Thanks guys, but I am already aware that the lore-friendliness of this mod is dubious. It's a bit of a joke mod, but I tried to not to make it too ridiculous, so that anyone who thought it was a cool idea could use it.
I like realism, but this is incoherent. The Thu'um is a projection of the Dragonborn's voice, not necessarily a physical event from the beginning to the end. The Thu'um takes form after it exits the body of the Dragonborn. And if isn't that way, the fire expelled by the Thu'um would burn the mouth of the Dragonborn from inside, before exit. Logically, the Dragonborn (and possibly the dragons) can't be harmed or affected by it's own Thu'ums that are designed to destroy others living things or objects.
As I said in the mod description, this was inspired by a Reddit post, my man. If there is another mod out there that does the same thing, I'd be interested in checking it out. Would you be able to link it?
If it really is that similar, I'll add a mention of it in the description. There's no need to be throwing out accusations of theft here.
I really have to admire your idea. Since I don't really like helmets in the first place and modded my game to ignore helmets for the player and make them invisible for NPCs, I probably won't use your mod, but still I have to say that this idea is nothing more than brilliant.
I know some of you think it's not lore friendly, but just think of it this way: When dragons use shouts like Yol, the flame will come directly out of the mouth of the dragon. Even if they don't breath fire, but instead they're "commanding it to appear" like SkyLover264 said, the flame still starts to appear right on the brink of the Mouth. So... it's really a good question if you ask yourself "what happens when Dovahkiins mouth is inside a closed helmet?". The idea behind this mod isn't really this far-fetched then some of you suggest. LegitimizeSkyrim said that the Thu'um is a projection of the inner voice and logically won't harm the "caster", since it also don't burn the mouth of the Dovahkiin when he/she shouts Yol. But still: those are just assumptions and nobody here was (so far) able to reference anything from the lore which really can explain it.
At most it's kinda controversial in my opinion, but not just straight forward lore-breaking. That's where my fascination about this mod comes from.
I mean, we're playing game where you can over head someone with a giant, Sharp axe, and other various weapons that would in real life tell you, that you'e not likely be ok after a single hit. but all they do is go "omf!" and lose some numbers.
"So how exactly does the Dragonborn breathe fire with a metal plate over his/her entire face?"
Because they aren't actually breathing fire, they're commanding fire to appear. That's true of all shouts; they don't come out of the shouter's mouth, reality is simply answering their command.
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If it really is that similar, I'll add a mention of it in the description. There's no need to be throwing out accusations of theft here.
I know some of you think it's not lore friendly, but just think of it this way: When dragons use shouts like Yol, the flame will come directly out of the mouth of the dragon. Even if they don't breath fire, but instead they're "commanding it to appear" like SkyLover264 said, the flame still starts to appear right on the brink of the Mouth. So... it's really a good question if you ask yourself "what happens when Dovahkiins mouth is inside a closed helmet?". The idea behind this mod isn't really this far-fetched then some of you suggest. LegitimizeSkyrim said that the Thu'um is a projection of the inner voice and logically won't harm the "caster", since it also don't burn the mouth of the Dovahkiin when he/she shouts Yol. But still: those are just assumptions and nobody here was (so far) able to reference anything from the lore which really can explain it.
At most it's kinda controversial in my opinion, but not just straight forward lore-breaking. That's where my fascination about this mod comes from.
Not really the time to be question realism.
Because they aren't actually breathing fire, they're commanding fire to appear. That's true of all shouts; they don't come out of the shouter's mouth, reality is simply answering their command.
The idea is admirable, but it's incompatible with the lore.