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ARMABORN – Realism Survival & Combat
ARMABORN is an ESP mod that edits every single NPC’s Stats in the game to be leveled and match the player’s level which is level 81.
It also changes damages in game settings:
• Stealth
• Ragdoll Force
• Combat AI
• Damage
• All Vanilla Skyrim Wea
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Donations
Complete Total Gameplay Conversion
(Not a Combat mod Nor a AI mod - ARMABORN is a totally new game concept that is not following the rules of Video game Skyrim but instead follows the rules of the CGI Skyrim fight scenes meaning light clothes dont protect you thick clothe armor will protect you... Day Z style combat so its unforgiving yet your all equal to each others Races example Nords Vs Humanoid Races like Falmer's other Nords or khajiit your all equals....... but fighting a bear good luck.)
ARMABORN is basically a new game, so it is not compatible with other combat mods the alter the gameplay features.
Damages
Weapon Stats
Armor stats
Potion Stats
Basically if you use ARMABORN install it first then install your mods one by one making sure ARMABORN is loaded as last in the load order to avoid any overwrites from other mods.
Example:
Mods_1
Mods_2
Mods_3
Mods_4
Mods_5
Mods_6
Mods_7
Mods_8
Mods_9
Mods_10
zzzARMABORN - Load this as last!!
Use Nexus mod manager Community edition to manually re order mod esps : https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/305
ARMABORN– Realism Survival & Combat
Yet its not a combat mod nor just a damage mod.
Many combat mods and damage mods out there are great and I recommend trying out because you might like what they offer, but ARMABORN is not going for that it's never intended for a vanilla plus so this big change might not be what most skyrim player are wanting.
Think of it like this:
Other combat mods sprinkle some flavor here and there and gives you a experience that dose not stray away from Skyrim rules that dictate what goes down in a quick fight and most of the time they are unbalanced due to the fact all they change is the combat or the damage therefor the game feels limited or flawed.
ARMABORN dose not care for rules it pushes everything off the kitchen table and slams a new dish to try all together. basically reinventing the rules reinventing the whole games feeling yes chicken is chicken both same however ARMABORN uses much different herbs and spices changing the whole texture and flavor of the Chicken entirely like this place dose with its chicken.
ARMABORN dose exactly that chicken is chicken but you'll know when its from Willie Mae’s because that's some dam goo chicken!!!
Must Load Last in your mod Load Order at all times.
ARMABORN is a new concept for Skyrim Basically from Level progression RPG D&D mechanics it becomes more of a fast paced action combat game similar to the direction of what Chivalry games are going, example of Chivalry games there pretty fun and sometimes when you want to play Skyrim but you also want to play a different game now you can try a new concept of Skyrim, its not for everyone but if your into games like Chivalry then you might like ARMABORN.
Concept of How fast fight go in ARMABORN :
Next Update Armors more detailed Protection - Released
ARMABORN is an ESP mod that edits every single NPC’s Stats in the game to be leveled and
match the player’s level which is level 81.
It also changes damages in game settings:
· Stealth
· Ragdoll Force
· Combat AI
· Damage
· All Vanilla Skyrim Weapons
· All Vanilla Skyrim Armors
· Most Potions
· Some Foods
· Adds New Foods
· Adds A hunting loot system
· Traders have more gold and sell a lot more items
· Removes Leveling up and skill perks effects most of them.
Weapons are now all the same, the only difference is that a dagger is little less
powerful than a sword and a sword is a little less powerful as a twohanded
weapon, bows and arrows are much more useful now.
The AI’s combat style has been changed to be much more aggressive.
This will make enemies take advantage of their numbers and weapon skills to kill their target with ease, so be on your guard when approaching a hostile bandit or soldier on your travels.
Don’t under estimate an NPC now they will have the advantage to one hit you with a power attack that lands perfectly if you are unlucky enough to let them line it up or flank you while you’re engaging their friends.
To dodge enemies power attacks simply move to the side and their momentum will carry them forward and you will be able to get a clean hit to their back once you see an opening in their defense.
ARMABORN is also a mod that changes many more things in the game settings that are light weight edits but together will have an effect like non other.
Examples, realistic ragdoll forces in ARMABORN they are much more heavy and more real world like a sword hit won’t throw an enemy but instead cut and drop them onto the ground.
Stealth has been edited to be much harder to successfully pull off without getting detected and the ranges are much further than most stealth edits available on nexus or Bethesda.
