Coffee with an old Khajiit

[Avrie]

Gooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Turdas the 27th of Midyear and a quiet predawn at the inn. 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 boil.

Out brew of the day is Capetown Lungo, and the biscuits are Tate's chocolate chip. Checking the hot sheets we have 54 new with all the jiggles, dangles, patches, and pointy sticks we've come to expect. Let's see what catches the eye without a cup size over a fresh cuppa.

Halffaces - a few ugly ingredients AiO. 175 meg, no link needed

MissileMann released Camping Plus Plus - A CC Camping Overhaul
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122554
"An overhaul to CC Camping utilizing Custom Skill Framework and other mods to improve the camping experience!"

A dozen mods in the required section, 6 required, and 6 recommended. Tells an old cat quite eloquently just how lame CC camping really is. Thanks, but pass

HalfbitShirlock released two today.
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/Half ... ameId=1704
Some fixes for the palace of the kings renovation by DrBathroom
City Fishes - Water Critters for Whiterun Riften and Markarth

Check the requirements for the palace fixes. City fish adds 14 spawn points across 3 cities

Dragon Come Back by RedxYeti
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122780
"This mod attempts to keep dragon's focus on you and your companions during combat. MCM menu included so you can control how often it checks if you're the dragons target. ESP Flagged as ESL." Careful what you wish for if you use this with buffed dragon damage

And we'll finish up with Archery Training Mini Game by dylbill
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122805
"Adds a mini game with archery targets to gain archery (marksman) experience."

An interesting dynamic game, Relies on scripting and has quite a few requirements. Make sure to read the page. Equip a ring to mark targets, remove the ring to begin the game. This looks like fun for the early game. This one gets a cookie

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]

Goooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Fredas the 28th of Midyear and than the divines the weekend is nigh. The blessed moons have set, and it is once again time for Ah'vrie to tend the inn for our most honored guests. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the boil.

Our brew of the day is Cadiz Espresso, and the biscuits are Ginger Zingers. Checking the hot sheets we have 52 new with all the usual suspects. Let's see what catches the eye of an old cat over a fresh cuppa...

Mimiol released BBR - a hundred NSFW collectible cards as a first mod. Welcome
No link needed but one handed gamers need love too...

BoneTongue released Travel Stops of Skyrim as a second mod.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122909
"Travel Stops of Skyrim adds multiple hand-placed locations across Skyrim that allows you to travel across the map, All villages, Forts, Some Military camps and other places are given a Travel Stop, there are a few in more remote locations, but all of them follow a main road, or a road that connects two main roads."

Just what Skyrim needs... benches along the road for lazy NPCs Thanks

Lets get a peek under the hood...

shazdeh2 released Easy Console Commands
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122895
"Adds a bit of interactivity to the "help" console command. After using it, you can click on the displayed records to quickly insert a relevant console command." This basically tries to guess what you would like to do based on what you click on. An item, will insert 'player.additem 'X'' A cell location with insert 'COC 'x location''

This does not make console use any safer. All of the same cautions remain.

Nahlbrii released No Cold - Survival Mode
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122872
"Simple xEdit created mod that disables the Cold Needs quest by removing all the scripts from it and adds a conflicting condition to the Freezing Water check (when will the Player ever be swimming AND not swimming at the same time?)"

The old cat understands, yes he does. Only it would be much better and much safer to not invoke survival mode at all, and just install a simple needs mod if all you want is food and sleep. The old cat will never recommend a mod that strips vanilla scripts from a quest and leaves the quest active... Bad juju! Hard PASS

Cursedobjects released two new small homes.
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/Curs ... ameId=1704
Astrum Chateau, and Fungleheim. Not for old cats, but thanks. Worth a look

And finally Tythemis added two to their "gradual" series mods
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/Tyth ... ameId=1704
Gradual potions, and Gradual ingredients. They are both standalone, but work together to allow even player created potions to have a 'gradual' effect over time, rather than instantly. This would also work well with their Gradual food and drink effects from February as well. There's something to be said for the slow game. 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 with a smile. We-B-Open!

[Avrie]

Gooooooood morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Loredas the 29th of Midyear and wage slaves rejoice the weekend has arrived. The blessed moons have set, the paths are closed, and it is once again time for Ah'vrie to tend the inn for our most honored guests. Excuse please while the ash pits are emptied and the fires rebuilt. You might want to cover your tankards for a bit. This gets a tad dusty... There, much better no? Ah'vrie always likes to start the weekend off with happy fires, and a happy fire needs to breathe. Now to scrub the kettles, tend the garden and plan today's menu, but first let's put some fresh water to the boil...

Our brew of the day is Inspirazione a Napoli, and we'll be baking fresh biscuits a little later when Ah'vrie returns from the markets. For now, Oatmeal raisin will simply have to do. Checking the hot sheets we have 41 new mods from all the usual suspects. Let's see what catches the eye of an old cat over a fresh cuppa.

HALTT77 released an INI settings mod for Experiance as a second mod.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122925
"I love the idea of getting XP by discovering and completing quests...exploring...but I still like the vanilla leveling system...so, to get both worlds, I just tweaked the amount of XP in a way that it is still worth exploring and doing quests for the XP, but it will not break the balance of the game." If it makes you happy... Poyfict

Drembii released Lokir's Tainted Tomb also as a second mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122776
"Explore and find hidden loot in this new dungeon outside of Riverwood" Why do noobs always pick Riverwood? LOL thanks

HalfbitShirlock released Arcadia's Bubbling Cauldron - (Animated)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122952
"It's called Arcadia's Cauldron... Where's The Cauldron? Adds The Cauldron with optional animated brew. (JK's compatible with the official patch)" Okay, Ah'vrie loves the fact that it's a stew bubbling not some green slime LOL. Have a cookie.

FrankBlack released Cooking Pots SMIMed
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122959
"A mesh replacer that makes the cooking pots you see in Hunter's camps and on spits a bit rounder." And only 310kb Maybe you can slap halfacre upside the head

aljoxo released two today
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/aljo ... ameId=1704
Nirn's Chosen - Enhanced Races and Classes
Stones of Sacrifice - Double Edged Standing Stones
Yet another take on stone buffs and classes for the pile. Worth a look, but

JohnnyQuest101 released Hobo Hideout Network
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122954
"Hobo Hideout Network provides remote player owned locations that provide full rest benefits, crafting, no respawning storage, and a storage barrel that connects to all four locations." Thanks.

(The old cat prefers the ranger shacks mod with better crafting and cloud storage)

And finally, Not exactly a mod of the day, just a curiosity

Quantumyilmaz released Auto Resolution
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/122915
"Allows the game resolution to be set to your Windows display resolution automatically."

This is actually an add on to the SSE display tweaks mod by SlavicPotato that automatically adjusts your game resolution to the current Windows resolution. Honestly, does anyone actually change resolutions out of native on a game by game basis? This is an inventive little piece of coding, and might just win the award for the most useless mod in history LOL. Thanks I think.

And that will do for today. The ale is fresh, and the new batch of mead is ready. We're serving mudcrab scrambles for the early meal, and Ah'vrie will plan the late meal when he returns from the markets. The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept and mopped. Have a seat by the fires and warm your bones. We-B-Open!