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The Kaidan Workshop: Important Links

Have a question regarding the project in general? Start here at the Kaidan Workshop FAQ.

For questions regarding the mod itself, please check out our KRCE FAQ. Curious about our funding? Look over our 2023-2024 End of Year Budget Report, our 2024-2025 End of Year Budget Report, & our 2025-2026 End of Year Budget Report. Looking for the latest update? Check here.

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Workshop Update: KRCE 2.0 Open Beta is LIVE!

It's finally here Spectators! Our Open Beta is officially live! You can find out all the details (as well as the download links) on our Discord server. We can't thank all of you enough for believing in our vision for Kaidan and helping us see it through. With your help, we can chase down any last minute bugs before we release on Nexus!

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Workshop Update: KRCE 2.0 Open Beta Announcement

Salutations Workshop Spectators! We are incredibly pleased to finally announce the beginning of our Open Beta for Kaidan Revoiced: Community Expansion 2.0! Our original 1.X version of KRCE will remain up for those who prefer it, while Workshop original content will be implemented in KRCE 2.0. Open to members of our Discord server, we will be shadow dropping a link to the beta version of KR:CE 2.0 sometime in the next two weeks. We are seeking the help of the community to track down any mod incompatibilities or bugs, so we can get them ironed out before our release on Nexus! You can look over the official KR:CE 2.0 Open Beta Changelog to view the full list of content additions and changes. For best results during beta testing, please don't use collections or modpacks that already include an old version of our mod (eg. Gate to Sovngarde) due to the existence of custom patches that will conflict with our latest update. The curators of those collections will need to fix their patches after our official release.

We are incredibly proud of the work we've put into this release, and we hope that our vision for what new Kaidan content looks like is something that you all enjoy as well. Thank you again so much for your patience and support! Keep an eye out for the link drop!

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The Brink of Open Beta: Workshop End of Year Update

Salud Spectators! As we wrap up voting for audio implementation, we are very pleased to present our annual End of Year Budget Report for 2025-2026! We're metaphorically crossing our t's and dotting our i's for our upcoming Open Beta release, as well as beginning preliminary work on our final five scripts from the original Community Poll way back in 2024. Here's the list of updates for this past year, as well as our EOY report here; there's an additional page discussing changes to our design scope that we highly recommend checking out! February 2025: Workshop Budget: A Breakdown, 2025 Edition March 2025: Workshop Progress: March Update April 2025: KRCE V1.2.0 Update July 2025: Workshop Progress: Summer Update September 2025: Workshop Progress: Fall Update December 2025: Workshop Progress: December Mini-Update

We can also finally reveal what the [REDACTED] Pack is… drumroll please...

It's the original Lucien-Kaidan interactions! We were finally able to get permissions from the creator of Lucien, Joseph Russell, to rerecord the original interactions from Kaidan 2 for implementation in KRCE. We know that you've been waiting with baited breath for this update, and we promise it will be worth it. As always, we thank you for your continued patience, kindness, ideas and support!

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Kaidan Skyrim, man that you are...

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Workshop Event: KRCE 2.0 Beta Stream

First off, Happy Holidays to you and yours from the Workshop Staff! As end of the year festivities kick off across the globe, we sincerely hope you are all safe, comfortable, and loved wherever you find yourself today.

Besides that, it totally slipped our mind that the one year anniversary of Kaidan Revoiced: Community Expansion was on the 22nd!

We had a wonderfully smooth launch thanks to all your help in the 2024 Open Beta, and a year later we're just shy of 1000 endorsements & 200,000 downloads on Nexus

As a belated treat, your friendly neighborhood project manager will be streaming our internal beta build on Twitch this Friday, January 2nd, at 2:00pm CST! You can also drop into our Discord and catch them while they're preparing their save file to bombard calmly ask any questions about the upcoming open beta, or whatever else you're curious about!

It's not an empty platitude when we say none of this would be possible without your support -- we're humbled every day by your belief in us and our goals. Once again, be safe, be kind, and happy holidays! We'll see y'all on Friday!

