Auto and Falmer armor perks

Added armor class and base armor perks to dwarven automatons, heavily armored Falmer variants, and non-flying Chaurus

Hello everyone

I'm running a fairly primitive modlist with balance and bugfixes, and it's always bothered me that so few creatures in Skyrim have armor classes, making any perks or gear that ignores armor useless.

One of the highest vanilla armor levels found on enemies in Skyrim is Dremora Valkynaz, which is a measly 194!

I don't really care about big creature overhauls like Know Your Enemy - those mods are great, but they change the game too much for my taste.

My goal with my first mod was to add a little variety. The first creature that comes to mind is a dwarf automaton, with most of its body plated in metal. Chaurus was followed by the skeletal exoskeleton and then I decided to add the heavily armored Falmer variant which was added along with Dawnguard.

Conveniently, Falmer and Chaurus can often be found in Dwemer ruins, so it's a good idea to bring some mace perks or crossbows into these areas!

I added the armor perk, allowing these NPCs to upgrade to heavy armor, and gave them some base armor to make it tougher (I only gave the Falmer the heavy armor perk and level, and they use the same armor as vanilla).

These creatures will be more resistant to physical damage under this mod, so if you don't have any armor penetration, may I suggest using magic or enchantments to make them easier to take down? You can also use poison or bleed on Falmer/Chaurus!

Happy adventure!

PS: Some dwarf automatons have a general damage reduction bonus, this mod will remove it.

Chaurus also has a base armor rating with magical effects, this mod removes that as well.

suggestion:

I highly recommend using SkyTweak to balance out the heavy hitting and bleed perks and give you the option to adjust NPC armor multipliers. Here's a good guide to converting it to SSE.

Many thanks to Alanovich Romanov for his help with this, and for his excellent Mod Draugr upgrades and improvements that he was gracious enough to let me borrow from! If you want a more interesting and challenging version of Draugr, I highly recommend his mod!

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Hi all,

I am running a fairly vanilla modlist with balance and bugfixes, and it always bothered me that very few creatures in Skyrim have an armor rating, making any perks or equipment that ignore armor pretty useless to take.

One of the highest vanilla armor ratings found on an enemy in Skyrim is the Dremora Valkynaz with a measly 194!

I don't really care for large creature overhauls like Know Your Enemy - these mods are great, but they change the game a little too much for my taste.

The goal of this, my first ever mod, is to add a little diversity. The first creature that came to mind were Dwarven Automatons, having metal plating on most of their bodies. Chaurus were next with their bony exoskeletons, and then I decided to add the heavy armored Falmer variants that were added with Dawnguard.

Conveniently, Falmer and Chaurus can frequently be found in Dwemer ruins, making it a very good idea to take some mace perks or a crossbow into these areas!

I added armor perks, allowed these NPCs to level heavy armor, and added some base armor to them to make them a little tougher (I only gave Falmer the heavy armor perks and levels, they use the same armor as in vanilla).

These creatures will be a more resistant to physical damage with this mod, so if you don't have any armor penetration, may I suggest magic or enchantments to take them down easier? You can also use poison or bleed against the Falmer/Chaurus!

Happy adventuring!

P.S - Some Dwarven Automatons had generic damage reduction perks that this mod removes.

Chaurus also had a base armor rating Magic Effect that this mod removes as well.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

I highly recommend SkyTweak for balancing critical hit and bleeding perks, as well as giving you the option of adjusting the NPC armor multiplier. There's a g …