jumpsteadeh Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) I feel like there's only one thing really keeping me from playing as a mage in Skyrim: staves. I don't like how magic comes out of your hands, and staves only get certain spells. I'd rather have staves function in a different way - the different spells your equip come out of your staff, not your hand. This could function in 2 ways: 1. You have a box of individual staves placed somewhere in the game, just with each model available (with a staves of skyrim compatability version, of course). They would basically replace your hand animation for spells. 2. All staffs are overhauled. Instead of each staff having a spell tied to it, each staff magnifies your magic in a unique way. Maybe your destruction spells become more powerful, or illusion spells cost less to cast. s*** like that. Bonus objective: Walking animations. When a staff is unequiped, you don't put it on your back, but you walk with it like a walking stick. I believe this could be done with the "sheathed" mode of torches, with a little bit of modification. In Skyrim, being a mage doesn't feel very magical. I don't feel like a wizard of old, with the pointy hat and trusty staff. Luckily, there's a mod for the pointy hat, but staves have a bit to go. Here's the wizard hat mod I found http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/4198/? , but it's really not the best model ever. Edited November 15, 2014 by jumpsteadeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dohkaviin Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 You don't have to know how spells come out of your hand. It's magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megachipman Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Reasons why the magic coming out of your hand or not aside, I really like the second suggestion As a mage in mine I rarely use staves so having them be a sort of upgrade to your spells seems like a really neat idea. It would give me a reason to actually use magical staves for my magic, as well as make it so prisoners and other de-geared mages would be less dangerous than a powerful necromancer you find in their lair. I for oen am all for a mod like this, would probably make me pick up my mage again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpsteadeh Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Inquisition coming out really makes me want this more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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