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Hi! I know this is absolutely insane. But if Mr. Paul would ever be down to voicing a Kaidan asmr youtube video (black screen would be more than okay) I would happily donate-😭

I know this is genuinely not at all a priority and super silly. But I think it would be so fun and silly and I totally wouldn’t fall asleep to it every night-😔 just let me know the cost-

Well it's not quite what you asked for, but maybe this will tickle your fancy for free :)

The Pokearth series is narrated by Paul!

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Workshop Budget: A Breakdown, 2025 Edition

As we begin to focus on the next leg of our project - new content - it's time for a new budget proposal! Our previous proposal, made to cover the expenses for revoicing the Kaidan 2 base mod, was a slam dunk as far budgeting goes; we were able to successfully achieve our original goals all while staying under budget. You can look over the budget report covering those expenditures here. For this new proposal, we are focused on creating the new content outlined in our Future Plans section here, plus a few extra surprises to bolster them even further. For the sake of transparency regarding script pricing, you can find the Indie Rate Guide for voice actor pricing that we are referencing for our budget here (specifically, the 'suggested' per hour payment of $250). After reviewing the scripts in production and estimating how many lines we feel we need to realize each of them, we have set our budget goal at $2600; this covers the costs for approximately 800-1000 lines, plus the associated fees assessed by Paypal. The remaining money from our previous budget proposal has been rolled into the new funds accordingly. Please note that our project is strictly non-profit; all funds raised are to commission Mr. Warren and other artists for their services. You can donate to the Workshop via our Ko-Fi & Paypal. We will update the below image every few days to reflect the current progress of our donations.

Updated December 14th

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Salud Spectators! We've overshot our fundraiser goal by $187! As a staff, we are humbled by your support -- without it, KRCE just simply wouldn't be possible! Our second and final VA session with Paul for this update will be this Tuesday; after we have all the lines in and process them a bit more, we'll schedule a public Workshop meeting so we can talk shop, dig into what y'all can expect in the next update, and set expectations for Open Beta.

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Hi there! Very big fan and just wanted to say thank you so much for everyone’s hard work<3 as soon I am able to I will donate to the project. Was curious if there was any time/resources to progress on the dawnguaurd dlc portion yet? Or if it was at a standstill until more donations came in? Was just really curious! I am looking forward to it and truly thank you all for your hard work😭🌟🥹💕

Besides some preliminary ideas and themes we've discussed as a staff, we haven't begun any work on either of the DLC's. We had a whole grocery list of content we promised to the community, so we decided to focus on the smaller scripts first, and defer the DLCs for later. That being said, the first major update for KRCE is fairly monstrous in scope (12 scripts in total!), so moving into next year, our priority list will primarily be focused on the four final scripts we promised to our users; the Thieves' Guild, the Dark Brotherhood, Dawnguard and Dragonborn.

Thanks for the ask!

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Hi! Is the mod compatible with Serana Dialouge Add-on, or planning to be?

It should be already! The lines from the original interactions are present in KRCE; SDA would just need to write new conditions to detect KRCE.

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does the no nsfw rule apply to kaidan as a character or just nsfw mod support? (i.e. fanfiction, art, etc) i want to be respectful towards the VA ofc

Just NSFW mod support -- our VA Paul Warren is a member of a UK Voice Actors guild, and his voice/likeness being used in NSFW content is a violation of his contract with them. Kaidan as a fictional, separate character is fair game. Have fun!

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Workshop Progress: December Mini-Update

We are very pleased to announce that we've scheduled the final recording sessions for the KRCE 2.0 update with our VA, Paul Warren! The final line total for this first update is massive -- just over 700 lines! -- and touches on a wide variety of quests and features.

We even have a new [REDACTED] surprise for you all, something the community has been begging us for since we announced the project…

We'll be hosting a public Workshop event in the weeks after our final VA session to present the new material and set expectations for our second Open Beta event!

Other than that, as always, we thank you for your continued support!

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Workshop Progress: Fall Update

Greetings Workshop Spectators! We're closer than ever to the first content release for KRCE 2.0; the version of KRCE that will contain content other than the original Kaidan 2 base script. As we've stated before, KRCE 1.0 will remain available for those who prefer the original content over whatever the Workshop chooses to implement in the future.

After our last announcement, we took a look at the different scripts in production and discussed which seemed the most suitable to be included in this initial update. We wanted to prioritize content that players would need to start a new save file to see, as well as begin laying the groundwork for some of our future development goals.