These extended distances for stealth will allow enemies to hear better so be extra careful on how to run around in a dungeon because sound gets carried down the halls and tunnels where there is not much sound and enemies will hear you making a ruckus then seek out the source of the sound, most likely they won’t come alone either.
Hunting and Looting has changed to create a new way to easily make quick cash from skinning Animals and selling the loot you find from your adventures in Skyrim as you explore.
More meat has been added to the animals this way you don’t just kill a saber cat and waste its meat, you now will be able to field dress the saber cat and collect lot of yummy meats from it and after you can cook it at a camp fire then eat it or sell it for some gold.
NPCs aren’t the only ones who has gotten upgraded, the animals of Skyrim have also been changed too so that they match the player and be more of a challenge on an encounter.
Animals have a lot of good meat you can get from their bodies but be careful because they won’t go down without a fight that is if you’re hunting the predators like bears, saber cats, trolls, and the other tiers of predators.
Speeds have been changed for the way animals run so trying to outrun a wolf will not go so well for the player, so don’t anger the predators unless you are ready to fight them.
A lot of other creatures received upgrades like the dragons, Dwemer.
The Dwemer machines now are much harder to take down because they will fight like Bethesda intended, this also means you will need to have companions not a requirement but helpful if you don’t want to do all the hard work and want to have a buddy to watch your back from time to time when things get messy on your adventures.
Skyrim is a place where you will see many beautiful sights not just because of all your amazing graphics mods but even in the vanilla game mode Skyrim has many wonderful places to gaze upon.
No there are no changes to the graphics this is only a gameplay mod, but good gameplay will allow for a great graphical experience that will have more of an immersive impact on you while you live through the eyes of your player and see what they see along your adventures.
So, what does this do and how would this gameplay mod that has nothing to do with graphics effects change the graphics so much in a good way and adding immersion to your game?
Simple, this mod is not a gameplay mod either, this is not meant to give you a vanilla plus Skyrim experience.
If you want gameplay mods that just change small things, then this mod is not for you because this is not going for a vanilla Skyrim feeling nor is it intended to be vanilla plus.
So, to understand ARMABORN you first must forget how to play Skyrim, forget leveling up, forget that Skyrim is a Fantasy RPG and imagine your playing a game like Day Z or Kingdom Come Deliverance.
ARMABORN is a completely new take on Skyrim a new path that transforms it form a game where you are forced to focus on leveling up and grinding out your skills till you can do some cool stuff with magic and dragon shouts.
Now you don’t need to focus on all that because the skill of your player is not determined by the game, skills are now determined by the player and his or her skills playing the game so simply said in the language of Dark Souls… “Git Gud Scrub”
Vanilla Skyrim is a great game and fun but its not the direction ARMABORN is going for.
Skyrim Vanilla gameplay Example see in the picture:
Feels like a game, it’s fun? yes, immersive might be for some, leveling up grinding does not feel realistic and can feel hit spongy “Bullet Spongy” when engaging enemies and this can kill the immersion on your adventures if you’re not into D&D logic, but you still enjoy the fantasy world of Skyrim.
This mod is intended to let player experience a more realistic real world take on Skyrim where you still feel like it’s Skyrim,
but the genre of the gameplay has been completely remade in a way that is more leaning towards the Day Z ARMA survival combat logic.
ARMABORN is an entirely new path itexplores a new way to experience Skyrim.
Example of the feeling you get when playing ARMABORN look at the pictures:
ARMABORN completely removes leveling up and skills.
What will this mean for you player?
Firstly, it means you now only focus on the actual adventure so traveling, camping, sightseeing, exploring, swimming, fishing, hunting, quests, side missions, immersion and many more things that you never get to do while playing vanilla Skyrim because the constant leveling system gets in your way and forces you to kill everything you see in order to get to level 50 just so that you are able to beat a certain NPC that’s in your way somewhere.
This completely throws the player off from immersion, so ARMABORN removes that for you and replaces it with realistic balanced combat and survival that lets you focus on the fun stuff, stuff that is actually memorable like going out on an
adventure and hunting, then cooking your food after eating it you set up a camp sight with the CC camping content or if you use a camping mod from nexus and sleeping there for a while.
Immersion what happens when you are playing ARMABORN, and immersion lets you feel alive like you are actually in the lands of Skyrim.
The means you now have to think tactics when battling enemies, so git gud scrub.
ARMABORN is a mod that makes you feel human, it makes you feel mortal therefor allowing you to develop a greater connection to your companions you meet along the way.
The feeling of true mortality, the struggle of everyday survival this is what ARMABORN is intended to do, ARMABORN is an immersive new direction for Skyrim.
