Imbuement Skill

Imbuement! Skill

A dedicated Imbuement skill for OpenMW Morrowind that adds true progression to Spellsword (Imbue Weapon).

Overview

Spellsword (Imbue Weapon) gives you imbue spells — Imbue Fire, Imbue Frost, Imbue Shock — that channel elemental magic through your weapon. It's a great fantasy: a spell to enchant your blade with fire, a swing that strikes with both steel and flame. The catch is that, out of the box, it doesn't grow with you. You unlock the spells, you cast them, and the experience is the same at level 1 as it is at level 50.

Imbuement! Skill fixes that. It adds a new governing skill — Imbuement, Willpower-based, Combat specialisation — that turns the imbue system into a full progression loop. Charges scale with mastery. Magicka efficiency improves. Elemental synergy ramps up. Spell stacking unlocks as a milestone. Four discrete perks unlock at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100, adding utility on top of the scaling tracks.

XP comes from use, not casting. Depleting charges in Charges mode and spending magicka in Active mode advance the skill. You can't grind it by spam-casting — you have to fight with imbued weapons.

At a Glance

• []New skill governed by Willpower in the Combat specialisation — starts at 5, caps at 100[/]

  []Four scaling tracks that grow continuously with skill: charges per imbue, Active-mode magicka efficiency, elemental synergy, and spell stacking[/]

  []Four milestone perks at 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 with distinct gameplay roles[/]

  []Strict spell detection — only the three vanilla Spellsword spells trigger any behavior; spellmaking-crafted absorb spells are deliberately excluded so progression stays bounded[/]

  []Every value is configurable through the in-game settings menu — base charges, milestone interval, magicka step %, elemental buff base/step/cap, perk magnitudes and durations, XP multipliers[/]

  []Race bonuses for the iconic spellsword races: Bretons +10, Dunmer +10, Altmer/Imperial/Redguard +5, plus Tamriel Data mirrors for multi-region playthroughs[/]

  []Class bonus of +10 for any Combat-specialisation class[/]

  []Skill books registered for thematic primers (Legendary Scourge, 2920 Evening Star)[/]

  []Master toggle and per-track drives — opt into individual mechanics, or run in observer-only mode while keeping the new skill itself[/]

  The Four Scaling Tracks

  Charges per Imbue

  Starts at 10 charges at skill 5 (matching base Spellsword's default), gains charges at every milestone, caps at 35 by skill 100.

  • []5 → 10 charges[/]

    []20 → 15 charges[/]

    []40 → 20 charges[/]

    []60 → 25 charges[/]

    []80 → 30 charges[/]

    []100 → 35 charges[/]

    Active-Mode Ma