Bound Magic Cost Tweaks

Bound Magic Cost Tweaks

Vanilla bound spells are a mess.

Weapons come with a 15-second duration, which makes them basically unusable, especially given their cost (looking at you bound sword)

Armor pieces all come with different durations, causing them to have widely different mana requirements for no particular reason. Why does Bound Gauntlet last 20 seconds, when Bound Shield lasts 120 seconds ? Casting them one after the other is a massive pain, and considering the steep mana cost, they are just not really worth the effort.

The goal of this mod is to squash all these inadequacies, and improve the overall usability of bound spells without breaking game balance.

It does not touch the stats of the bound item themselves, meaning you can combine it with other mods such as Bound Weapon Perks and Better Bound Items (see compatibility section below).

What the mod does

1. Reduces cost of bound magic effects

• All weapons base cost divided by 6 to 8 depending on the weapon

• all armors base cost divided by 2

This means bound spells will be much more affordable and present a real alternative to alteration shield for protection. Additionally, it will be a lot easier to use them in spell making along other effects.

2. All spells sold by Vendors or found in Tomes have their duration standardized to 45 seconds

On average, Bound Weapon spells will be 2 times cheaper, and last 3 times as long.

Bound Armors spells are much more competitive, and on par with Alteration protection spells as a defensive option.

3. Reworks Bound Armor tome item progression to be more natural and fit the Conjuration skill requirements of the other spells:

the new item progression goes as follows:

Bound Armor - novice : conjure Gauntlet and Helmet

Bound Armor - apprentice : + Boots

Bound Armor - journeyman:  + Greaves

Bound Armor - expert: + Cuirass

Installation