Deadly Combat

Deadly Combat mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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• Update 13 June 2017:

I have uploaded a new variant of the mod: Deadly Combat Lite

This version of the mod is a lightweight version of the full 4. 01 mod which is described in the large description below. It still contains all the features that I feel like are important personally, and this is the version I personally recommend using. It still contains all of the features related to Staggering, Timed Blocking, Timed Warding, and Scripted Improvements to NPC AI. It no longer contains Game Setting changes for armor/health/damage/stamina, no other changes to Stamina costs (except for those related to Timed Blocking), and no changes to movement speed. I have decided to remove these, because I feel like other mods (such as Wildcat + Mortal Enemies) do these better. It no longer contains Locational Damage, since I never personally used it, it felt too game-y to me, wasn't accurate enough, and took a lot of CPU time. It no longer contains Ignore Pain spells/Potions, since I also never used them. There is also a NEW FEATURE: magical Ward Spells (even those added by new mods) can now be used to block physical attacks. Melee attacks hitting your Wards will now be fully recognized by the games as blocked attacks (even increasing your Block skill). Arrows/Bolts will bounce off of your Wards instead of penetrating you, and will deal no damage if fired from in front of you (those hitting you in your back will still hurt).

All of these changes together result in improved efficiency, and improved compatibility with other combat mods. If you do like some of the changes I decided to remove, it's still perfectly fine to keep using the full version 4. 01, but Deadly Combat Lite is the version I personally recommend.

Recommended Other Combat Mods I recommend using the following combat mods together with Deadly Combat Lite (this is the setup of combat mods I'll be using myself in my next playthrough):

- Wildcat. I strongly recommend TURNING OFF the Timed Blocking and Injuries features. I don't personally like Injuries because they feel very game-y to me, and I recommend turning off Wildcat's implementation of Timed Blocking because I think it is much too forgiving; it allows you to block for one full second and it still counts as a Ti