Idea for a mod that deals with the Armor Cap.

[shadowknyght]

I know we are aware of the armor cap in Skyrim. I know why it's there, however I would like some sort of mod that would reward characters with armor ratings over 567 or 662 or whatever the cap is.

I don't know how to mod myself, however I do have an idea for a mod that would remedy this issue. The idea is for armor ratings over the damage cap to be translated into Hp. It would be temp HP, of course similar to HP gained by armor with hit point buffs enchanted on them. This would allow characters who go over the armor cap to still benefit from the armor they wear.

Now how much they get per x points over the armor cap is something I'm not sure about. It would need to be a number low enough so that you wouldn't need to buff weapons, however it would need to be high enough to make a difference. Maybe 10 HP for every 50 pts of Armor over 567.

The ratio I mentioned would mean a character with 2067 Armor Rating would reduce damage by 80% just like normal, but also have an additional 300 HP. That may seem a bit broken, but It is pretty hard to get an armor up that high. I'd imagine even harder in Light Armor. And if it's not the ratio could simply be changed. to something like 5 HP for every 50 pts of armor over the cap or it could be adjusted up if that's what is needed. Of course this would need to be distributed across all enemies as well, but ultimately I think it'll work just fine. You could even do things were the extra HP is negated by magic, to minimize it's effect on things that don't necessarily need to be buffed.

[Thandal]

This is the Nexus *site* "Feedback, suggestions and questions" forum. Each individual game has its own set of forums to discuss things specific to that game.

 

I would have moved this topic to the appropriate one for you... if you'd given any clue as to which of the over 350 games we support you were on about.