Crafting Skills Revamped

Overview

This project was originally started as a replacement for Skyrim Alchemy Fixed, with the idea that the features I cared about could be implemented such that they did not interfere with content add-on mods like Beyond Skyrim. As a player I wanted to be able to install those kinds of mods and not have to spend a long time patching them into my load order to ensure they were correctly balanced. During the development of this mod, I noticed that there were many inconsistencies, balance issues, and inconveniences that were all interconnected, so the scope of the project expanded greatly. The result, I believe, is a highly compatible overhaul that preserves most of the original developers' vision while being much more consistent, balanced, and enjoyable.

Major features:

• []Generic potions and enchantments and their player-made equivalents have similar ranges across the board. There is no generic item that is too weak or too strong for the player to craft one with equivalent strength.

  []Various Alchemy and Enchanting effects have been tweaked to improve balance, consistency, and cohesion within the skills.

  []Crafting skills do not directly improve each other, and the relevant effects have been replaced. This encourages build variety and eliminates tedious "crafting loops".

  []Compatible with vanilla-based content add-ons, like Beyond Skyrim and Rare Curios.

  More features:

  []The gold values of certain player-created potions now match up better with the generic equivalents.

  []Pure beneficial potions last twice as long.

  []Armor skill potions now increase armor effectiveness by a percentage, making them significantly more effective.

  []Block potions also increase bashing damage.

  []Weakness to Poison does not stack with itself.

  []There are now 14 skill enchantments that increase the skill directly.

  []Skill progression has been improved in order to put more value in increasing skill levels.

  []Combat, magic, and stealth skills now continue to provide benefits when buffed past level 100.

  []NPCs now benefit from combat and magic enchantments.

  []Lunar weapons have a new lore-friendly effect.

  []Muffle enchantments now display their effectiveness and scale properly when enchanting.

  []Smaller soul gems have increased enchanting capacity.

  []Smithing formulas have been tweaked for better consistency.

  []Chitin and Bonemold items only appear in the menu once Solstheim is visited.

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