So you want to dual wield? Oh you would rather go for the 2 Hander? Just the 1 hander then? Got a shield but no ward?

Do I have the mod for you.....
Presenting Warded Blocking, a fire and forget lesser power ward that activates anytime you block.
Whether you are a 2 Hander or dual wield or just running a Sword and shield, heck even a mage with a staff and summon can use Warded Blocking.
This is your chance to finally have wards while being a swordsman or a raging orc.


Brief History.

For years I wanted the Spellbreaker effect not just on a mod shield but for duel wielding, my cries and pleas went unanswered until one day on a buried Reddit post I found ChizFoShiz (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/4950996) mod Warded Blocks, I was so happy. Then SSE happened and I did a very dirty port of the mod (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/13404) That did work but was dirtier than the girl you want to date.
So when AE happened I started asking the better qualified modders to help port and clean it for AE sadly only 1 person on that other place offered help.
So I rolled up my sleeves an started the old Google search and started the deep dive into the mod itself.

How it works.
You can either go to the shrine(see images) or use an additem mod to grab the tomes. Learn the tome, there are 4 in total novice, apprentice, expert and master. One the tome is learnt activate via the powers menu, and there you go anytime you block you will have a ward.

This is a small spell mod, it adds 4 tiers of toggle powers that allow the user to cast 4 different levels of ward spell by just blocking with their equipped weapon/shield. Each spell costs varying amounts of magicka based on the restoration perks the user has obtained.
- Overhauled new version made by fellow Nexus user White Shadow uploaded changes as described follow:
- All unnecessary effects and scripts removed
- NPC and all packages,quests and cell-edits removed
- Spells can now be obtained at a shrine next to your Imbued Weapons shrine (fitting design and placement). 
- All spells have the same visual effect when casting (as the lesser had in the original version)
- All spells have proper and consistent descriptions
- Info effect added which displays while not blocking.
- Magicka-use overhauled. The mechanic is the same, while fixing the stack-bug, added 6 steps instead of 5.
- Magicka-use now is balanced taking normal wards into account. IF you use the Master level with no Restoration skill tree perks it will chew through your magicka.
- The half-magicka-effect of perks is taken into account now. The magicka use generally drops with higher perks while halving it on their specific perks (Novice, Adept, Expert, Master)
- Consistent naming of the effects and Spells


What has changed.
It is now a cleaner version, it still a little dirty here and there but I'll keep working on it. 
I have add functions for WB to work with Wards Functionalities Extended (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18664) but not required.
I also dimmed the ward effect but if you use a mod that changes the texture of wards it should not effect WB at all.
The Master tome may seem OP but it drains magicka and stamina and a good rate, this can be adjusted if you using the mod  Wards Functionalities Extended (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18664). 

Requirements.
None

Compatibility
Should work with pretty much any mod, I am not sure of those massive magic overhaul mods but it should not be a problem, if there is let me know and I will try sort it out. 

Useful mods
Wards Functionalities Extended (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/18664)
Any mod that allows hotkey for duel wield blocking.

Thanks to
 ChizFoShiz (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/4950996) for the original mod and his permission to use it.


My permissions.
This is a nexus exclusive, if you want to translate, port to console, or use it in your mod just ask first please.