Arfien's Simple Vampire Overhaul

Description

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I love playing as a vampire in oblivion, and really enjoy the concept and simplicity of the vanilla system, however I had several gripes and found the other vampirism overhauls change the system too drastically.

Only stage 4 and stage 1 vampirism were really useful, leading to me waiting 3 days every time I wished to use my vampire powers in a dungeon. Also, there was no incentive to feed other than to interact with vendors which seemed unrealistic.

This mod changes things, such that stage 2 and stage 3 vampirism are essentially the same as the vanilla stage stage 4, while the new stage 4 is a malnourished ghostly state where you are severely weakened and have incentive to feed.

Some additional lesser and greater powers have been added to stages 2,3 and 4 of vampirism, mainly for roleplaying purposes. They are not overpowered, and spells you can make your self will generally be stronger.

I have also included a slightly modified version of hunters sight toggle by kynetarse (thank you for the original script) as I felt this was more realistic.

I have tried to add the ghost effect for stage 4 vampirism, however it is extremely buggy and wont remove itself after feeding. If anyone knows a good workaround, please tell me. For now, I have settled with a chamelion effect.

The stage 4 vampirism debuffs are applied through a slotless equippable item you cannot see or remove. I tried using an ability like with the buffs, but this decreases the base attribute/skill value to 0, making leveling the skill easier which was not intended.

Recommended Mods

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My other vampire mod- Arfien's Vampire Eye replacer

Crisper shinier red eyes

https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/50055

Vampire Race Disabler

Prevents you from looking hideous after you transform.

https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/15697

Vampire Vision Fix

Really a must have, removes the absurd bright vision as a vampire.

https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/23873

Chameleon-NoRefraction

This makes stage 4 vampirism look more ghostly with chameleon.

https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/2411

===Stage 1 vampirism changes===

Added water breathing (constant ability) to all phases

Otherwise as in Vanilla

Lesser Powers:

Hunter's Sight (Toggle)

===Stage 2 vampirism changes===

Active skills:

Sun damage 20

Weakness to fire 50

Resist normal weapons 20

Resist disease and paralysis 100

Fortify Acrobatics/athletics/destruction/hand to hand/illusion/mysticism/sneak 20pts

Fortify Strength/willpower/speed 20pts

Lesser Powers:

Hunter's Sight (Toggle)

Greater powers:

Deaths Touch-Greater Power-Absorb Health/Magicka/Fa