had to make UV corrections to adjust them."

These look really good. Even zooming in, and not a tree in sight. Tracking for now. The old cat may add these today.

GeraldMods released More Wall Baskets
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162291
"This mod adds new variations of Wall Baskets. The vanilla game has 10 different meshes, but all of them have only one pattern per mesh. I have created many variations of vanilla meshes with different patterns and distributed them across Skyrim via Model Swapper. These new models comes with 1K textures (vanilla has 512) and high-poly meshes."

This is something that was sorely needed in game. Adds a lot of variety to wall baskets and distributes them. Gerald spent a lot of time on this, and it shows. Requires Model Swapper, and SMIM, but definitely worth a look. Solid 2 cookie work. Well done.

Speaking of much needed variety... Hu,h huh, see what this one did there?

i329 released Torches Candlelight and Lanterns
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162694
"23 unique lanterns with SMP physics for the player and NPCs including Dunmer lanterns, hold lanterns, faction lanterns, and more. Dynamic gameplay where lanterns start in hand and placed on hip in combat. MCM to manage the optional fuel system and hotkey."

The switching to hip during combat by pressing the hotkey could be smoother, and personally the old cat prefers hip mounted. But for NPCs this adds a lot of variety. Thanks

And finally well finish up with a new dungeon... Well it is Skyrim

The Bitter Claim - SE by Sons of Vuldur uploaded by venjhammet
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/162674
"Lying along the river northeast of Rorikstead, Skeldrun Barrow is an ancient Nordic ruin long forgotten by time."

This does not conflict with venjhammet's dungeon packs. The guardian was voiced with xVASynth, but uses no original voice assets. Worth a look, no idea what kind of enemies you'll face, but it looks well constructed. Thanks.

And that will do for today. The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors were swept and mopped. Have a seat and the wenches will serve you. We-B-Open!