SSE Body Transference Ritual Mod?

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Hello all you talented mod-makers!

 

I've been fascinated with the idea of soul-storage in fantasy games/lore for a long time now, as such, I thoroughly enjoyed the Undeath mod created by Antioch08. The quest was long and arduous, but made the end result worth it. It wasn't the transformation to a lich form or the new spells or added undeath bonuses that made me excited, it was the Dark Resurgence power that allows the player to escape death by reviving (no matter where they died) at their phylactery.

 

Its the only mod I can find that eludes to the idea of soul-Storing to cheat death. My interest is to see if anyone here would be interested in taking charge on a mod project that dabbles with this idea but elaborates on it further.

 

My interest is to create a mod/scripted event that allows the player to capture/and or steal the body of a victim and through witchcraft transfer their consciousness completely into the captured NPC, essentially kicking them out of their own body or possessing them permanently and continuing the game as usual with full interaction with the world and people.

 

Ideally, this would consist of a ritual site (much like the Undeath Mod) or Lair where the player could keep their potential hosts imprisoned until their bodies were needed for transference. This would be to ensure that no matter where the player was killed in the world, their soul would return to this lair where (either in ghost form or some other avatar form of the player) they could choose their new host to take.

 

This idea is explored in the WGN show Salem by one of the main villains, whose original body is a mummified corpse stored in a coffin which protects a part of her soul (similar appearance to the night mother), upon death, her soul inhabits this original corpse and appears helpless, but she survives to later on revive either by generating a new body or possessing another. Her character's name is Countess Marburg (if you wish to look it up).

 

Obviously once the mechanic is worked out a quest line involving this power and or practitioners would be awesome! I'd be more than happy to write the lore/dialogue/storyboard required for such an ordeal. My issue is I lack the programming skills to properly script and mod things of this nature.

 

Anyone interested in such a thing?

 

Thanks!

 

Schmidty58