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The popular mod is back, and Argonians are now more badass than ever! This mod seeks to make Argonians absolutely amazing, with 8 new abilities, 1 enhanced power, and 2 all-new powers. It works with the Player character, and all Argonian NPCs. Argonian followers and foes, alike automatically use all of the same powers and abilities--including Argonian followers added by other mods! It is completely safe. If you unsubscribe, the abilities and powers of the Player and NPCs return to what they were before you subscribed.
New abilities: Health +50. In addition to breathing underwater, the Argonian tail more than doubles swimming speed. Argonian claws do 5x more unarmed damage than fists. Argonian scales resist 10% of melee weapon damage. Resistant to poisons as well as disease. New or enhanced powers: New Shadowscale power lets you move silently and blend into the shadows, making you 30% harder to detect. When not sneaking, Shadowscale gives you a potent poison cloak, which poisons all enemy combatants who get too close. Enhanced Histskin heals twice as fast and may be used every 10 minutes, or every 60 seconds while swimming. New Histsight power lets you see in the dark anytime you're under water.
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Contents
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1. Description
2. Features
3. Safe for Existing Player Characters and NPCs
4. Requirements
5. Subscribing
6. Compatible and Incompatible Mods
7. Known Bugs
8. Unsubscribing
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1. Description
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The goal of this series of mods is to make each race amazing. If a mod doesn't give a race powers and abilities you can't get from any other race, then it shouldn't be called Amazing Race Tweaks! Right? Since the original edition of this mod was released in 2014, I've learned a lot and received lots of great recommendations for improvements. Argonians are now more amazing than before (see Features below). ART Argonian 2016 Edition is the first in this series. The second is Amazing Race Tweaks Nord - 2016 Edition. If you don't want to wait for mods for the other races to be released, you may subscribe to the older editions on the Steam Skyrim Workshop ART! Collection page.
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2. Features
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New Shadowscale power lets you blend into the shadows. The Shadowscale power of Oblivion is back! This lesser power lets you move silently and become nearly invisible for 120 seconds, while sneaking. It has a cool down, so it can only be used once every 10 minutes. It's like wearing an enchanted necklace of eminent sneaking! and makes Argonian players and NPCs formidable thieves, assassins and battle mages. In addition, when swimming, the power makes one invisible. Argonian NPCs automatically use the power anytime they sneak.
New Shadowscale poison cloak. The shock cloak of the original release is now replaced by a potent poison cloak. The poison cloak takes effect if you activate Shadowscale and stop sneaking. Any enemy combatants who get too close are enveloped in a black mist as they receive 6 poison damage every second. NPCs use the power anytime their health gets below 50%.
Enhanced Histskin power. Healing rate for Histskin is increased from 10x faster to 20x faster, for 2 minutes. The lesser power also has a cool down, and can be used for 120 seconds once every 10 minutes, or once every minute while swimming. NPCs automatically use the power if their health gets below 25%.
New Histsight power. Lets you see in the dark when under water. It can be used once every 60 seconds while swimming.
New Increased swimming speed ability. Argonians have tails, so their underwater speed is now up to 3 times faster, but you can still swim normal speed, if you choose. This is an automatic ability, changing your speed any time you start swimming.
New Enhanced Health. Since High Elves have +50 Magicka, it seemed right to give Argonians +50 Health. After all, their racial power regenerates health.
New Restoration bonuses. Restoration skills are learned 20% faster, healing spells heal 20% more and cost 20% less to cast.
New Protective Scales ability. Argonians have a lizard's scales, which provide more protection than human skin. So they have a 10% resistance to melee weapon damage. It's like having 10% better armor.
New Poison resistance ability. Argonians must encounter more than disease in Black Marsh, so they now have a 50% poison resistance, in addition to their 50% resistance to disease.
Weakness to frost. Power comes at a price, and every race in this series will have one weakness. Argonians are semi-cold-blooded, so as of update 5.1, they now have a 15% weakness to frost.
