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Adds Frost and Shock versions of Flaming Familiar to Skyrim, and buffs usefulness of all 3
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Update: this mod is now outdated and remains solely for those without Dragonborn. New mod here!
Update: fixed bug where Anska wouldn't reward spell tome
The default Flaming Familiar spell was always a little underwhelming- its damage was pitiful and there was almost no reason to ever use it unless you were specifically Conjuration-only, and even then the atronachs were arguably better.
After brainstorming a build idea based around Frost and Werewolves, I thought "a frost wolf would be awesome." After much searching, the only other mod on the nexus that even attempted this barely worked (the summons aren't even visible), so I took matters into my own hands.
This mod adds frost (Frostfire Familiar) and shock (Shocking Familiar) versions of the vanilla Flaming Familiar spell into Skyrim. They behave exactly like the standard, un-modded Flaming Familiar (charge the nearest enemy and suicide bomb them), but have been tweeked slightly- their damage was upped to 100 to make them more viable at the slightly higher level you probably pick them up at, and their explosion now staggers anything caught in the blast. All 3 have also been tagged to not be absorbed if you have 100% spell absorption.
After testing around level 30, I found them to be fairly balanced, still sporting a low magicka cost and enough damage to wipe out weak enemies outright, yet not be overpowered (against more powerful foes the damage isn't game breaking, I found myself using them for the stagger more than anything).
Both spell tomes have been added to Anska's inventory plus a copy of Flaming Familiar, so even if she dies you can still get the spells (with the unfortunate side affect of requiring you to kill her if you don't use console commands or pickpocket). I tried adding the spells to the reward list for her quest, but I'm terrible at scripting, so if anyone knows how to do so and wouldn't mind helping that'd be wonderful :)
Requirements
Skyrim
This mod should be compatible with just about anything (I play a rather heavily modded skyrim myself and made sure nothing bothered these spells) including magic balance mods. The only mods that might conflict are any that make changes to the Flaming Familiar spell (though unless that alter the Flaming Familiar sandbox data in the creation kit they won't affect the Frostfire and Shocking Familiars), and anything that affects Anska's inventory (to my knowledge I don't think any mods do).
Update: fixed bug where Anska wouldn't reward spell tome
The default Flaming Familiar spell was always a little underwhelming- its damage was pitiful and there was almost no reason to ever use it unless you were specifically Conjuration-only, and even then the atronachs were arguably better.
After brainstorming a build idea based around Frost and Werewolves, I thought "a frost wolf would be awesome." After much searching, the only other mod on the nexus that even attempted this barely worked (the summons aren't even visible), so I took matters into my own hands.
This mod adds frost (Frostfire Familiar) and shock (Shocking Familiar) versions of the vanilla Flaming Familiar spell into Skyrim. They behave exactly like the standard, un-modded Flaming Familiar (charge the nearest enemy and suicide bomb them), but have been tweeked slightly- their damage was upped to 100 to make them more viable at the slightly higher level you probably pick them up at, and their explosion now staggers anything caught in the blast. All 3 have also been tagged to not be absorbed if you have 100% spell absorption.
After testing around level 30, I found them to be fairly balanced, still sporting a low magicka cost and enough damage to wipe out weak enemies outright, yet not be overpowered (against more powerful foes the damage isn't game breaking, I found myself using them for the stagger more than anything).
Both spell tomes have been added to Anska's inventory plus a copy of Flaming Familiar, so even if she dies you can still get the spells (with the unfortunate side affect of requiring you to kill her if you don't use console commands or pickpocket). I tried adding the spells to the reward list for her quest, but I'm terrible at scripting, so if anyone knows how to do so and wouldn't mind helping that'd be wonderful :)
Requirements
Skyrim
This mod should be compatible with just about anything (I play a rather heavily modded skyrim myself and made sure nothing bothered these spells) including magic balance mods. The only mods that might conflict are any that make changes to the Flaming Familiar spell (though unless that alter the Flaming Familiar sandbox data in the creation kit they won't affect the Frostfire and Shocking Familiars), and anything that affects Anska's inventory (to my knowledge I don't think any mods do).