GEOMANCY
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version 1.1
2006 May 16

By Momaw - [email protected]
Using the "Gem Dust" mod by Turgothh



SUMMARY
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Geomancy lets the player use precious gemstones as
"spell amplifiers", allowing them to cast extremely
powerful spells for little magicka, but destroying a gem in
the process. Gem Dust allows the player grind gemstones to
dust for use in alchemy (as per TES3:Morrowind).



INSTALLATION
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*Always* make a clean backup copy of your favorite savegame
or character before trying mods!

Unzip geomancy.zip to <oblivion directory>\data\ with<br>pathnames enabled. IF your unzip utility does not have this<br>feature, then put the files in the following places, making<br>directories as needed:<br><br>-geomancy.esp:<br>-geomancy readme.txt:<br><oblivion directory>\data\<br><br>-*.nif:<br><oblivion directory>\data\meshes\<br><br>-tur*.dds:<br><oblivion directory>\data\textures\clutter\ingredient\<br><br>-icon*.dds:<br><oblivion directory>\data\textures\menus\icons\clutter\<br><br>Doubleclick the Oblivion icon. In the launcher, click "Data<br>Files". Scroll down to "geomancy.esp" and double-click its<br>box to put a check in it. Click "OK", and then "Play".<br><br><br><br>UNINSTALLATION<br>===========================================================<br>Disable geomancy.esp in the Data Files launcher. Load your<br>savegame. Oblivion will give you a warning about content<br>being unavailable: this warning is harmless, so ignore it.<br>Gems that you own are unaffected; all portions of gem dust<br>are removed; all geomancy spells are removed. Save your<br>game again. You may now delete all the files associated<br>Geomancy.<br><br><br><br>PLAYING THE MOD<br>===========================================================<br>This mod is composed of two major features:<br><br>1.) Geomancy.<br><br>First you will need to read the book, "Report<br>on Ayleid Geomancy". You can find this book in the lobby of<br>the Arcane University (you do not need to be a member). It<br>will explain what geomancy is, and the effects you can<br>expect from different stones.<br><br>After you have read this book, spells from geomancy will<br>be added to your normal list of known spells whenever you<br>pick up gemstones. Select and cast them as you would any<br>other spell. You can identify them easily because they<br>will have "Geomantic" as the first part of their name.<br>Every time you cast one of these spells, a gemstone of the<br>relevant kind will be lost forever. Each kind of gemstone<br>(like ruby versus diamond) has a different type of spell,<br>and each quality (flawed versus flawless) has a different<br>strength of that spell.<br><br>2.) Gem Dust (by Turgothh).<br><br>If you have a mortar and pestle in your inventory, you can<br>click on a gemstone in your inventory: it will be ground<br>into a dust, which you can use to help with your potion<br>brewing. If your alchemy skill is very low (less than 25),<br>there is a 50% chance that you will ruin the gem without<br>getting anything useful from it. Flawed gems will give only<br>one portion of usable dust, normal gems give two, and<br>flawless gems give three portions.</oblivion></oblivion></oblivion></oblivion></oblivion>