Tutorial Needed: Want to Make My Own Boss NPC Mod - In Depth

[OriginalkiltedFrog]

Okay, first of all, I want to apologize if something like this has already been handled by another topic, tutorial, or otherwise. I've looked, and I'm still at a loss.

 

Secondly, I want to thank you for taking the time to read this. Using the CK, I just find myself overwhelmed and I don't know where to start. I understand most of the workings, but to make it do what I'm requesting here, I'm at a total loss.

 

So here's what I want to do:

 

1) Create a uniquely named boss level NPC. I want the NPC to be roughly 20 levels higher than the level of the PC, and only available after the character reaches level 10.

 

2) I want this unique NPC to spawn randomly wherever bandits (for mercenary types) or mages (for spellcaster types) spawn, be it in forts, caves, or even a random spot in the wilderness.

 

3) I want the odds of this NPC showing up to be extremely rare (1 in 200 or even 1 in 500) so there are no guarantees of when I will run into said boss NPC.

 

4) I want this unique NPC to be unspawnable after he/she is killed. Once dead, that NPC will never, ever, appear again (immersion purposes).

 

5) I want to equip this NPC with custom armor (non-random) and weapons (random). I have numerous mods to choose from, such as Hedge Knight armor, the various Hentai armors, the dragonbone weapon pack, and so on. I understand these mods must be selected when starting and will become parents for my new mod.

 

6) I want to start over at number 1 on this list, and continue to do so until I have roughly 15-20 unique NPCs. Then these NPCs will become part of a random spawn list where only 1 of these NPCs will spawn at a time meeting the criteria and odds as stated above.

 

7) I want to shower you in praise for guiding me through the steps necessary to make this happen.

 

For some background: I tired changing Ygritte's clothing from vanilla to the Triss variant of clothing. I created a clothing set, containing all parts of the Triss outfit, assigned it to Ygritte in the clothing spot, and saved my mod. I started in Riverwood, ran to Whiterun, searched for Ygritte, and found she was in her underwear (no clothes). So I know I did something right, but also did something wrong as she wasn't wearing the outfit. Had I been thinking, I should've killed her via console and checked her inventory to see if the clothes were there. I didn't and since deleted the mod due to frustration.

 

Anyways, this is asking a lot. If I can make this work, I do hope to release it to the Nexus (minus all the added mods, strictly Vanilla for ease of install) so all can enjoy.

 

All my inspiration for this is thanks to Alexandre, the author of the Wars In Skyrim mod. His Heroes and Villians and additions was an awesome idea that I unfortunately couldn't get to work right on my side.

 

Thanks again for reading!!

Edited April 19, 2012 by kilted Frog