What does this mod do?

It makes Requiem's traps less deadly.

But, why?

I don't like being one-shotted or insta-gibbed. Requiem is a challenging mod but being killed outright isn't challenging. It's dumb.

I still don't understand why you're installing a difficulty mod and then making it easy

It's not unprecedented. Axonys, author of Requiem Minor Arcana nerfs many of the deadliest traps in the mod (but he explains it's because player's exploit traps to kill dangerous enemies). 

My basic view is that traps should add spice to the Requiem Overhaul experience without making dungeon crawls impossible for non-Heavy Armor characters. The idea is to make traps dangerous but not insta-gib you.

So, now I can't die?

This is Requiem. You're still going to die. A lot.

List of Changes (Main file):

Activated traps

* Swinging Maces: 80 damage. Requiem: 90. Vanilla: 40-80
* Swinging Blades: 80 damage. Requiem: 150. Vanilla: 30-80
* Battering Ram: 150 damage. Requiem: 175. Vanilla: 50-150
* Spears/Falmer spears: 50 damage. Requiem: 100. Vanilla: 10-26/14-30
* Dwemer Spears: 62 damage. Requiem: 125. Vanilla: 20-39
* Dwemer Threshers: 190 damage. Requiem: 300. Vanilla: 40-190
* Bear Traps: 45 damage. Requiem: 75. Vanilla: 20-45
* Platform Dwemer trap: 500 damage. Requiem: 5000. Minor Arcana: 1500. Vanilla: 45-110
* Wood Spikes trap: 250 damage. Requiem: 500. Minor Arcana: 200. Vanilla: 40-100
* Large Falling Rocks: 100 damage. Requiem: 1000. Minor Arcana: 100. Vanilla: 20-50
* Small Falling Rocks: 80 damage. Requiem: 1000. Minor Arcana: 80. Vanilla: 10-25
* Ram skull trap: 150 damage. Requiem: 150. Minor Arcana: 200. Vanilla: 75-200
* Dwemer Wall Trap: 275 damage. Requiem: 1000. Minor Arcana: 450. Vanilla: 100-275
* Falmer Wall Trap: 225 damage. Requiem: 1000. Minor Arcana: 400. Vanilla: 80-225
* Wall Wood Trap: 200 damage. Requiem: 1000. Minor Arcana: 380. Vanilla: 75-200
* Platform stairs trap: 500 damage. Requiem: 5000. Vanilla: 45-110
* Invisible cave boulder trap: 100 damage. Requiem: 1000. Vanilla: 10-25
* Infected bones trap: 40 damage. Requiem: 50. Vanilla: 15-40

Object traps

* Fire traps do half values of: 75 damage, magnitude 5 and duration 10 seconds. Vanilla: 15, 2 and 4
* Poison traps are nerfed in minor ways, similar damage values 

Explosion traps

* Runes are less deadly, dealing 100 elemental damage instead of 200. Vanilla: 2

Spell traps

* Lighting Bolts do 144-288 instead of flat 288. Vanilla: 105-309
* Fireballs do 265 instead of 530. Vanilla: 42-141
* Flames do 173 instead of 346. Vanilla: 29-117
* Frostbite does 196 instead of 392. Vanilla: 42-196
* Ice Spikes do 129-222 instead of 259. Vanilla: 77-222
* Ice Storm does 500-628 instead of 1256. Vanilla: 214-586
* Sparks do 219-250 instead of 438. Vanilla: 74-250
* Chain Lightning does 235 instead of 470. Vanilla: 65-156
* Fire Bolt does 115-131 instead of 230. Vanilla: 39-131
* Fire traps on floor plates do 49 instead of 98. Vanilla: 14-35

Weapon traps

* Darts do 2-5 damage times 6 (Reqtifactor) per hit instead of 5-6 times 6 Reqtified. Vanilla: 1-5

Compatibility

Load after Requiem.esp and Requiem Minor Arcana. Run through the Reqtifactor