Thorins Creature Variants
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📋 About This Mod
Adds creature variants for various creatures.
Variants added
Hulking: +20 Combat Skill, +50% Base damage (mammal enemies are called Rabid, reptiles and lurks are called Savage, Centaurs are called Brutes)
Hardened: +50% Base health, double DT (if standard creature has no DT: at least 4DT; Giant Radscorpions and Deathclaws only get +50%), 15-30% DR (mammal=Armored, reptiles=Hardscaled, arthropods=Hardened, lurks=Hardshell)
Shining(Arthropods and Lurks only): +25% Base Health, +50% DT (if standard creature has no DT: at least 3DT; Giant Radscorpions get no bonus DT), 60% Energie Resistance (Mirelurks 85ER)
Albino: all boni from Hulking and Hardened, some get ONE other bonus
Chameleon/Stealth Boy: Nightkin like Stealth field -> Invisible untill attacking or killed, Robots get 10% chance to have an stealth boy.
Venomous: Deal Poison Damage
Deadly: sub-version of Venomous used by already venomous creatures = stronger poison + immune to poison
Inferno/Napalm: (Heavy) Incinerator like attack (only for creatures and robots that have flamer style attack)
Stunted/Rusted: halved Combat Skill, -2 to all SPECIAL, -25% base damage, -25% base health, lowered DT (stunted are slightly smaller)
Glowing: Deals large amounts of Radiation Damage, heals in irradiated areas, immune to radiation
Broodmother: Upon death releases two weaker variants (All versions spawned through this method are non-respawning variants)
(the name has nothing to do with shiny Pokemon, it is instead based off of the DM perk 'In Shining Armor' and the effect is based on the near invulnability to laser weapon of Fo4s Mirelurk Hunters)
Robot Exclusive:
Nuclear Powered: Explodes in an mini-nuke once killed (an single 'Tiny Tots' explosion)
Tri-Beam/Multiplas: doubles damage and splits beams/projectile in three + Minimum spread of the weapon (resulting in each beam dealing 66% of the original damage)
Creature-unique variants:(variants what only exist for one creaturetype)
Demolisher Securitrons: uses Grenade and Missile Launcher (no SMG or laser, only explosions)
Sub-Alpha Deathclaw: Slig
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- New Vegas Mods
- Author
- ThorinStahlhaut
- Version
- 1.19.1
- Downloads
- 2,278
- Endorsements
- 50
- Category
- Creatures
- Created
- 3/14/2025
- Updated
- 6/23/2026
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