So I'm planning on doing some mod shenanigans and am wondering about a few things I'm messing with:

One, I want to add some dragon stuff. Specifically, I want Smaugs (wings optional). Existing dragons don't have armor (preferably that I can forge things from) or intelligence. The red dragon mod adds the former but is incompatible with the Wyrmtongue mod that adds the latter. Wondering whether red dragon should be used or if my beefy dragons should come from elsewhere.

Two, combat. Dwarves are made of plastic and tissue paper and I'd rather them not get their heads pulped by a single punch. Thus, the Tougher Bodies mod. I'm just wondering how this one interacts with other mods, whether it needs compatibility packages, etc. Also, Vanilla Weapon Overhaul is on the list too so whips aren't ludicrously powerful. Do these specifically have any weird interactions?

Three, planting. Advanced Agriculture seems like the big one here, but there's also Tekkud's Farmstead with pickling and such, and the two seem extremely incompatible. Which one would everyone suggest?

In terms of other mods, it's mostly QoL and graphical stuff. I am curious on whether I want to mess with raws for small stuff like giving dwarven women beards instead of getting separate mods for those though, and if so, how I'd want to do that.