Simple Vampirism Overhaul

DESCRIPTION:

Morrowind's vampire experience was more of an Easter egg than a viable path through the game -- while the benefits were enormous, they came at the cost of almost total isolation.

This mod alters how vampirism works in Morrowind to be more like Oblivion and Skyrim. When you first turn, you are not affected by sunlight and many will not recognize you as a vampire. However, every twenty-four hours afterwards, your vampirism "stage" will increase, to a maximum of four. At that point, your vampiric abilities will be at their strongest, but you will take heavy damage from sunlight, and very few people will be willing to speak with you. NPCs that have the "NoLore" variable in their scripts will never care that you’re a vampire.

In order to return to the earliest stage, you must feed upon the cattle present in Ashmelech, Galom Daeus, Druscashti, and Reloth Ancestral Tomb by using your Vampire Touch spell on them. You need permission from your clan's ancient to feed upon cattle in your lair, but you can snack on other clan's cattle (or the cattle in the Reloth tomb, away from Raxle Berne's prying eyes) with impunity. The player will be able to perform vampire quests at any stage, and will always have the appropriate undead appearance as a vampire.

The benefits from stage four vampirism are weaker than vampirism in the base game. The bloodline-specific specials have been similarly nerfed. However, NPC vampires are unaffected by these changes, and are as strong as ever. While a vampire, the player will use the echoing vampire hit lines that shipped with the game but went unused.

No vampire quests from the base game have been altered. You must still complete the ancient's two tasks and then kill enough of the rival clan's members to be allowed the privilege of using the cattle for food. However, new vampires have been added to Ashmelech, Galom Daeus, and Druscashti that provide additional services. Between the new vampires and the originals, every clan now has an alchemist, a smith, and a spellmaker. The Aundae have an enchanter, the Berne have a merchant who sells thieves' tools, and the Quarra have a general merchant.

Additional dialogue has also been added. Telvanni and Mages Guild members will allow vampires who outrank them to use their services, and will generally be more polite to vampiric fellow faction members, especially their superiors. New rumors will point the player to Ravyn Omayn's and Mastrius' quests, which previously required you to stumble across them. By speaking with mages and sorcerers, you can learn more about the three vampire clans on Vvardenfell, which allows you to figure out where you clan is headquartered using in-game information; you can receive more specific directions from clanless vampires of your bloodline. Finally, mages and sorcerers will be more helpful when searching for a cure f