LE ::Mod Idea::Skysouls Leveling Overhaul::Dark Souls Style Leveling

[AsrielIrae]

(( http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/72365/? ))

 

My idea is similar to the link above mod here. The mod above, makes you use gold in order to level up. I was thinking it would be interesting, however, to use earned XP to level up, in the same nature and UI as World's Dawn, but you are required to go to a trainer in order to do this, similar to this mod. Something that could be changed with World's Dawn is Respecs could instead be done by giving a specific NPC a Dragon Soul, or something along those lines, in exchange for redistributing your stats.

 

You can gain experience from quests and killing enemies, similar to World's Dawn, but also from an option to consume Dragon Souls. In addition, Dragon Priests and some bosses can drop Great Souls, which will be traded in for weapons, a dragon priest mask, or consumed for a large amount of XP (Which is pointless since you still get a bunch of XP for killing them anyways). In addition, implementing the "Dragon Souls - Death is highly overrated" mod, you can get rid of the script that takes all items away from you, and instead trade it for one that will remove your XP.

 

((Sidenote: It would also be interesting to have to earn specific Words of Power from specific Dragon bosses, rather than just any Dragon, therefore balancing your ability to get OP shouts like Marked for Death, by placing a difficult boss in your path.))

 

I have been very interested in learning modding to merge these mods together somehow. They would be perfect if they could work together as an ovehaul.

 

I would like to use a mod like this while playing the upcoming Apotheosis mod, which is a Dark Souls style questline that has it's own hub world. It would be nice to have this sort of leveling system while playing it.

 

((Another Sidenote: A final idea Souls had inspired was NPC Gravestones, and being able to use their services even after their death, with a heavy fee. It will allow you to kill essential NPCs or merchants without breaking the game.))

 

Things like this might just make Skyrim just as fun as Souls - Those who played them all know how Souls ruins other RPGs due to it's admittedly fair, yet painfully difficult nature. That is something the beautiful world of Skyrim needs, it will bring people like me back to Skyrim to play more often.

 

- Taylor A. Port