[SSE] Mod Ideas and Suggestions for people with the skill

[Xeron222]

1. Slippery Ice - Running on ice doesn't seem like a good idea - maybe while sprinting, there could be a chance of falling / slipping. Could be something like:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/70534

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/70979

 

...but happens while running on ice. Would be really cool if there could be an ice spell that the player can use that is similar to Wall of Frost, but instead of a wall - it could make the ground icy and could make npcs / enemies slip. Fun for trolling npcs.

2. Random effect when 'learning' new spells - instead of learning the spell, there could be a random chance of something else happening. For example: If you use a Spell Tome to learn Flames, there could be a very small chance of an explosion. Kind of like in the College of Winterhold when the student mages are experimenting with spells and things go wrong. For Ice spells the player could end up frozen (paralyzed?) temporarily. For Conjuration, there could be a small chance of summons being hostile.

3. Ghosts (and Arvak!) waterwalking - shouldn't all ghosts be able to walk on water?

4. Elisif's (or Ulfrik's) coronation - could be an 'event' after the main quest. No one is ever officially made ruler of Skyrim after the civil war. This is something that has always bugged me. It could possibly involve removing some dialogue / conversations and possibly adding new ones via splicing / XVASynth. Maybe an option for the Dragonborn to become high king / queen as well? Since those who are dragonborn are usually (not always) rulers.

5. Useful for new players (and possibly old players!!): A mod that hints at the morality / alignment / factions of quests before you accept them. Would require editing dialogues. Something like "Hey, help me check out this abandoned house!" Player choices: "Okay! (Daedric Quest)". I know it's a bit spoilery in a way, but it prevents players from making choices they don't want to without realizing it.

6. "Buildable" furniture. We already have mods that let us place furniture...but for *immersion*, wouldn't it be cool to actually *BUILD* the furniture? Would require furniture placement marker and possible animations. There is already a Hammering animation in the game...could be used (possibly while kneeling?) to show an animation for building a bed / chair / shelf / etc. More immersive decorating!

7. Something else that has always bothered me is how 'seasons' and time work in Skyrim. If you use mods like 'Seasons of Skyrim' or 'Holidays'...you never get to see the different seasons and holidays because of how long the months are. I know there are mods like "Time Passes"...but what about a mod that cuts the game months in half? Instead of 30/31 days...it could be 14/15 days for each month. I know this would mess with holidays - unless a patch could be made eventually. Instead of holidays being on the 30/31st of the month, they could be on the 14th / 15th of the month. So the holidays would need to be squished down to different days, basically. With the in game months cut in half - that would make the total number of in game days change to 182.5 instead of 365. If you use pregnancy mods, that would make 9 months need to be more like 4.5 months to match the new timing.

8. Speaking of time in Skyrim...how do the people of Skyrim keep track of it? There are no clocks, only one moondial in game - but there is mention of sundials. There is one mod that adds Sundials and Moondials: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/60226

I've used it myself, and it is a great idea - but it has a problem with one of the doors under riften. As far as keeping track of what day / month it is - there are no calendars at all. How do people know what month / day it is?

9. Rare Plants - Jarrin root, for example. In Skyrim, Jarrin root is very very rare. So rare that there is only ONE instance of it in the game. Where did it come from? Is it the ONLY plant of it's kind in all of Skyrim? I know it's overpowered - but shouldn't there be a few more somewhere?

Edited January 27, 2023 by Xeron222