Melandrhild Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Hey, I would like to seek advice, what mods would you use to get a more "Sword and Sorcery" mood for Skyrim ? I think Fritz Leiber, Moorcock's Elric, the Raven saga by R.Holdstock and Angus Wells (I don't say Conan because to me it's more low-fantasy with setting close to existing world in the past etc) More clearly what I mean is less high-fantasy magic (magic items would be very rare and powerful), less non-human races but I don't think any mod does that, ENB that is not too "realistic" , but not colorful high-fantasy either, maybe law system less civilized, people owning full armor being rare, that kind of thing...). I would avoid the main quest using Skyrim Unbound. Anyway do you know mods that would help a bit with that ?
Seijin8 Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 While I understand the general tone you are describing, so much of that is subjective that I'm hesitant to really recommend much. In many ways, Skyrim is *already* this, depending on how you play it. High magic? Aim towards the College of Winterhold. For mods, maybe add Apocalypse spell package (Hell, almost any mod by Enaisalon will fit the bill here: Wintersun, Thunderchild, etc), Improved College of Winterhold is a must and ASIS will get enemy spellcaters using the new spells. Spell Research is also cool in that setup. If you want these items to be rare, a quick edit to the leveled item lists that adds a "chance none" would do that, though it won't make them more powerful. Editing the leveled lists could work for that, too. Elric feeling? Get the Ebony blade or similar artifacts. Something for unleveling the artifacts would be good so that they remain useful and viable. There's even a talking sword mod around somewhere that looked cool, but I never used it. ENBs are always suited to taste (and performance hit). My preference for this feeling would be Unbleak ENB, but its been a while since I went ENB shopping, so there may be better options. There are some mods that remove nonhumans to a degree ("Skyrim is for the Nords" is one IIRC). I can't say as I've always gone the other way (why so few nonhumans in the legion?) Best of luck in this. EDIT: As the coffee kicks in, I'm getting more thoughts on this. If you can find it, Apollodown's "Fire and Ice Overhaul" goes a long way in the department of making magic dangerous. Its been removed from circulation, but I'm sure people have it still.
Melandrhild Posted January 30, 2019 Author Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Seijin8 said: While I understand the general tone you are describing, so much of that is subjective that I'm hesitant to really recommend much. In many ways, Skyrim is *already* this, depending on how you play it. High magic? Aim towards the College of Winterhold. For mods, maybe add Apocalypse spell package (Hell, almost any mod by Enaisalon will fit the bill here: Wintersun, Thunderchild, etc), Improved College of Winterhold is a must and ASIS will get enemy spellcaters using the new spells. Spell Research is also cool in that setup. If you want these items to be rare, a quick edit to the leveled item lists that adds a "chance none" would do that, though it won't make them more powerful. Editing the leveled lists could work for that, too. Elric feeling? Get the Ebony blade or similar artifacts. Something for unleveling the artifacts would be good so that they remain useful and viable. There's even a talking sword mod around somewhere that looked cool, but I never used it. ENBs are always suited to taste (and performance hit). My preference for this feeling would be Unbleak ENB, but its been a while since I went ENB shopping, so there may be better options. There are some mods that remove nonhumans to a degree ("Skyrim is for the Nords" is one IIRC). I can't say as I've always gone the other way (why so few nonhumans in the legion?) Best of luck in this. EDIT: As the coffee kicks in, I'm getting more thoughts on this. If you can find it, Apollodown's "Fire and Ice Overhaul" goes a long way in the department of making magic dangerous. Its been removed from circulation, but I'm sure people have it still. Thanks for all the advices ! I would like not too high-magic (but not low to the point that it seems like real world ! ) but aside from that I understand the advice for the items. Unleveling Ebody Blade or such is a good idea, I don't know if there is something but I will search for sure ! I will also check that ENB you mentioned and Skyrim is for the Nords looks like something I would want. And I will also look for that overhaul ! (If anyone has it feel free to let me know, I'm interested, though I will google search. ) 1 hour ago, iPOD said: I have the same question! Anyone can help us? If you find other ideas please let me know Eventually I would like to add that any advice for skin texture to use (I play female nord, and I prefer to use a body that has a bodyslide possibility like UNP or CBBE), or quests would be nice also !
Melandrhild Posted February 2, 2019 Author Posted February 2, 2019 Trying to up once in case someone would still have ideas ?
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