[WIP] Nightfall's Stand Feud

[mybad]

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the project started almost 2 weeks ago and the progress is quite good, actually me and BarbasTheDog are still working on it but we found out that some more help could be very useful (storytellers - scripters - modellers - AI designers & concillors for sure!!)

 

team:

- BarbasTheDog scripter

- mybad int/ext designer and basic AI paths

 

Description:

After the end of the Civil War, as a thane of Whiterun and as the Dovahkiin, your jarl looks at you as a possible ally to repel the extremely strong enemies, that araise at the horizon in these dark days, away from the boundaries of whiterun;

Jarl's concillors estimated that an ancient castle along the White River, named Nightfall's Stand, has a key strategic position in the complex current political situation and must be restablished to its original forms.

The castle was built by Uriel Septim VII and fell during the Great War after the invasion of the Aldmeri Dominion, Nords with considerable men's losses and in times of famine had to abandon its ruins and left it to banditism's decadence.

Your task is to reconquer the ruins (helped by a small contingent of your personal guard) and establish a garrison to guard the river bridge and as soon as possible rebuild the defenses to allow whiterun colons and civil war refugees to settle down and rebuild the economy of the region.

If you'll success in this terribly hard task, the Jarl will give you the Nobleman Status and the controll of the castle and the lands near it; you will always be required to provide assistance in the event of war and you still be a part of the Whiterun reign as a Mark (kind of what Gondor did for Rohan ;) ).

the models of the feud in my mind are Rohan (from LOTR lore) and Winterfell (from Game of Thrones lore)

 

main goals of the mod:

- lorefriendly

- become a noble and control your lands from your stronghold in the mountains

- recruit your army to defend the feud, and upgrade the armors to your needs (here may be useful a modeller to create a tabard of the feud to get the switch armors easier)

- collect taxes from your people

- collect money to rebuild to its origins the Nightfall's Stand Castle (3 stages of progress: ruins - rebuilding - full functional)

- defend your feud from bandits, vampires and dragons

- diplomatic relations between the other jarls, the dominion and the empire commerce/war/neutrality (we still have to figure out how to do such nice thing)

- have the control of the legal system of the region and decide who need to be put in shackles

- implement a war formation for your army when moving in roads, when brought into combat stance dismiss the formation for a chaotic massacre ;)

 

what is already done :

- the interiors/exteriors design for the rebuilding stage

- collect taxes script

 

some screens to let you understand how it will look like:

 

 

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABa2pQS3FUb0l1c00

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABYUFLVkYwX0h4U2c

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https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABWWNQbHg2X2RNYzg

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABY3pqQWhkMWRYUE0

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABNTcyb1l1YkxNa0E

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABWVBMU2RVeUJ0WEU

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https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABMEV0RXdqMERicUk

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https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABRlZpbW5pQ2lsaEk

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABQkNCdjA1ckxtUHM

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABU2hCdVhuZ0pfc1k

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABY25LTkFtT0t6UDA

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B76DCqJ9YjABbXliamFyV3gydTA

 

 

the nice thing of this mod will be that you will have the power to turn your feud into a brutal dictatorship or in a Justice one!its all up to you!! you may choose the Switzerland too if you want :P just joking :D

Edited September 15, 2012 by mybad

[calfurius]

I like this.

[ScottLaRock]

What do you mean by storyteller exactly? And the first spoiler tag for your images at the bottom shouldn't have an equals sign.

[mybad]

for storyteller i mean someone able to write the dialogues for quests and letters/documents/books related to the mod (much appreciated if he's able to implement these dialogues in papyrus!);

 

thanks for the "spoiler alert" now is fixed! :D

[mybad]

related to this mod: anybody knows how to (or knows where is a guide) make complex scenes like the landscapes changes that occur before and after alduin attacks helgen? any help will be very appreciated!

[mybad]

so is anyone interested in this mod? Edited September 17, 2012 by mybad

[Loki180]

Sounds great! I love the RTS type mods. The pay for this defend this own that haha why I want the new DLC so much I guess =P

 

But yeah, if you finish it I am sure it would be a popular mod. But it sounds like a big project, don't take on too much or it will die fast. I will keep on eye on this!

 

 

Good Luck mate.

[Kraeten]

Well I certainly think it looks interesting, hopefully you guys will be able to finish it in the near future.

[mybad]

thanks guys, however helping on this will make this work out faster! :thumbsup: