Coffee with an old Khajiit

[Avrie]

Gooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Middas the 22nd of Rain's hand, Hump day as my pet smoothskin calls it. Ah'vrie never understood that. Khajiit are more refined of course. Our females choose when and who'm to mate with. Some smoothskin rituals are simply beyond understanding. 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 flames...

Our brew of the day is Miami espresso, but fresh biscuits will have to wait on Ah'vrie returning from the markets in a little while. Checking the hot sheets we have 50 new mods from the usual eclectic sources. Let's see what catches the eye of an old cat over a cuppa.

mistersticky2 released Horkers of Skyrim - Skytest Texture Patch as their first mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178018
"Small patch using edited versions of Hornclonic's horker textures to replace the textures of Skytest's added Horker variants for more visual consistency."

This is a patch that patches a patch... you'll want to read the mod page. Thanks

karurawasabi released SkyChild - Alternate Meshes and Tweaks
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178066
"Reshaped body and clothing meshes plus some texture tweaks (no more children wearing lipgloss!)"

While Ah'vrie agrees with the concepts, not thrilled with the execution. Especially putting girls knickers on the boys. Not for old cat's but thanks

zfroggyman get's the Awww! for the day

Followers Can Give Hugs After Combat
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178008
"Followers have a configurable % chance to give hugs to player after combat ends"

Awww! Exclusions, pecentages... etc. are all in the INI. Thanks. Have a cookie.

Mat1024 released Procedural Object Remover
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178096
"Removes procedurally generated objects (the infamous pebbles & kelp!)"

The old cat may test this one. But might also edit it to not include the kelp. Those stupid looking groups of rocks going away would never be missed, but this one at least likes his water plants. Thanks. tracking for now.

While we're peeking under the hood...

Wuerfelhusten released SSEEditLinker
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178053
"Links Skyrim's in-game console to SSEEdit - select a reference, press F2, done."

This might not work with MO2, or Vortex, but I'm not positive. It will require a secondary standalone instance of xEdit that's preconfigured as a destination path... A bit early for old cats. needs testing. and probably some path tweaking. Thanks

Lets see... Foamimi released Unofficial LOTD - Alternative Building Requirements
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178084
"building material tweaks to the Guild House and Field Stations from Legacy of the Dragonborn"

Can cost nothing, half, or twice as much. Your game your way. Thanks

We'll finish up with Druid's Tundra Cottage by skulldilocks
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/177971
"Cozy, detailed player home..."

It's another over the top clutter bomb, like their others. Not for old cats. Ellie this one is not. Eye bleach optional, but thanks

And that will do for today. 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]

Gooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Turdas the 23rd of Rain's Hand, and a brisk dawn here on warm sands. The blessed moons have set, 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 flames...

Our brew of the day is Inspirazione a Napoli, and the biscuits are double chocolate chunk. Ah'vrie really needs to start baking again. The bakery has nice biscuits, but there's mothing like hot and gooey, straight from the ovens. Checking the hot sheets we have 48 new with the usual 'patches, and jangles, and noobs oh my' This one will refrain from skipping up the paths, and breaking into song though... Tempting

The noobs have the stage first as always. we love welcoming new blood

oibreon released OI Follower Relationship Rank as a first mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178121
"Tired of everyone following you after a small favor? Want an added challenge? This mod simply moves the requirements to recruit a follower from 1 to 3 (Ally)."

Useless without additional mods to increase relationship ranks, but a valid concept. Thanks

TheWoodenplank released My Hole in the Wall as their first SSE mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/177879
"A small player house, hidden away in the walls of Whiterun"

Not thrilled with the location of the trapdoor. It could have been 'hidden in plain sight' much better than dumping dirt in a lookout post, and putting it there. We were all young once. Keep working at your craft... Thanks

xXmoksXx released Useful Blacksmiths - SkyPatcher
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178174
"Uses SkyPatcher to add ore and ingots of every type to the merchant stock of all blacksmiths in Skyrim"

The noob is strong in this one LOL. Just poking, you could swing by the skyforge, Adriann's, and Alvor's on the way to Falkreath and have enough iron ingots and ore to fully build lakeview... and with ARS or CCOR installed, gain enough skill to forge real armors while your at it. Ah'vrie almost hates to admit this is a very useful cheat, but it is a cheat.

ElCapri released Dragon Priest Staves-Relics of the Dragon Cult as their third mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178115
"This mod reimagines those artifacts, granting each Dragon Priest a unique staff with its own identity, visual design, and magical presence."

Not thrilled with the new buffs... (Otar gets wabbajack?) Some of the models are interesting. Not for old cats, but thanks

Saturnal69 released two first mods today, both patched for convenient horses
https://www.nexusmods.com/profile/Saturnal69/mods
Basically designed to allow you to summon horses in new worlds spaces. Thanks, I always wanted to ride my horse on Solstheim. Needs testing

DharusVI released Infinite Arrows
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178112
"Some magical power is unleashed while shooting a bow which forms a new arrow based on the arrow that was just fired, but to do this it needs a blueprint arrow. So to work effectively, you need two arrows."

11th mod and still a noob LOL, Thanks

AonoBR released 4 today to go with the 3 yesterday. All survival patches. Thanks
https://www.nexusmods.com/profile/AonoB ... ameId=1704

tcbflash released Jewelry Restricts Vitality
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178122
"-20 to H/S/M EACH per jewelry worn, reduced by 2 per 10 skill levels of Enchanting, Standard, Light, and Heavy versions, along with other variations available."

Yeah, plan on reading the mod page. LOL This is basically a continuation of TCB trying to add real, but reasonable penalties to magic users based on clothing worn... The bikini clothing crowd are going to eat this one up. Naked magic users unite

Let's see... Fallven released ValArt hipoly clover (SE) - seasonal patch
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178101
"Seasonal swaps for beautiful clover by Vaiula."

And nicely done. Have a cookie

Klimmek's Enhanced Vanilla Imperial Forts
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/177838
"Vanilla Imperial Forts Gigapixel upscaled" Just a 'little' upscaled, but it helps. Thanks

And for out mod of the day... This one takes the top slot today

sothasimp released Sleep of the Dead - An Ancient Leather Hide Replacer
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/178057
"A simple 2k/4k replacer for the leather hides in Nordic catacombs, nothing too exciting"

These are the 'little' mods that make a difference. The hides look a little to... fresh? to be centuries old. But the tattered fabric looks like it would disintegrate if you touched it. The old cat is thinking of testing the 2k tattered fabric. Downloaded, thanks

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!