Mods for a Dunmer warrior roleplaying playthrough?

[ZeroListGram]

Hello.

 

I've decided to try a pure warrior build; no magic, no enhancing, possibly no alchemy and smithing. I'll manage these through Honed Metal. The base will be Requiem. I'll invest into every warrior skill, both one- and two-handed as well as heavy- and light armor, since it wouldn't make sense to be an expert in one and a complete beginner at the other - plus I can change up my gameplay with that. I think his moral alignment will be "true neutral" when he arrives to Skyrim -- maybe even through the vanilla start --, and may change from there. He's not Dragonborn (yes, I'm still playing male characters, shame on me ), however, his friend (a follower, I'm not sure whether it will be Minerva or another elf character from Anna NPCs) is.
I'll turn down all EXP gain -- maybe with the exception of Speechcraft --, and only level up through trainers. This will create an insane need for money all throughout the game, so I won't end up overly rich, especially since I will also have to pay for my enhancements, potions/poisons and smithing. I'll combine that with Morrowloot and Scarcity (I don't think Trade and Barter offers something I can't re-create through SkyTweak (fBarterMin and Max). +/- 5% difference in price from certain races doesn't make any significant difference to me, and Requiem already raises the amount of gold merchants have, so there aren't too many things left that would make it adding to my load order -- correct me if I'm wrong).

 

I'll use iNeed combined with You Hunger, because I found that without limiting the availability of food in game, needs mods are much more of an annoyance than something I should actually take into consideration. I'll use Mines and Farms sell stock and Hunterborn to make up for the difference in a reasonable way. Wet and Cold, Footprints and Frostfall would burn my PC to the ground, so I won't be using those or similar mods.

 

I'm considering making a religious fanatic and using no armor, only a sword and shield -- justifying that by saying that the Gods will protect him, something I've done with my cleric playthrough --, but I'm not sure yet. The Dunmer seem reasonable people -- however, the Gods did protect my cleric, so...

Some other mods I use to better roleplay this character:

Interesting NPCs, RDO, Guard Dialogue Overhaul, Player Head Tracking with voice types using Morrowind Dunmer voice, Religion 2.0 for Daedra worship (I'd like alternate animations here, I wonder if anyone could help me replace the default ones), Daedric Cloaks,  Immersive Dialogue, Immersive Speechcraft, Temple of Azura, Expanded NPC Dialogue, Paper World Map, Take Notes and ESF Companions (if you don't know this mod, you're missing out).

 

However, I need a few suggestions regarding mods.

 

First of all, the only male Dunmer follower mod with custom voice I know of is Atvir Dres. I have several problems with him, the most obvious one is that he has no compatibility patch with Requiem that I know of (which means he would be extremely weak). The other is that he supports the Empire and/or at least hates the Stormcloaks. This doesn't make any sense what-so-ever to me. Hear me out. I'm roleplaying, not loreplaying. There was this thing, called Oblivion, where the Daedra invaded the mortal realm, and since Morrowind, the Dunmer mostly worship the Reclamations -- meaning, Daedra.

 

What do you think is the public opinion of the Empire towards the Dark Elves? If they don't burn them at the stake, at the very least they should descriminate them to the point of them having no choice but to leave. They are religious outcasts in the Empire. Who are the other religious outcasts in the Empire? Guess what, the Stormcloaks. The Dark Elves and the Stormcloaks should be natural allies against the Empire, not enemies! Another way for this alliance to happen is by the relocation of the Tribunal Temple (since they were declared an untrue way) to Windhelm, and thus the remaining followers of the Temple -- who are also Dunmer, thus disliked by the Empire -- could have a good reason to join the Stormcloaks. This Stormcloak - Dunmer hatred is so artificial in vanilla, it doesn't make any sense, and ignores a great opportunity to make more sense and consistency in Tamriel. So yes, I will be joining the Stormcloaks, and Atvir constantly whining about it would not fit in with that.

 

My questions are:

 

- Are there any mods in regards to what I described above with the Stormcloaks and Dunmer? Maybe Dunmer in the Stormcloak army, or a Tribunal / Temple of Reclamations in Windhelm?

 

- Are there any Requiem-compatible Dunmer follower mods? My best bet right now is the Dunmer guy in Anna NPCs.

 

- Are there any HDT hair styles for Dunmer males? I found HDT vanilla hairstyles, but they only work for non-elf human races.

 

- Aside from EEO which I'm already using, how could I make elves look better?

 

- Is there a Jorrvaskr overhaul that is compatible with ESF Companions?

 

- Perhaps the most importantly, how can I make my dialogues look like in the video below (around 02:08)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amsSVyh-3go

 

Here is her mod list: https://modwat.ch/u/Nagaborn/plugins

 

S/he uses Face to Face Conversations and Customizable Camera, but I don't know which mod could add the black lines on the top and bottom.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

 

[morgananinuala]

Stormcloaks for Good Guys allows you to convince Ulfric to be less racist.

 

PC Head Tracking lets your character speak with any vanilla voice, and thus allows you to use one of several Dunmer voicesets (including Neloth's, if that's your cup of tea.)

 

If you're willing to compromise on the sword-and-board fighting style, Kthonia's Weapons has an amazing, hi-rez chitin greatsword and bow.