Valravn - Integrated Combat of Skyrim

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Stamina

Stamina management is much more important in Valravn.

For warriors, power attacks and bashes now have a minimum Stamina cost, preventing their use with just 1 point of Stamina. For archers, drawing a bow halts Stamina regeneration and eventually starts draining Stamina when holding a fully drawn bow, interrupting the shot when the archer runs out of Stamina. On the other hand, blocking costs less Stamina.

When Stamina is empty, characters move more slowly and deal less damage with attacks, and the player character is at risk of being interrupted when staggered.

• []Drawing a bow halts Stamina regeneration.

  []Holding a fully drawn bow costs 5 points of Stamina per second. If Stamina reaches zero, aim punch will occur and the shot may fail.

  []Bows cannot be drawn when Stamina is fully depleted.

  []Performing a power attack requires at least 15 points of Stamina.

  []Peforming a power attack costs less base Stamina, but the Stamina cost increases more quickly with weapon weight.

  []Performing a bash requires at least 10 points of Stamina.

  []Blocking costs more base Stamina, but the Stamina cost increases slower with the amount of damage blocked. This makes blocking more useful against the powerful hits you really want to block.

  []When Stamina is 0, characters are slowed by 25%, deal 25% less attack damage and lose 5 points of carry weight.

• When Stamina is 0, the player has 50% chance to take a hard interrupt ("full body stagger") when staggered, similar to an NPC getting staggered.

  Superior combat AI

  NPCs are more aggressive and more likely to attack. Melee NPCs no longer relent when outnumbering their target, and some swarming NPCs such as skeevers and wolves actually become more aggressive in groups.

  NPCs are more willing to bash targets out of a power attack, power attack through a block, or attack while targets are in the middle of their own attack swing.

  These changes are similar to most "improved combat AI" mods, but there are differences in implementation. Valravn is more thorough in terms of which NPCs it affects, and achieves high levels of aggression without the unrelenting bash spam inherent in some older combat overhauls.

  Attacks of opportunity

  Being caught off guard, or catching an opponent off guard, r