MsOtaku Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 Question: I really want Death Hounds as followers/companions but, I've read that the only way to get them is to join the Volkihar Vampire Clan. I'm not ready to become a vampire so early in the game right now so what will happen if I accept "the gift," turn into a vamp, get the dogs, leave, then get cured? Will the hounds stop following me and will the vampires from said clan not welcome me into their keep any longer? (I'm guessing not....) I'm more interested in the hounds but, lets say later on in my play though I DO decide to be a vampire by some other means like, letting some random vampire infect my PC. Will the prestigious clan accept me back?
Kuroyami Posted October 29, 2016 Posted October 29, 2016 CuSith and Garmar should be in factions that make them friendly to the player regardless of them being a Vampire or not. Not sure if you can take them along with you or keep them while not a Vampire. Also, getting one of them as your Dog Companion possibly requires completing the Bloodstone Chalice quest, i.e you have to complete that quest and get the next before you can take them will work. If you do accept Harkon's offer, and later get cured, the Vampires in the Keep won't attack you, you are still allowed into the Keep, but they will mention you not being a Vampire Lord, and suggest that you speak to Harkon to regain it. Also, although it may be obvious, the quests on the Vampire side won't progress if you are not a Vampire.
myuhinny Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 The vampire quests can also at times be quite buggy so if you get cured leave and later come back to do the rest the quests might be broken when you try to start the rest of them.
karlpaws Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 I would bet there is a mod or 3 someplace that adds one of them as a standard follower... maybe even a replacer for Meeko. There was a mod that had a robot looking dog pet in one of the dwemer ruins and also added a nix type dog on the road from Windhelm to Morrowind. Not sure how hard it would be, if no one else has, but either Meeko or Vigilance (is that the one purchased in Markarth?) could have their race changed to death hound instead of standard dog in the CK. [EDIT] Could give this a try http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37551/?
MsOtaku Posted October 30, 2016 Author Posted October 30, 2016 Thanks, everyone. I'll take my chances and accept the gift, take the hounds, and get cured. I'll be sure to leave a save just before I accept "the gift" if things go badly. I appreciate it. I would bet there is a mod or 3 someplace that adds one of them as a standard follower... maybe even a replacer for Meeko. There was a mod that had a robot looking dog pet in one of the dwemer ruins and also added a nix type dog on the road from Windhelm to Morrowind. Not sure how hard it would be, if no one else has, but either Meeko or Vigilance (is that the one purchased in Markarth?) could have their race changed to death hound instead of standard dog in the CK. [EDIT] Could give this a try http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37551/? Tried it, I had no options to speak to him. All I got was "...." and that's it. Thanks anyway.
jfraser Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 Thanks, everyone. I'll take my chances and accept the gift, take the hounds, and get cured. I'll be sure to leave a save just before I accept "the gift" if things go badly. I appreciate it. I would bet there is a mod or 3 someplace that adds one of them as a standard follower... maybe even a replacer for Meeko. There was a mod that had a robot looking dog pet in one of the dwemer ruins and also added a nix type dog on the road from Windhelm to Morrowind. Not sure how hard it would be, if no one else has, but either Meeko or Vigilance (is that the one purchased in Markarth?) could have their race changed to death hound instead of standard dog in the CK. [EDIT] Could give this a try http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37551/? Tried it, I had no options to speak to him. All I got was "...." and that's it. Thanks anyway. according to that mod's support thread, the fix to your issue is to recruit the dog via AFT or some other follower handling mod.
MsOtaku Posted October 30, 2016 Author Posted October 30, 2016 Thanks, everyone. I'll take my chances and accept the gift, take the hounds, and get cured. I'll be sure to leave a save just before I accept "the gift" if things go badly. I appreciate it. I would bet there is a mod or 3 someplace that adds one of them as a standard follower... maybe even a replacer for Meeko. There was a mod that had a robot looking dog pet in one of the dwemer ruins and also added a nix type dog on the road from Windhelm to Morrowind. Not sure how hard it would be, if no one else has, but either Meeko or Vigilance (is that the one purchased in Markarth?) could have their race changed to death hound instead of standard dog in the CK. [EDIT] Could give this a try http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37551/? Tried it, I had no options to speak to him. All I got was "...." and that's it. Thanks anyway. according to that mod's support thread, the fix to your issue is to recruit the dog via AFT or some other follower handling mod. I had AFT installed and again, that's all I got. I switched to EFF and will try it out soon. Thank you.
karlpaws Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 I downloaded the mod to see if I could replicate your problems, and another mod added its dialog, so I did not get the ... entry. Was not able to recruit the dog outright, so I had to use the AFT TweakFollower spell. After forcing the dog into the AFT follower system with the Manage with AFT dialog, he was able to follow me.
thesteve812 Posted October 30, 2016 Posted October 30, 2016 I use GuruSR's Friendly Vampires http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/54084/? Then do player.placeatme for CuSith or Garmr. There is dialogue come with me or follow. You have to be a vampire and can recruit other vampires.
MsOtaku Posted October 31, 2016 Author Posted October 31, 2016 I'm going to start a new game. You guys can't even imagine all the things that are going wrong and I have zero idea why and it's driving me insane. In regards to the hounds, I still had problems with AFT so I tried EFF and got the same results with "...". I'll take a look at GuruSR's Friendly Vampires and see if it helps on my new game. Thanks everyone. I really appreciate it. CuSith and Garmar should be in factions that make them friendly to the player regardless of them being a Vampire or not. Not sure if you can take them along with you or keep them while not a Vampire. Also, getting one of them as your Dog Companion possibly requires completing the Bloodstone Chalice quest, i.e you have to complete that quest and get the next before you can take them will work. If you do accept Harkon's offer, and later get cured, the Vampires in the Keep won't attack you, you are still allowed into the Keep, but they will mention you not being a Vampire Lord, and suggest that you speak to Harkon to regain it. Also, although it may be obvious, the quests on the Vampire side won't progress if you are not a Vampire. The vampire quests can also at times be quite buggy so if you get cured leave and later come back to do the rest the quests might be broken when you try to start the rest of them. This is very helpful info, thanks a lot.
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