Book Belts v1.01 by Kikaimegami

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INDEX:

- Introduction
- Description
- Requirements
- Installation
- Using the Mod
- Known Issues and Bugs
- Changelog
- Credits and Usage
- Contact
- Spoiler: List of Belts

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INTRODUCTION:

Adds a special belt that you can attach travel editions of books to. The belts can be bought at Red Diamond Jewelry and the books at The Mystic Emporium, both in the Imperial City Market District.

There are two different versions included with this mod: Tail and Amulet Slot. Please read the Installation instructions carefully. Also, there is a Low Gloss version avaliable. It should be located on the same page you downloaded this mod from. The Low Gloss version takes the shiny sparkle off the belts, so download it if you don't like the really shiny chains.

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DESCRIPTION:

Now you can have a stylish belt with your diary, holy book, or guide hanging at your side. There are a wide variety of books to choose from and they vary in expense depending on the enchantments they give. Both books for good characters and evil characters are provided, as well as ones for those gray areas.

You can buy empty belts in gold or silver at Red Diamond Jewelry for 1000 septim. These can be worn by themselves if you like, but are meant to have a book added to them. Once you place a book on a belt, you cannot take it off, so choose carefully.

Special Travel Editions of several books are avaliable at the Mystic Emporium. On their own, these books do not do anything, but are quite expensive and hold special powers when equipped on a book belt. There are also a selection of Travel Books in various colours if you'd like to create your own belt. These normal books are relatively inexpensive and do not hold any special power; you will need to enchant the resulting book belt yourself. You can also purchase a selection of Spellbooks that give you different abilities in different schools of magic.

These belts are designed to go over armor, but should work over a robe just as well. They, however, will not look good over clothing or tight outfits as the belt will "hover" off the body a bit since it doesn't fit.

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REQUIREMENTS:

There are no special requirements for this mod, but it was made with the TESCS v1.2, so you will have problems if you try to edit the ESP's on your own on an older version.

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INSTALLATION:

This directory should contain the following:
kikaibookbelts-tail.esp
kikaibookbelts-amulet.esp
meshes folder
textures folder
This readme

Copy the meshes and textures folders into your Oblivion\Data\ directory. Choose which type of book belts you want and copy that ESP into your Data Directoy as well. Notice there are two versions and these change the slot the belts use, so choose which one best fits your playstyle.

After you've copied everything over, check the esp in Data Files within your Oblivion Launcher and you're set!

If you wish to uninstall this mod, just uncheck the esp. Your character should suffer no ill-effects from the mod being removed.

The files added are in the following locations:
Oblivion/Data/Textures/clutter/books/kikaibookbelts
Oblivion/Data/Textures/menus/icons/kikaibookbelts
Oblivion/Data/Meshes/clutter/books/kikaibookbelts
Oblivion/Data/Meshes/armor/kikaibookbelts
Oblivion/Data/kikaibookbelts-tail.esp
Oblivion/Data/kikaibookbelts-amulet.esp

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USING THE MOD:

To equip a book on a belt, go into your inventory and click on the book (it will be under Misc items). It will ask you to exit your inventory, then once you do a messagebox will pop up asking what material (gold or silver) you're using for this belt. After you make the material selection, another messagebox will come up asking if you'd like to use that book on your belt. If you change your mind, you can click "No", otherwise click "Yes". Either one will show a final messagebox depending on what selection you made. The messageboxes may take a second or two to pop up, so give them time!

You will need an empty Book Belt in your inventory and it doesn't matter if it's equipped or not as the mod will re-equip it once the book is in it. Equipping a book on a belt removes the book and an empty belt from your inventory and adds that specific belt.

Some of the Spellbooks give "Togglable" spells. What these are is a spell that you cast once and it remains as a constant effect on the player until it is cast again, which turns it off. Taking the book belt off will also remove the spell.

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KNOWN ISSUES AND BUGS:

- There are no known bugs at this time. If you discover any, please let me know!

- If the armor you're wearing does not allow the Amulet to be shown, the belt will not appear with that version of the mod and you should use the Tail Slot version.

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CHANGELOG

v1.0 - Initial Release
v1.01 - Fixed a problem with the Paladin book giving the wrong belt.

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CREDITS AND USAGE:

Meshes:
Kikaimegami: Chains and rings
Bethesda: Books

Textures:
Kikaimegami: Book textures for (Based on Bethesda's textures) Nine Divines, Holy Bible, Book of Daedra, The Five Tenets, Paladin's Bible, Necronomicon, Sermons of Vivec, Spellbooks; Chains and rings
Bethesda: All five of the Folio textures, Tome of Unlife, Mysterium Xarxes

Icons:
Kikaimegami

Thanks to the following people on the ESF forums for their ideas to help make this mod:
Lunethel (for making the REQ thread!), Nib, Taliesin, Thraxonas, Myxale, _Bonk_, Kaospade, evhmovover, beierf, Mirrors, El Di4blo, MotionMorrowind, streen, ElecManEXE, Sheepdragon, Untamed, Stradd, Karpik777
REQ Thread: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=765278

Thanks to AlienSlof for the Spellbook idea, and her and arty for helping me come up with the spells on them.

