Magicka Regeneration Suite

Magicka Regeneration Suite provides 5 configurable magicka regeneration types: as seen in Oblivion, Skyrim, and something completely new. The first one, I called "Morrowind Style", which takes inspiration from both of its successors. Its base regeneration speed scales with log(Willpower). There is a combat penalty applied to regeneration speed and it is affected by fatigue the same way as most game mechanics. At 0 fatigue, base regeneration is lowered by 25% and at full fatigue, it is 25% higher. In addition, there are logINT and rest regeneration formulas.

All of the mod's features can be configured in the mod configuration menu.

Why magicka regeneration?

Well, playing as a mage is much harder when compared to a fighter. Fighters can miss their attacks and their opponents can dodge their attacks. Mages can fail spells. Failing to cast a spell also costs magicka. Fatigue impacts your chance of a successful cast. As a mage, I find myself having to rest after every small group of enemies when clearing a dungeon to restore my magicka and using many restore magicka potions during longer combat sessions. I find these breaks immersion-breaking.

Adding magicka regeneration gives meaning to magicka management. You no longer need to rest after every enemy you meet. It makes the gameplay so much smoother. I recommend "Morrowind Style" regeneration. Its base regeneration speed scales with log(Willpower). This ensures that, at lower levels of Willpower, investing in Willpower will be more profitable than at higher levels of Willpower. This should prevent excessively high magicka regeneration speed for highly fortified Willpower. In addition, in this formula, really low levels of willpower won't regenerate any magicka at all. This makes it harder for non-mage characters to use magic. In addition, it has a combat penalty to magicka regeneration, so you need to think about what to cast during a fight. This feature was inspired by Skyrim. Finally, Morrowind Style regeneration has a fatigue modifier applied to magicka regeneration speed in the same way as many other formulas in the game. This also leaves fatigue management as a vital part of combat as a mage.

Why Magicka Regeneration Suite, of all the other magicka regeneration mods?

Of all currently released mods, most of them were mwscript-based. One big downfall of all mwscript-based magicka regeneration mods is the fact that it is slow. Adding scripted magicka regeneration this way to every actor in the game would really slow things down and not to mention all mod incompatibilities that would arise. So, magicka regeneration in those mods is added only to the player character. That way, any kind of even a little faster magicka regeneration just completely breaks any balancin