Starting stats for new player characters, only. The starting skills should match their new abilites and are modified as follows. Restoration: +15. Sneak: +10. Block, Destruction, Illusion and Lockpicking: +5. The total starting skill bonus is increased from +35 to +45. Starting spells remain the same.
Works with Vampires. If your Argonian is a vampire, he or she will get the same enhancements, plus vampire powers and abilities.
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3. Safe for Existing Player Characters and NPCs
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The mod was extensively tested with both a new and an existing Player Character and NPC follower. In all tests, removing the mod was safe, as none of the new abilities and powers were permanent. You may subscribe to try it out and unsubscribe anytime. The abilities and powers of all Argonians in the game will return to what they were before. For a new character, the stat bonuses will remain.
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4. Requirements
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* Skyrim and updates - required
* Hearthfire, Dawnguard and Dragonborn - NOT required, but compatible
* Other Amazing Race Tweaks! mods - also not required, but compatible
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5. Subscribing
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Use the Nexus Mod Manager, or install the mod yourself by extracting art_argonian_2016_sp0.esp and art_argonian_2016_sp0.bsa to the Skyrim Data folder.
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6. Compatible and Incompatible Mods
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This mod was tested and confirmed compatible with mods that add new Argonian followers and other Argonian NPCs. It should be compatible with all such mods, as long as they don't change the Argonian or Argonian Vampire races. The mod was also tested and confirmed compatible with Alternate Start - Live Another Life. If you suspect a mod is creating a conflict, try using the Nexus Mod Manager to have that mod load after this one.
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7. Known Bugs
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No known bugs. Please report any you think you find.
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8. Unsubscribing
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Make sure your Argonian character and Argonian followers are not swimming and running normal speed. Save and exit Skyrim. Use the Nexus Mod Manager to uninstall, or uninstall the mod yourself by removing art_argonian_2016_sp0.esp and art_argonian_2016_sp0.bsa from the Skyrim Data folder. The new abilities and powers will be removed from your Argonian character and all Argonian NPCs. If you subscribed to the mod before creating a new Argonian character, the stat bonuses described in Features, above will remain.
New abilities: Health +50. In addition to breathing underwater, the Argonian tail more than doubles swimming speed. Argonian claws do 5x more unarmed damage than fists. Argonian scales resist 10% of melee weapon damage. Resistant to poisons as well as disease. New or enhanced powers: New Shadowscale power lets you move silently and blend into the shadows, making you 30% harder to detect. When not sneaking, Shadowscale gives you a potent poison cloak, which poisons all enemy combatants who get too close. Enhanced Histskin heals twice as fast and may be used every 10 minutes, or every 60 seconds while swimming. New Histsight power lets you see in the dark anytime you're under water.
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Contents
========
1. Description
2. Features
3. Safe for Existing Player Characters and NPCs
4. Requirements
5. Subscribing
6. Compatible and Incompatible Mods
7. Known Bugs
8. Unsubscribing
=============
1. Description
=============
The goal of this series of mods is to make each race amazing. If a mod doesn't give a race powers and abilities you can't get from any other race, then it shouldn't be called Amazing Race Tweaks! Right? Since the original edition of this mod was released in 2014, I've learned a lot and received lots of great recommendations for improvements. Argonians are now more amazing than before (see Features below). ART Argonian 2016 Edition is the first in this series. The second is Amazing Race Tweaks Nord - 2016 Edition. If you don't want to wait for mods for the other races to be released, you may subscribe to the older editions on the Steam Skyrim Workshop ART! Collection page.
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2. Features
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New Shadowscale power lets you blend into the shadows. The Shadowscale power of Oblivion is back! This lesser power lets you move silently and become nearly invisible for 120 seconds, while sneaking. It has a cool down, so it can only be used once every 10 minutes. It's like wearing an enchanted necklace of eminent sneaking! and makes Argonian players and NPCs formidable thieves, assassins and battle mages. In addition, when swimming, the power makes one invisible. Argonian NPCs automatically use the power anytime they sneak.
