About this mod
This makes the ingredients left behind by creatures match with the powers and resistances that the monster possessed.
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Have you ever wondered why a Daedra heart offers shock shield as one of its effects when most Daedra have a weakness to shock? Or why spriggans curse you with a damage luck spell, but taproot can only damage endurance if used in a potion. I know the developers in their wisdom weighed the effects of ingredients for balance, but I also think that the effect of monster ingredients should match that of the monster, since it would be a part of them.
This mod is designed to match the ingredients that Tamriel creatures leave behind with their own natural resistances and powers. (I haven't touched Shivering Isles ingredients, so this mod shouldn't require it). I have changed the effects of the ingredients to align with the powers, resistences, and weaknesses of the creatures they came from, figuring that the composition of the creature is what gave it these abilities. These effects are balanced to have a magnitude or duration depending upon its level. Level 1 is 15, 2 is 30, 3 is 45, and 4 is 60. If an effect is especially potent, like reflect spell, paralysis, reflect damage and chameleon, then these have a magnitude/duration one level below its station. I did not touch certain effects that people like me might rely on, so ogre's teeth still have shock damage and clannfear claws still paralyze, but otherwise the effects match with the creature they came from.
Furthermore, I have always been disappointed after fighting a strong monster like a lich and getting just bonemeal. I think stronger monsters should have unique ingredients. So the lich, xivilai, skeleton champion, gloom wraith, minotaur lord and the most powerful Daedra all have ingredients unique to them.
A new effect for potions include Summon Skeleton, which you get after imbibing the black essence of a lich.
Ingredients
Bonemeal
Resist Disease
Resist Frost
Resist Paralysis
Resist Poison
Clannfear Claws
Resist Fire
Weakness to Shock
Paralyze
Reflect Damage
Daedra Heart
Weakness to Shock
Resist Fire
Damage Magicka
Resist Magic
Daedra Silk
Shock Damage
Resist Paralysis
Chameleon
Weakness to Frost
Daedra Venin
Paralysis
Damage Speed
Damage Agility
Damage Health
Daedroth Teeth
Weakness to Shock
Fire Damage
Shield
Fire Shield
Dread Zombie Flesh
Resist Poison
Resist Disease
Weakness to Fire
Damage Magicka
Dreugh Wax
Resist Magic
Resist Normal Weapons
Water Breathing
Shock Damage
Ectoplasm
Damage Fatigue
Frost Damage
Invisibility
Resist Normal Weapons
Fire Salts
Fire Damage
Resist Frost
Reflect Damage
Fire Shield
Frost Salts
Frost Damage
Resist Fire
Reflect Damage
Frost Shield
Gloom Ether (from Gloom Wraith)
Resist Normal Weapons
Burden
Damage Willpower
Frost Damage
Glow Dust
Restore Speed
Light
Shock Damage
Reflect Spell
Imp Gall
Damage Health
Resist Magic
Fire Damage
Fire Shield
Lich Phylactery
Summon Skeleton
Spell Absorption
Resist Magic
Weakness to Fire
You can swallow the small, inky soul essence of the lich and it will summon the creature to you in a much weaker state to be your servant for a short time.
If you imbibe a potion made from the two lich ingredients, you could gain both resistence to magic and weakness to fire, so be careful
Lich Dust
Weakness to Fire
Reflect Spell
Damage Magicka
Resist Magic
Markynaz Heart (lots of Destruction spells)
Weight: .6 (because their hearts are three sizes too small)
Resist Magic
Damage Fatigue
Damage Agility
Frost Damage
Minotaur Fur (from the Minotaur Lord
Disintegrate Armor
Shield
Burden
Fortify Health
Minotaur Horn
Resist Paralysis
Burden
Fortify Strength
Disintegrate Armor
Mort Flesh
Resist Poison
Resist Disease
Weakness to Fire
Silence
Ogre's Teeth
Shock Damage
Weakness to Poison
Fortify Strength
Restore Fatigue
Scamp Skin
Cure Poison
Weakness to Shock
Reflect Spell
Resist Fire
Skull Shards (from the Skeleton Champion)
Water Breathing
Resist Poison
Summon Skeleton
Damage Strength
You can mix skull shards with a lich phylactery to make a potion that will summon the defeated lich, now just a regular skeleton, to be your servant.
Taproot
Weakness to Fire
Damage Luck
Damage Health
Shock Shield
Troll Fat
Restore Health
Weakness to Fire
Fortify Health
Fortify Strength
Valkynaz Heart (a creature full of destructive magic)
Weight: .6 (see Markynaz Heart)
Damage Health
Resist Magic
Damage Magicka
Fire Damage
Vampire Dust
Silence
Detect Life
Frost Damage
Invisibility (figure they should be able to turn into an invisible gas or something)
Void Salts
Restore Magicka
Shock Damage
Reflect Damage
Dispel
Xivilai Heart
Resist Fire
Restore Health
Spell Abosorption
Silence