Spells are secondary powers

A simple mod that adds a variety of spell tomes, allowing you to use most spells as secondary powers.

For the original version of Skyrim, go here.

The concept of this mod is simple. It lets you equip most of the game's spells in power slots, allowing for faster access to said spells. This spell can be particularly useful if the mage, for example, wants to dual-cast a destruction spell while keeping a healing spell available for immediate use when needed.

Now, here's the list of spells added by this mod, with minor powers.

From the main game:

Change spells:

Acorn meat·Stone meat·Iron meat·Ebony meat

Candlelight·Mage Light

paralysis

water breathing

Spells:

Exile Dadra·Excommunicate Dadra

Summon the Familiar·Familiar Flame

Summon Fire Atronach• Summon Frost Atronach• Summon Storm Atronach• Summon Dremora Lord

Raise zombies • Resurrect corpses • Resurrection • Fear zombies

soul trap

Destruction spell:

Fire Rune•Arrow Bolt•Fireball•Fire Cloak•Incineration

Frost Rune·Ice Spike·Ice Storm·Frost Cloak·Ice Spear

Lightning Rune•Lightning•Chain Lightning•Lightning Cloak•Thunder

Illusion:

fear·rout

Angry·Crazy

Calm and soothe

Courage·Rally

Stealth

muffle

Restoration Spells:

Rapid healing•Wound healing•Great healing

cure other

Turn into small undead, turn into undead, turn into big undead

Defeat the small undead·Repel the undead

protective circle

From Dawnguard:

Summon Bone Man, Summon Mist Man, Summon Angry Man

Summon Avak

Heal the undead

Standar's Halo·Sunfire·Vampire's Bane

From Dragonborn:

Soot Rune•Soot Shell•

Summon Ash Guardian• Summon Ash Spawn• Summon Seeker

Rune of Fury·Poison Rune

Cyclone Cloak

You may have noticed that this list does not include every spell in the game. That's because some spells require continuous casting, and they don't work like minor powers. Or maybe the spell should only be given to the player after completing a quest (like all major spells), I just think it's best to leave it out.

Important Notes (If there is anything on this page you must know)

• Even though this mod adds less power, you still need to use magika to cast them.

• These smaller powers don't help you level up your character at all.

• These abilities cost more to cast than the original spell. (Just think about it, that's a small price to pay in exchange for using spells with no casting time.) That's not my intention, it just so happens that the higher your level in a certain school of magic, the less it costs you to use that school's spells, regardless of what perks you've unlocked. Unfortunately, smaller powers won't benefit from this, and your cost will be 0 at any school.

• The main file will modify all leveled lists related to the Spell Tome, which means it may conflict with other Mods. However, you have another option. There is an optional file that makes all level lists completely unaffected. This allows for better compatibility with other spell mods, but also means you can only get these spells from the merchants I added. You can purchase any spell (such as Summon Arvak) regardless of your level or completion of the quest associated with that spell.

• You should be able to purchase these books from the merchants hanging out in Frozen Hearth in Winterhold. She appears in both versions of the mod.

• The file with the edited level list also has minor edits to Soul Cairn. I placed the normal version of Toju on the books for the powerful versions of Conjure Boneman, Mistman, and Wrathman. Merchants containers for Talvas, Sorine, Florentius, and Ronthil have also been edited to sell powerful versions of normally sold spells.

Oh! And I know you’ve finished reading this article.

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For a version for the original Skyrim please go here.

The concept of this mod is very simple. It allows you to equip most of the game's spells in the power slot which allows you to have faster access to said spells. Mages might find this especially useful if they for example want to dual cast a destru …