Not so deadly trap

Traps in Oblivion (Remastered) are just a nuisance with a minimal basic damage (i.e. player even at lvl 2 can easily ignore 90% of traps like mosquitos).

This mod by default increases damage by a multiple of x7 (I think it's the sweet spot). Spikes by a further x2.

Other mods IMHO were either "not enough" or "insta-kill" even if you have a powerful character.

It's configurable.

🔎 BEHIND THE SCENES

The game internally calculates curves based on your character level as explained here.

The problem is vanilla game starts from very low damage values and increases them when you level up... this makes traps simply ineffective also on low-level players, and when they start hurting (-100 or more damage) because your character has grown up, well... at that point you'll be also stronger, have a better armor etc. so damage will be kept somewhat scaled (the original game design concept is that traps do scale with player progression to keep them "dangerous").

So what this mod does is simply adding more initial damage (which makes sense: deadly for unexperienced low-level adventurers), with a higher base damage component. That's all, and it just works very well IMHO.

📦 INSTALLATION

Just drop the .esp file into your Oblivion Remastered path at "...\Content\OblivionRemastered\Content\Dev\ObvData\Data".

... and add NotSoDeadlyTrapMult.esp to "...\Content\OblivionRemastered\Content\Dev\ObvData\Data\Plugins.txt" at the bottom, after the default game files.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Stronger Gravity: as an addition makes also falling wired traps much faster and more realistic. Faster traps can do even more damage.

🔨 CUSTOMIZING

If you don't like default settings, you can easily change the multipliers (you don't need to re-enter them every time you launch the game. Set them just once and go play!)

fTrapDamageMultHex

fTrapDamageMultSpikesHex

values using console commands, e.g.:

ObvConsole show fTrapDamageMultHex                (display current damage multiplier value. Mod default is 7. 0)

ObvConsole set fTrapDamageMultHex to 6. 0          (set multiplier value to 6. 0. 1. 0 = vanilla. Damage calculated the moment you get hit)

ObvConsole set fTrapDamageMultSpikesHex to 3. 0    (set spikes multiplier value to 3. 0 * fTrapDamageMultHex. Mod default is 2. 0)

Enjoy funnier traps, and let me know your experience!