But does it allow for changes in physiology for vampires or werewolves? Do werewolves get nutrition from people they eat while transformed? Also, I'd imagine that mages (especially restoration experts) would have ways to supplement their bodily health.
Imp's More Complex Needs does allow for vampires, and tracks your blood level. Blood is the only nutrition you need as a vampire, I believe. I haven't played much as a vampire though.
Magic spells heal you but they do not supplement your nutrition or anything. You cannot 'cure' malnutrition. You may be able to cure alcohol poisoning, I'm not sure.
I've never tried it with a werewolf but I don't recall any vanilla way to 'eat' people as a werewolf. The mod works within the vanilla game's framework, it doesn't add new ways to eat. It does add some new recipes, like dried meat which never spoils, but nothing major like new werewolf-people-eating systems.
But does it allow for changes in physiology for vampires or werewolves? Do werewolves get nutrition from people they eat while transformed? Also, I'd imagine that mages (especially restoration experts) would have ways to supplement their bodily health.
The mod doesn't compensate for vampires or werewolves, and once you start the Dawnguard quests it stops working entirely (did for me anyway). The author has been MIA since March so I'm not sure if it'll ever see updates. I'm still trying to find a worthy replacement... so far I haven't found any food & drink mods that are anywhere near as detailed. it definitely adds more depth to the game.
Are we using the same mod? There is a Dawnguard and a Hearthfire compatibility patch, and the mod works fine without them even when playing dawnguard/hearthfire. All the patches do is add in the new foods to the system.