Skyrim Special Edition

Serio’s Enhanced Dragons Redone


Serio’s Enhanced Dragons Redone aims to make dragon battles in Skyrim more intense by adding stat tweaks, AI enhancements, multi-dragon fights, boss dragons, and new powerful shouts. The mod is built with compatibility in mind to work alongside other dragon mods. Most of the mod’s features can be configured via SkyUI’s MCM (SKSE required).




Features:
  • AI enhancements: Dragons are now faster, their attack patterns are more random, they remain on the ground so long as it is advantageous, and they stay closer to the player.
  • Stat Tweaks: Dragons have increased health, damage/magic resistance, and attack/shout damage. (MCM)
  • Stagger Poise: Dragons are now resistant to stagger depending on their health. (MCM)
  • Reinforcements: Dragons can now call up to 2 additional dragons to join the fight. (MCM)
  • New Shouts: Dragons are now able to use a larger arsenal of shouts depending on their boss type or player configuration. (MCM)
  • Boss Dragons: Boss dragons will now appear at random with up to 2 additional normal dragons at the start of battle. There are 3 tiers of boss dragons. Bosses possess higher health and attack/shout damage, and new shouts depending on their class and tier. (MCM)
  • Named Dragons: Named vanilla dragons are also now classified as bosses. (MCM)

Boss Dragons and Shouts:
The type of shouts given to dragons depends on the class and tier of the dragon. Toggle options for each shout are available in the MCM menu. Players can alternatively select an option to allow all dragons (not just the boss dragons) to possess each selected shout. Below is a list of each dragon class, tier, and new shouts.

  • Normal dragons: Unrelenting Force & Force Blast
  • Brutal dragons (Tier 1): Gravitational Pull & Marked for Death (AoE)
  • Savage dragons (Tier 1): Stagger Spikes & Backfire Recoil
  • Ruthless dragons (Tier 1): Chain Suppression & Gravity Blast
  • Merciless dragons (Tier 1): Fear Blast & Rasp
  • Hateful dragons (Tier 2): Summon Exploding Draugr & Sap. Inherits Ruthless & Merciless shouts.
  • Malevolent dragons (Tier 2): Summon Dragon Priest & Blood Cloak. Inherits Brutal & Savage shouts.
  • Cataclysmic dragons (Tier 3): Storm Barrage. Inherits all shouts.

Shout Descriptions:
  • Unrelenting Force: Projectile that knocks targets to the ground.
  • Force Blast: Area blast that knocks targets to the ground.
  • Gravitational Pull: Summons a gravitational orb in front of the dragon that draws targets in.
  • Marked for Death (AoE): Area blast that reduces physical and magic resistance of targets.
  • Stagger Spikes: A protective shield that staggers melee attackers when hit.
  • Backfire Recoil: Projectile that causes archers to become staggered when shooting.
  • Chain Suppression: Projectile chain that reduces magical power of all schools.
  • Gravity Blast: Area blast that slows down movement and melee attack speed.
  • Fear Blast: Area blast that causes attackers to flee in terror.
  • Rasp: Projectile that increases a target's shout cooldown.
  • Summon Exploding Draugr: Summons several draugr that explode if not slain within a certain time.
  • Sap: Projectile that completely reduces a target's magicka and stamina.
  • Summon Dragon Priest: Summons a powerful dragon priest.
  • Blood Cloak: A cloak that absorbs the health of nearby attackers.
  • Storm Barrage: Summons a barrage of non-elemental projectiles from the sky for a short time.

Compatibility:
  • Mods that add dragons to the game should be fully compatible; EMD, DDC, Splendor, etc.
  • Elemental Dragons: Partially incompatible. Dragons will not benefit from attribute adjustments.
  • KS Dragons (1 & 2): Incompatible. (Patch planned)
  • Deadly Dragons: Incompatible. (Patch tentative)
  • Dragon Combat Overhaul: Untested.
  • Serio’s Enhanced Dragons (Original): Incompatible. Use one or the other.

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