The staff finally settled on a mix of scripts that will bolster Kaidan's reactivity during some of the major quest lines, as well as his commentary regarding the player character and their actions. We plan on revisiting many of these scripts as we continue to build upon them after implementation. So! With no further ado, we've settled on these scripts for inclusion in this first mass release for KRCE 2.0:

The Intro Overhaul Pack -- What started as just a 1 for 1 integration of WarTortle's Immersive Kaidan Start has now expanded to include new conversations and immersive details to help smooth out the narrative mystery behind Kaidan's past, particularly for players who are new to TES lore.

Paarthurnax Quest Expansion Compatibility -- Created by the amazing JaySerpa, PQE hooks wonderfully into Kaidan's existing narrative about redemption. We've managed to work into a few subtle nods to Kaidan's dark past for players who haven't completed his personal quest.

The Book Pack -- In addition to creating new lines for each book Kaidan receives, we have also implemented a system where the player can then ask him what he thought about said book. Some of these books also have conditional dialogue, depending if the player has or hasn't completed certain quests. There's also a new mini-quest built into this book system that will unlock...

The Training Pack -- Now, after giving Kaidan a number of books to enjoy, he will offer to train the player in a number of different martial skills.

New Major Quest Line Commentary -- While Kaidan has existing dialogue for the Skyrim Main Quest, College of Winterhold Quest, and Companions Quest, we felt that there were sections that deserved more attention. Kaidan will now have more robust commentary for these three quest lines, as well as the associated radiant and side quests associated with each (e.g. ritual spell quests).

Unlockable Titles -- As per a suggestion from our 'i-had-an-idea' channel, we're adding unlockable titles to our Nickname system. Once a player completes either the Companions or College of Winterhold quest line, they will gain the ability to ask Kaidan to refer to them as Harbinger or Archmage, respectively. You can also ask him to refer to you as Thane, for those who love the feeling being a noble. As we add dialogue for the other factions, we will update the title list accordingly.

I’m Glad You’re Here Compatibility – A dedicated set of dialogue to go alongside the popular “I’m Glad You’re Here” mod by WhiteWolf424242, complete with Nickname and Title integration.

The Roleplay Pack – Skyrim is a huge world with many customisation options, and even more player characters; this pack aims to have Kaidan react to player driven roleplay options. Kaidan will be able to comment on where the player is from, what gods they worship, even what their background is – all chosen by you.

Kiai Commentary -- Kiai was a bit of an afterthought in the original mod, so we wanted to show her some love and created new dialogue for obtaining and naming her. Now Kaidan can finally be the horse dad he's always wanted to be!

More Idles -- To top it off, we're including an assortment of different conditional idles and reactions to make Kaidan a bit more emotive to the world around him, without making him too chatty. There will be a little of everything in here, but some of our favorites include new healing lines, player death lines and new reactions to casting spells on Kaidan.

All of these additions amounts to just under 700 lines of new content, which is nearly half of the original line count for Kaidan. Just like before our KRCE 1.0 launch, we plan on hosting an Open Beta for this new content to help us chase down any bugs before release. We're thrilled to show you our hard work and get your feedback in the coming months; as always, we thank you for your continued interest and support!

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Hi, is there a dialgue file with Kaidan's actual/original dialogue? I am think of a fanfic where he might appear, and while I remember most of my interactions with him, I am not sure whether I will get his voice right. Hence my question.

There is not; we pulled the original dialogue from the Kaidan 2 mod itself and have it separated into internal spreadsheets that are organized by quest. We highly recommend using Lazy Voice Finder to easily look at the dialogue of mods you're curious about. Good luck!

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Workshop Progress: Summer Update

Well met Spectators! It's been a few months since our last update, but we've been hard at work behind the scenes hashing out KRCE 2.0; the version of KRCE that will contain content other than the original Kaidan 2 base script. As we move forward with new content and scripts, KRCE 1.0 will always remain available for those who prefer the original content over whatever the Workshop chooses to implement in the future. We hosted two community events last week to talk shop about what we've been up to, what content we're focused on currently, and listen to the first batch of new scripts we recorded with our VA Paul Warren back in June. As per our March Update, these are the scripts that we have begun implementing lines for:

The Intro Overhaul Pack -- What started as just a 1 for 1 integration of WarTortle's Immersive Kaidan Start has now expanded to include a few new conversations and immersive details to help smooth out the narrative mystery behind Kaidan's past, particularly for players who are new to TES lore. Paarthurnax Quest Expansion Compatibility -- Created by the amazing JaySerpa, PQE hooks wonderfully into Kaidan's existing narrative about redemption. We've managed to work into a few subtle nods to Kaidan's dark past for players who haven't completed his personal quest.

