Absorb Dragon Soul Lesser Power

Description

This mod replaces automatic dragon soul absorption for most dragons and instead has the player use a lesser power spell to do so, for better script performance and roleplaying.

The automatic dragon soul absorption had some issues where the script uses a loop to check if the player is close enough to the dragon to absorb its soul.

If the player stays out of range, this might cause the script to keep looping over a longer period.

To remedy this, I made a lesser power spell to manually absorb dragon souls.

You will get this lesser power spell when you defeat Mirmulnir during Dragon Rising.

While making it, it reminded me of Divinity: Original Sin 2's Source Vampirism spell. As such, I find it to be interesting as the player now has the choice which dragon they'd absorb the soul of.

Currently there aren't any real rewards for sparing Dragons' souls, but I am open for suggestions.

I've added an optional patch which changes the casting slot of the Lesser Power from BothHands to Voice, to make it function like other lesser powers.

Here's a showcase of the mod:

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The following dragons are excluded from having their souls absorbed through this lesser power:

• [] Mirmulnir (quest related -> automatic absorption)

  [] Sahloknir (quest related -> automatic absorption)

  [] Alduin (1)

  [] Any dragons within Apocrypha (quest related)

  [] Miraak (2)

  [] Durnehviir (already excluded in Vanilla)

  Accourding to Kirkbridian lore, absorbing Alduin's soul would "unbind the dragon" and "unmake Mundus", which is essentially the endgoal of the Thalmor. I'm no lore expert, but to succeed in this, Talos would need to be removed from the Mythic, the mere thought of mankind would need to be gone and the Towers would need to be destroyed.

  Refer to this post of MK: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/General:Michael_Kirkbride%27s_Posts#What_appears_to_be_an_Altmeri_commentary_on_Talos_. 282008-01-11. 29

  "To kill Man is to reach Heaven, from where we came before the Doom Drum's iniquity. When we accomplish this, we can escape the mockery and long shame of the Material Prison.

  "To achieve this goal, we must:

  "1) Erase the Upstart Talos from the mythic. His presence fortifies the Wheel of the Convention, and binds our souls to this plane.

  "2) Remove Man not just from the world, but from the Pattern of Possibility, so that the very idea of them can be forgotten and thereby never again repeated.

  "3) With Talos and the Sons of Talos removed, the Dragon will become ours to unbind. The world of mortals wi