Readme for the Rumple mod for Oblivion

# Rumple Mod

Name | Rumple Mod
Version | 1.1
Date | September 6th, 2013
Category | NPCs
Requirements | Oblivion Patch 1.1.511, OBSE 18+ (20 recommended)
Author(s) | ghastley
Source | http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=26343
Homepage | http://ghastley.org/Oblivion/Docs/Bear_Riders.html

## Description

Adds an "Imperial Legion Mountain Rider" (the Rumple Minze girl) on a patrol between Lipsand Tarn and the Hermaeus Mora shrine, plus a whole lot more.

## Location

Between Lipsand Tarn and Hermaeus Mora's Shrine - but she'll wander a bit. The two new girls patrol either side of Silver Tooth Cave in the mountains North of Cheydinhal, and a fourth is just recruited and waiting to be supplied with her bear. More join later in the quests

## Details

It all starts with a blonde in skimpy "heavy" armor, riding a polar bear, and armed with a Silver Claymore, plus a few similar colleagues. The women and the bears are members of the Imperial Legion faction, and the AI is based on the horse patrols.

The original blonde is based on a print advertisement for "Rumple Minze" Peppermint Schnapps from the 1980's as below. She will not wield her weapon when mounted and has no shield because the two-handed claymore looks better. She is carrying 10 bottles of peppermint schnapps, which is like Cyrodilic Brandy with added Frost resistance.

In-game she appears a little less exuberant, but still recognisable.

The mod has expanded quite a bit, with more Riders, a headquarters building near Bruma, and a lot more quests. For those who have Shivering Isles, there is an extra series of quests that can be done when the player is both Champion of Cyrodiil, and Madgod. More information in the Fake Wiki.

## Install

This mod is now supplied as a BAIN archive.

## Upgrade

If upgrading from 0.4, and using Sensual Walks, you can uncheck RumpleMod Vwalk.esp, as the content is already in this one.

## Incompatibility

No known incompatibilities. The patrols were selected so as not to include any quest locations where they could affect the outcome.

## Known Issues or Bugs

Each girl will wander off her regular parol route if attacked or threatened. She can get separated from her mount if either slide down the mountains, or are killed and respawn. This may make her hard to find!

She runs all the time because the mounted bear walk animation isn't working properly. If I get it fixed, I'll probably slow her down in a later release.

It appears that if she is the wrong side of the bear she will attempt to walk through trying to remount. This just pushes the bear sideways and she can take some time getting around it. This may be a cause of her wandering off her patrol.

## History

Vers | Date | Notes
--- | --- | ---
0.1 | 2008/10/24 | Initial beta release.
0.2 | 2008/9/3 | Moved from Ninendava to Lipsand Tarn to avoid Sancre Tor. Modified the Grid Paths to minimise the wandering.
0.3 | 2008/9/12 | Changed bear to level with character.
0.4 | 2009/8/24 | Patrol route waypoints to avoid wander. Norasa dances when drunk. Return to origin AI package added.
0.5 | 2010/5/8 | Two extra girls added with no new quest, and one more with a quest.
0.6 | 2011/5/1 | Many extra quests, and the SI extensions
0.7 | 2011/7/2 | Split SI from base - BAIN install
0.8 | 2012/3/15 | Bugs fixed etc.
1.0 | 2013/8/15 | Bugs fixes more quests, support for Gweden Brothel crossover
1.1 | 2013/9/6 | Error with renamed NPC's in script RM05

## Contact

Best method is via the forums at Bethsoft and TesNexus

## Credits

- Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion and for providing a construction set.
- Thanks to LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on.
- Thanks to Tegeal for the Polar Bear texture
- The hair Unna (the original rider) wears is adapted from one in Ren's Beauty Pack (and has become a "helmet")
- Norasa dances to either an Umpa dance move or one of Keter Sephiroth's animations, (I keep changing my mind)
- The boots and panties derive from parts of Bisquits' Crimson armor. They may not have originated there!
- Although this mod does not distribute them, it has provision for the use of Sensual Walks for NPCs, by Surazal. The animations used in that are by : Mur_Zik, Umpa, AlienSlof and Sinkpoint
- The White Teddy bear comes from Xiamara and Dhkoster (slightly retextured).
- Some of the furnishings of the Riders' Lodge also by Xiamara
- I used Growlf's Head of Curls again. Love that style!
- Lingerie from R18PN-Lingeries collection.

## Tools Used

3D Studio Max | http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax
Blender | http://blender.org
DDS Converter | http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8698
GIMP | http://www.gimp.org/
NIFSkope | http://www.niftools.org/
TES Construction Set | http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/updates_utilities.htm
Readme Generator | http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp

## Licensing/Legal

Report any errors to me and I will fix them. Do not upload this file anywhere, modified or otherwise. However, permission is given to translate for other languages, provided that the version number is preserved, so that it is clear which quests are available.

Resources created by me may be used in other mods, but note where I have used other people's work, I do not have the authority to grant the use of theirs. Do not just assume that any contents are mine.