New Shadowscale poison cloak. The shock cloak of the original release is now replaced by a potent poison cloak. The poison cloak takes effect if you activate Shadowscale and stop sneaking. Any enemy combatants who get too close are enveloped in a black mist as they receive 6 poison damage every second. NPCs use the power anytime their health gets below 50%.
Enhanced Histskin power. Healing rate for Histskin is increased from 10x faster to 20x faster, for 2 minutes. The lesser power also has a cool down, and can be used for 120 seconds once every 10 minutes, or once every minute while swimming. NPCs automatically use the power if their health gets below 25%.
New Histsight power. Lets you see in the dark when under water. It can be used once every 60 seconds while swimming.
New Increased swimming speed ability. Argonians have tails, so their underwater speed is now up to 3 times faster, but you can still swim normal speed, if you choose. This is an automatic ability, changing your speed any time you start swimming.
New Enhanced Health. Since High Elves have +50 Magicka, it seemed right to give Argonians +50 Health. After all, their racial power regenerates health.
New Restoration bonuses. Restoration skills are learned 20% faster, healing spells heal 20% more and cost 20% less to cast.
New Protective Scales ability. Argonians have a lizard's scales, which provide more protection than human skin. So they have a 10% resistance to melee weapon damage. It's like having 10% better armor.
New Poison resistance ability. Argonians must encounter more than disease in Black Marsh, so they now have a 50% poison resistance, in addition to their 50% resistance to disease.
Weakness to frost. Power comes at a price, and every race in this series will have one weakness. Argonians are semi-cold-blooded, so as of update 5.1, they now have a 15% weakness to frost.
Starting stats for new player characters, only. The starting skills should match their new abilites and are modified as follows. Restoration: +15. Sneak: +10. Block, Destruction, Illusion and Lockpicking: +5. The total starting skill bonus is increased from +35 to +45. Starting spells remain the same.
Works with Vampires. If your Argonian is a vampire, he or she will get the same enhancements, plus vampire powers and abilities.
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3. Safe for Existing Player Characters and NPCs
==========================================
The mod was extensively tested with both a new and an existing Player Character and NPC follower. In all tests, removing the mod was safe, as none of the new abilities and powers were permanent. You may subscribe to try it out and unsubscribe anytime. The abilities and powers of all Argonians in the game will return to what they were before. For a new character, the stat bonuses will remain.
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4. Requirements
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* Skyrim and updates - required
* Hearthfire, Dawnguard and Dragonborn - NOT required, but compatible
* Other Amazing Race Tweaks! mods - also not required, but compatible
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5. Subscribing
=============
Use the Nexus Mod Manager, or install the mod yourself by extracting art_argonian_2016_sp0.esp and art_argonian_2016_sp0.bsa to the Skyrim Data folder.
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6. Compatible and Incompatible Mods
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This mod was tested and confirmed compatible with mods that add new Argonian followers and other Argonian NPCs. It should be compatible with all such mods, as long as they don't change the Argonian or Argonian Vampire races. The mod was also tested and confirmed compatible with Alternate Start - Live Another Life. If you suspect a mod is creating a conflict, try using the Nexus Mod Manager to have that mod load after this one.
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7. Known Bugs
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No known bugs. Please report any you think you find.
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8. Unsubscribing
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Make sure your Argonian character and Argonian followers are not swimming and running normal speed. Save and exit Skyrim. Use the Nexus Mod Manager to uninstall, or uninstall the mod yourself by removing art_argonian_2016_sp0.esp and art_argonian_2016_sp0.bsa from the Skyrim Data folder. The new abilities and powers will be removed from your Argonian character and all Argonian NPCs. If you subscribed to the mod before creating a new Argonian character, the stat bonuses described in Features, above will remain.