Real Vampire Claws at Skyrim Nexus

A small mod I made for myself. Well, I really like playing a vampire character. I also like hand to hand combat with the help of some other mods. It would be better though if vampires had claw-like nails similar to Khajiits and Argonians. Seems there was no mod that would implement this properly so I came up with my own solution. This is a very simple implementation of claws for Men and Mer vampires. Uses the beast claws from Argonians and Khajiit. The game will use beast hands and the appropriate texture for the race. No race records are edited. Custom meshes and textures are supported. Also, you can wear any equipment without the claws sticking out.

KNOWN ISSUES

Gauntlets that have visible fingers use their own hands mesh so these won’t display as claws.

COMPATIBILITY NOTES

Edits the following entries:
ARMO SkinNaked
ARMA NakedHands
ARMA NakedDarkElf
ARMA NakedHighElf
ARMA NakedWoodElf
ARMA NakedOld



Anything else editing these will require a patch. Use xEdit to make a compatibility patch yourself or try a bash/smash/merged patch. It is fairly easy so don’t ask me about it. Edits that change the path to the mesh model in these entries will probably be incompatible since its either/or.

Recommended vampire mods:

Better Vampires – can deal more damage with HtH combat, is mega-customizable
Royal Bloodline – nice complementary mod for the above that handles the Vampire Lord
Bat Travel – cool and immersive way to fast travel as a vampire
Dynamic Vampire Appearance – changes your vampire looks based on several factors, super-compatible
Feral – better combat animations for claws, has an option for vampires. I use “Unleash the Beast” version
And a perk overhaul that improves on HtH fighting. I use SPERG, most people probably use Ordinator.