Vigor - Enhanced Combat

Fatigue & Stamina

Several actions now cost stamina or have an impact on it`s regeneration, providing a more in-depth stamina management, these apply to all playable races NPCs.

- Attacks with melee weapons cost (weapon weight x 0. 25) + 2 stamina per attack.

- Dual Wielding attacks cost ((left weapon weight + right weapon weight)  x 0. 25) + 3 stamina per attack.

- Attacks with bows cost bow weight stamina when draw + 3 per second while aiming.

- Attacks with crossbow cost crossbow weight x 0. 5 stamina when reloading and reduce regeneration by 50% while aiming.

- Jumping cost 15% of armor weight + 5 stamina.

- Swimming cost 10% of armor weight + 2 stamina per second.

- Running and Casting spells reduce stamina regeneration by 50%.

- Blocking stance reduce stamina regeneration by 30% with shields and by 20% with weapons.

The current percentage of the base stamina also apply buffs or debuffs for each stage of fatigue, this apply to all NPCs, except Undeads (excluding vampires).

- When Stamina is above 75%, stamina regenerate 50% faster.

- When Stamina is above 50%, stamina regenerate 25% faster.

- When Stamina is bellow 50%, attacks deal -10% damage and movement speed is reduced by 10%.

- When Stamina is bellow 25%, attacks deal -20% damage and movement speed is reduced by 20%.

- When Stamina is depleted, attacks deal -30% damage and movement speed is reduced by 30%.

Block & Weapon Parry

Blocked attacks will damage stamina instead of health as long as the actor have enough stamina to fully deflect the hit, otherwise health will be damaged normally. Also, weapons will react to each other in close combat when both actors strike at the same time, interrupting the attack and damaging stamina as if blocking.

Notes

- Block costing stamina is achieved by immediately restoring the health lost, damaging the actor stamina by the same value, thus an actor blocking with very low health might actually get killed.

- Damage dealt by weapon enchantments are covered but secondary effects that deal no damage will still be applied.

- Block perk, enchantments and potions will actually reduce the stamina drain when blocking or parrying.

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