Tiered Spell Casting

Tiered spell casting

By Sphagne, Updated July 19, 2022

What's it all about

This mod categorizes spells into mastery tiers, by their magicka cost:

1. Cantrip     < 10 magicka cost

2. Novice      < 20

3. Apprentice  < 40

4. Journeyman  < 70

5. Adept       < 110

6. Expert      < 160

7. Master      < 220

8. Grand Master, above that

Casters are also categorized into mastery tiers, by their corresponding skill level, and if a spell has more effects in different magic schools, the caster's lowest skill level is chosen, like vanilla Morrowind

Depending on the "Level uncapped game" setting in MCM Menu, for level capped games:

1. Initiate    < 15 skill level

2. Novice      < 30

3. Apprentice  < 45

4. Journeyman  < 60

5. Adept       < 75

6. Expert      < 90

7. Master      <= 100

8. Grand Master, above that

Note that reaching grand master tier can only be achieved by boosting skill levels by any means, like passive abilities, potions, spells or enchantments

And for level uncapped games:

1. Initiate    < 15 skill level

2. Novice      < 30

3. Apprentice  < 50

4. Journeyman  < 75

5. Adept       < 100

6. Expert      < 125

7. Master      < 150

8. Grand Master, above that

Note that this setting makes spell casting a bit harder than the level capped setting, as you have to cast lower tier spells a bit more, until you are ready for higher tier spells

Mastering the magic

These mastery tiers affect a few things:

• []If the caster’s mastery is below the spell tier, then the spell casting can be penalized, depending on the MCM setting

  []If the caster’s mastery is above the spell tier or above “Apprentice” level, then the spell can cost a bit less

  []Casting higher mastery tier spells would grant us more experience points

  []Even failing to cast spells can also give us a little bit of experience, depending on the spell tier

  Spell casting penalties

  If the caster’s mastery is below the spell’s mastery tier, then the spell casting can be penalized, depending on MCM settings

  If “Casting Chance Penalty” is active, then for each mastery tier that the spell is above the caster’s tier, there is a %33 penalty in its vanilla casting chance