Thanks to the following people who playtested for me:
Kivan, The Reaper, AlienSlof, eldroth, Youkoh, Kinuki, Dante, nyxalinth

This mod was lovingly created with:
The Elder Scrolls Construction Set v1.2.404
Blender 2.4.5
Blender NifScripts 2.1.15
NifSkope 1.0
Photoshop CS2

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CONTACT:

E-Mail: [email protected]

I also post on the following forums and have threads for this mod up on them:
- Dremora Worship Society: http://dws.kikaimegami.com/index.php
- Planet Elder Scrolls: http://www.forumplanet.com/planetelderscrolls/index.asp
- Bethesda Game Studios Forums: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?act=idx
- Canadian Ice & Howndog's Place: http://canadianice.ufrealms.net/forum2/index.php

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SPOILER: LIST OF BELTS

Turn back now if you don't want to know what they do beforehand!

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Nine Divines:
Cost:4,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Restoration 20
Fortify Health 50
Shield 15%

Manual of Armor:

Cost:7,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Armorer 20
Fortify Skill: Heavy Armor 15
Fortify Skill: Light Armor 15

Holy Bible:
Cost:4,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Restoration 20
Resist Disease 15%
Resist Magic 15%

Book of Daedra:
Cost:4,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Conjuration 20
Resist Fire 15%
Resist Normal Weapons 15%

The Five Tenets:
Cost:7,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Marksman 20
Chameleon 15%
Resist Poison 15%

Mysterium Xarxes:
Cost:12,000s
Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Destruction
Resist Fire 15%
Spell Absorbtion 15%

Special Ability:
Strength of Dagon: Fortify Attribute Strength 50, costs 30mp, immune to silence

Necronomicon:
Cost:12,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Conjuration 20
Resist Disease 15%
Resist Normal Weapons 15%

Special Ability:
Raise the Dead: Reanimate for 60 seconds on touch, costs 30mp, immune to silence

Paladin's Bible:
Cost:12,000s

Enchantment: Fortify Skill: Heavy Armor 10
Fortify Skill: Blunt 10
Fortify Skill: Restoration: 10
Shield 10%
Special Ability:
Protection of the Divine: Shield 100% for 60 seconds on self, costs 50mp, immune to silence

Sithis:
Cost:4,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Alteration 20
Fortify Skill: Sneak
Fortify Skill: Blade

Spellbook: Daedric Companion:
Cost:12,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Conjuration 10

Special Ability:
Daedric Companion: Togglable Constant Effect Summon Dremora Lord on Self

Spellbook: Damaging Shield:
Cost:10,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Mysticism 10

Special Ability:
Damaging Shield: Reflect Damage 100% on Self for 60sec, costs 50mp, immune to silence

Spellbook: Healing Breeze:
Cost:10,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Restoration 10

Special Ability:
Healing Breeze: Cure Disease, Cure Poison, Restore Health 50 on self, costs 50mp, immune to silence

Spellbook: Unhindered Sight:
Cost:10,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Illustion 10

Special Ability:
Unhindered Sight: Togglable Constant Effect Night-Eye on self

Spellbook: Knowledge of the Sea:
Cost:10,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Alteration 10

Special Ability:
Knowledge of the Sea: Togglable Constant Effect Water Breathing on self

Spellbook: Wrath of Oblivion:
Cost:12,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Destruction 10

Special Ability:
Wrath of Oblivion: Damage Health 50 on Target, costs 50mp, immune to silence, ignores absorb/reflect

Manual of Spellcraft:
Cost:10,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Conjuration, Alteration, Destruction, Illusion, Mysticism, Restoration 10
Fortify Magicka Multiplier 5%
Spell Absorbtion 15%

Followers of the Gray Fox:
Cost:7,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Sneak 20
Detect Life 15
Feather 15

Tome of Unlife:
Cost:12,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Conjuration 20
Reflect Damage 15%
Resist Frost 15%

Special Ability:
Undead Minion: Constant Effect Summon Lich on self

Sermons of Vivec:
Cost:4,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Skill: Speechcraft 20
Resist Disease 15%
Resist Fire 15%

Manual of Weaponry:
Cost:7,000s

Enchantment:Fortify Fatigue 50
Fortify Skill: Blade 10
Fortify Skill: Blunt 10
Fortify Skill: Marksman 10