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Skin to Hide Vampirism
propertyOfUndefined
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I've been hoping we get this for a while now. It would be great to have a skin that just makes you look "normal", and not like you're drenched in lava, or have some disgusting black ooze dripping from your eyes. Some players (e.g. me!) work really hard on their characters' faces. Not all of those faces agree with the veiny, porcelain skin and conjuctivitis-stricken eyes of vampires. Please make this happen some time soon!
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B0SSzombie✭✭✭✭✭
✭I recall a lot of people using the "Arctic Rime" skin from Dragonscale Crates as a decent way to hide vampirism. You're still a little pale from it, but your skin tone still comes through.
https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/arctic-rime/Edited by B0SSzombie on April 3, 2021 9:18PM3 -
propertyOfUndefined✭✭✭✭✭Thanks for the suggestion. I have that, and have used it in the past as well. It makes the skin look a tad “flaky” though, which I’m not a fan on.4
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TX12001rwb17_ESO✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭ZOS needs to implement a "Master Vampire" skin
It would keep your normal appearance but you would keep the stage based Vampire eyes, a bit like Rada-al-Saran15 -
UntilValhalla13✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Arctic rime or scalecaller are probably the closest skins that still kinda maintain the original appearance, without being over the top.0 -
propertyOfUndefined✭✭✭✭✭If...lady belain...can hide vampirism, players should have this option as well
Edited by propertyOfUndefined on April 6, 2021 10:16PM9 -
Brrrofski✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭The fish scale one is quite good for it.
Can't remember the name though sorry.
And it was in crown crates a cycle or two ago.1 -
Minyassa✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭B0SSzombie wrote: »I recall a lot of people using the "Arctic Rime" skin from Dragonscale Crates as a decent way to hide vampirism. You're still a little pale from it, but your skin tone still comes through.
https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/arctic-rime/
That's the one I used, though on closeups you look crusty and like you plastered walls and didn't wash up after.1 -
propertyOfUndefined✭✭✭✭✭B0SSzombie wrote: »I recall a lot of people using the "Arctic Rime" skin from Dragonscale Crates as a decent way to hide vampirism. You're still a little pale from it, but your skin tone still comes through.
https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/arctic-rime/
That's the one I used, though on closeups you look crusty and like you plastered walls and didn't wash up after.
Hah! That’s what I meant when I said “flaky”
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snoozy✭✭✭✭✭
✭The fish scale one is quite good for it.
Can't remember the name though sorry.
And it was in crown crates a cycle or two ago.
agree!
https://eso.mmo-fashion.com/maormer-fish/PC EU0 -
Anumaril✭✭✭✭✭To this day I refuse to play a vampire unless we get a "look normal" skin. Don't get me wrong: I LOVE the veins + eyes, but I HATE the snow-white skin. I really like how as you progress through the stages your vampiric self comes to the surface and you look more starved, but the white skin is too much on the pale side.
Vampires have never been that pale in the ES universe, until ESO decided to make it so. While a mortal mask skin would unfortunately hide the veins + eyes too, it would at least make vampires playable by getting rid of the ridiculous overly-pale skin.1 -
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✭I use Peyrite with a thick beard, and Maormers.Main: (PvP & PvE)PS5/NA - Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar - Daggerfall Covenant • 1550+ Champion
Ras Kalik a Redguard Templar, the Vestige
PvP:
Aurik Siet'ka a Redguard Necromancer
Cacique the Sage of Ius a Redguard Warden
Jux Blackheart a Redguard Nightblade
Goliath of Hammerfell a Redguard Dragonknight
Kaotik Von Dae'mon a Redguard* Sorcerer
PvP: (Specialty)
Tyrus Septim an Imperial Lycan Sorcerer
Tsar af-Bomba a Redguard Vampiric Nightblade
Movárth Piquine a Nord Vampiric Necromancer
Uri Ice-Heart the Twin a Nord Vampiric Warden
PvE:
Cinan Tharn an Imperial Dragonknight
Bates Vesuius of Dawnstar an Imperial Dragonknight
Herzog Zwei the Genesis an Akavari* Templar
Tav'i at-Shinji a Redguard** Warden
Lucky Hunch the Gambler - a Redguard Nightblade
Leveling...
Zenovia at-Tura a Redguard** Sorcerer
Yesi af-Kalik a Redguard Templar
Voa a Priest of Sep a Redguard* Necromancer
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Passives of another race used. (RP)
*Breton
**Imperial
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Ras Kalik the Vestige, a renown Redguard warrior; He has been blessed to save Tamriel from Molag Bal’s destructive Planemeld while reuniting the Five Companions. His further accomplishments after defeating Molag Bal, has been to stop the destruction of Morrowind, the Clockwork City, return order to the isle of Summerset and create a new king in Wrothgar and a queen in Elsywer. These events have made him a living legend and continue to lead him into new adventures throughout Tamriel, as well as into the hearts of many ladies including the Elf Queen, Aryenn. Over many years of adventurous travels, Ras Kalik had become a loner, until he re-visited his homeland of Alik'r.
