A Custom Voiced Argonian Idea

[garbageguytwo]

And just like that, I realize I didn't post in the special edition forum >_<. Sorry!

 

Hey all! Finally got into Nexus mods VERY recently and so far, everyone who makes these mods no matter how out there or simple, y'all rock.

I've had an idea for a mod I've been playing around with and a pretty Jack of All Trades level of understanding on coding/programming and 3d modeling so this is more of a, hey what do you think of this idea and in what order should I go about to implement it? I'm super new to this and following a bunch of tutorials but I'm scared I'll finish one thing but then find out I needed to do something first.

If this isn't the place for it I seriously apologize. Super green! But either way here we go.

So I'm working on an idea for a lore friendly Argonian who's egg mysteriously ended up at Sleeping Tree Camp. Given that some schools of thought believe the Sleeping Tree to be some form of Hist, I was thinking this might be an interesting take on the lizard. He was found and raised by the giants in the camp and so his growing experience was fueled by their influence as well as the upbringing of a single Hist tree rather then an entire marsh. Opens up a load of possibilities on how his voice might be different given a totally different upbringing as well as skin color from being raised differently. In my head he'll be only slightly taller then an average Argonian but I think I can figure that part out.

His mount is a black Mammoth who is very close to him but you can definitely ask him to ride something a bit more horsey if you'd like, in which case hell send the Mammoth back to the camp.

When you meet him, he's in the fields outside of Whiterun near the giant mudcrab corpse and you get into a dialogue. If asked to join, he'll ask you to take him to Sleeping Tree Camp first to gather some of his belongings where you'll find that the giants have all been killed. A few bandits remain and after dispatching them you find they came from Halted Stream Camp to take the parts off the Mammoth herds. Obviously, he'll be real upset and will request that the two of you go there and off the bandit scum in retaliation.

Upon arriving, he is overtaken by his anger, transforms into a Werecrocodile and completely decimates everyone inside before turning back. With no where to go and the added mystery to his upbringing and backstory, he'll offer to join you.

So, super rough idea, I'd like to voice him and am still coming up with the right voice for him but as of now I'd like to work at getting him in the world. There's a buffet of great tutorials on custom Voiced followers so I'm not too worried on that end but it's his mount as well as his lycanthropy I'm confused on. Mounting a Mammoth and turning into a werecroc aren't in the base game but I'd like to make this as independent as possible for other mods.

Is there a way to apply these two aspects without requiring the full mods to be installed into your playthrough as he'll be the only one who can do that stuff? Or if not, what would be step one in making it so that he will change at a certain health percent rather then just be a walking lizard and would these need to be put into place before opening him up on Creation Kit?

Thanks for taking the time to read through all of this. Again if this is the wrong place for this I seriously apologize!

Edited May 3, 2021 by garbageguytwo