Description

This mod adds a one handed sword based on Nightblood from Brandon Sanderson's book Warbreaker. So what's so special about Nightblood then?

Nightblood is a semi-sentient magical sword that consumes the Investiture (basically magical energy) of its wielder to lay waste to evildoers. In fact, it was given a single command, "Destroy Evil" when it was created. The unforeseen consequence of Awakening steel however being that it has no sense of what the abstract "Evil" really is. So Nightblood sticks to what it can understand, destroying things. And since it wants to destroy them, they are evil. Obviously.

It takes a strong will to resist Nightblood, in addition to a lack of desire to do evil. Because of his tendency to tempt people to commit evil acts and then consume them, Nightblood is more often thrown still sheathed into a group of enemies. He then tempts someone to draw him and uses that person destroy everything until they themselves are consumed.

In Skyrim terms, Nightblood will consume magicka for as long as it is drawn. Once it has run out of magicka, it will begin draining your health until you either sheathe it or die. Nightblood has the base damage of a Daedric Sword improved with a Smithing of 70, applies a DoT to enemies, and has a special 'Tempt Evil' effect when dropped on the ground.

When tossed on the ground near enemies, he will periodically tempt a nearby enemy to wield him. Once they reach him, they pick him up and draw him, and Nightblood casts a frenzy spell on them. Once his wielder has perished, he will fall to the ground and begin tempting more enemies.

Currently, he can tempt all enemies who are not essential, are hostile, not dead, and not a creature.

Stats

Base
Damage: 18
Weight: 10
Speed: 1.0
Reach: 1.0
Stagger: 1.1

Destroy Evil (DoT on Enemies)
DPS: 5
Duration: 10

Nightblood's Hunger (Upkeep Cost)
Magicka Per Second: 10
Health Per Second: 15
(Health only applies after Magicka is gone)

Note: These are all preliminary stats and may change further in updates as I get time.

Where to find it
Nightblood is on the altar to Molag Bal in Castle Volkihar, as shown in one of the screenshots.

To Do:
Smooth out the process of enemies walking to Nightblood when tempted.  - v1.1
Add tracking quest
Adjust balancing?
Find more appropriate model / texture. Maybe tweak them a bit versus just applying the shader.
Maybe make a chatter-free version.


Credit and Permissions

The sword mesh and textures are from Ghosus Weapon Pack, used because of the note from Ghosu saying that his assets were free to use. (The black effect on Nightblood is actually just a shader for now, everything is more or less stock from his mod). If anyone familiar with Warbreaker knows of a more appropriate sword out there please shoot me a message / comment and I'll look at it.

Since the only resources in the mod weren't mine to begin with, feel free to take apart and use anything you want. I've included the script sources as well. But please do not upload other versions of this mod in its entirety here / elsewhere.

The comments that Nightblood makes are mostly quotes directly from Warbreaker as well.