Critical Hits Recalculated

Critical Hits Recalculated - SE and VR

This mod recalculates the way critical damage is quantified and applied in Skyrim so that it levels with your character and is appropriate to the weapon being used. In short, this fixes Skyrim's broken Critical Hit system.

No scripts. Just math. Compatible with all weapons and safe for your save game.

Description

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I was tired of the broken Critical Hits system in Skyrim. Vanilla critical hits are based on a calculation that uses a weapon's base stats (before leveling, upgrades, or enchantments). After level 10 or so, the system is useless.

Likewise, I found the "ignore armor" perks for hammers and maces and the "extra bleeding" perks for axes to be similarly less-than-useful. I also found errors in the way Bethesda calculates critical hit chance, and decided to adjust the numbers using statistical analysis.

I am a math and science major. I decided to re-work this problem without scripts. Critical Hits are now based on your Stamina level, which should increase as you level up.

For Mages:  There is an optional .esp that makes the same calculation using Magicka instead of Stamina

For Power Gamers:  There are some optional .esp files that use my calculations but increases the chance of a critical hit

**For users who already use a Skill Tree/Perk enhancement mod: See compatibility at bottom of this document

============CHANGES================

--Critical Perks--

Did away with "bleeding damage" and "ignore armor" system for axes and hammers.  Now all weapons (including daggers, hammers, and axes) have a chance of a critical hit and a perk to go along with it. Perks adjusted: Bladesman, Bonebreaker, Deep Wounds, Hack & Slash, Limbsplitter, Skullcrusher, and Critical Shot.

--Critical Chance--

For the three perk levels of each critical perk, chances of making a critical hit range from an average of 1 in 100 for rank 1, 1 in 80 for rank 2, and 1 in 60 for rank 3. Occasionally you will get lucky and get crit hits in quick succession, but your crit strikes will average out to these numbers. Two-handed weapons have a higher chance than one-handed, and Bows/Crossbows have a much higher chance ranging from 1 in 50 for rank 1, 1 in 25 for rank 2, and 1 in 15 for rank 3.

--Critical Damage--

Critical Damage is now based on your stamina level. This was the only way to synthesize "leveling up" without using scripts. The more points you have in stamina, the more damage your critical hits will do. Daggers do the least critical damage and Warhammers do the most. The better type of weapon mat