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Okay, I figured out what mods I wanna see when the kit is released:

Better Vampires

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Vampires in Daggerfall were very much the walking dead. They would actually die in the process of turning, often being declared legally dead and entombed. They were immune to all but silver and magic weapons, could blend in with the living, and needed to kill and feed every night to keep going. They gathered into clan structures based around multiple bloodlines with different powers.

Vampires in Morrowind were divided into three bloodlines with different powers, and changed into a vampire in their sleep. They couldn't blend in with the living or regenerate health, and didn't need to feed except to regenerate health and they fed via magic. They also had trouble sleeping due to constant nightmares. They also gather into clan structures.

Vampires in Skyrim also change in their sleep, but feed on the sleeping and when fed can blend in with the living, although when hungry they become more monstrous but also more powerful. They were very isolationist, only gathering into packs when driven to madness by hunger and otherwise blending in with society, often masquerading as or being members of the upper classes.

Skyrim's vampires...are the same as Oblivion's in almost all respects? Huh, that don't seem quite right. In old lore, they were weird beasts with powers over ice and snow and still are described as such in the book "Immortal Blood". Okay, sure I can buy that book was lying or wrong but still, it bugs me since different areas are supposed to have different bloodlines with different powers. I'd love to see a mod that makes them more like they're described in Immortal Blood, or at least more unique and less "ripped out of the last game with a few stats juggled around an a resistance to frost".

Worse Werewolves:

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Some kind of forced transformation based on moon cycles. It seems like, aside from a weakness to silver and an inability to rest, being a werewolf has no downsides and is basically being cursed with awesome. Having to keep track of the moons and lock yourself away or at least be far away from civilisation when the moon was full would make them more "Cursed" so that they don't seem quite so "Awesome".

Solstheim:
Come on, you know you wanna see it and all the assets are already in the game. It's be interesting to see it in Skyrim's timeline too, since apparently it's been conquered by and becomes the last hold-out of the Dunmer. Admit it, it would be amazing to go back there...