The Ancient Profession 2024-06-24

[kamithemoon]

Been making these lately.  This one is for Dibella's Garden, to show my appreciation for your work.

[Raven 54]

@ruddycray Thank You for the mod, I have kind of played around with it before but this is the first time I have really played it through, not quite finished but I wanted to tell you and the others who contributed to this work, Thanks.  @Herowynne @kamithemoon @xtrange988 and any I don't know about.

Skyrim SE 1.5.97

Questions...

How long does it take Jagar to go to the face sculptor, do I have to be a member of the thieves guild or have started it at least?

When gaining ranks in being a succubus how many souls for each level does it take? It seemed like a lot for the first rank, I don't have a lot of extra NPC's wandering around, may have to change this on my next new game.

@xtrange988 I have your mod overhauling the brothels, it is really dark in places, I don't use any lighting overhauls, any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

I leave you with a NSFW picture.... the real reason Raven married Jagar.....   NSFW

Raven, Jagar, Iona    SOS size 12, just looks bigger from the angle.  

Spoiler

 

I also use this well done mod for fangs for a non vampire, just for my Succubus.

 

Edited April 21 by Raven 54
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[xtrange988]

14 hours ago, Raven 54 said:

 

@xtrange988 I have your mod overhauling the brothels, it is really dark in places, I don't use any lighting overhauls, any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

I'm using Dynamic Interior Ambient Lighting (DIAL), But truth is I really really dislike the giant radial light Beth and everyone uses for lighting and I prefer the darkness  like natural darkness like normal interiors with candles and no electricity nor smelly messy torches.

DIAL has some brighter choices.

[ruddycray]

On 4/21/2026 at 5:39 AM, Raven 54 said:

@ruddycray Thank You for the mod, I have kind of played around with it before but this is the first time I have really played it through, not quite finished but I wanted to tell you and the others who contributed to this work, Thanks.  @Herowynne @kamithemoon @xtrange988 and any I don't know about.

Skyrim SE 1.5.97

Questions...

How long does it take Jagar to go to the face sculptor, do I have to be a member of the thieves guild or have started it at least?

When gaining ranks in being a succubus how many souls for each level does it take? It seemed like a lot for the first rank, I don't have a lot of extra NPC's wandering around, may have to change this on my next new game.

@xtrange988 I have your mod overhauling the brothels, it is really dark in places, I don't use any lighting overhauls, any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

I leave you with a NSFW picture.... the real reason Raven married Jagar.....   NSFW

Raven, Jagar, Iona    SOS size 12, just looks bigger from the angle.  

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I also use this well done mod for fangs for a non vampire, just for my Succubus.

 

 

He needs to have changed clothes in your new home, and it should happen 4 days after that when you return to the home.

 

If the clothes have changed then this console command should show something that is not zero.

 

show TAPMinJagarSculptedStartDay

 

[Justinof]

First thing, i really like the mod.

My concerns are about the Succubus part: while the bonuses gained from becoming a succubus are negligible, the health damage when being hungry or starving is MASSIVE.

I have discovered that the damage to max health is also related to the player skill in destruction (damage given).

 

This is my situation: Player max health 4300 (due to high level and bonuses from other mods).

Player hungry: Max health drop to 890! Damage is 3410... This is not 20% as written in the mod description.

Player starving: player die... Damage is above 6000! Since my PC is protected from death thanks to Defeat, i can modav my heath to resume playing, but this is not a solution.

At ravenous i presume the damage would be close to 10000, i haven't reached that level (yet).

 

I did edit the bonuses already to rebalance the things a bit but i couldn't find where and how to edit the health damage calculation in the esp, could you please point me to the right direction?

Just for comparison, to survive the succubus cure i have to remove all power ups to destruction damage (it is just a ring) and rise my PC health to almost 25000!!

 

[Ghost378]

Hi, Is there a way to disable the dialogue option of "are you interested in a good time with me?". I've talked to the innkeepers and got a license in Whiterun but I still get the dialogue option with everyone even outside of Whiterun.

[ruddycray]

On 5/10/2026 at 5:07 PM, Ghost378 said:

Hi, Is there a way to disable the dialogue option of "are you interested in a good time with me?". I've talked to the innkeepers and got a license in Whiterun but I still get the dialogue option with everyone even outside of Whiterun.

 

There should be an option to turn off freelance prostitution in the MCM.

[ruddycray]

On 5/8/2026 at 8:55 AM, Justinof said:

First thing, i really like the mod.

My concerns are about the Succubus part: while the bonuses gained from becoming a succubus are negligible, the health damage when being hungry or starving is MASSIVE.

I have discovered that the damage to max health is also related to the player skill in destruction (damage given).

 

This is my situation: Player max health 4300 (due to high level and bonuses from other mods).

Player hungry: Max health drop to 890! Damage is 3410... This is not 20% as written in the mod description.

