» Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:24 am Rather than post the mod's readme (I do recommend you read it though) I am instead posting illustrated descriptions of the new ceratures. At this stage I have only written two of them.
So, pull up a download [http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28186] [Russian users please download from http://hazevalley.ru/downloads.php?page_id=198] and read on...
Team VASE is pleased to bring you the first in a series of special features on the more gaseous fauna of Tamriel.
Today, the first show in the series will focus on the vatte-lys.
This creature is thought to be related to the well known will o'the wisp common across Tamriel, but there are several stories about how these creatures come into existence. Some people believe they are formed from swamp gas coalescing around gem dust, some people say that they are formed from the souls of murdered children. Whatever and however they come into existence, these vatte-lys are dangerous, and should be avoided by all but the most foolhardy of adventurers.
The vatte-lys comes in a relatively limited number of forms, only around two dozen forms are known, making it far less variable than many other of the creatures we will look at in later shows. Here we have some pictures of a http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/WildVLys6.jpg, a http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/WildVLys4.jpg, and a http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysFinal19.jpg in an ayleid ruin. Although the vatte-lys http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysFinal17.jpg in size, do not be fooled, when seen http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysmoving2.jpg, the vatte-lys' http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysmoving.jpg is revealed. It turns out that the core of the vatte-lys is in fact scarcely larger than a tall nord.
Anyone using magic or projectiles to defend themselves would do well to remember this fact: the layers of gas surrounding the vatte-lys are nothing but extraneous gas, to fight the vatte-lys you must aim at it's core. This centre is often easy to see as it has the highest density of gas and is typically http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysFinal33.jpg. Nevertheless, this adds a degree of difficulty in targeting this creature. Persons reliant on melee combat to defend themselves will find that in order to engage the vatte-lys they must enter http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/OrangeVatteLysRest2.jpg to reach the creature's core, a most unnerving prospect!
Should you be unfortunate enough to be spotted by a vatte-lys before you see it, you will have little warning. When hunting, the vatte-lys betrays little visible sign, cautious adventurers may observe http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysHunting.jpg, but in general the vatte-lys is near invisible while approaching it's prey.
Upon reaching it's prey, the vatte-lys boils into a great http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/BlackDeath.jpg, blotting out much of the victim's light and begins the http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysKilling.jpg http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VattelysPissedSpin3.jpg. As previously warned, despite the vatte-lys' apparent large size, it is perfectly capable of chasing it's prey down http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysPissed2.jpg and http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysCombStairs.jpg. It is also quite powerful enough to fight http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysPissedNew.jpg and devour them all. Only access to magic or http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysKilling2.jpg offer any realistic option of defence.
Those fortunate enough to have survived attacks by vatte-lys have reported the creature mystically absorbs their magicka and life energy, literally svcking it from their struggling bodies. In order to hasten their prey's demise the vatte-lys is also thought to be able to damage the victim's endurance and mystical luck. If the wisp finds it's foe too dangerous it can also resort to inflicting http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VatteLysElemental.jpg upon it's target, which also tends to damage the weapons of those fending the creature.
Those looking for weaknesses to exploit will be dissapointed to know that it has no known specific weaknesses, but happy to know it also has few specific strengths, aside from sharing the immunity to poisons and non-mystical weapons common to many of these gaseous creatures. Some people have reported that it is quite easy to sneak past these creatures, however we might assume that anyone who has tried and failed to do so hasn't survived long enough to report their failure, so these reports should be treated with caution. Fighting the vatte-lys is extremely hazardous and while alchemists will pay handsomely for the void dust that can be collected from their crystalline remains, we cannot recommend anyone be foolhardy enough to actively seek combat with creatures as dangerous as these. Stay on the roads!
Thankyou for reading our special program and please tune in again next time for our next special feature (subject: to be determined by availability, time: to be determined by how many orc adventurers need to be hired to take our shots. After the first five died we had a lot of trouble hiring more).
Team VASE for the vatte-lys consists of
Creature concepts: Vac
System design and custom skeletons: Vac
Custom textures: Vac
CS work: Vac
Testing: Vac and Lilith
Screenshots: Vac
No vatte-lys were seriously harmed in the making of this program.
This program would like to pay homage to the memories of Orgak gro-Bashak, Karag gro-Takar, Kagnak gra-Kurdan, Bogtar gra-Talak and Kurdan gra-Vakar. May they rest in peace. Efforts are still ongoing to recover the remains of Karag gro-Takar.
