Hey everyone. The last week or so I have been working on a submod with the aim of bringing a little more diversity to the vampires in EK. As of right now, only the Volkihar, Morrowind and Cyrodillic Order clans have unique flavor, but traits for all known bloodlines exist, and all bloodlines that have a clan are joinable (if you pass their tests, of course).
You get a bloodline trait automatically or through a new event. Which bloodline you get (to choose from) depends on the location of the capital of your character, or the character you received vampirism from. I couldn't find anything about bloodlines for Elsweyr and Alinor, so those regions currently don't have any bloodlines assigned to them.
All bloodlines are entirely handled through traits, flags, and events. There are no societies, so vampire players are free to join any guild they wish.
General features:
- Ask your vampire spouse or friend, or any known vampire in your realm, to turn you.
- Events that make being a vampire a little more dangerous, but with rewards if you don't die or fail.
- Aging, with bigger bonuses for older vampires (elder is possible from 200 years old, ancient from 450).
Features for the Volkihar bloodline:
- You can join Harkon's Volkihar clan and get the benefits of being part of his court, or you can remain independent. Both sides have events associated with them.
- The possibility of being turned into a vampire lord (only if you're in the clan).
- A strong enough Volkihar player can assume primacy over the clan after kicking Harkon out of his castle.
- Edit: Most of this stuff is weird/doesn't work for Harkon himself.
Features for the Morrowind bloodlines:
- You can join any of the three clans featured in TES3. Each come with their own benefits and events. If you join a clan, the other two will send agents to try and subvert you.
- Or you can stay independent, and face down the efforts of all three clans trying to undermine you.
- A strong enough vampire player can assume primacy over their clan, even if they are not part of it. To do this, you need to defeat the sitting lord/lady.
Features for the Cyrodiil bloodline:
- You can join the secretive Order, which has members scattered around the courts of Cyrodiil, if you can convince them you have what it takes. The benefits of this are great, as you'll have a personal mentor overseeing your training.
- Or you can strike out on your own, but freedom comes at a price, as you'll risk being hunted down by the territorial Order.
- The Order has no formal leadership position you can overtake, and the fledglings of its bloodline are weaker than those others, but live long enough and you'll surpass them.
Features for the Illiac Bloodlines:
- A stronger emphasis on rivalries between bloodlines.
- A strong enough vampire player can assume primacy over their clan, even if they are not part of it. To do this, you need to defeat the sitting lord/lady.
- Conquer the area in which another bloodline lives and you can attempt to wipe them all out.
- Proclaim yourself the true Lord/Lady of the Illiac vampires after all other bloodlines have been destroyed.
Download non-SVN version here. (If you downloaded the main mod from Steam or from this forum and have no idea what SVN means, get this version).
Download SVN version here.
Installation: Just put unzip the file into the same folder the EKSVN map is in.
This is my first time doing anything modding related to CKII, so if you encounter any bugs or have any feedback, please do tell me!
Screenshots:
You get a bloodline trait automatically or through a new event. Which bloodline you get (to choose from) depends on the location of the capital of your character, or the character you received vampirism from. I couldn't find anything about bloodlines for Elsweyr and Alinor, so those regions currently don't have any bloodlines assigned to them.
All bloodlines are entirely handled through traits, flags, and events. There are no societies, so vampire players are free to join any guild they wish.
General features:
- Ask your vampire spouse or friend, or any known vampire in your realm, to turn you.
- Events that make being a vampire a little more dangerous, but with rewards if you don't die or fail.
- Aging, with bigger bonuses for older vampires (elder is possible from 200 years old, ancient from 450).
Features for the Volkihar bloodline:
- You can join Harkon's Volkihar clan and get the benefits of being part of his court, or you can remain independent. Both sides have events associated with them.
- The possibility of being turned into a vampire lord (only if you're in the clan).
- A strong enough Volkihar player can assume primacy over the clan after kicking Harkon out of his castle.
- Edit: Most of this stuff is weird/doesn't work for Harkon himself.
Features for the Morrowind bloodlines:
- You can join any of the three clans featured in TES3. Each come with their own benefits and events. If you join a clan, the other two will send agents to try and subvert you.
- Or you can stay independent, and face down the efforts of all three clans trying to undermine you.
- A strong enough vampire player can assume primacy over their clan, even if they are not part of it. To do this, you need to defeat the sitting lord/lady.
Features for the Cyrodiil bloodline:
- You can join the secretive Order, which has members scattered around the courts of Cyrodiil, if you can convince them you have what it takes. The benefits of this are great, as you'll have a personal mentor overseeing your training.
- Or you can strike out on your own, but freedom comes at a price, as you'll risk being hunted down by the territorial Order.
- The Order has no formal leadership position you can overtake, and the fledglings of its bloodline are weaker than those others, but live long enough and you'll surpass them.
Features for the Illiac Bloodlines:
- A stronger emphasis on rivalries between bloodlines.
- A strong enough vampire player can assume primacy over their clan, even if they are not part of it. To do this, you need to defeat the sitting lord/lady.
- Conquer the area in which another bloodline lives and you can attempt to wipe them all out.
- Proclaim yourself the true Lord/Lady of the Illiac vampires after all other bloodlines have been destroyed.
Download non-SVN version here. (If you downloaded the main mod from Steam or from this forum and have no idea what SVN means, get this version).
Download SVN version here.
Installation: Just put unzip the file into the same folder the EKSVN map is in.
This is my first time doing anything modding related to CKII, so if you encounter any bugs or have any feedback, please do tell me!
Screenshots:
Find out which bloodline you are part of.
Find out if Harkon thinks you are cool enough to join his club or not.
Become super old.
Fire Harkon and take his job.
Being a vampire in Morrowind isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Find out if your clan's boss thinks you are cool enough to join his/her club.
Suffer fools who think their bloodline is better (it's not).
Impress hot vampiresses.
Be a jerk to Argonians.
Oh, you thought being a vampire was fun? Well guess what, it comes with horrible nightmares every day!
Find out if Harkon thinks you are cool enough to join his club or not.
Become super old.
Fire Harkon and take his job.
Being a vampire in Morrowind isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Find out if your clan's boss thinks you are cool enough to join his/her club.
Suffer fools who think their bloodline is better (it's not).
Impress hot vampiresses.
Be a jerk to Argonians.
Oh, you thought being a vampire was fun? Well guess what, it comes with horrible nightmares every day!
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