destruction

Awakening Destruction is an overhaul of the Destruction Magic skill system. No DLC required.

The goal is to rebalance magic to make it more useful as the primary playing experience, while still keeping the game challenging.

Each level of destruction now adds the following:

*The damage of all destruction spells is increased by 10% (50% total).

*All destruction spells cost 10% less (50% total).

*The range of the target destruction spell is increased by 2 points (total 10).

Additionally, each level has some interesting effects that will make the magic more powerful but also less stable.

*Elemental Entropy slightly reduces elemental resistance when casting any elemental spell (fire, frost, shock).

Vampires are not affected by this weakness to fire. Weakness is 5% of the spells it uses in combat (until I can get [IsCasting] to manifest; this only applies to active spell use).

*Elemental Shapeshifts increase the duration of the Elemental Damage Cloak and increase your resistance to the opponent's element by 20%, or they reduce your magic resistance by 25% if your elemental resistance is over 50%.

Certain racial restrictions apply to bonus resistance. For example, Nords and Vampires are not affected by this source of anti-frost. Lightning is not "countered" by anything, so it does not increase your resistance for the time being.

*Using a stave reduces the casting cost of novice destruction spells in half.

*When taking elemental damage, elemental spell damage is increased by 15%.

This is mainly used in long battles with dragons or other spellcasters.

*Rune Mastery now adds an additional rune (up to 5) per level in Destruction, and its damage is halved.

*Destruction Dual Cast spells deal 50% more damage and 50% more mana.

*The duration of muffle and candle spells has been greatly increased and the cost has been fixed, bringing convenience to certain lifestyles.

More may be added in the future! I wanted to do something interesting for Master of Destruction, and I was also considering Astronaut as a base spell.