Armor Enchantments Drain Vitality in Order to Function

New Improved Version 2 is easy on your CPU!

.... Have you ever found it strange that:

1. Weapon Enchantments deplete with use while Armor Enchantments don't...is there actually a Lore based reason for this?

2. Why are you the only powerful/rich being who wears tons of Enchanted Gear?  ....even Harkon only wears 2 pieces of enchanted gear, and he is hundreds of years old + rich!

Turns out that there actually is a potential Lore based answer to these questions!  IF you read 'Enchanter's Primer' (written by the Enchanting Mage at the College of Winterhold), you'll get a possible reason for why Armor Enchantments don't deplete.

One of the theories (in the book) is that Armor Enchantments drain tiny amounts of the users vitality (or soul energy) in order to function.  So, the Armor Enchantment slowly siphons off it's user's lifeforce (or possibly soul) in order to function indefinitely.

Since Armor Enchantments only take tiny amounts of energy from the user, it seems like people don't consider this to be an issue....or they might not even really notice...

NOTICE how VERY FEW NPCs actually wear more than 1 Enchanted item!  It's almost like they are operating as though my Mod was how enchantments were supposed to work in the first place!  It would explain why you don't see every rich NPC wear 10+ magic items!

the only 2 NPCs to wear several pieces of enchanted gear are the Ebony Warrior (7) and Miraak (4)!  ...the Ebony Warrior's stats are so high, he can afford the Vitality drain from wearing that much gear!

So what does this Mod do?

Wearing a single enchanted piece of armor (jewlery/clothing) now adds a WEAK 'drain vitality' effect to the PC/NPC.  This is a -1 to stats and -1% to stat regenerates.

It doesn't matter if a piece has multiple enchantments on it, it still only counts as 1 enchanted piece!

Each additional worn enchanted piece of armor MULTIPLIES the effect.  So 1 = -1, 2 = -2, 3 = -4, 4 = -8, 5 = -16, and so on.  So, wearing 2 or 3 enchanted pieces of armor/clothing/jewelry = barely noticeable!  Wearing 7 items = you WILL notice!

What's more, Artifacts exact an even heavier price.  So 1 = -3, 2 = -6, 3 = -12, 4 = -24, and so on.

Since the Lore suggests that people don't really notice the drain, I made the penalty for wearing only a few items and/or a single artifact very weak!

That said, piling on 10+ enchantments+artifacts could potentially even kill you (for those of you who use mods that add scarfs/cloaks/earrings/bags + allow stacking diadems under helmets)!

*NOTE:  To avoid confusion, Penalties do NOT increase over time.  It's not a 'damage over time' effect or anything like that.  So you can Fast Travel without issue!