A mod for Daggerfall Unity that adds Necromancy to the game as spells under the Mysticism school. It also adds an optional Necromancer class which starts with the Animate Dead spell.
The undead are clones of vanilla enemies but are allied to the player. They also have code attached to them which makes them follow the player, but the pathfinding isn't great. It's based off how the enemies pursue the player and works basically the same way.
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Adds several different spell effects for summoning a variety of undead minions as well as a utility spell to recall these to your position:
- Recall Minions
- Summon Skeleton
- Summon Ghost
- Summon Zombie
- Summon Mummy
- Summon Vampire
- Summon Lich
- Summon Ancient Vampire
- Summon Ancient Lich
Spells can be created at the spell maker in the Mage's Guild.
- Copy mod to
/path/to/dfu/DaggerfallUnity_Data/StreamingAssets/Mods - Important: Copy
BIOG18T0.TXTto/path/to/dfu/DaggerfallUnity_Data/StreamingAssets/BIOGs. Without this, the custom Necromancer class will not work.
For more info, please read here.
Most, but not all, aspects of the Necromancy class can be tweaked to your liking in the config. The costs of the spells can also be manipulated via the mod settings. I don't know what all the values do and they're wildly out of whack as of 0.0.11. Help in this department would be immensely appreciated!
By default, the Necromancer class is enabled. It can be disabled in the settings, which may help if you're using other class mods and problems occur.
Check the log file and look for "Cheb" to find errors related to this mod.
The log file's location differs per operating system. On Linux it is located in $HOME/.config/unity3d/Daggerfall Workshop/Daggerfall Unity/Player.log
Expand to see cheating info (hidden so people's experience doesn't get ruined)
The spell effects have a backend which can be triggered by console commands:
- Press
~to open the console - Type
help spawnto read the options, then spawn a minion inspawn skeletonwill spawn a skeletal warriorspawn vampirewill spawn a vampire, etc.
- Type
recallminionsto bring the undead to your position if they get stuck or lost
| Version | Date | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 0.0.15 | 28/04/2024 | Minions will follow you through area transitions. |
| 0.0.14 | 28/04/2024 | Finish implementing limited magnitude scaling. A minion's health, as well as skeleton & zombie melee weapon quality, scales with the player's stats & skills and the spell's magnitude. |
| 0.0.13 | 19/04/2024 | Expose many class options to the config so users can tweak stuff about it to their liking; improve quiz with necromancy-themed questions |
| 0.0.12 | 17/04/2024 | Fix Necromancer class description text |
| 0.0.11 | 16/04/2024 | Add starter necromancer class |
| 0.0.10 | 16/04/2024 | Add basic Animate Dead spell for purchase |
| 0.0.9 | 16/04/2024 | Fix problem where all friendly NPCs get teleported by recall minions. |
| 0.0.8 | 15/04/2024 | Mod should now properly work with built versions of the game |
| 0.0.6 | 15/04/2024 | Fix spell prices not updating properly |
| 0.0.5 | 15/04/2024 | Add spells to mysticism school; Add customizable spell costs |
| 0.0.4 | 14/04/2024 | Remove spawnskeleton command and replace with spawn command that can spawn many different types of undead. |
| 0.0.3 | 14/04/2024 | Restore UndeadMinion script when when game loads so that existing minions resume following; Add command to recall minions to your position; remove skeleton bark |
| 0.0.2 | 05/02/2023 | Add command to spawn skeletons |
| 0.0.1 | 05/02/2023 | Create mod |