The Book Pack -- In addition to creating new lines for each book Kaidan receives, we have also implemented a system where the player can then ask him what he thought about said book. Some of these books also have conditional dialogue, depending if the player has or hasn't completed certain quests. There's also a new mini-quest built into this book system that will unlock... The [REDACTED] Pack -- a brand new way to engage with Kaidan. Trust us, you're going to love it.

We also (very giddily) revealed the name and nature of the [REDACTED] Pack as well -- it's called the Training Pack! Rather than 'hides and trinkets,' Kaidan can now train the player in five martial skills (or increase their Stamina limit) as thanks for gifting him books. This feature is unlocked via the Book Pack mini-quest, which entails giving Kaidan all four books in the Eslaf Erol series -- Beggar, Thief, Warrior, & King.

Initially, you'll hear two different lines fire off after selecting which skill you'd like to train in; one before a fade to black, then a second one after.

There are three 'tiers' of skill mastery that will determine the dialogue you will hear after the second line; Novice is for levels below 35, Intermediate is for levels 35 through 75, and Master is for level 75 and above. The tone Kaidan has for these three tiers shifts from that of mentorship over a novice/intermediately skilled mentee to that of an equally skilled contemporary. Additionally, all of the skills have multiple lines to keep the repetitiveness down -- we won't spoil them all for you, but you can get a taste of some of the lines in the included samples. There's a few great easter eggs in there if you pay attention!

Our Creation Kit & Assets Team have been having a field day adding in sound effects to these lines to really sell the training experience, while the Writing Team has turned their attention towards the second batch of scripts slated for inclusion in our first major update. We're still hammering out the line count for what will be included, but we're looking to have anywhere from 500 - 600 new lines; as soon as we have a firmer grasp on the length of the prioritized scripts, we'll let you all know.

As always, we thank you for your interest, your ideas, and your continued support!

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Will all Daedric questlines be construed as "bad"?

Aware Kaidan understands Meridia and Azura are mostly above board, but even with others, worship of the Daedric Princes isn't inherently evil.

I know it's been said we can just not have him with us to avoid any quest triggers that would drive him to leave us, but one can already challenge his worldview about "all magic bad" and get him to ease up on his prejudices in the current version of KRCE. I wouldn't want to lose that complexity in him, esp since he retains the prejudice at times, but still hypocritically becomes okay with it around the DB, which I feel is just great character flavor. Hypocrisy = Humanity.

Does the dev team think it'd be within his capacity to challenge us/be challenged back about this subject? Maybe have a discussion/argument or two before getting abandoned outright? I don't mean the "explain where you've been" talk for when you leave him behind I've seen as suggestions either, I'm curious about up front philosophy, like an unapologetically scholarly DB or even a fellow cultist of anything but Dagon/Bal.

No they will not. As per this ask, Kaidan isn't a saint, and we are not trying to change him into that. Past that, there haven't been any decisions made on which quests will be off-limits for Kaidan or how we want to have it impact the player. We are focused on the first slate of content being implemented; as soon as we know, you'll know.

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I can't tell you guys how jazzed I am about the possibility of having The Boi in my modlist but without supporting the... *vague gestures* y'know. I do have a question though, after reading the march update- I'm an LotD player (and I was a completionist even before I knew of that mod) so that means I go after every quest I can get my hands on in the game- arkayan priest ribs connoisseur, riften business owner puncher, and professional wedding interruptor are unfortunately some of my titles. In such a case, would players like me pretty much be SOL, with the upcoming moral compass?

As mentioned here, there hasn't been any decisions made on which quests will be off-limits for Kaidan or how we want to have it impact the player. That being said (and we know no one wants to hear this...) but you can just dismiss him from your party while you do bad things.

Our project manager whipped up this handy guide on how that would work.

Hope that helps!