So... I FINALLY have a bit of a clue how to alter the vampire lords appearance. Here's basically... A beta version preview of what it will look like. http://i.imgur.com/LvAtWQK.png Of course, I will try to change the textures, so the helmet and nightingale armor look more unique, at least the helmet is great for beast races, because it's the ONLY full face helmet that doesn't look ridiculous on races with muzzles... Yeah yeah no wings, I know, but it's less jarring than a khajiit or argonian becoming a vanilla vampire lord.

I'm trying to do something, so that khajiits and argonians can FINALLY enjoy the vampire lord form, without become less catlike or less lizardlike in the process.... If it's within my abilities. There's a very complicated issue though... How would I alter Skyrim's vanilla scripts, and vanilla in game effects, so that only the player will turn into this specific type of vampire lord?

I suppose I'd duplicate the DLC1VampireBeastRace, and add all the specific body data... But then, how would I make the DLC1VampireBeastRaceDuplicate have all the same spells and effects as the original, and ensure that only the player shapeshifts into it, while all NPCs still turn into the vanilla vampire lord?

I want to figure out all the scripts, and effects that turn the player into a vampire lord, and alter them, so only the player is turned into this version... Just how many effects would I have to alter to do this right? And what scripts?

Is it EVEN possible to do something like this, or would I be going against hardcoded features built in vanilla Skyrim, that can't be changed with mods?