Know Your Enemy - Trait-Based Resistances and Weaknesses

Use the trait system to change the resistance and weaknesses of creatures and armor to magic (fire/frost/shock), physical damage (blade/blunt/shaft/arrow), poison and disease.

Classic version available here.

TL；DR

Alter the resistance and vulnerability of creatures and armor to magic and physical damage, increasing combat challenge and variety.

21 books can be found in the sky that can unleash additional effects.

Covers all vanilla armor, mage armor spells and enemies except dragons and playable races.

Modules: Choose only creature modules, only armor modules, or both.

Compatible: Install via zEdit patcher for maximum compatibility.

Lightweight: Only a few scripts, none of which are run more than once.

summary

Know Your Enemy modifies Skyrim's repetitive combat by changing the resistance and susceptibility of different creatures and armor to different types of damage. You'll no longer be able to slaughter your way through Horizon with a single weapon or spell, instead you'll need to flexibly adjust your strategy to suit your current enemies.

Here's how it works: Knowing your enemy adds 33 different characteristics, affecting how much damage the enemy takes from different types of attacks. Physical attacks are divided into blades, axes, blunt weapons, and bows and arrows. Magic attacks are broken down into fire, frost, shock, poison and disease. Each creature or piece of armor is given a set of characteristics that determine its overall resistances and weaknesses. Spoilers below for the armor example:

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Here's a biological example too:

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But that's not all! Know Your Enemy includes a series of 21 priests who provide information on a creature's weaknesses and unleash additional effects. These books can be found in the sky and can be a challenge, so happy hunting! To see an example of the unlocked effect, open the spoiler below:

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The last book is an in-game introduction to the armor system. It can be purchased from any blacksmith.

Traits

Part of the fun is not knowing what those characteristics are, but trying different approaches to figure out a good strategy. All features have corresponding loading screens, which will also give you hints. But if you really want to know exactly how each feature works and which enemies they apply to, spoilers below:

Biometrics:

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Armor Features:

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biology

Again, I recommend you play the mode and try to figure out the enemies for yourself, but for more information, I've added a pdf as an optional download that discusses the distribution of resistance and weaknesses in quite a bit of detail. If you really want to know how different enemies are affected, here's the spoiler below.

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armor

Be aware that your enemy will consider both armor and the mage armor spell. For worn armor, it uses the main armor block to determine resistance and weakness, so you can wear whatever gloves, boots, and helmet you want. The patch will add the armor's effects to its description (if you want to turn off this install section) and an in-game introduction to the armor system is provided by a book that can be purchased by all blacksmiths. For a sneak peak, turn on the spoilers below:

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Mage Armor:

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Install

Install:

This module is installed via the zEdit patcher, allowing unprecedented compatibility. If you don't want to install this way, you should download v6.2.1 from the older version in the Files section, but patching is highly recommended (see FAQ). Here's how to do it:

1.Install the module

-Download and install the mod into your data directory. Make sure you know your enemy. (especially active).

2.Install zEdit

-Download and install zEdit.

• Add the patch to zEdit

-Open zEdit.

-Load your full order, including knowing_YOYE_CONMEY.(ESP). Kye's position doesn't matter. Please note that if you have more than 256 addons in your load order, you should only load those ESPs you want to patch ( …