[WIP] More Women LE/SE 0.3

This mod greatly increases the spawn of non-unique female NPCs by removing or replacing male NPCs in the levelled lists. Wherever possible this includes enemy factions, guards and neutrals such as hunters and adventurers.

 

This does not touch named NPCs at all so townsfolk and quest characters will not become female.

 

This very early version requires Dawnguard and Dragonborn DLCs.

If this turns out to be something people are interested in then non-DLC versions may be on the to-do list.

 

Updates:

• SE v0.3 - A simple conversion of the LE mod to SE using Cathedral Assets Optimizer.
• v0.3 - adds female guards and soldiers to the Imperial factions including Whiterun and Solitude guards. These areas related quests will still spawn male soldiers and guards that are specified by voice type. The CW storyline missions will still spawn male ally soldiers.
• v0.2 - adds female orcs, khajiits and argonians to the bandit ranks. There might be slightly more of these races appearing than normal because of the shorter lists but I've tried to moderate somewhat.

I'll leave previous versions up in case you have problems with the latest.

 

Limitations:

Some spawns bypass the levelled lists in order to place specific unnamed NPCs, most likely to ensure particular voice types for scripted conversations. Other spawns may simply want very specific demographics such as all orc males or male Forsworn which you'll come across from time to time. Misc quests to eliminate bandits will likely spawn an NPC boss of either sex regardless of this mod.

 

At the moment all this does is change the lists. One problem with such an approach is that there are lists which only contain male NPCs with no female alternatives. In some cases it's possible to just select some other female character from the same faction (male Forsworn berserkers will become female Forsworn mages), in others, such as many mini-bosses, there simply is no alternative so those males will still spawn.

 

Known Issues:

Duplicates: There are far fewer female templates than male so this radically reduces the variation in NPCs. In some cases the available female templates are outnumbered 4:1. As a result you're more likely to see twins. Certain small bandit spawns such as the Whitewatch Tower attack seem to favour a single sub-list which contains only four or five units pretty much guaranteeing that there will be duplicates.

 

This mod may affect game balance.

 

Requirements:

For the current version both Dawnguard and Dragonborn DLC are required

 

Installation:

Drop the esp and bsa files into your Data folder or use a mod manager and make sure the esp is activated in your load order. Typically you'll want this as high in the order as it will go below your DLC to let it be overridden by other mods.

 

Note that this only affects new spawns, so male NPCs that spawned in an existing game before installation will still be there until they are killed or despawn. If you install this to an existing game expect the bandits, guards, etc. to still be male for the next thirty days. Even after that, as discussed above, the occasional male will still show up in specific locations (i.e. quest spawned NPCs, Imperial soldiers, White River Watch bandits, etc).

 

Updating:

Overwrite the existing MoreWomenDGDB.esp and MoreWomenDGDB.bsa files with the new versions. It will take up to thirty days for the changes to start taking effect.

 

Uninstall:

In general, do not uninstall mods mid-game as this can lead to unpredictable results and contribute to save file corruption. Otherwise, just remove the MoreWomenDGDB.esp and MoreWomenDGDB.bsa files It will take at least an in-game month for the spawns to return to normal. You can speed things up for specific areas by clearing bandit camps and interior cells (cleared areas reset after ten days). For versions using the bsa file you may find that straggling female units added by this mod may have the grey-face bug until they despawn.

 

Compatibility / Conflicts:

This mod replaces a lot of modified NPC levelled lists. If you have other mods that alter these lists you should probably place this one above it in the load order to allow it to be overridden. This does not alter item levelled lists so randomly spawning custom items like Deviant Devices For the Masses should still appear.

 

This mod has been cleaned in TES5edit. There is a conflict with Dawnguard since DG adds male units to the vampire lists which this mod then removes - this is intentional.

 

License:

 

This mod is released under GPLv3

 

Open Source means more and better mods for everyone.

Please consider releasing your own mods under recognized open source licences
such as GPL or MIT and help build a foundation for future mod developers.

 

Alternatives:

Feminised Leveled Lists

Masculinized Level Lists

Skyrim Scaling Stopper with the Men Not Usually Warlike patch which requires Skyrim Monster Mod as a master.