Alik'r and it's cities were overrun by the undead Ra-Netu and therefore he made an allegiance with Alik'r's own Ash'abah tribe. These Ash'abah with his help, cleansed the city of Sentinel in Alik'r desert and it's surrounding areas of the undead brought to life by the Withered Hand. After rescuing Sentinel from the undead zombies, King Fahara’jad’s personal bodyguard the Goliath of Hammerfell, who was given this name by Imperials in the region; was asked to assist the tribe after learning of the defeat of the Withered Hand to the Ash'abah. Kalik promised Goliath he would task him with fighting living enemies on the battlefield if he so desired. Goliath being a Yokudan warrior wields a massive sword in respect to the Ansei, a gift given by the Imperial, Cinan Tharn. Not many soldiers are able to wield double two handed weapons, but Goliath loves to get up and personal in a fight, so he also carries a giant maul, both weapons laced with magical flames.
Jux Blackheart is a master thief that masquerades as a Bard at the Sisters of the Sands inn, with his younger sidekick Lucky Hunch for pilfering and gambling during this time. Jux was known to infiltrate any towns bank vault he came across and even delved into Ayelid ruins without detection. Kalik can vividly recall the night he met the famed thief. Jux found himself rummaging thru a slightly inebriated Kalik’s pocket for too long, on a full-mooned night and because of his greed and the glimmer of his golden armor in the moonlight. He lost his left pinky fingertip as a lesson! But in return, he gained a new friend, as it was his first time since a child being caught red-handed...
Upon arrival back in the Alik'r after many moons of adventuring, Ras Kalik ventures to Bergama. Visiting The Winking Jackal, he runs into Jux Blackheart, who introduces him to the coin game Crowns vs Forebearers (Heads vs Tails) and Golden Dwemer (RBG).... Jux constantly takes gold from the unfortunate thru theft or gambling, his biggest gambling victim is actually his partner in crime known as Lucky Hunch the Gambler. Lucky doesn't mind losing any gold coins to Jux... as Jux saved him from Altmer slavers in Summerset, by stealing a key and sending him on a boat to the mainland years prior. Lucky spent years in slavery with Khajiits in Summerset and picked up the art of subterfuge, using illusion magic disguises and stealing there.
Kaotik Von’Daemon an outcast, and a half-caste between a Breton mother and a Redguard father. Kaotik become a pariah due to his conjuration of Daedra pets. He was taught healing magic during his childhood years by his Breton mother. His father due to Redguard customs exiled him from the desert, sending him by wagon caravan to be a soldier in the war in Cyrodiil. He happened to meet Kalik while traveling from Alik'r, during this long caravan ride the caravan he was in was ambushed in Bangkorai by a group of bandits. Kalik by chance was also traveling thru this area on his Auridon Warhorse (which was bestowed to him by his friend, Darien Gautier). During this ambush, Kalik was able to rescue five hostages from the bandits. Kaotik was the first rescued, and Ras Kalik also recruited him to be in the Ash'abah tribe. These core Ash'abah tribesmen may never be seen together in travel as they partake in their own adventures but they always know what each other is doing; as they frequent a hideout in northern Bankorai. Their hideout an old Orc castle ruin, is kept watch by Nuzhimeh and she passes messages written between them, and frequently they also enjoy her company and her bed.
The other men rescued were a Dunmer banker, an Imperial mercenary and two other soldiers, an Imperial and a Breton Knight, stating proudly he was an Akavir descendent. One of the Imperials, Cinan, claimed to be related to Abnur Tharn the Battlemage of the Imperial Elder Council (One of Ras Kalik's mentors in the Five Companions). Cinan Tharn was really Abnur's drunkard treasure hunting illegitimate son. He was caught smuggling artifacts out of the Ayleid ruins in Cyrodiil and the elder of the two Imperials was Tyrus Septim a retired Imperial navy battle-mage (now a Lycan mercenary living in the city of Rimmen) and guard to the Tharn family. As much as Abnur Tharn hated his half-sister Euraxia, he dislikes his bas†ard son Cinan more. Tyrus now a ruffian and privateer had been paid by Abnur Tharn to watch over Cinan as much as possible. Cinan Tharn a drunkard, loves to drink at least a quarter barrel of Nord mead before he raids various delves and dungeons for relics to sell on the black market. Cinan also plans to one day, run an illegal gambling ring... which he thinks will net him more gold for his wares.
