Aedred Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) I think the dragons have been given so much detail in this game and I was wondering if anyone was working on adding the race of Dragons as a playable race. I'm not sure when the Construction Set is getting released for Skyrim and I'm very new to modding things, even though I tried off and on during the Oblivion days, so I figured I'd see if anyone else out there was planning, or is working on making this happen. I'll try to outline and update what I'm thinking of in this post to the best of my ability and include what other ideas people might have on a playable, true-born Dragon race. A lot of the mechanics that I'm thinking about for this mod can be seen in mods like Werewolf: The Awakening and the Terrain Vampires mod, which had a few animalistic abilities, like natural(default) attack animations for wolves, increasing and learning new skills/spells as the player gains experience through spellcasting/fighting as a wolf, inability to use doors, etc etc. The only thing I can think of lore-wise for Dragons having a human form, is due to magic/words of power, that they use to move about incognito through the towns, communicating with people and what not. It doesn't really imply a specific skin or humanoid race so that could really circumvent this problem about going into towns and dungeons as a massive Dragon. I'm hoping a modder can have the player wake up in a large outdoor cave somewhere in the mountains if they choose to play as a dragon. An example would be, ***Player goes through a new game until he reaches the character customization screen.*******If player chooses a Dragon, then after the customization is finalized, the game fades out from the Dragonborn's point of view and fades in to a Dragon's point of view somewhere in an outdoor cave in the mountains.**** (A message box could also pop up after the character creation, asking if the player would like to be a Dragon. The player could choose, at this point, what type of Dragon they'd like to play as from here) Edited January 3, 2012 by Aedred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asafbl Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 you want to play as an actual dragon? dunno how that would work, rlly... maybe a humanoid dragon like argonian only more dragony... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aedred Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) With a lot of the assets for Dragons being implemented already, it seems like it should be doable, kindof like Werewolf: The awakening, where the player can transform into a large, four legged wolf. Again though, I'm not as familiar as I'd like to be with the construction set so feel free to enlighten me on the limitations of this >_< Edit: This also reminds me of the Terran Vampire mod, which had a spell to change the player into a swarm of bats. Fascinating use of available assets to say the least, but I figure the possibility exists for Dragons, assuming that this Construction Set has more than Oblivion's Edited November 16, 2011 by Aedred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GileadMaerlyn Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Transforming the player in a dragon would not be a problem, normally. The problem is the gameplay for a player which is a dragon. It has no hands, doesn't fit through the doors, etc... So a dragon-like humanoid, like a winged Argonian, totally feasible, but an actual dragon, not really. So, I'd see some kind of winged Argonian whose race power is the ability to transform into a dragon. That could be nice. Edited November 12, 2011 by Gilead Maerlyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korenogamer Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) I believe it was either EQ or WoW that had a new race as part of an expansion that were decendants of ancient dragons but they looked like people with weird dragonlike features Edited November 12, 2011 by korenogamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aedred Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Yeah I considered the fact that dragons don't have hands to hold weapons, but neither did the wolves in Werewolf: The Awakening, or the Wolves in the Terrain Vampires mods, but they were actually given their natural attack animations in place of having swords and shields, it's awesome what the modders for those two mods have done and I figure modding a playable Dragon Race could run a similar course. >_< Edit: I was never big on the whole half dragon, half humanoid races. The dividing line between pure-born Dragons and the rest of the races seems incredibly large and for that one reason I'd like to have the chance to play as one, in a game where they've been given so much out of the box compared other games like I of the Dragon. (These Dragons can actually land on the ground =O!) Edited November 12, 2011 by Aedred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithianLord Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I keep wanting to say, "that is suck a stupid idea because it would break the mechanics of the game." Every time I typed it though I end up replacing with, "all I want to do now is be a dragon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korenogamer Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) Here is what I was talking about... They were called Drakkin in Everquest.... No flying though please http://everquest.allakhazam.com/wiki/eq:drakkin Edited November 12, 2011 by korenogamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aedred Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 (edited) What I'm requesting is a playable, pure-born Dragon race. :\ Yes the half dragon / half humanoid races seem cool, but it's not the intention of this request. Edit: Found a neat Wyvern picture by Eldeen91 XD http://www.deviantart.com/download/139709531/Wyvern_by_Eldeen91.jpg Edited November 12, 2011 by Aedred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xaliqen Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I'm imagining the role playing here, and, at least how I'm imagining things, it would be a bit difficult. I'm just thinking of an entire city running in terror as you smash your head through a wall so you can ask about a fence at the thieves guild... I'm guessing it would be easier if there were a questline devoted solely to playing as a dragon. If a team starts on this ambitious project, there's no doubt it could be truly awesome. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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