Elden Catalyst - Modern Spell Sword and Staff Casting Mechanism

Add 3 new tricks to your wizard / spell sword / zerk:

• []Allow staff to cast any spells

  []Allow spell-catalyst-weapon to cast off-hand spells on swing or bow shot

  []Allow zerk to shout randomly on swing

  []Works for NPC as well

Installation & Usage

• []Install the LATEST requirements mods (MCM Helper, DynamicAnimationCasting-NG) The requirement mods contains most of the black magic to make this mod happen.

  []Use AddItemMenu to get the staffs and axes

  []Open MCM to config the hotkeys for cycling/select spells from favorite menu (Default to gamepad Up Down, Keyboard 1-9)

  []Equip your new toy (optionally, equip a spell at off hand)

  []Attack

  []Disenchant the weapons from this mod

  []Use the enchantment on your favorite weapon :)

  []Too powerful or too weak? You can change the balance your self in SKSE/plugins/_DynamicAnimationCasting/EldenCatalyst.toml

  Compatibility, Performance, Upgrade 

  • []Works for both Player and NPC, NPC will cast the off hand spell or, one of their known spell (instead of player's favourite).

    []Script free (only MCM uses a script) and no lags

    []Compatible with virtually ANY mods. E.g. new spells, new staff/casting/weapon animations, MCO or SkySA, etc...

    []Safe to install or upgrade or uninstall anytime (just use ReSaver to clear your save data after uninstall)

  • []Make spell sword work for my weapon in mod X?

  • []-> Add Spell/Voice Catalyst enchantment to the weapon in Game

    []-> Use KID to add the "SpellCatalyst" or "VoiceCatalyst" keyword to your weapons, you can keep your unique enchant this way.

    []Make my mod's staff cast any spell?

  • []-> Use KID to add the "StaffSpellCatalyst" keyword to your staff, you may change the staff's spell to an do-thing-proxy. Otherwise it will cast BOTH.

  FAQ
  • []Hot Key is not working! -> Update your MCM Helper

    []Does it work for SE/AE/VR? -> Yes

    []Does it work for GOG? -> I don't own GOG version, cannot test

    []Balance not good? -> Check the SKSE/plugins/_DynamicAnimationCasting/EldenCatalyst.toml to change Magika cost, Dual cast, Cooldown, and other balance factors.

    []I want feature X! -> Add a BUG to this mod, I maybe able to find time for it.

    TODO

    [*]Use Player Attribute / Enchantment to grow the pow