The romantic mods you might like to use on your playthrough will be enhanced with ARMABORN by making the NPC more like you so you and they must work together in order to survive in Skyrim.
The game will feel like a realistic RPG just like Day Z offers you but in a Skyrim way.
With realistic combat damages and because all the NPCs and animals are edited not by scripts but by hand, everything is well balanced.
It took along time to accomplish this but was well worth it so that ARMABORN is balanced and shines in the gameplay department so that you can focus on honing your real world keyboard or controller skills to win a battle.
This being said, you might be wondering if everything is the same level as you then would that mean dragons and other larger creatures be under powered?
They won’t because all the characters are hand edited one by one,
one after the other a slow and painstaking process that allowed me to make them stronger in a way that feels balanced and not bullet spongey or Arrow spongey when you are in battle.
You are able to one hit a lot of enemies you desire to take out cleanly and silently, but you must be aware that they too can do the same for you if they flank you while your engaged in battle with their friends.
Compatibility
Compatible Mods:
· Mesh Replacement mods
· Texture Replacement mods
· Mods that add new or replace meshes and textures
· Mods that are scripted animation category like FINS Sex labs ect…
· Mods in general that don’t change vanilla items, armors, NPCs stats only replace their look so High Polly characters that are not editing races or the Actors only the meshes and textures.
· Race menu, Enhanced Characters, and all the skeletons you need for breast physics all are compatible.
Not Compatible mods:
· Mods that alter weapon damages
· Mods that change Vanilla item stats that are changed by ARMABORN
· Gameplay mods that change the same values that ARMABORN changes
· Mods that are editing Actor’s stats
· Anything that messes with Weapon stats vanilla
· Item replacers that don’t use vanilla names example steel weapons or ironweapons replace but the new meshes are not named the same as vanilla there for the weapons stats are changed and balancing issues happen.
How to check what mods are compatible with ARMABORN?
Use SSEEDIT, open ARMABORN with the mods you’re not sure about and check if anything is overwritten that should not be.
SSEDIT can also help you patch any new weapon mods to be ARMABORN compatible with balancing by changing their damage in the stats section.
ARMABORN will be slowly expanding as time goes on all the while remaining just a single ESP without scripts to ensure your
maximum compatibility and reliability even when scripts are down.
This means it is also available on PS4, Xbox and PC Bethesda mods section, so its not just Nexus where you will be able to find this new lore friendly experience for Skyrim.
Enjoy and stay safe on your Adventures.
(Not a Combat mod Nor a AI mod - ARMABORN is a totally new game concept that is not following the rules of Video game Skyrim but instead follows the rules of the CGI Skyrim fight scenes meaning light clothes dont protect you thick clothe armor will protect you... Day Z style combat so its unforgiving yet your all equal to each others Races example Nords Vs Humanoid Races like Falmer's other Nords or khajiit your all equals....... but fighting a bear good luck.)
ARMABORN is basically a new game, so it is not compatible with other combat mods the alter the gameplay features.
Damages
Weapon Stats
Armor stats
Potion Stats
Basically if you use ARMABORN install it first then install your mods one by one making sure ARMABORN is loaded as last in the load order to avoid any overwrites from other mods.
Example:
Mods_1
Mods_2
Mods_3
Mods_4
Mods_5
Mods_6
Mods_7
Mods_8
Mods_9
Mods_10
zzzARMABORN - Load this as last!!
Use Nexus mod manager Community edition to manually re order mod esps : https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/305
ARMABORN– Realism Survival & Combat
Yet its not a combat mod nor just a damage mod.
Many combat mods and damage mods out there are great and I recommend trying out because you might like what they offer, but ARMABORN is not going for that it's never intended for a vanilla plus so this big change might not be what most skyrim player are wanting.
Think of it like this:
Other combat mods sprinkle some flavor here and there and gives you a experience that dose not stray away from Skyrim rules that dictate what goes down in a quick fight and most of the time they are unbalanced due to the fact all they change is the combat or the damage therefor the game feels limited or flawed.
ARMABORN dose not care for rules it pushes everything off the kitchen table and slams a new dish to try all together. basically reinventing the rules reinventing the whole games feeling yes chicken is chicken both same however ARMABORN uses much different herbs and spices changing the whole texture and flavor of the Chicken entirely like this place dose with its chicken.
ARMABORN dose exactly that chicken is chicken but you'll know when its from Willie Mae’s because that's some dam goo chicken!!!
Must Load Last in your mod Load Order at all times.
