Inspired from Agape Ring in Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, and the re-make of Ring of the Branded.


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CONTENTS:

I. Description
II. Characteristic
III. Where to get (location)
IV. How to use
V. How to install and un-install
VI. Bug
VII. Compatibility
VIII. Mod recommendations / replacement
IX. Will Be Asked Questions - W.B.A.Q.
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I. DESCRIPTION
Ring / Locket of Acrimony allows the player character to deny experience gain (the player character then will never level-up as long as the ring / locket is worn). Perfect for a new game.

II. CHARACTERISTIC
Ring of Acrimony's EditorID: xx000D62
Locket of Acrimony's EditorID: xx000D63
Based on Silver Ring and Silver Necklace, respectively. (I do not know how to make new textures / models, sorry -- if you have skill with re-texturing / modelling, feel free to upload the mod on your own ^.^ )
Ring / Locket of Acrimony has a simple enchantment of Modify Skill Use, Set Value = 0.00. Disenchant-able.

III. WHERE TO GET (LOCATION)
Helgen Keep;
Ring of Acrimony: on the table near Gunjar's corpse (Ralof's side)
Locket of Acrimony: on the table at the right side after entering the keep (Hadvar's side)
Both the ring and the necklace have been set to not re-spawn.

IV. HOW TO USE
To activate, equip the ring / necklace.
To de-activate, un-equip the ring / necklace.
Feel free to wear both at the same time, but it only need either one of them to work.

V. HOW TO INSTALL AND UN-INSTALL
I believe we all know how to install a mod.


You have to un-equip the ring and/or the necklace before proceeding ! Else, I am afraid that you will never ever gain any more experience / level-up because the player character would still have the enhancement remains from Ring / Locket of Acrimony. This is caused by how the game was made. If you failed to do so, then you have to:
a. re-activate the mod and re-load the previous save (which the player character is still wearing the ring and/or the necklace), or
b. re-load the very old save before the mod is even installed, or
c. deal with it.

VI. BUG
If you wear the necklace, the source of the effect in Active Effects will be displayed as it were from the ring. Might be caused by 1 enchantment (_AntiExpEnch) being used by 2 items (_AntiExpLocket and _AntiExpRing). It is not problematic, though. But best to be cautious. Mod experts are welcome.

VII. COMPATIBILITY
Vanilla Guardian Stones (The Warrior / Mage / Thief), anything with "skills improve ...% faster" effects.
Alternate Start - Live Another Life, checked with version 4.0.4 (May 13, 2018)
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch, checked with version 4.1.3b (April 28, 2018)

VIII. MOD RECOMMENDATIONS / REPLACEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS -- nice addition to Ring / Locket of Acrimony:
Unleveled Items: unique items and artefacts give the highest level option possible regardless player character's level.

REPLACEMENTS:
Experience: experience a new player character level-up system. Highly recommended. I don't recommend using both Experience and Ring / Locket of Acrimony because levelling skills no longer make your character to level up (Experience). If you are already bored with how Skyrim does the level-up, use Experience. However, both mods don't conflict with each other, so do not worry.

IN-BETWEEN -- use them together or replace Ring / Locket of Acrimony with:
Dawnguard Delayed / Better Start Timing for Dawnguard and Dragonborn: delay the Dawnguard forced start.
Quest Conflict Fixes: you are able to do Jarl Siddgeir's gift quest even after level 9.

IX. WILL BE ASKED QUESTIONS -- W.B.A.Q.
Q: Why would some one -- in the right mind -- sought this kind of mod: to not level-up ?
A: It could be some sort of the Dragonborn's tool. Do you want to visit Hall of the Vigilant with procrastination ? Do you want to do Jarl Siddgeir's gift quest with extra procrastination ? Do you not want to miss out the Muffle enchantment ? Do you want to challenge your self with level-1 run ? Maybe you just want to explore the world / craft things without really levelling up ? Or perhaps you just want to collect more ring ? Now you can.

Q: How does Ring / Locket of Acrimony differentiate from Ring of the Branded ?
A: Ring / Locket of Acrimony is made from scratch for Skyrim S.E. 1.5 - "Creation Club" update (although I only use Skyrim.esm), whereas Ring of the Branded was not (pre-"CC") and wasn't updated ever since. Both Ring / Locket of Acrimony and Ring of the Branded has the same effect / enchantment, really. It's a matter of taste for the ring's name, description and Active Effect's name. You can always change them to whatever you want with SSEEdit. So, yeah, you could install both Ring / Locket of Acrimony and Ring of the Branded. But, why ? I do not recommend Ring of the Branded because it is obsolete already.
But, most importantly, Ring of the Branded uses Modify Skill Use, Multiply Value = 0.00.
Conclusion: Please use the Ring / Locket of Acrimony.

Q: Will it be alright if I equip the ring and the necklace, but then I un-equip one of them ?
A: Yes.

Q: Which one is better: the ring or the necklace ?
A: Yes.