Dark Maneuvers - Harkon shield Undead Lords and more

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The vanilla Vampire Lord is a bit clumsy and predictable. He can't be compared to the creatures of the night from classic horror stories. I tried to fix this without making VL too overpowered. If you want to become a true nightmare, this mod is for you. This project aims to make the Vampire Lord form more valuable for the player.

This is NOT a “minor” change

This mod took several months to make. It provides a a completely new system, a new gameplay

Pay for using the spells with the blood of your enemies. Each ability is unique and designed from the scratch. You won’t find ANY of these in other mods.

Designed to be compatible with almost ALL OTHER vampire mods

IMPORTANT! Not compatible with Vampiric Thirst by default! Use the following patch: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/63373/?

YES, it works fine with MIV, Royal Bloodline, Better Vampires, etc… you name it. Doesn't change the vanilla scripts or perks (just the transformation spells are affected).

Respect to balance. Each ability has it flaws. This mod will NOT make your life easier in ANY way. Instead, It provides additional opportunities to survive the most dangerous battles. There will be no new direct attack spells in this mod. This project focuses mostly on protection and maneuvers.

NO SKSE or other script extenders are required for this plugin.

Installing and Uninstalling. “OMG, no, no, no. I’m too scared of installing the scripted mods, because there is no proper way to uninstall it in the future, scripts will be forever baked in my savegame”

I can understand your paranoia, but this is NOT true. As you know, I have a lot of experience in this subject. Scripts are NOT stored in the savegame for no reason, there always should be some kind of dependency. Good programming practices, assertions, safety counters, safety conditions can reduce the risk of occuring some unresolvable dependencies which can affect your savegame in a negative way. None of my mods ever caused save game bloat.

So, how to play with this?

YOU MUST EARN ALL THE VAMPIRE LORD PERKS FIRST If you have all the perks, you will continue to use the consumed blood, but in another way. Each time the Vampire Lord feeds on the enemy, the Blood level increases. With non-zero blood level you are able to get access to advanced abilities.

Close combat Bite: +10 points Drain Life[