Simple yet dynamic skills - Improved Standing Stone

Skyrim's more flexible and refined skill specialization system.

Overview

In previous "Elder Scrolls" titles, skill selections at character creation would determine how quickly skills improved. Skyrim removes the character creation aspect and instead gives you "Guardian Stones" to choose a set of skills to speed things up. The great thing about the new system is that it's simple and allows you to change your character's focus over time. However, it also sucks because it lacks flexibility, and having those guardian stones coexist with 10 other standing stones means you're forced to choose between skill advancement and gameplay ability, which doesn't make any sense!

Skill specialization in Skyrim is primarily done through the Perk system, and this mod aims to keep the mode consistent. It implements a new skill learning system that is inspired by Morrowind's old class system, but skill selection is now tied to Perks rather than being determined by character creation or Standing Stones. Additionally, Guardian Stones have been redesigned, and various adjustments have been made to standing stones to improve them.

Dynamic skill specialization

Skill learning modifiers are determined by a combination of skill level and investment in the corresponding tree's primary Perks. Therefore, each skill is classified as Major (35% XP bonus), Minor (normal XP), or Assist (20% XP penalty*). At lower levels, the main skill only requires the first Perk, but at higher levels, further investment is required.

*If you prefer secondary skills without gaining XP, set DSS_HardcoreMode to 1 in the in-game console or in the plugin itself.

These conversions work as follows:

Getting Started: Primary Skill Requires First Perk

Skill level 40+: Main skills require the second skill, minor skills require the first skill

Skill level 60+: The main skill requires the 3rd skill, the secondary skill requires the 2nd skill

Skill level 80+: The main skill requires the 4th skill, the secondary skill requires the 3rd skill

Note that for Smithing trees, the Perks on both sides of the tree count as the main Perks.

standing stone

warrior

Deal more attack damage and block more damage with the warrior symbol.

Weapon damage, 3 points

Enhanced unarmed damage, 3 points

Blocks incoming damage, 10%

mage

Spells can be cast more easily under the mage's symbol.

Spell cost reduced by 15% for all 5 schools

Thief

Those under the sign of the thief are better at sneaking, pickpocketing, and kicking.

Fortify Sneak, 15 points

Fortify Pickpocket，15％

Enhanced lock picking, 15%

snake

A ranged penetrating poison is available under the symbol of the viper, costing Stamina.

Damage endurance, self 50 points

Weakness to poison, 50% for 5 seconds (does not hit automata/ash spawn)

Damage health, 5 points, lasts 5 seconds (does not hit automaton/ash spawn)

Miss

Those under the sign of the Lady regenerate health faster but do less damage.

Restore health, 2 minutes per second

Reduce weapon damage by 15%

Attenuated destruction, 15%

horse

One under the symbol of the horse can carry more and does not suffer the movement penalty of the armor.

All types of worn armor are lightweight and have no speed penalty

Strengthen carrying weight, 100 points

host

Those under the Lord's sign are more resistant to both magicka and physical damage:

Enhanced armor level, 100 points

Resist magic, 15%

apprentice

Under the sign of the Apprentice has more magic and recovers faster, but is more vulnerable to magic damage.

Fortify Magicka, 50 points

Regenerate Magicka at 100% speed

Weakness to magic, 50%

Atronach

Under the sign of Atronach, it absorbs part of the damage from spells and has a larger mana pool, but cannot recover naturally.

Spell Absorption, 50%

Damage magic regeneration, 1000%

Fortify Magicka, 100 points

ceremony

Once per day, those under the ritual sign can raise nearby corpses to fight for them.

Dead Thrall, 80 points, 200 seconds duration, 75 feet

lover

The lover's comfort is always felt …