Dea Obscura - Reign of Darkness
by Xenius

There is a place, that does not exist.
At least, that is what everyone thinks.
No one wanted to know.

About this dark place that exists
within your dreams
Some claim they have actually entered the realm.
They call it Lacune.

"A place where...
Light is absent and darkness reigns.
Strange language is being spoken and written. 
Living beings withstand the eternal darkness. 
Eyes in the sky are watching the newcomers.
Storms are as black as the darkest night."

Those who returned to the real world also
say the realm was created by some goddess,
a dark goddess. Her name was unknown, they
called her "Dea Obscura". 

No one believes these dream wanderers who
claim to have been in some strange realm called "Lacune".

Any stranger talking about dark realms is
being ignored and forgotten.

Soon the truth will be unveiled.
The truth no one wanted to know.

They will wish they had...

The dark goddess will enter the world of Nirn.
Her intention is not destroying it, but altering it.

She will not appear in her real form, but as mortal.
That mortal has just awoke from a strange dream.

The one and only thing that She will take with her is...

The Dark Vigor Within



Description

This mod adds a new race to the game, called "Dea Obscura".
You will not really play as an immortal goddess like the name
might imply. You are a mortal who simply served as a vessel
to travel from the dark realm, trough the world of dreams
to the real world. You were once human, now your body has
similarities to the goddess herself. You are a mortal, with 
the powers of a goddess.



Attributes

Strength - 30
Endurance - 40
Speed - 50
Agility - 30
Personality - 30
Intelligence - 50
Willpower - 45
Luck - 45

Skills

Destruction - 10
Conjuration - 10
Illusion - 10
Mysticism - 10
Blade - 5

Abilities

Atrus Veneficus
Ranged spell that damages one target.

Atrus Vestis
Protective spell.

Senium
Damages one target on touch.

Visum in Obsucurum
Allows you to see in darkness.

Atra Flamma
Creates dark flames coming from your hands, will increase you destruction skill.

Atra Pluvia
Changes the weather into the darkest storm you've ever seen. Works best when using in bright daylight.

Aura Obscura
Surrounds your character by a dark aura, increases your sneak skill.

Gladius Obscurus
Creates two powerfull swords.

Ocula Obscura
Another weather changing spell, dark eyes appear in the sky allowing you to see any living creature.

Transitus
This ability changes the appearance of your body, making you stronger. 

Dark Vigor

This is the magical enery unique to the race. It is determined by your level.
Every ability will use a certain amount of Dark Vigor depending on the strength.
When using an ability a message will popup showing the current and maximum value.

You can not simply refill your Dark Vigor by buying a potion and using it or sleeping.
In the game world there are 3 "Stones of Corruption". One of them is near Vilverin, the
other ones you will have to find yourself.

At these stones you can convert Welkynd Stones into Dark Vigor Crystals. By using these
crystals you can refill your Dark Vigor completely.

Install / Uninstall

Install:

Use 7zip to extract the files.

Move the Data folder to the Oblivion folder.

Uninstall:

Video\Xenius\Dea Obscura
Sound\fx\Xenius\Dea Obscura
X.Dea.Obscura.esp
X.Dea.Obscura.bsa

Version History

[27-08-10] 0.9 Beta Release
[06-09-10] 0.91 Update
[16-11-10] 1.0 Release
[28-11-10] 1.1 Update
[23-04-11] 2.0 Release

Requirements

HG EyeCandy Body
Oblivion Patch v1.2.0416

Custom Race fixes:

Unofficial Oblivion Patch
or
Custom Race Fix + Boethia Shrine Custom Race Fix

Credis

Thanks to throttlekitty for the Head06 resource
Thanks to CapsAdmin for the PSD resource
Thanks to -Ren- for the hairstyles
Thanks to necKros for the hair textures
Thanks to Capucine for the teeth textures
Thanks to Kafeid for the MultiPierced Ears
Thanks to scanti for the merged mouth and teeth
Thanks to Navetsea for the body textures
Thanks to AlienSlof for Oblivion Robe Trader
Thanks to Spike4072 for the Dark Flame Ring

Thanks to Benji3O3 at Deviantart for the useful seamless textures
Thanks to borysses at Deviantart for the useful seamless textures

Thanks to oscillator at the freesound project for the sound resource
Thanks to grsites.com for the free sound resource

Thanks to Kevin MacLeod of incompetech.com for the great royalty free music I used for the video

Thanks to Gizmodian for The Shards of Light
Thanks to davidcho for Ageha Tortured Soul 

Thanks to those who helped me with the scripts

Thanks to everyone who enjoys my mods.
Thanks to those who used my races for their beautiful pictures.

Tools Used

Adobe Photoshop CS5
Nvidia DDS plugin
Nvidia normal map filter
Nifskope
The Elder Scrolls Construction Set
7-Zip
Notepad
Notepad++

Licensing

You are allowed to use any part of this mod for your own creations.
You will have to ask permission from me first.Translations are allowed, 
same rule applies. Including the BSA archive in the translated version is 
allowed. You may not extract the content of the BSA archive and include 
it in the translated version. Redistributing any part of this mod is 
not allowed under any circumstances.

Author's Note

This is the most complicated race mod I have ever created. The new update
took more time to create than the previous versions of this race together.

Also this race is not based on any other races, it is 100% my own idea. It
is the first time I added a small background story and video to a race mod.
So if they are not that good you know the reason.

When I released the first version of this race I used a Latin name for no
reason other than "Dark Goddess sounds too generic". In the new background
I tried to justify that decision. I don't want to see any complaints about
mistaking in using the language, now I can just say "It's the language of
her realm".