Bandits and Marauders with Gold and Gems

== What this mod does ==

Have you ever wondered why bandits and marauders all seem to be poor as paupers? Their goal in life is to mug people and take their valuables, so shouldn't they have more in their pockets than a rusty lockpick/hammer and a stale piece of bread? Let's face it, they don't even have the stale bread! This mod aims to fix that. No, not the stale bread. By altering the inventory of each generic bandit and marauder in Oblivion, all of Cyrodiil's robbers now have a high chance of carrying some gold along with a smaller chance for additional valuables.

I could only find one other mod that added gold to bandits, but nothing else, nor did it disclose how much, so I couldn't tell if it was balanced. Because of that, I decided to make my own from scratch and release it for anyone else who wants it. This mod is meant to be more of an immersive gameplay change than anything else. The gold amounts are modest so as to remain balanced and realistic (they have to split the gold from that merchant raid amongst everyone plus the boss's cut, remember?). For a breakdown of what everyone can spawn, please see below.

Bandits/Marauders; regular, mage, and archers:

• []80% chance for 5 – 30 gold

  Bandit/Marauder Bosses:

  • []90% chance for 75 – 100 gold

    All Bandits/Marauders:

    • []15% chance to spawn one 'gem' item. This includes the following:

      []1 Gold nugget or silver nugget

      []Or 1 flawed, regular, or flawless pearl, topaz, ruby, emerald, sapphire, or diamond

    []10% chance to spawn a ring or a necklace

    Though statistically small, you do have a chance to get all three (gold, a piece of jewelry, and a gem) from a single bandit/marauder. You can also get nothing or any combination in between. The gem and jewelry items are selected from leveled lists, which means, for example, that you won't have a chance of finding a flawless diamond until you hit level 17 (this is basically the same list used for gems found in chests you loot in dungeons). The gold is not 'leveled', as you have a chance of finding any of the stated amounts starting at level 1.

    This mod does not alter or remove any of the existing leveled lists associated with these NPCs, it merely adds three new ones as described above. You should expect to find all of the normal loot you found on bandits/marauders before plus what this mod gives the chance of finding. This mod also does not make any changes to highwaymen.

    ==Requirements ==

    This mod shouldn't require anything beyond the base game as only vanilla assets are altered/used.

    ==Conflicts ==

    This is my second mod, and I am still new to modding. I believe this mod will conflict with any other mods that make changes to bandi