Magic resistance rescaled

Improve Skyrim's magic resistance system by adjusting players' magic resistance so that every point of magic resistance is equally useful.

describe:

Skyrim uses a linear damage reduction formula. This means that the more resistance you already have, the more powerful the magic resistance becomes. Once you reach a certain level of magic resistance, you'll barely take any magic damage even on Legendary difficulty.

This mod rescales the player's magic resistance so that every magic resistance point is equally useful. Raw resistance, which is the magic resistance you have in vanilla, is used in the formula to calculate rescaled resistance, which will be the player's magic resistance.

feature:

Has low magic resistance and better protects against magic damage

You'll still take damage from high resistance, and fighting mages and dragons will still be challenging

No more useless magic resistance thanks to the resistance cap: it's almost impossible to have more magic resistance than you can use with the new formula. You need over 250% of the original resistance to reach 85% of the rescaled resistance

Compatible mods to add or change magic resistance effects

Second hand formula:

This graph shows the effect of this mod on magic resistance:

For example, if you had a total of 100% original resistance, your character would end up with 67% re-resistance. In vanilla, you'll hit the 85% cap by then. The difference is huge. To reduce damage by 67% you still need 33%, which is more than double the 15% you need to reduce damage by 85%!

The difference in the picture above may seem small. To better understand how damage reduction affects your survivability, active health should be considered. Effective health multipliers tell you how much damage you must take to lose 1 point of health. For example, with 75% damage reduction, you would have to take 4 points of damage to lose 1 point of health. In other words, each point of health is four times the health.

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compatibility:

Should be compatible with all content, unlike this mod.

Loading order doesn't matter.

uninstall:

Before uninstalling, you should reset your player's magic resistance to mana by removing the perk:

Use the console to find out the perk id and delete it:

HelpJMRPerk

player.removeperk xx001D8E

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Description:

Skyrim uses a linear damage reduction formula. This means that magic resistance becomes increasingly powerful the more resistance you already have. Once you get to a certain amount of magic resistance you hardly take any magic damage even on legendary difficulty.

This mod rescales the magic resistance of the player, so that each point of magic resistance is equally useful. The original resistance, which is the magic resistance you would have in vanilla, is used in a formula to calculate the rescaled resistance, which will be the player's magic resistance.

Features:

Better protection against magic damage with low magic resistance

You still take damage with high resistances and combat against mages and dragons stays challenging

No more useless magic resistance because of a resistance cap: With the new formula it is almost impossible to have more magic resistance than you can use. You would need over 250% original resistance to get to 85% rescaled resistance

Compatible with mods adding or changing magic resistance effects

Used Formula:

This image shows how magic resistance is altered by this mod:

For example if you have 100% original resistance in total, your character would end up with 67% rescaled resistance. In vanilla you would have reached the cap of 85% by that point. The difference is massive. With 67% damage reduction you still take 33%, which is more than twice as much as the 15% you take with 85% reduction!

The difference might look rather small in the picture above. To have a better image of how damage reduction impacts your survi …