Team VASE is pleased to bring you the second in a series of special features on the more gaseous fauna of Tamriel.
Today, the second show in the series will focus on the vafurlogi.
Widely regarded as one of thehttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiWell.jpg of Cyrodiil's inhabitants, little is known of http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiPair.jpg. We suspect that this is mainly because of the sheer hazard of approaching it. Even http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiSlaughter.jpg can be slain by a single instance of the creature.
This creature is believed to be found in http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiWildGreen.jpg http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiWild2.jpg http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiColor2.jpg, estimates by experts at the Arcane University place the http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiWild4.jpg at around eight-score, but verification of this figure remains exceedingly challenging due to the exceedingly hostile nature and raw power of the creature. It is found most commonly in http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiWild6.jpg, though can also be found in caves and other http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiFort.jpg.
When resting, the vafurlogi resembles http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiWild3.jpg of extraneous material. The crystalline cloud tends to coalesce on death to form the exceedingly valuable vafurlogi essence. This material sells for a high price at alchemy shops due to it's rarity and the great challenge of obtaining samples. At death http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiDeath.jpg, the function of which remains unknown at this time, but may serve either to warn or even attract other vafurlogi in the area.
When moving the vafurlogi's orbits tend to http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiPair2.jpg and http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiMoving.jpg in a broader and more chaotic radius http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiBlue.jpg. When hunting the crystalline cloud becomes diffuse to the http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VagurlogiHunting1.jpg, but the outer orbits are http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiHunting2.jpg. If you see anything like this approaching you in the wilds of Blackwood we can offer you no better advice than to http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiFlee.jpg. http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiCombat.jpg against this creature, and as it is quite as fleet as most humanoids you may find the burden of heavy armour will get you killed. The creature is http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiRuinExt.jpg and is often found in http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiInFoliage.jpg, making it particularly important that you pay attention to your surroundings.
In combat, the vafurlogi presents http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiCombat3.jpg to even the most powerful adventurers. Like most creatures of this kind, it is gifted with powers that http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiCombat2.jpg. The vafurlogi has a couple of additional stings in its arsenal, with some of its attacks weakening its victims resistance to magic, thus exacerbating the vafurlogi's attacks still further, and also absorbing its foes' fatigue. By absorbing enough fatigue the vafurlogi can causehttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiSlaughter3.jpg from exhaustion, allowing the creature to either deal with other threats or http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiSlaughter5.jpg at leisure. These creatures are merciless and without apparent emotion: any creature, man or mer that http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiSlaughter4.jpg sufficiently simply http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiSlaughter7.jpg an encounter with a creature this voracious and powerful.
The few survivors of attacks by vafurlogi have claimed the creature appears least resistant to attacks using fire, but is by no means weak to the element. Like so many of the gaseous creatures, it appears to be completely immune to poisons, paralysis and most unenchanted weapons. There is no truly safe way to engage http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiScenic3.jpg. That's not to say the vafurlogi is http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiOutmatched.jpg, and while it's clearly fearless (we suspect simply incapable of fear), it can be dealt with by http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/VafurlogiObliterated.jpg.
Team VASE for the vafurlogi consists of
Creature concepts: Vac
System design and custom skeletons: Vac
Custom textures: Vac
CS work: Vac
Testing: Vac and Lilith
Screenshots: Vac
Only a few vafurlogi were seriously harmed in the making of this program.
Special thanks go to the Imperial Legion for "donating" numerous bandit prisoners for assistance in the making of this program.
Team VASE is pleased to bring you a special edition of our special features. For today's special edition we are taking a journey to the wierd and dangerous lands of the Shivering Isles.
Today, the third show in the series will focus on a creature known as the higgs.
The Higgs is an http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/NaturalHiggs.jpg of unusual http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/NaturalHiggs3.jpg. It has numerous characteristics that are of great interest to scholars. Found in http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsSunglare.jpg, the Higgs is http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsWater.jpg and can often be found on http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/DeadScalon.jpg of the Emean and Enjaen Seas. It can also be found occasionally in http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsRootCave.jpg and http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsRuins.jpg populated by other creatures, though fights appear quite common, and scholars suspect that higgs venture into these places to http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsVerminite.jpg, rather than to co-inhabit with them.