Player starving: player die... Damage is above 6000! Since my PC is protected from death thanks to Defeat, i can modav my heath to resume playing, but this is not a solution.

At ravenous i presume the damage would be close to 10000, i haven't reached that level (yet).

 

I did edit the bonuses already to rebalance the things a bit but i couldn't find where and how to edit the health damage calculation in the esp, could you please point me to the right direction?

Just for comparison, to survive the succubus cure i have to remove all power ups to destruction damage (it is just a ring) and rise my PC health to almost 25000!!

 

 

It's calculated in the succubus script itself, TAPQSuccubusSript. I just looked at the script, and the damage is based on your maximum health after buffs are applied. It might also be using the wrong damage type for the hunger effects. I'd have to look.

[Timms]

Thank you very much for this great mod. So far I have had no problems with the quests. However, as a succubus I cannot absorb souls. Is there a way to bypass the problem with console commands? For example, change the amount of absorbed souls? Thanks in advance

 

Btw. The character is marked as Succubus,  the spell is active, but no soul is being absorbed. I have tried both spells on several NPCs, no success.

I get the message, NPC resisted or NPC is too strong. Absorbing from sleeping ones also doesn't work.

In the meantime, the character is starving, so the negative progress does work.

Edited May 14 by Timms

[ruddycray]

On 5/13/2026 at 4:11 PM, Timms said:

Thank you very much for this great mod. So far I have had no problems with the quests. However, as a succubus I cannot absorb souls. Is there a way to bypass the problem with console commands? For example, change the amount of absorbed souls? Thanks in advance

 

Btw. The character is marked as Succubus,  the spell is active, but no soul is being absorbed. I have tried both spells on several NPCs, no success.

I get the message, NPC resisted or NPC is too strong. Absorbing from sleeping ones also doesn't work.

In the meantime, the character is starving, so the negative progress does work.

 

I think I wrote to the Papyrus log why it doesn't work when it doesn't, if you have Papyrus logging enabled for your game. It would probably be possible to use some console commands to fix your hunger, but I don't have a set of steps ready to give you for that. It might be more complicated than just setting one thing.

[Timms]

Thanks for the quick reply. I think the problem is more with my mod list. I use Pandora instead of FNIS because FNIS crashes for me. That's why the Sexlab animations are not working for me at the moment. If that helps... I was hoping for a solution with console commands to absorb souls in order to complete the Succubus quest. Does absorbing souls work as a quest? I couldn't find anything about that.

 

I know I could also  finish the succubus thing through the side quest to end it , but I would like to test that a bit more

 

Great mod otherwise, everything works well

Edited May 15 by Timms

[ruddycray]

On 5/15/2026 at 7:32 AM, Timms said:

Thanks for the quick reply. I think the problem is more with my mod list. I use Pandora instead of FNIS because FNIS crashes for me. That's why the Sexlab animations are not working for me at the moment. If that helps... I was hoping for a solution with console commands to absorb souls in order to complete the Succubus quest. Does absorbing souls work as a quest? I couldn't find anything about that.

 

I know I could also  finish the succubus thing through the side quest to end it , but I would like to test that a bit more

 

Great mod otherwise, everything works well

 

It works like being a vampire. There's a quest that's running in the background keeping track of everything.

[Timms]

Can you give me the quest ID or Questname ? Thanks again

Edited May 18 by Timms

[adadnirari]

Interesting mod.

I want to get followers to become part of the order of the Lily but after I convince them, no further dialogue option occurs with Qawi. What did I do wrong?

[ruddycray]

On 5/19/2026 at 1:18 PM, adadnirari said:

Interesting mod.

I want to get followers to become part of the order of the Lily but after I convince them, no further dialogue option occurs with Qawi. What did I do wrong?

 

Do you have follower mods installed? It's not really compatible with them.

[ruddycray]

On 5/17/2026 at 6:48 AM, Timms said:

Can you give me the quest ID or Questname ? Thanks again

 

Should be TAPQSuccubus

[adadnirari]

13 hours ago, ruddycray said:

 

Do you have follower mods installed? It's not really compatible with them.

Yes I have amazing follower tweaks. I tried to use both followers added by mods and Vanilla followers, but the options never appeared. Maybe I'll find the ID for the quest and complete it with console commands.

[Jack005]

I know this is a frequenly asked question and you must be tired of hearing this, but its been 2 years, when could be the next update?? I really want the vampire/Dawnstar quest continuation

[Lulucrecia]

I am stuck on 'It looks like you're already entertaining someone" dialogue.

[Dread and Awful Presences]

On 5/31/2026 at 9:55 PM, Jack005 said:

I know this is a frequenly asked question and you must be tired of hearing this, but its been 2 years, when could be the next update?? I really want the vampire/Dawnstar quest continuation

Seconded!