A Pet/quest Mod.

[PK_THE_13TH]

This is more of a "Would this be cool, someone can make it if they like it" post than an actual request. On other sites, I usually hate to ask people to make stuff for m, but this is just what I think is a good enough idea to warrant it.

 

Anyway, here's my idea.

 

You're visiting your house in Chorrol one fine day, and discover a basket on your doorstep. In it, you find a curious orange egg, and a note that reads:

 

Please take care of my baby. If anyone found out it was mine, I'd be ruined. Once he hatches, he'll be sweet, loyal, and helpful. Do not try to find me.

 

If you need more information, find Richard Mortis at the Arcane University.

 

Gods bless.

 

Intrigued, you find the man at the Arcane university, who tells you the egg is the last of a rare species of animal, the Pumkid. During Hannibal Traven's ban on Necromancy, it was discovered the Pumkid was an undead creature. Because of this, the innocent animals were driven to extinction. He warns you that, once it hatches, if any Mage sees it, they can legally attack it.

 

This kicks off a questline in which you try to find the person who gave you the egg, a safe haven for the creature, and eventually, petitioning the Elder Council for Tamriel's first endangered species protection law.

 

During this, the Pumkid hatches. I drew a little GIMP doodle to show what it looks like when it hatches.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/Bill_Nye/pumkid.jpg

 

Mercenaries and assassins hired by the Mages Guild, Mannimarco, and other various interested parties, harass you and your Pumkid during the journey, intending to kill or kidnap the creature. But all is not lost, for your Pumkid will learn to fight back.

 

Depending on the ingredients you feed it (it'll only need food once every few days, so you don't forget to feed it accidentally) it'll evolve and change as it grows older. For instance, feeding it Imp Gall will cuase it to grow wings, and eventually take to the air and fire magic bolts to attack. Feeding it Mort Flesh will change it grey and have stitches on its flesh, and it will rush the enemy and bite, being nearly indestructible. Feeding it Daedra Hearts will transform it into a demon jack-o-lantern, using a combination of melee and magic to burn its enemies to a crisp. I could go on and on, but I don't want to bore you.

 

Well, what do you think? Could it be done?

[ihateregisteringeverywhere]

Okay, normaly I would comment the picture and leave it be, but the idea kinda intrigued me. A transforming animal companion. Wow. The caveat of this idea however is the amount of custom content, every mutation would have to have it's own mesh/animation or a new texture at the very least (well most would be retexes I venture). And that's a lot of work, especialy considering that you want to base a quest line the size of the MQL arround it.

 

You see, I think that this idea actualy has some merit, but people are the problem - creating meshes is a rare skill amongst modders, texturing the same, rigging and animating even more so. My take is that only a handfull of modders know ho to do create custom creatures. And they're all working on grand scale mods. So there's probably none left to do this. That's the sad truth.

[PK_THE_13TH]

Yeah, I figured it would be something like it. That was the problem with most games I played that I dreamt up mods for. Yeah, most of them would be retextures, but there's that first mesh to begin with. And the quest is rather long...maybe it would jst start with finding the creature, then update later? Thanks for commenting.

[ihateregisteringeverywhere]

I would like to help you but my teams mod has enough custom content to keep me and another modeler bussy for another 2 months at the leastest of least ;D.

 

The quest isn't the main problem, it's just that it's alot of extra work after you finaly create the custom creep and all of it's retextures.

[rickythecat]

I like the idea a lot! And the drawing is pretty great. But beyond that, I can't really say much that hasn't been said. I hope this gets made, and I shall honor it in my own small way.

[PK_THE_13TH]

I like the idea a lot! And the drawing is pretty great. But beyond that, I can't really say much that hasn't been said. I hope this gets made, and I shall honor it in my own small way.

Thanks, I'm flattered! I hope so too. I spent an hour in the car the other day doodling the various transformations you could have. Here's another: the Dread Pumpkin, from feeding your Pumkid Mort Flesh.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y140/Bill_Nye/dreadpumkid.jpg

[rickythecat]

http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l407/Devieres/PumkidDoom.jpg

This is as close as I can get to making your mod.

[PK_THE_13TH]

http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l407/Devieres/PumkidDoom.jpg

This is as close as I can get to making your mod.

You, sir, are made of epic win. I can die happy now.

[stalkersoldiers]

http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l407/Devieres/PumkidDoom.jpg

This is as close as I can get to making your mod.

You, sir, are made of epic win. I can die happy now.

 

haha nice. I too think this is a good idea. But as said before the amount of work needed and the skill of the modder would be high. My skill: basic scripting. so i'm not much help. But good luck and if it is made then i would surly use it.

[LoginToDownload]

For what it counts for, this idea really makes me wish I could model/animate. Eventually...