Little Lessons - Neglected Books Teach Small Skills
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.1% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #5 of 6 Skills and Leveling mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod was born when I realized the book Troll Slaying is written as a how-to, but it doesn't teach you anything. It's not a skill book and it doesn't help you do anything to fight trolls. Let's change that, shall we?
Currently the mod modifies a total of 16 books to teach some small perks when the player reads them.
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[]Troll Slaying:
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]Buffs your attack damage by 5% against trolls.[/][
]Reduces troll damage by 10% when blocking.[/][
]Chance of finding more troll fat on troll corpses.[/][]Immmortal Blood:
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]Reduces damage from incoming vampiric drain spells by 5%.[/]Additionally, because this book is a tale of Movarth's hubris, it offers insights into how he thinks that will benefit your fight against him and his minions during the raid on his lair in Laid to Rest:
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]25% reduced damage from vampiric drain from Movarth's vampires during the raid.[/][]Herbane's Bestiary: Ice Wraiths:
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]Reduces duration of ice wraith bite by half.[/][
]Chance of finding an extra ice wraith tooth.[/][]Herbane's Bestiary: Dwarven Automatons:
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]5% more physical damage to automatons.[/][
]Chance to find more Dwarven oil on broken automatons, increasing with their size.[/][]Herbane's Bestiary: Hagravens:
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]Weapon hits or bashes against hagravens restore 10 stamina.[/][]Herbane's Bestiary: Spriggans (from Little Library):
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]5% more weapon damage against spriggans.[/][
]Chance to find spriggan sap.[/][]Herbane's Bestiary: Chaurus (from Little Library):
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]10% lower chance of stagger from chaurus.[/][]The Wispmother:
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]Reduces power of most wispmother spells and the wisp drain attack by 10%.
Little Lessons makes common books in Skyrim teach minor buffs, adding a small layer of utility to reading. With 791 endorsements and over 572k downloads, it's a popular lightweight tweak for players who want books to feel more rewarding without overhauling gameplay.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge download count (572k) shows it's a well-loved staple
- 791 endorsements indicate strong community approval
- Simple concept that fits seamlessly into vanilla gameplay
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects common books, so impact may be subtle
- No recent updates since December 2025, so may not be actively maintained
For Skyrim players who enjoy collecting and reading books and want a small gameplay reward. Also for modders who want a lightweight addition to their load order. Skip if you're looking for major gameplay overhauls or if you rarely read books.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Look for books in libraries and inns to start learning buffs early
- Combine with mods that add more books for greater variety
- Check the mod page for any compatibility notes with other book-related mods
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Lummox JR
- Version
- 1.5.1
- Downloads
- 572,519
- Endorsements
- 791
- Category
- Skills and Leveling
- Created
- 8/12/2024
- Updated
- 12/1/2025
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