Coffee with an old Khajiit

[Avrie]

Gooooooood morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Sundas the 22nd of First Seed, and a peaceful dawn here on warm sands, and 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 a single origin roast from Ethiopia, and the biscuits are lemon. Checking the hot sheets we have 36 new, but little catches the eye today. Let's dive in.

Flowrifto released Speaking With Silence Plus Plus as their first mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175097
"Mercer is clearly hiding something during the whole Snow Veil delving. Why wouldn't you want to claim this power to open any lock for yourself"

New dialog choices with spliced lines... A thief with no honor. The old cat is unsure of the required quest edits to make this happen so... Grain of salt and needs testing. Thanks

BalyBip released Bound weapon perks for Spectral arrow
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175266
"Allows the Spectral Arrow spell to benefit from the three Bound Weapon perks of the Conjuration skill tree"

I'm pretty sure we already have a pile started for this one my googly challenged friend

whalef1273wrg released Dancer's Flute of Necromantic Power
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175280
"Calixto Corrium never realized the Dancer's Flute—his own fake curiosity—held real necromantic power. Now the Dragonborn can wield it to reanimate the dead, making corpses dance to the flute's grim melody."

The old cat isn't much into necromancy, but this is a nice twist. Thanks

Admiral30 Loot Plus Plus - Vanilla Leveled Lists Improved
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175249
"what this mod attempts to do - take vanilla loot system and improve it, don't remake it from scratch"

Definitely read the mod page, this tries to clean up a lot of little annoyances. Have a cookie. Needs testing

rhonjhonson ported Peaceful Animals SE by JamesHalliday
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175231
"Makes animals of the wilderness non-hostile and docile, for those wanting a more peaceful experience and opt-in combat"

Thanks for the port Rhon. The old cat will stick with the voice of the sky ring.

And finally, not a mod of the day, but deserves mention

A Dark Warrior's Tale by Kittytail
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175270
"13 New combat abilities and a new quest! Learn what it means to be a Dark Warrior!"

Interesting and different. The old cat lies that there are consequences to drawing power from the dark side. Bwahahahaha

And that will do for today. The fires are stoked, yada, yada, We-B-Open!

[Avrie]

Gooooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Morndas ther23rd of First Seed, and a crisp predawn here on warm sands. The blessed moons have set and wage slaves lament, the weekend is over. hide if you can, or work if you must, It's Morndas again. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the flame...

Our brew of the day is Ethiopian, and the biscuits are oatmeal raisin. Checking the hot sheets we have 39 new mods in the usual eclectic mix. Let's see what catches the eye of an old cat over a fresh cuppa... definitely a fresh cuppa.

hardermob released Flower of Life as a first mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175298
"This is a texture-only replacer of the College of Winterhold's 'Eye'. It's replaced by the flower of life"

A "less creepy" symbol for the college. A bit blah, but your game your way. Thanks

falloutvox released Campsite Survival Travel Stone as their first, Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175342
"Allows you to craft a stone that fast travels (not teleport) you back to your Campsite Creation in Survival Mode" (SCRIPTS TRAGICALLY GENERATED)

This one has no ideas what a tragically created script is. Grain of salt, It's Mondas. Thanks

Oceana self ported Better wolf howls
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/107895
"Replacement of wolf howls with real wolf sounds"

This was their first oldrim mod in 2017, and still sounds good. The new version uses single wolf howls, where the original version used pack howls. Worth a listen. Downloaded

Looking under the hood...

Dynamic Footprints Skse by NearMidnightNow (WIP)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175254
Got an update, work continues

RustyShack2 released Hidden Gems of Skyrim - Lovely Luaffyn
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175383
"What if someone in Windhelm finally listened?... She was always there. You just never knew.

Fully voiced and locationally aware, recruitable, a marriage candidate, and definitely unique. Thanks, have a cookie.

This next 'group' is both impressive and ambitious

Legendman2009 - Wired1Up - Truman released 'Re::Light' (WIP)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/167186
"RE::Light is a SKSE, JSON-based configurable lighting framework for Skyrim that comes with a in game menu for real time light editing powered by SKSE Menu Framework."

Make sure to check the requirements, there are several. Obviously will need testing in game, and getting used to. The fact that the editor can pull up which templates are in use alone would have been worth the price of admission, but this can edit source files in situ. The old cat is not rushing to download yet, but tracking for now. 3 cookies!

Wired1up released RELight - Official Light Addon
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/174783
"Official light configs for RELight, it can be used as is or with Community Shaders/ENB. Should be compatible with any mod."

Now that was worth getting up for on a Morndas. And definitely should be mod of the day. But wait, there's more... This next one the old cat is dedicating to our lovely Gnewna, but This one is unsure if she'll love it, or beat me mercilessly. Guess we'll find out...

yamanekoya1212 released Follower Chat (Total assembly required!)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/175291
"FollowerChat is a mod created to allow various followers to converse with each other.
It helps followers who normally ignore each other to engage in various conversations with a simple process"

This is not AI voiced, Fuz Ro D-oh required, and 'YOU' write the dialog between your followers using x-edit (or xTranslator) There are limitations, and requirements. There are no dialogs offered with the mod. This is intended for user development. "RTFM"

That being said, this does open up doors for mod authors to add interactive dialogs between vanilla and custom followers, it simply won't be voiced. Interesting, unique and cookie worthy... Thanks

Well this has been an unexpected and interesting Mondas. Who knew? The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept. Have a seat and the wenches will serve you. We-B-Open!