Draconic Magic and Shouts - Dragon Breath Attacks

This mod was inspired by concentrative shout mods (like this one) as well as the Dragon Fury / Hatred spells from the excellent Aetherial Tomes. Those abilities felt awesome to use, and I wanted more of that in my game, so I took the idea and ran with it.

The basic idea is that for each breath attack that dragons can use against you, this mod adds (1) a shout visually similar to that breath attack and (2) a similar spell that starts out castable by a novice, but will scale up in cost and strength as your character gains more magicka.  Shouts and spells can be toggled in the MCM if you only want one or the other; by default, you have a chance to learn either a related shout word or spell anytime you kill a dragon with the corresponding breath attack.

Important side note

Due to a combination of how dragon breath attack meshes and Skyrim's projectile settings are set up, the best way I found to create these effects as spells is to re-launch the projectile several times a second.  This is fine from a performance standpoint, but results in a noticeable flicker while some of the spells are being cast, especially in first person.  If you're sensitive to flashing lights, please exercise caution.

What this mod does

• []When you kill a dragon that knows a breath attack, you have a chance to learn to cast a spell or shout based on that type of breath attack

  []If you only want the spells or only want the shouts, the MCM has a setting to control what the mod will teach you!

  []Vanilla fire and frost attacks are supported

  []Optional add-ons are available to support (1) Alduin's meteor shout and (2) attacks from Diverse Dragons Collection

Spells and shouts are meant to scale up as your character advances:

• []Damage of spells increases with the number of dragon souls you currently have (+1% damage per dragon soul, toggleable in MCM)

  []Dragon souls scaling can also be turned on for this mod's shouts only or all shouts

  []Cost and damage of spells both increase along with your current available magicka (scaled by 1 + magicka/100)

  []Spells will appear in the menu as master-level spells, and should benefit from appropriate perks for the most part

• The idea is for these abilities to be usable throughout the playthrough, but to get stronger as you get stronger and stay competitive with other options you have

Spell and shout stats are based roughly on vanilla cost/cooldown/damage ratios, adjusted for the fact that these spells can easily hit multiple enemies-- so hopefully they aren't drastically unbalanced.  The MCM has various options to control damage, cost, and scaling as well.

Full list of spells & other details

Vanilla breath attacks: