Mysticism - A Magic Overhaul

Mysticism is a comprehensive magic overhaul that adds over 200 meticulously balanced spells to the game. These spells are designed to feel like they belong in the world of Skyrim, both mechanically and aesthetically. You can purchase them from vendors, loot them from dungeons, or find them hand-placed in carefully chosen locations around the world. Many of these spells reintroduce magical archetypes from previous games, or expand on new magical archetypes introduced in Skyrim (such as Sun magic and Ash magic). In addition to adding new spells, Mysticism also heavily reworks a number of Vanilla spells. By adding new spells and rebalancing existing spells as part of the same project, Mysticism is able to offer users a coherent and balanced magical experience throughout the early, middle, and late game. 

Features 

• Sweeping balance adjustments to Vanilla spells 
• Over 200 new spells added to the world 
• Vendor tweaks to add flavor and enhance roleplay 
• Rare spells hand-placed around the world
• Dozens of balance adjustments and bug fixes for Vanilla scrolls
• Almost entirely scriptless, no impact on performance
• Creative use of Vanilla assets for high quality, visually interesting effects 
• A complete rework of Master spells that significantly increases their usefulness

Coming Soon (in 2.0)

• General balance changes
• Dozens of new spells
• Hundreds of new staves and scrolls 

Alteration 

In Vanilla, Alteration is primarily a school for defensive magic, with a little utility on the side. Mysticism significantly increases the defensive potential of Alteration and adds dozens of new utility options, such as Pack Mule and Slowfall. In addition, Mysticism also adds several new options to control or debuff enemies, making Alteration the ultimate support school for just about every playstyle.

• Flesh spells have been significantly buffed. Dragonhide no longer invalidates investment in the Mage Armor perk.
• New spells have been added to temporarily increase elemental resistances. Only one element can be resisted at a time. 
• New utility spells allow the player to open locks, increase movement speed or carry weight, or even bolster unarmed damage.
• Weakness to Fire, Frost, Shock, and Poison spells have been introduced as inverse counterparts to elemental defense spells. 
• New spells allow Alteration mages to reduce enemy attack damage, debuff enemy armor, and even damage Dwarven automatons.
• Paralysis has been moved to Illusion (sorry!).
• Ash Magic has been redesigned as a replacement for Paralysis. In addition to Ash Shard and Ash Rune, you will now be able to reduce enemy movement speed with spells such as Encumber or Weight of the World.
• Telekinesis spells now serve as a reliable source of damage. You will be able to kill bandits by throwing cheese wheels at them, if you're into that. 
• Mark and Recall spells allow for quick travel around Skyrim.

Spell List 

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Novice 

• Oakflesh - Improves the caster’s armor rating by 40 points for 60 seconds. 
• Candlelight - Creates a hovering light that lasts for 60 seconds. 
• Waterbreathing - Allows the caster to breathe underwater for 60 seconds. 
• Open Novice Lock - For 20 seconds, instantly open any Novice lock. 

Apprentice 

• Stoneflesh - Improves the caster’s armor rating by 80 points for 60 seconds. 
• Scaleform - Improves unarmed damage by 10 points for 60 seconds. 
• Magelight - Creates a hovering ball of light that lasts for 60 seconds and lands wherever the caster is pointing.
• Open Apprentice Lock - For 20 seconds, instantly open any Apprentice lock. 
• Feather - Increases carry weight by 50 for 60 seconds. 
• Waterwalking - Allows the caster to walk on water for 60 seconds.
• Telekinesis - Levitates objects, allowing the caster to deal damage by launching them at foes.

Adept 

• Ironflesh - Improves the caster’s armor rating by 120 points for 60 seconds. 
• Fire Shell - Increases Fire Resistance by 40% for 60 seconds.
• Frost Shell - Increases Frost Resistance by 40% for 60 seconds.
• Shock Shell - Increases Shock Resistance by 40% for 60 seconds.
• Poison Shell - Increases Poison Resistance by 40% for 60 seconds.
• Stoneform - Improves unarmed damage by 15 points for 60 seconds. 
• Weaken Weapons - A bolt of raw magic that reduces enemy weapon damage by 20% for 30 seconds. 
• Weaken Armor - A bolt of raw magic that reduces enemy physical resistance by 20% for 30 seconds. 
• Disable Construct - A bolt of raw magic that twists metal, dealing 20 damage per second for 4 seconds to Dwarven constructs. 
• Slowfall - For 20 seconds, the caster takes no fall damage.
• Open Adept Lock - For 20 seconds, instantly open any Adept lock. 
• Lighten Load - Increases carry weight by 100 for 60 seconds. 
• Transmute: Silver Ore - Transmutes one piece of unrefined iron ore into silver ore.
• Equilibrium - Converts Health into Magicka. This effect can be deadly if Health is low.