The Dunmer captive shackled to the Imperials looked familiar to Kalik from his time in Morrowind.... and he recognized him as Tythis Andromo a House Telvanni slave-owner and banker from Vvardenfell. During a rough interrogation to Tythis, Ras Kalik learnt why the bandits accosted him. The racist Dunmer was providing slaves as soldiers for the Three Banner War. The bandits were trying to negotiate a lucrative ransom for Andromo and the Imperials.... Kalik did not need any of this gold and he could never set Tythis free as he did with the two Imperial soldiers. His past involvement with slavery and war crimes, made Kalik's blood boil. He chose not to execute Tythis, as he figured the worse punishment for this former rich and opulent slave owner, is to now be an imprisoned servant for Ras Kalik and the tribe.
Herzog Zwei the Genesis a reknown Imperial/Akavirri battle-mage. His roots going back to Akavir through his mother’s bloodline. (His mother is descended from the Akaviri, through Versidue-Shae, and his Imperial father met her in Hakoshae, while traveling) Herzog earned the nickname "the Genesis" from his father as a child, as he was his mother's first born child, and last, as she tragically died in child-birth.
Herzog was seeking to purchase an artifact from Cinan Tharn, before their capture and was meeting Tyrus while in Rimmen, who introduced him to Cinan. This artifact being the Ayelid artifact; the sword Sinweaver. After their rescue and the exchange of gold to Cinan for the sword he decided to slip away before Ras Kalik could question who he was, and why the Akavir descendant really wanted that sword. Herzog was headed to Nagastani — An Ayleid ruin in eastern Cyrodiil. He had read in scrolls that the Sword would give him magical powers to meet his mothers spirit, if he performed an Ayleid ritual at an old shrine hidden there. Equipped with the artifact sword, he was off to start his own adventure but Ras Kalik, did indeed notice the sword however and instead sent a letter to Jux Blackheart (whom also was interested in Ayleid treasures), to attempt to find Herzog and acquire the sword. (*Azani Blackheart in Elder Scroll's Oblivion is Jux's descendant some 747 years later)
And so the Redguard, Imperial and Akaviri men parted ways ... While Ras Kalik went off to Elsweyr to encounter the latest threat to Tamriel, with Abnur Tharn and Sai Sahan - - DRAGONS!! Little did Ras Kalik know a few people were awaiting him in Senchal besides Sai. A necromancer survived his attack on the Withered Hand, while in Alik'r. The necromancer known as Auriek Siet'ka is also following him to the land of the Khajiits and Cacique the Sage of Ius a Shaman mystic who has become attuned spiritually with Tu'whacca (a Redguard God) and Ius (the Animal God), after being burned severely by the escaped dragons in Elsywer, is awaiting his arrival also. Aurik is a soldier of the Daggerfall Covenant that was introduced to necromancy while in the military, even though this magicka art is not spoken of openly by most of the Military leaders. He came to Alik'r and worked with the Withered Hand before Ras Kalik intervened on their plans. After the defeat of the Withered Hand, he aligned with the Worm Cult, and is constantly adapting and perfecting his necromantic arts.
After his journey to Rimmen, Kalik heads south to Senchal, in the southern regions of Elyswer. This new adventure will also put him on a path to meet a strange Redguard man. The stranger which was infected with an untreated Peyrite disease and also was the exiled from the Order of the New Moon cult, due to his sickness. He originally joined the cult to worship Laatvulon, the green dragon, mistakenly thinking it was the Daedric prince Peyrite. This confused and suffering cultist is known as Tsar al-Bomba and he is on a path to spread the disease. He was originally infected in Orccrest while recruiting members there. Can Ras Kalik and the shaman Cacique cure this poor soul, only time will tell. Little does Tsar al-Bomba know, that his infection is tied to Vampirism, and eventually the desire for blood will take over his mind. Senchal also offers Kalik his latest love interest... Aeliah. Whom he fondly led thru battles with the Dragonguard.
After the trek thru the heat, tropical and desert climate of Northern and Southern Elyswer, Ras Kalik heads north to the cold mountain range of Skyrim. His companion friend Lyris beckons for him with a letter sent by crow...
Movárth Piquine - a former vampire hunter (now infected), within the Fighter's Guild (and a secretive necromancer) was in Skyrim working with the Morthaal Guard. On a patrol mission he was caught in Frewien's ice curse outside of Morthaal with the frozen undead. Movárth's vampiric infection kept him from becoming an undead minion to the curse. He was able to use necromantic ice-magic to encase himself safely until he was freed with Freiwen, when the Vestige Ras Kalik broke the curse.