The Higgs has many diverse colour forms, numbering some hundreds. Such variety puts it roughly on par with creatures such as the will o'the wisp we are all familiar with in Cyrodiil. The higgs is http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsScenic4.jpg, but easily outstrips the will o'the wisp in terms of power and should not be underestimated. The higgs is also quite diverse in form when it is doing different things. At rest the higgs appears as http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsSpaceBend.jpg encased in a continually falling and renewing http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsShellDetail2.jpg of http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsShellDetail2.jpg. This central core is of the greatest interest to scholars as it appears to be exceedingly dense, and the creature itself is thought to be exceedingly heavy, weighing at least as much as a grown minotaur, despite its smaller size and diffuse appearance. We were informed of this as there was research performed on them some time ago by a (now vanished) scholar that involved colliding various creatures at high speed with the higgs and observing the effects. While the effects on the creatures involved generally involved death, there was some interesting information gained. The researcher, Petra, discovered that the higgs' core appears to give the entire creature a great deal of weight. Petra hypothesised that this weight was enough to bend the space around the core of the creature in some way, resulting in the curious distortion effect visible in the core. Unfortunately Petra dissapeared from her labolatory one day and was never seen again. Indeed, the entire village where she lived appeared to be wiped out overnight, and while no-one knows exactly what happened, it might safely be guessed that one of her "particle colliding" experiments failed disastrously.
When moving the higgs http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsMoving2-1.jpg, but the shell dissipates. Instead the creature http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsMoving-1.jpg. When hunting the creature can be seen only as http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsHunting1-1.jpg.
When attempting to subdue prey the higgs displays another and thoroughly frightening side of itself. All of its colourful beauty vanishes and the centre of the higgs bristles with http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsCombatDetail.jpg of http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsCombat5.jpg. This light appears to be the means by which the creature http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsCombat2.jpg, absorbing their life, magicka and fatigue. The higgs also causes elemental damage, both frost and http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsCombat6.jpg, though not fire. The higgs is also known to damage its foes intelligence and speed, making it particularly hazardous to mages and those who would rely on keeping a distance from it. It has a particularly dangerous habit of temporarily absorbing its targets speed, making it nigh-impossible to flee from at times.
The higgs is best fought with http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsBestCombat.jpg or http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsCombat4.jpg. It's no mean task, however, and truly the best advice would be to http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsBestFlee.jpg http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsBestFlee2.jpg from doing so. http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsScary.jpg is http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsScary2.jpg in http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsCasualty2.jpg rather than escape.
Despite all this, some foolish adventurers choose to hunt higgs for profit, as the dense cloud appears to coalesce on death, and careful examination of this material can often allow the victor to recover a curious substance generally named charged matter. This is unusually heavy for its size, but is not unduly burdening in the quantities alchemists purchase.
For those hoping to learn of the higgs' weaknesses, we have to tell you that http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsScenic5.jpg is very resistant to most forms of magic, but appears least resistant to shock. It is completely resistant to mundane weapons, but is relatively easy to damage with weapons made of silver. Damage, but not kill: the higgs is possibly http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsPowerOutput.jpg present in Mania and poses a http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsMilchar.jpg to the inhabitants. Fortunately the higgs appears to have http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsDumb.jpg, primarily driven by a desire to feed rather than http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/HiggsandCrystal2.jpg.
Thankyou for reading this special edition of our program and we hope you will tune in for the next installment, next time.
Team VASE for the higgs consists of
Creature concepts: Vac
System design and custom skeletons: Vac
Custom textures: Vac
CS work: Vac
Testing: Vac and Lilith
Screenshots: Vac
No higgs appeared to suffer even the slightest discomfort or damage in the making of this program. Scary!
Team VASE brings you an extra-special bonus edition as well. For this extra-special edition we wish to talk about one of the legends of the Shivering Isles.
In the lands of Dementia there is rumour of a creature so evil and vile that it has never been named, with residents mostly refusing to talk of it occasionally referring to the baleful spirit.
This creature was generally thought to be a story or legend only, but we managed to gather some slight evidence of this http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/BalefulStorm.jpg existence. Thanks to careful use of invisibility, we were able to obtain http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/BalefulScenic.jpg and http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/BalefulOnWater.jpg of a hideous black spirit. Unfortunately, the invisibility spell did not appear to be sufficient for our researcher and the last image we recieved was http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/WilloftheWisps/BalefulAndAngry.jpg. We can only advise adventurers in these lands to be exceedingly careful indeed!
Team VASE for the baleful spirit consists of
Creature concepts: Vac
System design and custom skeletons: Vac
Custom textures: Vac
CS work: Vac
Testing: Vac and Lilith
Screenshots: Vac
