LE Race-Specific Werebeasts

[Russwallac]

An explanation for different forms could be, that it's a degenerating disease, awakening long lost genes of somehow related evolutions.

 

Or familiars, cause Nords as Wereapes would be really... odd. So maybe when just leaving the stadium of being an ape they had a short cultural interference of shamanism and contracted with wolf spirits.

 

Or use the idea of Zelda - A Link to the Past: Species become the wild animal that matches their personality best (Here, wolves for Nords would be logical :) )

 

 

Well, I based the different forms on what animals just seemed to "fit" with the different races, or animals that are mentioned as werebeasts in lore.

[RextheRobot]

The same idea of sorts just recently occurred to me, although I am trying to specifically flesh out a werecrocodile transformation for Argonians. The page with all the ideas for the mod can be found here: http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/877772-were-crocs/page__mode__show

 

Trying to get a team together to work on the individual parts. If anyone's interested lemme know in my thread or just PM me!!

[kairox2299]

I think this is a great idea, it would add a new level of depth to werewolves. so far the names are pretty cool, but maybe were-drakes sounds better for Argonians? but that's just my opinion. I hope someone makes this mod soon. :D

 

Actually its too bad Daedroths were not in Skyrim, could have just retextured that for the Argonians

Edited January 11, 2013 by kairox2299

[rach1226]

one word:

wereplatypus

 

and maybe high elves should be werepoodles?

[TaeRai]

If anything, the disease will affect all races and not just the one. It;s not like an Argonian is immune to all lycanthrope strains apart from the one...

[Edsh0t]

If you do want to be lore friendly, there ARE a few wereraces:
Werewolf
Weretiger
Werevolture
Werecrocodile
Werebear

Wereboar
Wereshark

These are the lore friendly ones, and please don't make weretrees, it doesn't even make sense.
Also, lore-wise its not about the base race you are, but the strain you get, so for the mod you could take the infection mechanics from Moonlight Tales (with permission) and create several strains. To become a specific were you would have to hunt it down and get infected with it, then you could spread it amongst your followers.

As for the required meshes, I lurking around other mods and asking their owners for permission. I know that the SkyrimMonsterMod (from dogtown1) has awesome werecroc and werepanther meshes, all in great quality, and I remember seeing a wereboar and wereshark in the works somewhere., The real struggle will be werevulture, but unless you want it to be able to fly, it could be worked with the Avian race mod.

Edited October 12, 2014 by Edsh0t

[Edsh0t]

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24913/?
This mod offers a few compatible meshes.

[Boombro]

You forget Werelions.

[AnkhAscendant]

Weretrees don't make sense the same way Spriggans don't make sense :P It was suggested for silliness anyway.

 

Anyway, this thread is necroed from about two years ago, I doubt anyone's actually working on the idea, or at least not that posting here would influence them in any way.

[Edsh0t]

Weretrees don't make sense the same way Spriggans don't make sense :tongue: It was suggested for silliness anyway.

 

Anyway, this thread is necroed from about two years ago, I doubt anyone's actually working on the idea, or at least not that posting here would influence them in any way.

Yea, the real problem is the work involved into it, no one would do it for free. it requires good Meshes, or permission from other modders.

Just to put it out there, the mod creators of the mods I mentioned before did give their consent, as long as the modder that decides to work on this sends them a message, and mentions them.

Edited September 24, 2015 by Edsh0t