Posts from Alternative Creatures - creature replacement.

I'm making a mod to replace creatures and their upgrades with new ones. Models and textures from different mods will be used, but the creatures' stats will be changed. I will also have to work on the upgrades, as many mods don't have them.
The mod will be modular, meaning you can choose which creatures to keep and which to remove. Perhaps, based on the NCF core, it will be possible to obtain these creatures using a fort on a hill, rather than in a castle (similar to the third-tier upgrade in NCF).

Thank you Uriel Septim X for the ideas and support.
Special thanks to zahar0z for giving me the green light to use his work and for the helpful advice.

Currently, I have the following ideas:

Haven:
no changes yet

Inferno:
Ifrits - Ifrit Sultans - Ifrit Viziers (instead of Cave Demons)
Destroyers - Devastators - ??? (instead of Devils)

Necropolis:
Ghouls - Insatiable Ghouls - ??? (instead of Zombies)
Spiders - Black Spiders(?) - Death Spiders(?) (instead of Vampires)
Black Knights - Death Knights - Dark Knights(?) (instead of Undead)

Sylvan:
Dendroids - Dendroid Guardians - Dendroid Soldiers (instead of Ents or Green Dragons)

Dungeon:
Chakram Dancers - ??? - ??? (instead of Beasts)
Cave Manticores - ??? - ??? (instead of Hydras)
Faceless Ones - ??? - ??? (instead of Twilight Witches)

Academy:
Shantiir Golems - ??? - ??? (instead of Iron Golems)

Fortress:
Valkyries - ??? - ??? (instead of Berserkers)

Stronghold
Wolf Riders - ??? - ??? (instead of Orcish Warriors)
Cutters - ??? - ??? (instead of Assassins)[/FONT]

Ideas for creatures, their characteristics, and mods from which they can be taken are welcome!!!

Currently, a spider from zahar0z, imported from the game Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, has been implemented:

An age-old question. Why?? What was wrong with the previous creatures? Were they some kind of monstrosities? Why cram creatures from several games into one... or just add them?

Let's take a look at all the mods and ask ourselves, why were they created? What was wrong with the vanilla functions and creatures of the game? Were they some kind of monstrosities?

Just kidding, if I offended anyone, I apologize.

So, the mod is designed to introduce new creatures into the game, in order to slightly change the Gameplay. Let's say you like to play as Necromancer, but you're tired of all these creatures. Yes, there are a lot of mods that replace Necromancer in general, but here, for now, most of the creatures are consistent with the lore, which will allow you to play as your favorite Faction without changing it fundamentally, but only some of the creatures, which will slightly affect the gameplay. Based on the knowledge gained, I can say that it is planned to make the mod modular, that is, with the ability to replace a specific tier, and not all at once, as described in the mod.

This hasn't been done yet. Perhaps in the future, there will be complete replacements of creatures, and they will be balanced with each other, with other similar Factions, and with the vanilla version of the game.

@Andrail, what is the main idea of the MOD?

The mod isn't fully implemented yet :) But it adds variety to the gameplay.

Spiders and black spiders (currently with vampire characteristics).

We need a third one with a striped backside, or one like Namtaru from the 6th game!

Good evening, Andrail.
What's the point of creating creatures that are visually identical?

Hello. Do you mean that they only differ in color?
The Destroyers and Devastators were imported from the sixth game, and I had to create the Annihilators myself, to the best of my limited abilities.

Added 4 minutes later
There's not much you can do with spiders, so I added some designs on their abdomens. Repainting the Death Spider was very time-consuming, and I'm almost satisfied with the final result. Don't judge too harshly)