Description
Valdimar is a Nord sorcerer in the Hearthfire DLC found in Morthal and can become a housecarl.

However, there are some issues with him as a follower. He wears light armor, but is skilled in heavy armor. He wields a steel mace but is skilled with an axe.

This mod changes his class, his combat style, spells and perks to make him a desirable follower. He is still a sorcerer-like class: favoring destruction and 1H, with light armor, restoration and alteration for support.

I attempted to generally follow the original template for Valdimar: somewhat older, favors axes, is less of a ranged character than other sorcerers (e.g., J'zargo), uses frost, flesh, heal and ward spells.

He now has numerous custom spells, is skilled in light armor, has a steel axe, and so on. I did not change his default armor (scale); the armor in the screenshots was simply for playtesting.


IMPORTANT!! SEE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!!

Requirements
Heartfire DLC required.


Features

• Marked Essential. (note: in an existing game, you may need to use UFO to set the essential flag, using the "You are important" dialogue option.)
• Additional spells added.
• Add custom auto-leveled Alteration flesh spell to replace existing flesh spells.
• Add custom Destruction frost spell to replace existing frost spells.
• Levels with the player from 10 to 100.
• Custom class (modified sorcerer): Destruction, 1H, Restoration, Alteration, Light Armor. (This supersedes the class change in the Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.)
• Custom combat style: balanced between ranged and 1H.
• Perked in his particular skills.
• Morality: Any crime (unchanged)
• Reviewed with TES5Edit.
  

Perks

• Destruction: Novice->Expert,Augmented Frost
• 1H: Armsman40,HackandSlash60,FightingStance,SavageStrike
• Alteration: Novice->Expert
• Restoration:Novice->Expert,Respite, Regeneration, Recovery50, Necromage
• Light Armor:AgileDefender40,CustomFit
• Stealth: Lightfoot
  

Spells

• Destruction: IceSpike, but primarily uses custom IceStorm apprentice/adept/expert spells. These spells have twice the velocity of the default IceStorm spell and also slightly degrades the enemy's armor (like the Marked for Death shout).
• Alteration: custom auto-level flesh spell (Oakflesh->Ebonyflesh),Candlelight.
• Restoration:Healing,FastHealing,CloseWounds,TurnUndead,and custom Lesser/Steadfast/Greater Ward spells which have lower cost and higher armor effects.
  

Versions
See "Latest Version" link above.

Installation
If you are starting a new game:

• Download with NMM.
• Activate in NMM.
  

For an existing game - IMPORTANT:
This is in case Valdimar's skills/stats are not appropriately changed just by loading the mod.
(Use UFO or similar mod to verify his skills/stats are correct.)
If not, use the method below.

• Create a savegame.
• Download mod with NMM.
• Exit game and activate mod in NMM.
• Load the savegame.
• Open the console (tilde key) and click on Valdimar. You should see his Form ID number appear.
• Type: disable (this will cause Valdimar to disappear - that's ok)
• Type: enable
• Type: setlevel 1000 0 5 100
• Exit the console (tilde key)
• Valdimar should now reappear and his stats should be correct (you can check with UFO)
  

Removal
Dismiss the follower.
Deactivate in NMM.

Usage
Do not upload this mod elsewhere, but feel free to use anything in it for your own mod.

Compatibility
Load after UFO or any other mod which modifies Valdimar.
Uses only vanilla assets.
Recommended mods:

• UFO-Ultimate Follower Overhaul
• Follower Trade Priority
• Challenging AI - Aggressive Combat Styles
• Duel - Combat Realism
  

Mods used in screenshots
Note that I did not change Valdimar's default armor (i.e., his scale armor). I used these mods just for the screenshots:

• Wanderer Cuirass
• Luddemans Armory (shaman robes)
• High Res Face Maps for Men
• No More Blocky Faces
• Superior Lore-Friendly Hair - HD Textures
• JaySuS Swords (fine norse axe)
  

My Mods

• Incremental Difficulty - Expert and Master Difficulty increase enemy damage output without decreasing the player damage output
• Mages Focus - a magicka regen & spell cost reduction buff spell for battlemages
• Quieter Dremora Summons - Dremora summons say their lines less frequently
• Giants Are People Too - Giants can be just subdued rather than killed
• Khajiit Campsite - A Khajiit tent player home near Whitewatch Tower
• Thadimir and Thazimir - Redguard Followers - Two Redguard one-handed and shield tanks with custom combat styles
• Niphriel - A Wood Elf Necro Ranger Follower - Bow, one-handed and the dark arts
• Belrand Reloaded - A skills and cosmetic makeover of Belrand the hireling
• Follower Trade Priority - Moves the "I need to trade some things with you" topic up in the list of dialogue choices
• Orc Followers - Four Orc followers with various abilities ready for battle
• Follower Keeva-Ja - Conjurer of Fire and Ice Wraiths - Argonian follower Keeva-Ja conjures fire and ice wraiths together, and also has spell tomes so you can learn to summon these creatures
• Lore-Friendly Lydia - A young and capable Lydia remake which remains lore-friendly.
• Resilient Follower Jewelry - Jewelry for followers to recover from bleedout better and faster
• Jordis Empowered - A strong and attractive 2H-wielding Jordis
• Adelaisa Vendicci Revised - Improve the appearance & skill of the vanilla follower Adelaisa
• J'zargo the Magnificent - Makes J'zargo's skills worthy of his ego
• Valdimar Improved - Improve the skills and appearance of Valdimar the housecarl
• Uthgerd the Ally - Improve the appearance and skills of the follower Uthgerd, and bypass the brawl bugs
• Rayya Revised - Improve the appearance, outfit and skills of Falkreath housecarl Rayya
• Annekke Revised - Improves the looks and skills of Annekke Crag-Jumper. Includes special Bounder Edition!