Expert 

• Ebonyflesh - Improves the caster’s armor rating by 160 points for 60 seconds. 
• Weakness to Fire - Reduces enemy Fire Resistance by 50% for 30 seconds.
• Weakness to Frost - Reduces enemy Frost Resistance by 50% for 30 seconds.
• Weakness to Shock - Reduces enemy Shock Resistance by 50% for 30 seconds.
• Weakness to Poison - Reduces enemy Poison Resistance by 50% for 30 seconds.
• Steelform - Improves unarmed damage by 20 points for 60 seconds. 
• Greater Weakening - A bolt of raw magic that reduces enemy weapon damage and physical resistance by 20% for 30 seconds. 
• Damage Construct - A blast of raw magic that twists metal, dealing 25 damage per second for 4 seconds to Dwarven constructs. 
• Open Expert Lock - For 20 seconds, instantly open any Expert lock. 
• Transmute: Gold Ore - Transmutes one piece of unrefined iron ore into gold ore.
• Pack Mule - Increases carry weight by 150 for 60 seconds. 
• Windrunner - Increases movement speed by 40% for 60 seconds.
• Greater Telekinesis - Levitates objects, allowing the caster to deal significant damage by launching them at foes. 
• Mark - Marks a location for recall.
• Recall - Teleports the caster to their Marked location.

Master 

• Dragonhide - Improves the caster’s armor rating by 200 points for 60 seconds. 
• Flame Shield - Increases Flame Resistance by 75% for 60 seconds.
• Ice Shield - Increases Frost Resistance by 75% for 60 seconds.
• Lightning Shield - Increases Shock Resistance by 75% for 60 seconds.
• Venom Shield - Increases Poison Resistance by 75% for 60 seconds.
• Weakness to Elements - A blast of raw magic that reduces Fire, Frost, and Shock Resistance by 50% for 30 seconds.
• Heart of Lorkhan - Improves unarmed damage by 25 points for 60 seconds. 
• Mass Weakening - An explosion of raw magic that reduces enemy weapon damage and physical resistance by 20% for 30 seconds. 
• Destroy Construct - An explosion of raw magic that twists metal, dealing 25 damage per second for 4 seconds to Dwarven constructs. 
• Unwelcome Guest - For 20 seconds, instantly open any Master lock. 
• Beast of Burden - Increases carry weight by 200 for 60 seconds. 
• Grand Telekinesis - Levitates creatures and people, allowing the caster to launch them for massive damage. 
• Balance - Converts Health into Magicka. This effect can be deadly if Health is low.

Conjuration 

Conjuration allows its practitioners to summon powerful creatures from the Planes of Oblivion. Unfortunately, in Vanilla Skyrim, it seems that Oblivion only had two or three creatures in it. The variety of available summons has been greatly expanded in Mysticism, allowing the player more options both mechanically and aesthetically. In addition, Conjuration has received several new utility spells to help manage summons, and Bound Weapons are now viable throughout the game.

• Dozens of new spells to summon ghostly predators, Dremora, skeletons, shades, Dunmer ancestor spirits, and even Dwarven automatons! 
• Summons are balanced around three archetypes: melee damage-dealers, ranged damage-dealers, and tanks. Each archetype has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. 
• Reanimation spells now effect higher level targets when dual cast.
• Several new utility spells allow Conjurers to dismiss and heal their summons.
• Banish Daedra is now a potent source of damage against Daedra of all kinds.
• New Adept, Expert, and Master-level Bound Weapons. 

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Novice

• Conjure Spectral Wolf - Summons a Spectral Wolf for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Skeleton - Summons a Skeleton for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Raise Zombie - Reanimates a corpse up to level 8 for 60 seconds.
• Bound Sword - Conjures a lesser Daedra in the form of a sword for 60 seconds. 
• Bound Dagger - Conjures a lesser Daedra in the form of a dagger for 60 seconds. 

Apprentice 

• Conjure Spectral Dire Wolf - Summons a Spectral Alpha Wolf for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Flame Atronach - Summons a Flame Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Dremora Warrior - Summons a Dremora Warrior for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Skeleton Archer - Summons a Skeleton Archer for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Corrupted Shade - Summons a Corrupted Shade for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Reanimate Corpse - Reanimates a corpse up to level 15 for 90 seconds.
• Bound Battle Axe - Conjures a lesser Daedra in the form of a battleaxe for 60 seconds. 
• Bound Bow - Conjures a lesser Daedra in the form of a bow for 60 seconds. 
• Dismiss - Dismiss any summoned creatures under your control.
• Banish Daedra - Daedra up to level 10 are sent back to Oblivion. Daedra who resist take 15 damage per second for 4 seconds.
• Soul Trap - If the target dies within 60 seconds, fills a soul gem.

Adept

• Conjure Spectral Sabre Cat - Summons a Spectral Sabre Cat for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Frost Atronach - Summons a Frost Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Dremora Archer - Summons a Dremora Archer  for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Skeleton Mage - Summons a Skeleton Mage for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Corrupted Soldier - Summons a Corrupted Soldier for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Revenant - Reanimates a corpse up to level 25 for 60 seconds.
• Greater Bound Sword - Conjures a Daedra in the form of a sword for 120 seconds. 
• Greater Bound Dagger - Conjures a Daedra in the form of a dagger for 120 seconds. 
• Conjurer’s Cure - Heals Daedric and undead targets, restoring 20 Health per second for 10 seconds.
• Banish Greater Daedra - Daedra up to level 15 are sent back to Oblivion. Daedra who resist take 20 damage per second for 4 seconds.

Expert 

• Conjure Spectral Bear - Summons a Spectral Bear for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Spectral Steed - Summons a Spectral Steed for 120 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Storm Atronach - Summons a Storm Atronach for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Dremora Warlock - Summons a Dremora Warlock for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Skeleton Warrior - Summons a Skeleton Warrior for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Corrupted Sharpshooter - Summons a Corrupted Sharpshooter for 60 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Dread Zombie - Reanimates a corpse up to level 35 for 60 seconds.
• Greater Bound Battleaxe - Conjures a daedra in the form of a battleaxe for 120 seconds. 
• Greater Bound Bow - Conjures a daedra in the form of a bow for 120 seconds. 
• Expel Daedra -  Daedra up to level 20 are sent back to Oblivion. Daedra who resist take 25 damage per second for 4 seconds. 

Master 

• Conjure Spectral Manbeast - Summons a Spectral Manbeast for 120 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Flame Monarch - Summons a Flame Monarch for 120 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Frost Monarch - Summons a Frost Monarch for 120 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Storm Monarch - Summons a Storm Monarch for 120 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Dremora Lord - Summons a Dremora Lord for 120 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Skeleton Colossus - Summons a Skeleton Colossus for 120 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Conjure Corrupted Sorcerer - Summons a Corrupted Sorcerer for 120 seconds wherever the caster is pointing.
• Dead Thrall - Permanently reanimates a corpse up to level 50 to fight for you.
• Oblivion’s Edge - Conjures a greater Daedra in the form of a sword for 180 seconds. 
• Soul Shine - Conjures a greater Daedra in the form of a dagger for 180 seconds. 
• Shacklebreaker - Conjures a greater Daedra in the form of a battleaxe for 180 seconds. 
• Widowmaker - Conjures a greater Daedra in the form of a bow for 180 seconds.
• Dark Deal - Heals Daedric and undead targets, restoring 30 Health per second for 10 seconds.
• Annulment -  Daedra up to level 25 are sent back to Oblivion. Daedra who resist take 30 damage per second for 4 seconds. 

Destruction 

The School of Destruction is the default choice for mages who wish to deal ranged damage. Unfortunately, in Vanilla Skyrim, the damage dealt by Destruction tapers off very early, and the school is unsatisfying to use in the late game. Mysticism adds many new Destruction spells, especially to the Master level, in order to allow Destruction to scale into the late game without massively interrupting the balance of the early and middle game. It also adds new spells that drain Health, Magicka, and Stamina, increasing the utility of Destruction magic for other playstyles. 

• Subtle tweaks to cost and projectile weight make each element feel more unique.
• A comprehensive solution to the "frost slow bug" that will work for most modded setups. 
• Several new versions of your favorite Destruction spells to offer more variety in gameplay as you level up.
• New spell archetypes, such as Touch spells that allow you to silently harm enemies in melee range.
• New spells allow Destruction mages to absorb Health, Magicka, and Stamina from enemies. 
• Targets who are out of Magicka or Stamina resist spells that absorb their respective resource, preventing several Vanilla exploits.
• Over two dozen Master spells, allowing Destruction to scale well into the late game.

Spell List

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Novice

• Flames -  A gout of fire that does 8 damage per second. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Frostbite - A gust of icy wind that does 8 damage to Health and Stamina per second.
• Sparks - A stream of lightning that does 8 damage to Health and Magicka per second.

Apprentice

• Burning Touch - Touch enemies in melee range for 15 fire damage per second. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Firebolt - A bolt of fire that does 25 damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Fire Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach, dealing 40 fire damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Chilling Touch - Touch enemies in melee range for 15 frost damage to Health and Stamina per second. 
• Ice Spike - A bolt of ice that does 25 damage to Health and Stamina.
• Frost Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach, dealing 40 frost damage to Health and Stamina.
• Shocking Touch - Touch enemies in melee range for 15 shock damage to Health and Magicka per second. 
• Lightning Bolt - A bolt of lightning that does 25 damage to Health and Magicka.
• Lightning Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach, dealing 40 shock damage to Health and Magicka.
• Entropic Touch - Touch enemies in melee range to absorb 8 Health per second.
• Siphoning Touch - Touch enemies in melee range to absorb 8 Magicka per second.
• Withering Touch - Touch enemies in melee range to absorb 8 Stamina per second.

Adept

• Greater Flames - An intense gout of fire that deals 25 damage per second. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Fireball - A ball of fire that deals 40 damage. Targets on fire take extra damage. 
• Fire Surge - A fiery explosion that spreads outward, dealing 40 damage over a large area. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Flame Cloak - For 60 seconds, targets in melee range take 8 fire damage per second. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Greater Frostbite - An intense gust of icy wind that deals 25 damage per second to Health and Stamina.
• Ice Storm - A freezing whirlwind that deals 40 damage to Health and Stamina.
• Ice Surge - An icy explosion that spreads outward, dealing 40 damage to Health and Stamina over a large area.
• Frost Cloak - For 60 seconds, targets in melee range take 8 frost damage to Health and Stamina per second.
• Greater Sparks - An intense stream of lightning that deals 25 damage to Health and Magicka per second. 
• Chain Lightning - A bolt of forked lightning that deals 40 damage to Health and Magicka before leaping to a new target.
• Lightning Surge - A static explosion that spreads outward, dealing 40 damage to Health and Magicka over a large area.
• Lightning Cloak - For 60 seconds, targets in melee range take 8 shock damage to Health and Magicka per second. 
• Drain Life - A stream of raw magic that absorbs 15 Health per second.
• Entropic Bolt - A bolt of raw magic that absorbs 25 Health over 3 seconds. 
• Entropic Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach, absorbing 40 Health over 3 seconds.
• Siphon Magicka - A stream of raw magic that absorbs 15 Magicka per second.
• Siphoning Bolt - A bolt of raw magic that absorbs 25 Magicka over 3 seconds. 
• Sap Stamina - A stream of raw magic that absorbs 15 Stamina per second.
• Withering Bolt - A bolt of raw magic that absorbs 25 Stamina over 3 seconds. 

Expert

• Scorching Grasp - Touch enemies in melee range for 40 fire damage per second. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Incinerate - A blast of fire that deals 60 damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Greater Fire Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach, dealing 70 fire damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Wall of Flames - Creates a wall of fire that deals 40 damage per second for 30 seconds. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Freezing Grasp - Touch enemies in melee range for 40 frost damage to Health and Stamina per second. 
• Icy Spear - A blast of ice that does 60 damage to Health and Stamina.
• Greater Frost Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach, dealing 70 frost damage to Health and Stamina.
• Wall of Frost - Creates a wall of frost that deals 40 damage per second to Health and Stamina for 30 seconds.
• Electrifying Grasp - Touch enemies in melee range for 40 shock damage to Health and Magicka per second. 
• Thunderbolt - A blast of lightning that does 60 damage to Health and Magicka.
• Greater Lightning Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach, dealing 70 shock damage to Health and Magicka.
• Wall of Storms - Creates a wall of lightning that deals 40 damage per second to Health and Magicka for 30 seconds. 
• Entropic Grasp - Touch enemies in melee range to absorb 25 Health per second.
• Entropic Blast - A blast of raw magic that absorbs 50 Health over 3 seconds. 
• Entropic Wave - A wave of raw magic that absorbs 40 Health over 3 seconds. 
• Siphoning Grasp - Touch enemies in melee range to absorb 25 Magicka per second.
• Siphoning Blast - A blast of raw magic that absorbs 50 Magicka over 3 seconds. 
• Withering Grasp - Touch enemies in melee range to absorb 25 Stamina per second.
• Withering Blast - A blast of raw magic that absorbs 50 Stamina over 3 seconds. 

Master

• Flames of Oblivion - A rapid barrage of fireballs that deals 60 damage per second. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Blazing Spear - A raging fireball that deals 100 damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Enemies Explode - A fiery explosion that deals 70 damage. Targets on fire take extra damage.
• Fire Storm - A fiery explosion that surges outward, dealing 70 damage over a wide area. Distant targets take reduced damage. Targets on fire take extra damage. 
• Flame Tempest - For 60 seconds, targets in melee range take 16 fire damage per second.
• Hailstorm - A rapid barrage of icy spikes that deals 60 damage to Health and Stamina per second.
• Frozen Lance - An icy lance that explodes for 100 damage to Health and Stamina.
• Throat of the World - A frozen vortex that deals 70 damage to Health and Stamina.
• Blizzard - A deadly blizzard that deals 15 damage to Health and Stamina per second for 10 seconds over a wide area.
• Hoarfrost - For 60 seconds, targets in melee range take 16 frost damage to Health and Stamina per second. 
• Lighting Storm - An unstable stream of lightning that deals 60 damage to Health and Magicka per second. 
• Electrocution - A blast of wild electricity that deals 100 damage to Health and Magicka.
• Finger of the Mountain - A blast of forked lightning that deals 70 damage to Health and Magicka before leaping to a new target.
• Stormblast - Charged lightning that surges outward, dealing 60 damage to Health and Magicka over a wide area.
• Boundless Storm - For 60 seconds, targets in melee range take 16 shock damage to Health and Magicka per second. 
• Hand of Sithis - A crackling blast of raw magic that absorbs 80 Health over 3 seconds. 
• Death Field - An explosion of raw magic that absorbs 60 Health over 3 seconds.
• Lamae’s Embrace - For 60 seconds, absorb 10 Health per second from targets in melee range.
• Sigil of the Scion - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach, absorbing 70 Health over 3 seconds. 
• Sunder Soul - A volatile surge of raw magic that absorbs 40 Magicka per second.
• Mind of Magnus - A crackling blast of raw magic that absorbs 80 Magicka over 3 seconds. 
• Spirit Siphon - For 60 seconds, absorb 10 Magicka per second from targets in melee range.
• Bone Sap - A volatile surge of raw magic that absorbs 40 Stamina per second.
• Dire Enervation - A crackling blast of raw magic that absorbs 80 Stamina over 3 seconds. 
• Sap Essence - For 60 seconds, absorb 10 Stamina per second from targets in melee range.

Illusion

In Vanilla Skyrim, Illusion is limited to Muffle, Invisibility, and a few crowd control spells that are unfortunately less powerful than Alteration’s paralysis spells. Mysticism greatly expands Illusion’s options for crowd control, both by returning paralysis to Illusion, and by adding new archetypes such as Silence and Command. In addition, it adds several new types of spells such as Charm, Reflection, Sanctuary, and Quicksilver. 

• Illusion is balanced around high Magicka costs and relatively conservative target levels. You will need to invest heavily in Illusion in order to use its most powerful spells. 
• The mastery rank and Magicka cost of Calm spells has been adjusted to provide smoother progression for the Illusion mage, especially at low levels.
• Paralysis is now a leveled effect in the school of Illusion.
• Two new archetypes, Silence and Command, give the Illusion mage more options to dominate the battlefield.
• Charm, Beguile, and Mesmerize let Illusion mages apply their skills to Skyrim’s merchants.
• Several new utility spells allow Illusion mages to protect themselves from harm, slow their perception of time, and reflect damage back on their attackers.
• New spells such as Chameleon and Shadowmask enhance Illusion’s stealth capabilities.

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Novice

• Calm - Living targets up to level 5 won’t fight for 30 seconds.
• Fury - Living targets up to level 5 will attack anyone nearby for 30 seconds.
• Courage - Living targets won’t flee for 180 seconds and receive 25 extra Health and Stamina.
• Clairvoyance - Shows the path to the current goal.

Apprentice

• Hypnotize - Living targets up to level 10 won’t fight for 30 seconds.
• Rage - Living targets up to level 10 will attack anyone nearby for 30 seconds.
• Hush - Living targets up to level 10 are silenced for 30 seconds. 
• Fear - Living targets up to level 10 flee from combat for 30 seconds. 
• Chameleon - For 60 seconds, sneaking is 20% better.
• Nighteye - Improves the caster’s night vision for 60 seconds. 

Adept

• Pacify - Living targets up to level 15 won’t fight for 30 seconds.
• Frenzy - Living targets up to level 15 will attack anyone nearby for 30 seconds.
• Quiet - Living targets up to level 15 are silenced for 30 seconds. 
• Panic - Living targets up to level 15 flee from combat for 30 seconds. 
• Disable - Living targets up to level 10 are paralyzed for 10 seconds. Some enemies are immune to this effect.
• Command - Living targets up to level 10 are placed under your command for 30 seconds. 
• Calm Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach. Living targets up to level 20 won’t fight for 30 seconds.
• Frenzy Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach. Living targets up to level 20 will attack anyone nearby for 30 seconds.
• Silence Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach. Living targets up to level 20 won’t cast spells for 30 seconds.
• Fear Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach. Living targets up to level 20 flee from combat for 30 seconds.
• Rally - Targets won’t flee for 300 seconds and receive 50 extra Health and Stamina.
• Charm - For 300 seconds, prices are 10% better. 
• Muffle - Silences the caster’s movement for 60 seconds. 
• Detection - Nearby living targets can be seen through walls.
• Shroud - For 60 seconds, incoming weapon attacks have a 20% chance to miss.

Expert

• Serenity - Living targets up to level 20 won’t fight for 30 seconds.
• Wrath - Living targets up to level 20 will attack anyone nearby for 30 seconds.
• Mute - Living targets up to level 20 are silenced for 30 seconds. 
• Rout - Living targets up to level 20 flee from combat for 30 seconds. 
• Immobilize - Living targets up to level 15 are paralyzed for 10 seconds. Some enemies are immune to this effect.
• Control - Living targets up to level 15 are placed under your command for 30 seconds. 
• Paralysis Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach. Living targets up to level 20 are paralyzed for 10 seconds.
• Command Rune - Creates a rune that explodes when enemies approach. Living targets up to level 20 will fight for you for 30 seconds.
• Seduce - For 300 seconds, prices are 10% better. This effect is stronger on members of the opposite sex.
• Invisibility - For 30 seconds, the caster cannot be seen. Attacking or activating an object will break the spell.
• Reflection - For 60 seconds, 50% of all melee damage is reflected back at your attackers. 
• Haste - Focuses the senses, slowing the caster’s perception of time by 25% for 6 seconds.

Master

• Harmony - Living targets in a large area up to level 25 won’t fight for 30 seconds.
• Mayhem - Living targets in a large area up to level 25 will attack anyone nearby for 30 seconds.
• Silence - Living targets in a large area up to level 25 are silenced for 30 seconds.
• Hysteria - Living targets in a large area up to level 25 flee from combat for 30 seconds
• Paralysis - Living targets in a large area up to level 20 are paralyzed for 10 seconds. Some enemies are immune to this effect.
• Domination - Living targets in a large area up to level 20 are placed under your command for 30 seconds. 
• Call to Arms - Living targets in a large area won’t flee. They receive 100 extra Health and Stamina, as well as increased combat skills for 600 seconds.  
• Mesmerize - For 300 seconds, prices are 10% better and merchants will buy any item you offer them. This effect is stronger on members of the opposite sex.
• Shadowmask - For 30 seconds, the caster cannot be seen, heard, or harmed. Attacking or activating an object will break the spell.
• Shalidor’s Mirror - For 60 seconds, 100% of all melee damage is reflected back at your attackers. 
• Sanctuary - For 60 seconds, incoming weapon attacks have a 35% chance to miss.
• Quicksilver - Focuses the senses, slowing the caster’s perception of time by 40% for 10 seconds.

Restoration 

In Vanilla Skyrim, Restoration is a one-dimensional school that allows the player to instantly restore large amounts of Health for very little Magicka. Mysticism replaces all fire and forget healing spells with concentration spells. This greatly increases the opportunity cost of on-demand healing. In return, Mysticism adds several new tools to the Restoration mage's kit, such as spells that regenerate Health over time, spells that temporarily increase maximum Health, and spells that mitigate incoming damage. Restoration is now more powerful than ever, but it privileges careful preparation instead of spamming massive, instant-cast heals. In addition, Turn Undead spells have been significantly improved, and Sun spells have been greatly expanded. A new line of poison spells allow Restoration mages to harm living targets as effectively as any Destruction mage.

• Fast Healing, Close Wounds, and Grand Healing are now concentration spells with high Magicka costs.
• New Healing Light spells restore a small amount of Health per second for five minutes.
• New Regeneration spells allow the player to restore a significant amount of Health over fifteen seconds.
• New Ritual spells create holy circles that heal the caster and increase their Magic Resistance as long as they remain inside.
• Wards are much stronger, and they now resist a fixed percentage of physical damage instead of increasing armor. 
• New Attunement spells increase the caster’s max health for one minute. These spells can be fatal if they wear off while the caster's health is low! 
• Turn Undead spells cost less, charge faster, effect higher level targets, increase their magnitude when dual cast, and deal damage. They are now a devastating weapon against the undead.
• New sun spells further enhance the Restoration mage’s ability to destroy the undead.
• New poison spells deal heavy damage over time.

Spell List 

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Novice

• Healing - Restores 10 Health per second.
• Lesser Ward - Creates a magical ward that resists 10% of physical damage and negates up to 40 points of spell damage. 
• Turn Lesser Undead - Turns undead up to level 5 for 30 seconds. Targets who are turned take 2 damage per second.

Apprentice

• Fast Healing - Restores 20 Health per second.
• Regeneration - Restores 15 Health per second for 10 seconds. 
• Healing Light - Envelops the caster in soothing light, restoring 2 Health per second for 300 seconds. 
• Attunement - Fortifies vitality, increasing Health by 25 points for 120 seconds
• Healing Hands - Heals the target, restoring 20 Health per second. 
• Steadfast Ward - Creates a magical ward that resists 20% of physical damage and negates up to 80 points of spell damage.
• Turn Undead - Turns undead up to level 10 for 30 seconds. Targets who are turned take 4 damage per second.
• Repel Lesser Undead - Turns undead up to level 8 for 30 seconds. Targets who are turned take 2 damage per second.
• Poisonous Touch - Touch enemies in melee range for 15 poison damage per second. 
• Viperbolt - A ball of poison that deals 6.25 damage per second for 5 seconds. 
• Poison Rune - Creates a rune on a nearby surface that explodes when enemies approach, dealing 10 poison damage per second for 5 seconds. 

Adept

• Close Wounds - Restores 30 Health per second.
• Rapid Regeneration - Restores 20 Health per second for 10 seconds.
• Ritual of Rejuvenation - Creates a ritual circle on the ground for 30 seconds. Whenever you stand within the circle, you receive 20% Magic Resistance and restore 10 Health per second.
• Greater Attunement - Fortifies vitaliy, increasing Health by 50 points for 120 seconds. 
• Mend - Heals the target, restoring 20 Health per second for 10 seconds.
• Greater Ward - Creates a magical ward that resists 30% of physical damage and negates up to 120 points of spell damage. 
• Cleanse - Cleanses all magical effects from the caster.
• Turn Greater Undead - Turns undead up to level 15 for 30 seconds. Targets who are turned take 6 damage per second.
• Repel Undead - Turns undead up to level 12 for 30 seconds. Targets who are turned take 4 damage per second.
• Poison Bloom - A wave of poison that deals 10 damage per second for 5 seconds. 
• Poison Aura - For 60 seconds, opponents in melee range take 8 poison damage per second.
• Poison Surge - A poisonous explosion that surges outward, dealing 12.5 damage per second for 5 seconds over a large area.

Expert

• Grand Healing - Restores 40 health per second. 
• Mutagen - Restores 25 health per second for 10 seconds. 
• Restoring Light - Envelops the caster in soothing light, restoring 5 Health per second for 300 seconds. 
• Divine Body - Fortifies vitality, increasing Health by 75 points for 120 seconds.
• Heal Other - Heals the target, restoring 40 Health per second. 
• Grand Ward - Creates a magical ward that resists 40% of physical damage and negates up to 160 points of spell damage. 
• Cure - Cures any diseases affecting the caster. 
• Grand Repulsion - Turns undead up to level 20 for 30 seconds. Targets who are turned take 8 damage per second.
• Ritual of Repulsion - Creates a ritual circle on the ground for 30 seconds. Undead up to level 16 who enter the circle are turned and take 6 damage per second.
• Venomous Grasp - Touch enemies in melee range for 40 poison damage per second. 
• Deadly Viperbolt - A deadly ball of poison that deals 15 damage per second for 5 seconds. 
• Deadly Poison Rune - Creates a rune on a nearby surface that explodes when enemies approach, dealing 17.5 poison damage per second over 5 seconds. 

Master

• Tears of Mara - Restores 30 Health per second for 10 seconds. 
• Ritual of Radiance - Creates a ritual circle on the ground for 30 seconds. Whenever you stand within the circle, you receive 35% Magic Resistance and restore 20 Health per second.
• Augur of Aetherius - Channels divine energies to fortify vitality, increasing Health by 100 points for 120 seconds.
• Convalescence - Heals the target, restoring 30 Health per second for 10 seconds.
• Spelldrinker - Creates a magical ward that resists 50% of physical damage and negates up to 200 points of spell damage. 
• Bane of the Undead - Turns undead in a large up to level 25 for 30 seconds. Targets who are turned take 10 damage per second.
• Night Terror - Touch enemies in melee range for 60 poison damage per second
• Viper’s Sting - A volatile ball of venom that deals 25 damage per second for 5 seconds.
• Death’s Wind - A wave of venom that deals 17.5 damage per second for 5 seconds. 
• Black Marsh - A venomous explosion that surges outward, dealing 15 damage per second for 5 seconds over a large area.
• Sheer Venom - For 60 seconds, opponents in melee range take 16 poison damage per second.

Special Spells and Vendor Changes

Mysticism makes adjustments to a small number of vendors in order to improve the overall experience of playing as a mage. Specifically, it ensures that each school of magic has at least one Expert vendor outside the College of Winterhold. Some of these vendors, such as Talvas Fathryon or Florentius Baenius, have unique spells that you won't find at (most) other vendors. Mysticism also hand-places some unique spells as loot throughout the world. If you're have trouble finding these spells, or you don't want to make the trip to Solstheim or the Soul Cairn right now, don't worry! The College is home to a certain shady elf who makes a living selling items that other mages can't get their hands on. If you're looking for a spell that can't be bought from other members of the College, pay him a visit and see what he has in stock.