ARMABORN is a new concept for Skyrim Basically from Level progression RPG D&D mechanics it becomes more of a fast paced action combat game similar to the direction of what Chivalry games are going, example of Chivalry games there pretty fun and sometimes when you want to play Skyrim but you also want to play a different game now you can try a new concept of Skyrim, its not for everyone but if your into games like Chivalry then you might like ARMABORN.
Concept of How fast fight go in ARMABORN :
Next Update Armors more detailed Protection - Released
ARMABORN is an ESP mod that edits every single NPC’s Stats in the game to be leveled and
match the player’s level which is level 81.
It also changes damages in game settings:
· Stealth
· Ragdoll Force
· Combat AI
· Damage
· All Vanilla Skyrim Weapons
· All Vanilla Skyrim Armors
· Most Potions
· Some Foods
· Adds New Foods
· Adds A hunting loot system
· Traders have more gold and sell a lot more items
· Removes Leveling up and skill perks effects most of them.
Weapons are now all the same, the only difference is that a dagger is little less
powerful than a sword and a sword is a little less powerful as a twohanded
weapon, bows and arrows are much more useful now.
The AI’s combat style has been changed to be much more aggressive.
This will make enemies take advantage of their numbers and weapon skills to kill their target with ease, so be on your guard when approaching a hostile bandit or soldier on your travels.
Don’t under estimate an NPC now they will have the advantage to one hit you with a power attack that lands perfectly if you are unlucky enough to let them line it up or flank you while you’re engaging their friends.
To dodge enemies power attacks simply move to the side and their momentum will carry them forward and you will be able to get a clean hit to their back once you see an opening in their defense.
ARMABORN is also a mod that changes many more things in the game settings that are light weight edits but together will have an effect like non other.
Examples, realistic ragdoll forces in ARMABORN they are much more heavy and more real world like a sword hit won’t throw an enemy but instead cut and drop them onto the ground.
Stealth has been edited to be much harder to successfully pull off without getting detected and the ranges are much further than most stealth edits available on nexus or Bethesda.
These extended distances for stealth will allow enemies to hear better so be extra careful on how to run around in a dungeon because sound gets carried down the halls and tunnels where there is not much sound and enemies will hear you making a ruckus then seek out the source of the sound, most likely they won’t come alone either.
Hunting and Looting has changed to create a new way to easily make quick cash from skinning Animals and selling the loot you find from your adventures in Skyrim as you explore.
More meat has been added to the animals this way you don’t just kill a saber cat and waste its meat, you now will be able to field dress the saber cat and collect lot of yummy meats from it and after you can cook it at a camp fire then eat it or sell it for some gold.
NPCs aren’t the only ones who has gotten upgraded, the animals of Skyrim have also been changed too so that they match the player and be more of a challenge on an encounter.
Animals have a lot of good meat you can get from their bodies but be careful because they won’t go down without a fight that is if you’re hunting the predators like bears, saber cats, trolls, and the other tiers of predators.
Speeds have been changed for the way animals run so trying to outrun a wolf will not go so well for the player, so don’t anger the predators unless you are ready to fight them.
A lot of other creatures received upgrades like the dragons, Dwemer.
The Dwemer machines now are much harder to take down because they will fight like Bethesda intended, this also means you will need to have companions not a requirement but helpful if you don’t want to do all the hard work and want to have a buddy to watch your back from time to time when things get messy on your adventures.
Skyrim is a place where you will see many beautiful sights not just because of all your amazing graphics mods but even in the vanilla game mode Skyrim has many wonderful places to gaze upon.
No there are no changes to the graphics this is only a gameplay mod, but good gameplay will allow for a great graphical experience that will have more of an immersive impact on you while you live through the eyes of your player and see what they see along your adventures.
So, what does this do and how would this gameplay mod that has nothing to do with graphics effects change the graphics so much in a good way and adding immersion to your game?
Simple, this mod is not a gameplay mod either, this is not meant to give you a vanilla plus Skyrim experience.
If you want gameplay mods that just change small things, then this mod is not for you because this is not going for a vanilla Skyrim feeling nor is it intended to be vanilla plus.
So, to understand ARMABORN you first must forget how to play Skyrim, forget leveling up, forget that Skyrim is a Fantasy RPG and imagine your playing a game like Day Z or Kingdom Come Deliverance.
ARMABORN is a completely new take on Skyrim a new path that transforms it form a game where you are forced to focus on leveling up and grinding out your skills till you can do some cool stuff with magic and dragon shouts.
