Arcane Warrior Remade

Recently, I create mod called “True Combat Magic“. Since then, I made other changes to AW playstyle and now it’s close to complete overhaul, so I thought I’ll share them.

Please, forgive me for my bad english.

Arcane Warrior is without a doubt my favorite playstyle in DA:O. But I never really liked how they handle AW spellcasting. So I make this mod, to remove high fatigue from Combat Magic and instead make some penalties for spell effectiveness when Combat Magic is active. I also make some other changes to many other spells, for example making AW less indestructible and allow some spells to be cast with weapon draw.

Arcane Warrior prefer to be in heat of battle, with sword in hand facing his enemies. So it’s only understandable that he is less concentrate on his spells, which are then less effective. Many Primal Spells now deal less damage when Combat Magic is active. They are still useful though, frost spells, Stonefist and Fireball are great for CC and many spells can now be cast with your weapon draw. Combat Magic now also provide much more attack and it now scales with MAG.

Installation: just unzip and drop in Documents\Bioware\Dragon Age\packages\core\override

Note 1: If you don’t want my changes to Haste, just remove file 'abi_base_haste.gda'.

Note 2: If you want only my changes to AW spell line, remove everything except: 'abi_combat_magic.gda' and 'spell_combat_magic.ncs'.

This mod is not compatible with any other mod that change spells listed bellow.

List of changes: (Unlisted effects remain unchanged)

Combat Magic:

Fatigue: 50% 5%

Attack now scales with MAG (instead of Spellpower) and with same amount as with STR and DEX (0. 5 MAG = 1 attack)

Aura of Might:

Increase Attack: 5

Increase Defense: 10

Increase Damage: 5

NEW: Increase Attack speed by 15%

Shimmering Shield:

Increase Armor: 15

Increase Fire, Cold, Electrical, Nature and Spirit Resistance: 75% 20%

Mana Regeneration Penalty: 10 5

Fade Shroud:

Increase Dodge: 25% 10%

Increase Mana Regeneration: +1 +0. 5

Flame Blast:

Can now be cast with weapon draw

Deals only 33% damage when Combat Magic is active

Cooldown: 10s 20s

Can now be cast with weapon draw

Deals only 33% damage when Combat Magic is active

No longer can be cast with weapon draw

Cooldown: 15s 10s

Now deals Nature Damage

Can now be cast with weapon draw

Deals only 33% damage when Combat Magic is active

Winter's Grasp:

Cooldown: [