Balanced Unleveled Rewards

Balanced Unleveled Rewards

Requirements:

None

Introduction

A common point of annoyance with Oblivion is that a large number of unique quest rewards have leveled stats, which are set at the level you obtain the item. This incentivises meta-gaming the level at which you complete certain quests to ensure you get the best reward. Several mods exist that address this issue, but none of them really hit the level of balance I prefer—so I made my own.

Description

This mod unlevels all leveled items and spells, fixing their stats and enchantments at a single level. What makes this mod unique is that it doesn't fix all items at their maximum levels, rather some items are fixed at lower levels appropriate to their appearance, how easy they are to obtain, and with consideration for their balance against other items found in generic loot. In this way, Oblivion's leveled artefacts are treated in a similar manner to those found in Skyrim.

As is my characteristic style, this mod comprehensively covers ALL leveled items from the base game and all DLC, even ones that are often missed by other similar mods.

The balance of this mod was very much made with my lightweight vanilla 'overhaul' Ascension in mind, but is also perfectly playable without it. Mainly this refers to the fact that Ascension makes higher tier loot rarer, meaning that items like Glass and Ebony are considered more 'special' and Daedric items are more scarce—my balancing of item stats here also reflects this.

I also recommend Balanced Creature Stats and Balanced NPC Level Cap as good compliments to this mod.

Full List of Item Changes

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This file lists the changes made to leveled items.

There are two aspects that are affected by an item's level: stats (e.g. health or damage), and enchantments.

For each item, changes to stats and enchantments are noted in brackets [].

If no change to stats or enchantments are mentioned, then that aspect of the item was not leveled in the original game, e.g. many items have static stats, but leveled enchantments.

If item stats are affected, the new stats of the item are listed, except in cases where multiple items are noted under a common heading (e.g. Armor of the Crusader). If an item's enchantment is affected, the new effects of the enchantment are listed.

For the most part, all item stats and enchantment affects were determined by lo