About This File
This is a small alternate start mod, built to plug in to Live Another Life (LAL). The character starts out as a lowly novice in Bashnag's coven of spellswords (Southfringe Sanctum, near the southern border of Skyrim), but promptly gets into trouble as Bashnag's paranoia gets out of control.
To start, select 'I am a novice spellsword' at the statue of Mara in the LAL cell.
The introductory quest builds on Sanguine's Debauchery Plus (v3.0 or later) and adds some quest-specific touches to the general SD+ scenario - a little bit of extra dialogue, an additional way to escape. Bashnag has a sadistic streak (SD+ personality profile), and may decide to feed you to the spiders after all.
- Ending the quest by dumping you in with the spiders requires more than 5 punishments from Bashnag in a single day, and a very submissive dialogue option. Easy to avoid, if you so choose (but kind of challenging to get out of).
- The easiest way out is to steal the key. But there's a locked gate on the direct path, so you'll need some lock picks. There are at least a few available, on Bashnag's side of the barrier.
A second alternate start, as a vampire thrall in Bloodlet Throne, has been added in v1.1; this start will usually result in contracting vampirism.
- Once the character turns, if it is between 6pm and midnight, she will have a dialogue option to say that the hunger is gnawing at her. This will release her from captivity (though Deviously Helpless might kick in almost immediately, if it is installed). It is timed for evening, so that she has a substantial part of the night to find shelter... and prey.
- On default settings, that is usually about the same point where SD+ allows you to join the master's faction, so you have a choice about which way to depart Bloodlet Throne.
Requirements:
SexLab v1.59c
Sanguine's Debauchery Plus v3.0 or later
Devious Devices v2.9.0 or later
Live Another Life v3.0 or later
Changelog:
v1.1: Expansion:
- Added a second alternate start, as a vampire captive in Bloodlet Throne.
- Updated for Live Another Life v3.0, which means it now requires all three DLC. The old 1.0 version is still available, for players who do not want that requirement.
v1.0: Minor fixes:
- Made spellswords non-hostile to Bashnag.
- Added chance that pilfering from Bashnag's chest will be noticed (and punished).
- Added custom dialogue to some of the nearby spellswords; among other things, this blocks them from volunteering to be your new master.
v0.9: Minor fixes:
- Added a few lockpicks to a couple of NPCs, to make the stockade less of a barrier.
- Added a SEQ file to ensure that the LAL starting option is processed properly.
