LE Thieves Burnt Out Torch - Magical unlit torch thats embers glow brighter / darker if someone is close to finding you..

[spookymunky]

I'm just finishing up an epic 200 (and counting) hour or so playthrough of Skyrim with the Requiem overhaul (and a lot of other mods) as a rogueish archer / thief / assassin / illusion mage etc and one of the things I have loved about the experience is disabling most of the osd with immersive hud and learning how to become an archer without any crosshairs. That alongside a mod (whose name escapes me at the moment) that gives you experience when you are using the practice targets to learn how to use different bow and arrow types without any onscreen hints your character levels slowly too, and Requiem's own archery overhaul and overall hatred for light armor classes.. as my first mainly archer character in any game it really has been amazing :smile:.

 

One frustrating issue I have found is that in removing the crosshair completely I lose the ability to tell if someone is aware of me.. I feel crippled and annoyed that even though I am Archmage, Master of the Thief and (almost) Dark Brotherhood, savior of skyrim etc.. I have no spell / amazing artifact that lets me know I am being observed. My current semi workaround is to have the transparency of the sneak icon set to around 3 or 4 % visibility so I cannot reliably use it for aiming.. or even telling if I am undiscovered tbh, I would much prefer an item that is linked into the games detection system though. My best thought for now is a torch that is burnt out but while you have it equipped you can see it on screen like you normally would but the closer someone is to detecting you the ambers would either grow brighter or get darker depending on taste. This could work nicely at night especially since if someone finds you sneaking around you could simply explain that you dropped something and torch had just gone out :wink:. The player will have to put it away to equip their bow and make the shot also, could add some tension to the game ?.

 

I have no idea how to do any of this or even where to start besides making the model and texture. Any tips / advice / suggestions / offers to colab etc would be great :smile:.

 

Edit : Thinking about it more, there could also be a close to ebony level of damage bow maybe, with it's only enchantment being a bit of it glows :smile:.. hmm, I think the immersive weapons mod added gemstone bows.. remember tweaking the texture. That could be cool if the gemstone on the end glowing was the detection system.

 

Edit2 : Or!, heh.. a bow where the detection system is linked into a glowing line that is roughly in the center of the screen when you are holding it in sneak mode and aiming, so the closer someone is to detecting you the slightly easier it is to actually taking them out.. mmmm :smile:

 

Edit3 : Dagger that shows your detection, sword that shows your health, gloves that show your magica... more I think about it, if we could create enough cool items to be achieved as rewards that make a completely hud free experience possible while still being lore friendly and not op (in my mind each would have to have a downside, not as powerfull as normal items or health draining etc etc.. it could be amazing ?

Edited May 30, 2014 by spookymunky