Now you don’t need to focus on all that because the skill of your player is not determined by the game, skills are now determined by the player and his or her skills playing the game so simply said in the language of Dark Souls… “Git Gud Scrub”
Vanilla Skyrim is a great game and fun but its not the direction ARMABORN is going for.
Skyrim Vanilla gameplay Example see in the picture:
Feels like a game, it’s fun? yes, immersive might be for some, leveling up grinding does not feel realistic and can feel hit spongy “Bullet Spongy” when engaging enemies and this can kill the immersion on your adventures if you’re not into D&D logic, but you still enjoy the fantasy world of Skyrim.
This mod is intended to let player experience a more realistic real world take on Skyrim where you still feel like it’s Skyrim,
but the genre of the gameplay has been completely remade in a way that is more leaning towards the Day Z ARMA survival combat logic.
ARMABORN is an entirely new path itexplores a new way to experience Skyrim.
Example of the feeling you get when playing ARMABORN look at the pictures:
ARMABORN completely removes leveling up and skills.
What will this mean for you player?
Firstly, it means you now only focus on the actual adventure so traveling, camping, sightseeing, exploring, swimming, fishing, hunting, quests, side missions, immersion and many more things that you never get to do while playing vanilla Skyrim because the constant leveling system gets in your way and forces you to kill everything you see in order to get to level 50 just so that you are able to beat a certain NPC that’s in your way somewhere.
This completely throws the player off from immersion, so ARMABORN removes that for you and replaces it with realistic balanced combat and survival that lets you focus on the fun stuff, stuff that is actually memorable like going out on an
adventure and hunting, then cooking your food after eating it you set up a camp sight with the CC camping content or if you use a camping mod from nexus and sleeping there for a while.
Immersion what happens when you are playing ARMABORN, and immersion lets you feel alive like you are actually in the lands of Skyrim.
The means you now have to think tactics when battling enemies, so git gud scrub.
ARMABORN is a mod that makes you feel human, it makes you feel mortal therefor allowing you to develop a greater connection to your companions you meet along the way.
The feeling of true mortality, the struggle of everyday survival this is what ARMABORN is intended to do, ARMABORN is an immersive new direction for Skyrim.
The romantic mods you might like to use on your playthrough will be enhanced with ARMABORN by making the NPC more like you so you and they must work together in order to survive in Skyrim.
The game will feel like a realistic RPG just like Day Z offers you but in a Skyrim way.
With realistic combat damages and because all the NPCs and animals are edited not by scripts but by hand, everything is well balanced.
It took along time to accomplish this but was well worth it so that ARMABORN is balanced and shines in the gameplay department so that you can focus on honing your real world keyboard or controller skills to win a battle.
This being said, you might be wondering if everything is the same level as you then would that mean dragons and other larger creatures be under powered?
They won’t because all the characters are hand edited one by one,
one after the other a slow and painstaking process that allowed me to make them stronger in a way that feels balanced and not bullet spongey or Arrow spongey when you are in battle.
You are able to one hit a lot of enemies you desire to take out cleanly and silently, but you must be aware that they too can do the same for you if they flank you while your engaged in battle with their friends.
Compatibility
Compatible Mods:
· Mesh Replacement mods
· Texture Replacement mods
· Mods that add new or replace meshes and textures
· Mods that are scripted animation category like FINS Sex labs ect…
· Mods in general that don’t change vanilla items, armors, NPCs stats only replace their look so High Polly characters that are not editing races or the Actors only the meshes and textures.
· Race menu, Enhanced Characters, and all the skeletons you need for breast physics all are compatible.
Not Compatible mods:
· Mods that alter weapon damages
· Mods that change Vanilla item stats that are changed by ARMABORN
· Gameplay mods that change the same values that ARMABORN changes
· Mods that are editing Actor’s stats
· Anything that messes with Weapon stats vanilla
· Item replacers that don’t use vanilla names example steel weapons or ironweapons replace but the new meshes are not named the same as vanilla there for the weapons stats are changed and balancing issues happen.
How to check what mods are compatible with ARMABORN?
Use SSEEDIT, open ARMABORN with the mods you’re not sure about and check if anything is overwritten that should not be.
SSEDIT can also help you patch any new weapon mods to be ARMABORN compatible with balancing by changing their damage in the stats section.
ARMABORN will be slowly expanding as time goes on all the while remaining just a single ESP without scripts to ensure your
maximum compatibility and reliability even when scripts are down.
This means it is also available on PS4, Xbox and PC Bethesda mods section, so its not just Nexus where you will be able to find this new lore friendly experience for Skyrim.
Enjoy and stay safe on your Adventures.