Gallery: Players Populate Skyrim With Killer Rabbits, Ghostly Horses
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The Realistic Water Textures and Terrain mod, by "isoku," enhances streams and waterfalls with striking realism. The mod visually overhauls every form of water found in the world of Skyrim with its hand-crafted oceans, lakes, rivers, marshes, creeks, and even individual raindrops.
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The Jango Pet/Mount mod by "chosokabe" allows you to ride Jango the sabre cat, which is stronger than Skyrim’s normal sabre cats. By holding Jango’s favorite chewbone you can command your animal companion, which will follow you wherever you go.
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Created by "Mass Carade," the Spell Tome: Apocalypse mod allows you to summon the end of days with a book found in the Winterhold Arcanaeum. Once summoned, the devastating spell lasts for a full two minutes, turning the sky black and causing fire to rain down from the heavens.
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User "Mythor" gives us the aptly named Moar Dragons! mod, which increases the likelihood of encountering Skyrim’s menacing dragons. The modder made this possible by removing the forced delay between dragons randomly spawning in the world.
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The Dragon Bone weapons pack adds craftable bone weapons to Skyrim. Featuring original models and textures, the Dragon Bone weapons are lightweight, durable, and can be used to deliver powerful strikes with quickness. Mod created by churchofasmalldog.
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The Rabbit Rage mod by "Patty Jack" turns Skyrim's fuzzy critters into hostile creatures. Inspired by Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the malevolent modded rabbits won’t actually attack anyone, but they’re still damn creepy.
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The Dovahkiin Hideout mod by "Shawk" gives every home in Skyrim a basement ideal for hiding from enemies. But these are no ordinary basements. Underground hideouts come with a library, armory, bedroom, dungeon, alchemy labs, crafting tools, and plenty of space to customize.
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The Conjure Rideable Ethereal Horse Spell by "Brokuun" grants you a fully mountable ghostly horse to aid you on your adventures. While acquiring your own phantom horse costs you $5,000 in the game, it requires no Conjuration level to use, and allows you and your horse to perform such impressive feats as jumping off a 3,000-foot mountain top unscathed.
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The Enhanced Blood Textures mod, created by "BakaKemono," gives blood a more realistic, detailed look. But the mod features more than just fancier blood as it also includes a variety of new weapon-specific wounds that you can inflict on your enemies.
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The KillMove mod, created by "Danni," adds gruesome new combat animations to Skyrim. The mod also increases the likelihood of pulling off decapitations, and allows you to witness the carnage you dish out in real time with its fully tweakable camera.
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