Uri Ice-Heart - brother of Urfon Ice-Heart. The twin sons of Atli and Oljourn Ice-Heart. The Ice-Heart family are originally from Markarth but now reside on the Jerall Mountain range near Cyrodiil, with their younger sister Araki. The twins had joined the Winterborn Reachmen while living in Markarth. Urfon pushed west to Orsinium with the Winterborn Clan, leaving his family behind. Uri stayed behind with his parents and sister to live in the family cabin for safety, avoiding the Vampire plague infiltrating the Reach. After news reaches him and he hears of Urfon's death... Uri leaves and heads home and is seeking vengeance. Meanwhile, his sister has also moved on to Windhelm to join the Fighter's guild. He will visit his sister, once before going to seek vengeance and she will craft him armor mixed with ice, called Stalhrim armor. Uri fearing death, after his brother's passing, falls victim to the convincing talk of Movárth at a Nordic tavern, and will also becomes a vampire.
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RavenLake✭✭✭You're a vampire. Why would you want to hide your bestial appearance? You're a creature of the night, a predator and monster. Can't hide the cons while enjoying the perks.4
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NotaDaedraWorshipper✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭You're a vampire. Why would you want to hide your bestial appearance? You're a creature of the night, a predator and monster. Can't hide the cons while enjoying the perks.
Lots of vampires in Elder Scrolls uses illusion magic to hide what they are. We even see it on npcs. Then there are vampire strains like the cyrodiil one which are capable of blending into society withoues issues as long as they stay fed.
Vampires hide their appearance cons all the time.[Lie] Of course! I don't even worship Daedra!6 -
Tethilia✭✭✭Some vampire clans like the Bonsamu do not show vampirism at all. Each clan has unique abilities. Lamae's clan ability is immunity to sunlight but weakness to fire (Though we also get Mist Form inexplicably). That said, I would like a few vampire exclusive items like "Golden Eyes of the Volkihar" as an option for RP. Maybe we can obtain them in a lorefriendly way so that we are not Volkihar but just imitating the appearances of other clans.0 -
This is the sole reason I have never regularly played a vampire.
The excuse that it is remaining lore friendly to not allow it to be hidden is completely unhinged.
Aside from the fact that there have been people who cover their pale skin with make up for thousands of years IRL and we see that make up does exist in ESO, this vampirism paleness disproportionately hits dark skinned characters to an unrealistic level. Dark skin with lack of blood flow/"blooded" doesn't have the same powdery white-blue tint to it that lighter skinned folks would. Paleness, sure, but it's different than slapping on the skin that this game does.
Don't get me wrong the skin works great if your character is already light skinned. It adds a pale hue to it. But if you're dark skinned, the skin applied by vampirism dominates the darker skin completely as it was initially made to create a washed out look for light skinned characters. This is clearly a limitation (IE how do you go and justify making multiple vampire skins based on which skin tone someone chose) thought it wouldn't be impossible to correct. I think the easiest fix is to just allow hiding the skin (keep the eyes if we want to talk lore friendly). The problem here is it just shows a bit of artist ignorance and bias towards people who aren't dark skinned, which is understandable that someone might have those biases, but let's get it fixed. I want to have an equal reaction to what happens to my character after vampirism. Light skinned characters it's like oooh the eyes and paler skin! With dark skinned characters it's like someone induced albinism into the individual. So far fetched.
The ability to hide it via a skin that clears the vampirism effect makes sense if only from the perspective of "putting on make up", but is more justified on the grounds that it should be a given that acknowledges the limitation that the applied vampire skin had to be universal across a range of skin colors and that there is a way to prevent it from unfairly affecting your character (which we spent so much time creating!).
The fact that there is nothing to counteract this doesn't support anything to what lore-friendly would be.4 -
Goregrinder✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭I'd probably throw $100 bucks at that. To be honest, I'd rather have a vamp skin that looks normal out of combat, but changes once you're in combat. I'd throw hundreds at that skin for sure.0 -
Ringing_Nirnroot✭✭✭✭✭Arctic rime skin is available in the crown store right now for 40 gems, hides it pretty well. Another skin currently not available called Maormer Fish Skin. There’s a “free” one called Blackmarrow necromancer skin which you can get for the No death, speedrun and hardmode on vet scalecaller peak 😃1 -
Kalontas✭✭propertyOfUndefined wrote: »If...lady belain...can hide vampirism, players should have this option as well
I think Count Verandis also hid it when you first met him. I remember it was actually a surprise when I found out he was a vampire when I got to his home.1
