Similarly, Destruction has some spells that can steal health similar to vanilla Skyrim’s vampire magic. Restoration has new spells added to it that work better against Undead enemies while giving it options for dealing damage over time. Some Schools have new types of spells that make them more interesting in combat. Alteration’s Pack Mule which raises the player’s carrying capacity by 200 is one example. Some of the new spells add some fantastic utility to the game that would make the game much more enjoyable. In fact, it adds over 200 new spells to all five Schools of Magic while tweaking the existing spells to encourage more variety in how the player can approach combat and the game in general.

That’s not to say that it doesn’t add anything new to the game. Where Arcanum reinvents the way the game’s magic works, Mysticism is one of the Skyrim Magic mods that instead works within the original set of mechanics. Mysticism - A Magic Overhaul by SimonMagus616 All of these examples only touch on Destruction magic, to say nothing of the way the player can buff their allies with the new Restoration spells or how Conjuration’s expanded summoning list adds more interesting gameplay.

There are some incredible possibilities open in the endgame such as the option for the player to amass magical orbs for self-developed spells a la Invoker from DOTA or the mages from Magika. This ties in well with Shock magic’s powerful but health draining spells to be more sustainable to cast. Fire has changed from applying simple damage-over-time effects to emphasising rapid spell casting with a touch of self-healing. The changes have made each school viable in their own right and with all of their gameplay shortcomings addressed.įor example, Destruction magic has its elements reworked from their more basic iterations to much more interesting forms. Its creator, noptasis, has been steadily going over and reworking Skyrim’s five schools of magic and has completed everything except Alteration.

It is one of the most ambitious magic mods created, mixing new visual effects and gameplay mechanics to dramatically shake up the way the Skyrim’s magic system works. Picture Credit: noptasisĪrcanum really lives up to its name. One of the new spells featuring new visual effects and elemental combinations.

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