New to Modding

[gedgehog]

Hey All,

I am very interested in creating mods for Skyrim, and after tinkering with the creation kit for a little while - I came to realise that although difficult, it wouldn't be as complex to create some as I first thought - but still tricky to someone who is new to the whole thing.

I am however in need of a bit of assistance.

I am a little tired of seeing just Nords or Imperials in the Stormcloak / Imperial army, and feel that these two forces could use a touch of diversity to them. My reasoning behind this, is not every High-Elf / Wood-Elf etc, is born in the Aldmeri Dominion - and not every elf I'm sure would agree with what their aims and goals are. Same reasoning behind the Stormcloaks - not every Orc / Breton for example, would agree with the Imperials - as there would be Orcs and Bretons that would have been brought up in Skyrim.

I'd like to create a simple mod that adds different races to the ranks of the town guards and imperial / stormcloak armies. It always bothered me why Orcs who had grown up in Cyrodiil for example, were not in the army - even High Rock is still an Imperial Province.

How feasible would it be to create this type of mod and is it possible through the creation kit?
All I would need to do (presumably) is add NPC's to the towns / factions I want them in, and make sure their voices match the guards (which isn't ideal but not unreasonable)

[wotan]

There's a good reason why there are no other races in the armies. The Stormcloaks don't trust anyone, no one trusts them or the Legion.
Why would a proud Orc join the Imperial army - they'd just use him/her as cannon fodder, as they've done for generations. The Orc are a proud race and they're only concrned with their own goal - Orsiniujm, every other race be damned.
Likewise with the Elves. The Argonians and Khajiit are too smart to join the fight. It's not their fight so they stay out of it. A Breton brought up in Skyrim might join the Legion, but that would be the only exception.

[gedgehog]

I see your point. I'm pretty much in agreement that it may not be feasible in some cases, but I still want to give it a try - just to see if I can do it