Improved Odahviling

An overhaul to the dragon Aldwyrin, making him more powerful and unique - more shouts, scaled damage and blue fire effects.

Overview

This mod attempts to improve the summonable dragon odahviling, so he's not just a regular fire dragon. There's also the issue of balance - once your character levels up and your enemy becomes stronger and more physically fit, his damage isn't enough, especially on legendary difficulty mods that make combat more difficult and add more spawns. So I modified/added the following:

Damage Scaling - His magic damage is multiplied by 5% of the player's level (e.g. doubled at level 20, 340% at level 48). This requires skse64.

Fire Breath - Now it's a blue/purple shaded gradient (similar to this mod, but containing different and more colors) that leaves fire on the ground, emits light and damages enemies. In addition to regular fire damage, Aldwyrin's Fire Breath deals unspecified (ignoring resistances) damage equal to 8% of the target's current health (which I will add to vanilla Fire Breath in a separate mod, including the player's).

Dragon Fireball - This is an attack used by the dragon when the target is far away; I added unspecified damage to it.

Consume Vitality - Increases absorbed health/magic/stamina effects.

disarm

relentless push

Cyclone - Range is slightly better than normal.

I also edited the texture in a very slight way to make the colors more coordinated and better suited to the new fire effect. If you want a more significant texture overhaul, there are other mods that do that, just overwrite my files.

Install

This module requires skse64 to be installed first. If you want to install my mod manually, just unzip the archive into your Skyrim Special Edition/data folder.

compatibility

My model will conflict with anything that changes the base of the Aldwyrine cast, so load it after any dragon overhaul model. I've provided a patch for Deadly Dragon users that will allow them to transfer additional dragon abilities from that model. Any Deadly Dragon's attacks change their effects to blue (Odavirin only).

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Overview

This mod attempts to improve the summonable dragon Odahviing so he’s more than just a regular fire dragon. And there was also a problem with levelling – once your character levels up and you get harder enemies with more health, his damage just wasn’t enough, especially on legendary difficulty with mods that make combat harder and add more spawns. So, I’ve altered/added the following:

Damage scaling – his magic damage is multiplied by 5% of the player’s level (for example, it’ll be double at level 20, and increased by 340% at level 48). This requires SKSE64.

Fire Breath – now it’s a gradient of blue/purple shades (similar to what this mod does, but involves different and more hues), and leaves flames on the ground that emit light and hurt enemies. Additionally to regular fire damage, Odahviing’s fire breath deals unspecified (ignoring resistance) damage equal to 8% of the target’s current health (I’m going to add that effect to vanilla fire breath, including the player’s, in a separate mod).

Dragon Fireball – this is the attack dragons use when the target is far away; I added the aforementioned unspecified damage to it.

Drain Vitality – added absorb health/magicka/stamina effects.

Disarm

Unrelenting Force

Cyclone – slightly better range than the regular one.

I also edited the textures in a very minor way to make the colours more harmonious, and more fitting for the new fire effects. If you want a more significant texture overhaul, there are other mods that do that, just overwrite my files.

Installation

This mod requires SKSE64 to be installed first. If you want to install my mod manually, just unpack the archive into your Skyrim Special Edition/Data folder.

Compatibility

My mod will conflict with anything that changes Odahviing’s actor base, so load it after any dragon overhaul mods. I provided a patch for Deadly Dragons user …