LE Blocking cancels Attack animations

[Wienecke01]

I would really like it if someone could put a mod or tweak out that allows the 'block' action to cancel out the normal attack animations. I just hate being in a fight and trying to block an attack after mine missed, but since my attack animation hasn't quite re-set, I can block in time. I think that if you are alert enough to be able to hit the 'block' button, you should be allowed to do so. I'm not sure exactly how it is done, but I know that there was a mod for it put out for Oblivion, so maybe there are some similarities.

 

Thanks to anyone who manages to do this, I will totally endorse it!!

[redxavier]

This would be interesting, as it can introduce feinting. Would make combat more alive and dangerous to have both the player and NPCs feint attacks and recover from over-extended attacking more quickly.

[Wienecke01]

Yes, I used the mod in Oblivion along with a mod called 'Adrenaline Fueled Combat', which allowed you to learn special moves that could be assigned to different power attacks that would replace the vanilla disarm chance or stun chance with different effects such as bleeding damage, extra fatigue damage, knockdown chances etc. It really made the melee combat totally different, and more tactical, for instance if my enemy was low on health, but to dangerous to get close and engage for any amount of time I would dash in, use the the power attack that resulted in bleeding damage, and then dance away and let his health slowly drain. If he didn't die I would rinse and repeat. It really made the melee combat have many more options, and made it feel less bland compared to the embellished magik system. If someone could replicate these two mods for Skyrim, it would be AWESOME.