[LE] Fear Aura question

[forascalon]

Not sure what was going on here, but I have confirmed that I can use the Concentration cast type on the damage spell successfully. I also made another huge leap (for me) and got the final product out at last!

 

This ended up being set of robes with something like the Ebony Mail enchantment, except with fear instead of poison damage, and you can disenchant them and put the enchantment on a new piece of chest armor! I had to do the following to make this work, in case any other modders out there need a step-by-step guide on how to do this:

 

Armor -> Enchantment (0_FearCloakENCH), which uses the initial Magic Effect (0_FearCloakPrimaryEffect)

Primary "Effect" has no real settings, but gives the player a hidden "Perk" (0_FearCloakPERK)

The Perk assigns two "Ability" type spells, and each spell has its own unique, internal condition for activation (IsSneaking=1 for the muffle effect, and IsInCombat=1 for the fear aura effect).

When in combat, the actual Cloak effect is activated (0_FearCloakSelfEffect) in order to paint you all badass black and call up the associated damage spell (0_FearCloakDMGSpell)

The damage spell has its own Magic Effect, using the Demoralize archetype, Concentration cast type, and Aimed delivery - and it works like a charm!!!

 

 

This gave me so much grief it's hard to believe. I'm sure I missed something obvious during my testing, but now it's complete and I'm thoroughly enjoying the results. I'm also certain there is an easier way to do this, but I'm not editing this mod anymore, lol! This setup also works for the generic Ebony Mail enchantment, if anyone is interested to know. :-)

 

https://mods.bethesda.net/#en/workshop/skyrim/mod-detail/3216249 - you can see the finished product here! Thank you all so much for your advice, and patience.