Slaymaker's Crafting and Item Overhaul SE

Slaymaker's Crafting and Item Overhaul (SCIO) aims to rectify many of the limitations and annoyances of the crafting system without destroying balance, and to open up new options for roleplay while remaining true to lore.  It also fixes many inconsistencies and illogical values of items, such as burned up books weighing more than intact ones.  Several often requested features--soul gem crafting and upgrading, circlets worn with hoods, craftable and unenchanted guild armor--are included in this mod.

SCIO was designed to be as unobtrusive and compatible as is possible for such a large mod.  Aside from the changes to the perk trees and the renamed items (which you will quickly get used to), most changes are "behind the scenes" things you will barely notice.  As with any mod this size, there are judgment calls, but I have done my best to stay true to lore and avoid immersion breakers, while keeping things somewhat simple and logical.

This is the Special Edition version.  Click here for the original Skyrim version.

FEATURES SMITHING TREE []Every material in the game is now improved by a smithing perk, so you aren't stuck with Flawless quality at Smithing 100. []The new Guild Smithing perk lets you craft faction-exclusive gear (such as Dawnguard War Axe or Shrouded Armor) once you've progressed far enough in that faction's questline.  Guild Smithing has two ranks--rank 1 lets you forge unenchanted versions of the gear, and rank 2 lets you forge the enchanted versions. []The new Trinket Smithing perk allows you to craft Amulets of the Nine Divines, wooden swords, and silver weapons, and is now required to craft bone jewelry or jewelry with gems (such as Gold Diamond Necklace).  It also lets you craft circlets, and doubles the tempering of silver, gold, and wood. []The new Artifact Smithing perk lets you craft replicas of unique items.  The replicas have 1/10 value to prevent crazy gold/XP gains and are unenchanted, but are otherwise identical (damage, armor rating, weight, etc).  The recipes won't appear unless you have the original in your inventory (it won't be consumed).  If it's a unique item you don't get to keep, such as the Jagged Crown, the recipe will appear once you've completed the relevant quest.  This perk only works with items with unique graphics--unique variants of common items, such as Movarth's Boots or the Poacher's Axe, can't be replicated. [*]Arcane Blacksmith (now called Arcane Smithing), in addition to its vanilla benefit, now allows you to craft soul gems and smelt them together into larger sized soul gems, and to create black soul gems.  The recipes