As the title suggests, I've released a new race mod I made today. It's completely based on the vanilla MV skeleton creature, wich means you can use mods like texture replacers with it. I know there are skeletal races already made, I've wanted to make one anyway. Here's a couple screenies

Third person and inventory: http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/Kaljaveikko/skel1.jpg?t=1269292992
First person view 1: http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/Kaljaveikko/skel2.jpg?t=1269293090
First person view 2: http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/Kaljaveikko/skel3.jpg?t=1269293168

And this one just for fun, poor Jiub http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/Kaljaveikko/jiub.jpg?t=1269293297
(not in the actual mod)

2 Lich robes:
http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/fms/images/mods/8335/1269382545_fullres.jpg
http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/fms/images/mods/8335/1269382517_fullres.jpg

Readme
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Bags o´Bones by Fallen one
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This plugin adds the original MW skeleton creature as a functional, playable race.
You can choose 2 different skull heads, with and without the jawbone, both based on the vanilla skel head.
The skeleton race might be challenging to play as a melee character becouse of its weak attributes and it doesn't receive
any skill bonuses. Instead added a couple nice abilities and a spell to start with (hopefully not too unbalanced)


Attributes:

Str: 30
Int: 40
Wil: 60
Agi: 30
Spd: 25
End: 40
Per: 20
Luc: 40

Skill bonuses:

none

Specialities:

Ability: Lichcraft (Fortify maximum magicka 2.0x INT)
Ability: Regeneration (Restore magicka 5pts)
Spell: Devour (Absorb health 10 to 15pts in 1ft on touch)

*Both genders are identical.
*The esp. file has been cleaned with Testool.
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Installation
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Just drag and drop the Data Files folder to you'r Morrowind main folder, then activate clean Bags o´Bones.esp
from Morrowind launcher. Note that this doesn't include any textures as they are all vanilla Morrowind ones.

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Change log v1.1
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- Fixed a clipping issue on the skeleton chest mesh, it now works like a charm when wearing clothes

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Lich robes addon
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Now you can dress up your skeleton as a lich!

Made two wearable lich robes, based on the Tribunal lich creature. The robes are located in Samarys ancestral tomb
(the tomb in Bitter coast)
You'll need tribunal installed as the robe textures are all vanilla.

I also suggest using Morrowind code patch, becouse otherwise the alpha channeled robes look like crap on inventory screen.
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Credits
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*Bethesda, for the skeleton model
*Me, for making it playable
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Enjoy!


Download at PES: http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=8335

Nice job! :goodjob:

Haha, I lol'ed :rofl:

but yeah, I'll be downloading this, I don't think I've ever saw an actual vanilla looking skeleton race. You should try your hand at some others, if possible. I would like to see a Corprus Stalker race, myself. And that seems feasible.

EDIT: I may have to steal this one for a mod one day (with credit ofc)

Allrighty then, download got available. Hope you guys like it ^^
By the way RellacFTV, I've got playable lich from tribunal done as well. I'll upload it tomorrow

Nice idea, looks good.

:hubbahubba: can you pm a link to me once you've uploaded

Updated the mod to 1.1 and added two wearable lich robes, screenies on the first post

I've been using a different skeleton race up to now and had a couple of issues with it. Is there a neck bone in your mod that is seperate to the chest bones? Do the forearm/knee bones clip when you wear gloves without a cuirass or boots without greaves?

Unfortunately I had to use blank meshes for the knee, forearm and neck parts as the vanilla skeletonX.nif did not have such body parts. I know how to fix this, but I'm unable to do so right now, becouse I don't currently have any 3d modeling software I've done this whole mod using only NifScope, tough I still have couple ideas worth experimenting to fix those bodyparts with it.

Have you given any thought to starting conditions on how the normal Morrowind populace views the walking dead? The guards would kill you almost immediately, for one thing. I've seen some lich mods that use transformative disguise magic allowing the player character to "pass" as living, for example.

does anyone know if those robes will work with any of the other skeleton races? I.e when using a lich mod?

I know that they dont work on standard races.....

I actually have a version of them that can be worn by any possible race (tested on vanilla & BB races) but the current meshes in the download have been all binded to the chest bone for a couple of reasons. But actually tried binding all of the mesh parts to groin bone, wich made it possible to be used as pants or a skirt ingame (of course removed the spine & rib meshes from the robe) and it worked like a charm on any race, only problem was that any other clothes worn at the same time looked really glitchy. Most hairstyles also clipped through the hood (well thats easy enough to solve)
but becouse the hood is pretty big, most heads just looked bald when the hair was not visible.

Yeah, surely I also made a version of the robe wich doesn't have the sleeves or the hood, could actually upload it if someone want's me to, it looks pretty much like a raggy robe worn by a slave or a bum