Zeta Difficulty Mod

This mod initially started because I found that the game itself had some problems for older players. It seemed incredibly easy to make money and have good equipment early on, leaving low level equipment to be unusable for anything other than roleplay purposes. There are a lot of ideas I've tried to implement into the game that I personally like, and I hope other people do as well. I apologize for not making different features in separate plugins, but this was my first mod I decided to make public. A brief, but also not complete rundown is as follows:

All NPCs have higher health, some have higher magic. These tweaks were based off of their class and level, balanced against the damage output of the player character. Some quest specific NPC's may have better gear. Creatures in game are also much stronger, making venturing into the world a scarier sensation, which I have done to remind myself of what it was like to play Morrowind when it came out. Being a child I was terrified of the game, and I hope to spread that terror a little bit. Each creature typically has a special ability, be it absorbing life, paralyzing, poisoning etc. Some basic creatures are faster as well. Many creatures in the game may have tweaked immunities and resistances.  strong to cold, poison, magic etc. as well as they may be weak to certain spells. This forces the player to try new options as a mage, in order to get the best results. Also it should be noted that some level lists have been tweaked so that harder enemies spawn at earlier levels.

With that being said, potions such as resistance potions have been buffed immensely. Resistance to disease potions now last for a veeeery long time, and have a boosted % effect and duration but cheaper price. Other resistance potions are likewise cheaper, and also weigh less, meaning it is more economic for an adventurer to carry them around when going into territories they may need them. (Note that resist poison potions last longer than other resist elemental spells). Rather than simply buying restore health, it becomes a job of the player to figure out what they should buy to prepare themselves for their adventures. This adds another level to the strategy players use to achieve their goals.

Armor in game has been reduced significantly in its durability. Only specific display models will have the old durability values. However, just as in real life, having good armor will make the player very hard to kill with physical attacks, and NPC's likewise will be hard to kill. The prices, durability and armor values have all been adjusted to make the lower tier armors more likely to be what you will have until you level up a bit. A fight between heavily armored opponents will lead to both of them destroying each others armor pieces from their blows to make damaging each other easier. I got this idea from kingdom come: deliverance. Likewise damage armor spells have an increased base cost.