LE Kagrumez Expanded

[ElFonz0]

If you're like me, then you were disappointed to find Kagrumez relatively devoid of prizes, other than two followers and a fancy bow. So I'm proposing a mod idea that would expand upon Kagrumez and the Kagrumez Trials.

Though, honestly, it's mainly the followers.

 

THE FOLLOWERS

 

Currently, there are only two followers you can get from the Trials. The Steadfast Dwarven Spider and Steadfast Dwarven Sphere. But they're really not that special. They're just a Dwarven Spider and Sphere that can follow you and look exactly the same as like Dwarven automatons. This makes it hard to not hit them if they're in the midst of fighting a fellow Dwarven automaton. They also have no special abilities, so they're easily replaceable by summonable Dwarven machines(probably added by other mods). Also, there wasn't a third Steadfast Dwaven machine, Ballsita or Centurion, despite there being a dead Dwarven Centurion Master.

 

So here's what I think should be done about that.

 

-Obviously, add a Ballista follower and a Centurion follower, using the "voices" of the other machanical followers. The Ballista would be found in the Black Bow room, while the Centurion would be found in a room that would be added(as well as a fourth trial, needing all 5 gems to activate)

-Change the names of the Steadfast machines to "Dwarven Black [Automation]", and retextured black, like the Dwarven Black Bow(Make them a new race if you must, that's how they did it with the Hulking Draugr"

-Give them special abilities that not even their regular counterparts have, i.e., They all have the Black Bow's effect applied to them(basically, their melee and missile attacks have the Black Bow's enchantment applied to them), the Spider has a Shock Cloak, the Sphere's bolts ignore armor like the Enhanced Crossbows and it's melee attack can cause bleeding, the Ballista has exploding bolts, like the trap versions, and the Centurion has knockback with it's weapons.

-The Automatons would all have relevant perks that affect their abilities, based on their classes(Spider w/Destruction, Sphere and Ballista w/Archery, Centurion w/Two-Handed)

-Suggestions welcome. I'd like these guys to be unique, so anything is helpful.

 

THE PRIZES

 

Currently, the only prize you get from the Kagrumez Trials is the Dwarven Black Bow of Fate(I don't count the followers as "prizes", per se). It's a cool bow, and all, but there could be more. What Kagrumez needs is more variety, for those non-Archers out there who want a cool weapon or piece of armor that suits their playstyle.

 

-First of all, up the damage of the Dwarven Black Bow. Make it as strong as an Ebony Bow. After all, it's improved with an Ebony Ingot.

-Just for the hell of it, add some Dwarven Black Arrows that are as strong as Ebony in Kagrumez, in a Converter(Would function like the Imbuing Chamber and Atronach Forge. You put 20 Dwarven Arrows and an Ebony Ingot in it, then you pull a lever that gives you 20 Dwarven Black Arrows. Could throw in a few other recipes to make some unique arrows)

-Each room with a follower, you get a weapon similar to the follower. For example, you get a Dwarven Black Staff(that summons an Exploding Dwarven Spider, similar to the Flaming Familar spell) from the Spider's room, a Dwarven Black Sword(not sure on effect) from the Sphere's room, and I'm a little undecided on the Centurion's prize. Maybe a chestplate or shield styled after a Centurion's chassis?

 

As for the fourth trial that would lead to the Centurion's room, I'm not too sure. Something much more difficult, definitely difficult enough to warrent having a powerful Centurion as a companion and some armor to go with it.

 

Thank you for taking the time for reading this the entire way through. Leave a post below about some suggestions for this, and I would appreciateit if a mod maker took a look at this.

[Barum]

I have a suggestion for the Dwarven Black Sword:

Deal 15% more damage to dwarven constructs (yeah I know it's a simple and plain suggestion)

[terrorofskyrim]

recently started modding and i have some knowledge about ck. that said i could already do the first part. if i could get my hands on (and figure out how it works, it's pretty difficult) i could make a retexture too.

[Edsh0t]

A sugestion for the last room. A black dwemer armor that complements with the helmet of Mzund, either increasing the damage of the breath attack or adding some other buff base don steampowered armor. After all to retrieve one of the gems you gain the helm, so why not make it black and add it to the mix

 

Update: Aparently there are some similar mods out there, if the creators could be contacted as to join in it would make this much much easier.

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/40096/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/39679/?

Edited May 8, 2015 by Edsh0t

[DopeyHopes]

I have a few ideas, but I'm going off more imagination than practicality here.

The coolest thing to do with robots is to add upgrades that look badass, right? I'm talking about craftable extensions for like the Sphere's tiny crossbow. Make it bigger, deadly looking and the upgrade will be armor-piercing ammo. If the Sphere is bronze the upgrade could accent black to make it stand out, or a dark bronze if it's changed to black. Other upgrades could be like a poison chamber to stock and apply poisons, or the black bow's enchantment so it's not only resistant to magic, but effective against it.

In addition to a lightning cloak, the spider could have a taser kind of weapon effective against automatons that severely damages dwarven spiders and "deactivates" Spheres, incapacitating them briefly (Making it the top-spider, that's a good prize right?). Giving it some level of consciousness it can hunt down other spiders aggressively, before they even know the dragonborn is there.

The Ballista should have the exploding rounds like you said and a Centurion follower is exceptional enough to not need upgrades, and there's not much more you can do with steam-based attacks. Throw in a wall of flames-flamethrower on the Ballista for fun and because I got a little excessive already.

[DOVAHKI1N]

Awesome ideas! Maybe, to make it a bit less OP, require them to be charged regularly? Also, they definitely should be a set.