***DESCRIPTION***

The idea behind this mod is that I always thought it was kinda unfair that characters that rely on weapons for combat
situations can always go into various caves and ruins to find cool new weapons that they can add to their arsenal, but
spellcasters that rely on magic for combat rarely get anything near as usual for them. You might find the odd spell scroll
from time-to-time, but scrolls are a single-use cast only, and it's a guaranteed cast success anyway, meaning that literally
any type of player character can use them.

In vanilla Morrowind, the only way a spellcaster character can learn new spells is by buying them from spell merchants. As a
way to mix it up, I took inspiration from how the first Diablo game allows the player to find spellbooks from monsters and
chests, and that reading these spellbooks teaches the player new spells. I thought a similar system would work well in this
game and that it would incentivize spellcaster characters to explore the game world more broadly.

Spellbooks can be found in containers, chests, or held by spellcaster NPCs. Each spellbook is titled to clearly identify it,
and the spell associated with each spellbook is included in the title as well. There is one spellbook for every spell in the
game that the player is able to purchase from spell merchants, as well as several spells that are not typically available to
the player. Note that this does not mean that there is a spellbook for every spell in the game as there are several spells
that are simply far too over-powered.

Reading a spellbook will add the spell associated with the spellbook to the player's spell inventory. Note that if you read a
spellbook from the inventory screen, you might have to close and re-open the inventory screen in order for the spell
inventory list to refresh. If you already know the spell tied to the spellbook, then reading the spellbook causes nothing to
happen. The spellbooks themselves are light and don't have much value, and as such there is no need to hang onto a spellbook
after gaining the spell that it teaches.


***INSTALLATION***

1. Download the mod
2. Extract the contents of the .zip file to somewhere on your computer (example: your Desktop)
3. Copy both the LootableSpellbooks.ESP file and the "Icons" folder to the Data Files folder within your Morrowind
installation directory
4. Run Morrowind, but instead of clicking "Play", select "Data Files"
5. Under the "Morrowind Files" table, double-click the entry for "LootableSpellbooks.ESP" so that it is now checked
6. Press OK, and start the game
7. Either create a new game or load an existing save. Play the game, and if you start to find spellbooks randomly scattered
throughout containers inside of bandit caves and/or ruins or on NPC spellcasters then you should be good!
8. If you play for a while and don't ever see any spellbooks, then go back and double-check that LootableSpellbooks.ESP was
selected as specified in Step 5. This mod should work fine with new games as well as saves that pre-existed before this
mod was installed.


***UNINSTALLATION***

1. Run Morrowind, but instead of clicking "Play", select "Data Files"
2. Under the "Morrowind Files" table, double-click the entry for "LootableSpellbooks.ESP" so that it is now unchecked
3. Press OK, and you should be good!
4. If you want to be extra sure, you can also just delete the LootableSpellbooks.ESP file out of the Data Files folder within your
Morrowind installation directory


***CONTACT***

If you have any issues or if you have any suggestions/comments, I can be easily reached through email, Discord, Twitter, etc.
All relevant links can be found via my Linktree page found below:

https://linktr.ee/superhobbit

And if I may, I'd like to specifically plug my Twitch channel where I stream Morrowind Randomizer attempts on weekends. These
Morrowind Randomizer streams feature several mods (including this one) that I use to make the "randomized" playthrough
experience, along with goofy things like randomized goals, randomized starting stats, etc. I can be found at twitch.tv/SuperHobbit

If you like this mod, I'd also encourage you to check out my two other Morrowind mods: Randomize Kagrenac's Tools and Vampire
Character Generation