Dwarf Noble Origin Revisited

⭐ ⭐ (149 endorsements) 📥 2,400 downloads 📌 v1.0 📅 2/9/2018
⚪ Last updated 2018

By balaurbondoc · NPCs

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 2/9/2018 📅 Created: 2/9/2018

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 6.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
  • 🏆 #109 of 192 NPCs mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Revisiting the Dwarf Noble Origin in three small ways: 1) Bhelen actually looks like the youngest brother; 2) King Endrin is wearing Dwarven Noble Armor during the ceremony instead of some random mage-like robes, and 3) Lord Harrowmont is

All these are fixes for minor, albeit immersion-breaking (for me at least), issues regarding the Dwarf Noble Origin, and I'm putting them here in case anyone else is as nitpicky about this stuff as I am. I'm currently going through every single dwarf NPC in game (I know, I know) to edit their head morphs so they look more like real people and less like caricatures, so I'll probably add more to this sometime soon.

For now, here's what this mod does:

1) Youthful Bhelen -- Bhelen is supposed to be the youngest son of King Endrin, but he certainly doesn't look the part. If you open his head morph in the toolset, you'll see that his face texture is actually a blend of the Qunari face texture and the one that children use, which is odd to me. I'm not sure what Bioware was trying to accomplish with this, but I took it upon myself to fix it. I've also tweaked his facial features a little. This, of course, changes Bhelen's appearance throughout the entire game, not just the Origin part.

2) Armored King Endrin -- In the vanilla version of the game, King Endrin is wearing the Robes of the Magister Lords (?) during the ceremony, which, again, is an odd choice to me. I changed this so that he's wearing the Dwarven Noble Armor.

3) Lord Harrowmont's Noble Clothes -- Lord Harrowmont too is wearing some variation of the mage robes in the vanilla game, and it's always been bothering me, so now he's wearing the same noble clothes as in the A Paragon of Her Kind quest.

Note: You'll need to start a new playthrough for the clothing changes to show up correctly. Bhelen's new head morph should be alright at any point in the game. 

★ INSTALLATION

Download, unzip, and copy to Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/packages/core/override. If there's any part of this mod you don't want to use, simply delete the respective folder. Run the game and enjoy! :)

★ UNINSTALLATION 

Remove the folder from Documents/BioWare/Dragon Age/packages/core/override and restart the game.

★ COMPATIBILITY / BUGS / ISSUES

This mod is not compatible with any other mod that alters Bhelen's head morph or Kind Endrin's and Lord Harrowmont's .utc files. I've done some quick testing myself and haven't run into any bugs, but if you notice anything strange or have problems with the installation process, please let me know and I'll try my best to help.

The exact files I modified:

dm_bdn100cr_bhelen.mor

bdn120cr_kingendrin.utc

bdn120cr_harrowmont.utc

★ OTHER RECOMMENDED MODS

Highly recommended mods, especially if you want the result in-game to look like in my screenshots, but not necessary for this mod to run.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Dragonage Mods
Author
balaurbondoc
Version
1.0
Downloads
2,400
Endorsements
149
Category
NPCs
Created
2/9/2018
Updated
2/9/2018

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