• Rare and powerful spells hand-placed as loot throughout Skyrim.
• Sybille Stentor, Falion, Feran Sadri, Festus Krex, Florentius Baenius, and Tavlas Fathryon now sell Expert spells for their respective schools of magic.
• Sun magic and Ash magic are only available from the Dawngard and Tel Mithryn, respectively. New spells will become available when you complete the Restoration and Alteration ritual quests.
• Some of the most powerful spells in Mysticism can only be acquired by finding them in the world, in many cases guarded by powerful bosses!
• A special vendor in the College will have a rotating inventory of spells that are otherwise unavailable, in case you want to try your luck.

Spell List



Compatibility

Mysticism will cause no major compatibility issues. It edits Vanilla spells (using the original records whenever possible), adds new spells to the default leveled lists, and changes a small number of merchant chests. Like most mods that edit leveled lists, you may need to use a tool such as Wrye Bash to create a patch for your leveled lists, especially if you have more than one mod that edits the leveled lists for spells. 

Mysticism is 100% compatible with other spell packs, especially mods like Apocalypse and Forgotten Magic Redone. Mysticism is 99% compatible with Ordinator out of the box, and I have provided a patch for the other 1%. Load Ordinator after Mysticism so that it can overwrite my edits to the magic effects for Destruction perks. Whether Mysticism is compatible with other perk overhauls depends on whether or not they were built with compatibility in mind.

Mysticism edits a small number of merchant chests in order to distribute its spells across the world in an interesting way. Only one NPC is touched (Festus Krex), so Mysticism will not cause black face or any incompatibilities with NPC overhauls. Most of my changes to merchants will be compatible with other spell packs (so if you have both Mysticism and Apocalypse downloaded, Festus will sell Apocalypse spells).

FAQ 

I don’t like your changes to Vanilla spells, but I want to download your new spells. Will you make a standalone version? 

Currently, I am unwilling to release a standalone version of either my new spells or my Vanilla spell tweaks. To make a stand-alone version of my Vanilla spell tweaks, I would need to reevaluate and rebalance almost every single change. Similarly, the balance of my new spells is heavily dependent on the edits I have made to Vanilla spells. In short, Mysticism was designed as a single coherent system, and I can’t split that system in half without breaking it. However, my permissions are open, and anyone who would like to is welcome to create a stand-alone spell pack and host it on the Nexus as long as you credit me. 

Does Mysticism add its new spells to NPC mages?

Adding new spells to NPC mages would require a massive enemy overhaul, and would be out of scope for Mysticism. However, the changes and buffs to Vanilla spells will effect enemies as well. Mage encounters will be a good bit more difficult with Mysticism installed.

I’m way too weak, your mod is broken! 

The general balancing scheme of Mysticism is that the power of magic in the Vanilla game was “mostly fine” in the early and the middle game, and that all it really needed was some more oomph to help it scale into the late game. This is especially true for the damage-dealing spells in Destruction and Restoration. None of the spells in this pack outside Illusion are designed to be one-shot meme spells that destroy everything in your path. 

I’m way too powerful, your mod is broken! 

Ultimately, Skyrim is a single-player power fantasy, and at the end of the day you’re always going to be overpowered if you try to be. I have attempted to create a system with smooth progression, but it’s the user’s responsibility to balance their own game. Consider increasing the difficulty, or adding a combat mod to make your battles more engaging, if you feel you’re too strong.

When are you ever going to do anything worthwhile with your life? 

Seriously Dad what the fuck

I found a bug! What should I do?

Report it, either in the comments or in the bugs tab, so I can try to fix it as soon as possible! Any extra details you can include (where the bug happened, what you were doing, what other mods you were using) would be super helpful in tracking down the source of the issue. 

Does this mod require USSEP?

No, but I’ve tried to forward changes from USSEP wherever it seemed relevant. In some places I’ve diverged from USSEP due to reasons unique to Mysticism (for instance, I slightly reduced the damage of Wall of Fire once I made dual casting affect the hazard).

Credits 

First off, I would like to thank Parapets for countless hours helping me over the past several months. Almost everything I know about modding, I learned from him, and Mysticism would not exist without his help. 

I'd also like to thank EnaiSiaion, who is a constant source of creative and technical inspiration for me. Like many of you, I've sunk thousands of hours into his mods, and it's shaped the way I think about Skyrim. 

I'd also like to thank my friend VictorF for his extensive help with this project.

Several others contributed to the development of Mysticism in meaningful ways, and deserve special mention and my thanks. powerofthree helped with a few scripts and taught me how to tweak nifs for this project. Squittle, Pierre, Stalhrim, TrueDevilFox, and Pedrosian spent countless hours letting me bounce ideas off them, and giving me suggestions, feedback, and advice. This mod wouldn't exist without their help, or their friendship. ElectricSparx and several members of the r/Enairim discord server provided support and feedback throughout the process, and participated in a closed beta that helped to catch several bugs. 

Finally, I'd like to thank my wife for putting up with me for the last several months as I obsessed over this project, and for supporting me as I pursued my passions during a difficult period in our life.