SPID Unarmed Scaling (ESL)

Essentially all this mod does is add 0. 08 points of damage per skill point in One-handed and Two-handed. That means that with One-handed and Two-handed at level 100, you get extra 16 points of unarmed damage. For non-beast races, this means 20 points of total damage without any bonuses, from the original 4. For beast races, that is at least 28. Possibly more if using race overhauls.

For example, if you're start off with 25 One-handed and Two-handed, that means that your race by default will deal 4 extra points of damage per punch, which is double the usual amount. To be clear the bonuses are additive, you get the same bonus for skill no matter what your race's initial unarmed damage is.

I made this because I didn't like at all that you can become an absolute Lord of Destruction with weapons, but can't do more than 4 damage with punches (except with beast races). What the heck. It's a somewhat mild bonus, but it makes a difference enough to be satisfying. Think of it as an add-on for an unarmed build. Or simply an immersion tweak. And since it affects other NPCs, it should affect the brawling experience somewhat.

It only works with two free hands. Don't be silly. Drop that goofy shield and fight with your bare hands. NPCs only engage in unarmed combat that way anyway.

There is a version that scales with Light Armor only instead, if you want it to scale how it does in Ordinator or Vokrii (weird choice of perk tree, but I guess it's hard to justify it with any of them). In that case, every Light Armor point increases damage by 0. 16 points.

Have fun and go punch the lights out of some bandits.