Lawbringer

Bring order into a world of chaos and truly transform Skyrim as you set out to save it. Claim bandit strongholds for your chosen faction to prevent the bandits from coming back and make Skyrim a safer place.

For an idea I had on a whim, claiming Valtheim's abilities was surprisingly well-accepted. People like their actions to have a lasting, positive impact on the world, and they also like not to be blackmailed by bandits who don't realize their inferiority. It's nice to know that these bandits aren't a problem for you or anyone else, and you only have to deal with them once instead of having to find new houseguests every two weeks.

I've done various types of mods since then, as my interests basically change randomly, but if people were talking about one of my mods, the idea of ​​a feature to declare locations would often be thrown around in more and more parts of Skyrim. Only recently have I been able to build a system that scales easily from one area to another, allowing you to claim more and more areas as your character defeats the enemies there, thus stabilizing one Skyrim at a time.

Lawbringer is a mod that allows you to claim multiple bandit outposts for the faction you support, and the framework can be expanded to let you claim any location for any faction you like. Once you clear the supported area, you'll be able to find nearby banners and use them to capture the fortress. After that, waiting or leaving the fortress will clear it and cause it to be taken over by the faction you requested protection from. Lawbringer supports Radiant Exclusions by default, so as long as you have the Radiant Exclusions plugin, there's no chance it will let you clear a boss that no longer exists.

Currently, five regions have added support for Guards, Imperial Soldiers, or Stormcloaks. These are:

The ruins of Bthalft

Forsus Watchtower

nirheim

pine bridge

Rift Valley Watchtower

Tactics Valtheim and Halted Stream Mine already use customized versions of the Lawbringer system, and my upcoming Silent Moons Camp mod will also use it. I'm planning on how to handle Forsworn and Reach in general, and once that's over I should be able to support each Forsworn faction. Once I add support for locations that cross Hold Hold boundaries, mountain passes like Brittleshin Pass will also be on my list.

Adding basic Lawbringer support to a new region now takes about 10 minutes. Usually it's just a matter of dragging and dropping correctly and then my system will work fine. I will be writing a formal guide on how anyone who has used CK before can add basic support for Lawbringer to new areas in the coming days. Until then, please feel free to contact me and I will be happy to discuss how to use the framework.

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For an idea that I included on a whim, the ability to claim Valtheim was surprisingly well-received. People liked the idea of their actions having a lasting, positive impact on the world, and they also liked not being extorted by a bandit who didn't realize how underleveled she was. It was nice to know those bandits wouldn't be an issue for you, or anyone else, after you dealt with them once, instead of finding a new set of squatters every two weeks.

I've done different kinds of mods since then as my interests shift basically at random, but the idea of spreading the ability to claim locations across more and more parts of Skyrim was something people often brought up if they were talking about one of my mods. Only recently was I able to make a system that I could easily spread from one area to the next, letting you claim more and more areas as your character defeated the enemies there, stabilizing Skyrim one area at a time.

Lawbringer is a mod that lets you claim several bandit outposts for the faction you support, and it's a framework that can be expanded to let you claim any location for any faction you like. After clearing a supported area, you'll be able to find a nearby banner and use it to claim the fo …