Spare Drahff and Hewnon - Ratway Scene Restored - Standalone and Tweaked.
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 6 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.5% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #54 of 157 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
About this mod:
Restores the scene in Ratway where Drahff intiates a dialogue instead combat with the player.
Similar to Cutting Room Floor - SSE and Skyrim Cut Content Restoration.
However, this mod only restores the Ratway scene for people who only wants this specfic content restored.
On top of that, I changed the persuasion dialogue to be more immersive and easier to pass.
"Out of my way, I am with the Thieves guild."
Compatibility:
Riften NPC replacer will need a patch for Dhaff and Hewnon,
because they need their faction edited to neutral or this mod will not work.
Manuall patching is super easy, just forward the appearance in SSEEdit.
See screenshot for details. It is very easy.
Just load this mod after Cutting Room Floor - SSE and Skyrim Cut Content Restoration.
If you want their content and my dialogue tweak.
Install Backported Extended ESL Support if you are using Skyrim 1. 5. 97. Update: No longer needed.
Future plains:
Flower girl persuation option.
SPID verision, eliminating the need for NPC patches.
Spell Perk Item Distrubtor (SPID) verision is NOT possible,
because it cannot remove or swap an existing record.
Inspired by the two cut content mods mentioned.
Drahff seems to be a little vision impaired and hard of hearing.
He sometimes will not even notice you.
Speaking to him with intiate the dialogue but he does have force greet ablities.
Just does not seem to be consistent for some reason.
Everything was already in the vanilla game, just needed to be adjusted.
Even the script used, was already in the game files.
This mod restores the cut Ratway scene where Drahff initiates dialogue instead of combat, with a tweaked persuasion option. It's a standalone alternative to larger cut content mods, requiring manual patching for NPC replacers. For players who want this specific scene restored without extra content.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Focused restoration—gets exactly the Ratway scene without extra baggage (48 endorsements)
- Dialogue tweak makes the persuasion check more forgiving, which is a nice QoL touch
- Loads after CRF and SCCR, so you can stack it with those if you want their content too
⚠️ Cons
- Riften NPC replacers need a manual patch for Drahff and Hewnon, which might scare off casual modders
- Drahff's force greet can be inconsistent—sometimes he won't notice you, so you have to talk to him manually
- No SPID version possible, so you're stuck with manual patching if you use NPC overhauls
For Skyrim players who want the cut Ratway scene restored but don't want to install a massive cut content mod. Also for those who appreciate a more immersive persuasion option. Skip if you're fine with the vanilla combat encounter or don't want to fiddle with patches.
💡 Beginner Tips
- If you're on Skyrim 1.5.97, grab Backported Extended ESL Support or the mod won't load properly.
- Use SSEEdit to forward appearance changes from NPC replacers—it's a quick fix and the author included a screenshot guide.
- Load this mod after Cutting Room Floor and Skyrim Cut Content Restoration to get both their content and this dialogue tweak.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Lysril
- Version
- 1.
- Downloads
- 9,124
- Endorsements
- 48
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 11/3/2024
- Updated
- 11/3/2024
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