Sepherose's Must have starting mods

[Sepherose]

To start: ALWAYS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON INSTALLING ANY AND EVERY MOD!

 

SKSE, a must for any modded install.

Next comes SkyUI, a much better menu system.

Now you will want some nice textures, and so you install Skyrim HD 2K Textures.

Now you want to install Realistic Water Textures and Terrain.

Now comes the excellent W.A.T.E.R. mod.

After that the Skyrim Flora Overhaul.

Can't forget the epic S.M.I.M. either.

Also, Realistic Lighting with Customization.

And off course, you gotta ramp up the bloodshed with Crimson Tide.

Deadly Spell Impacts is next to give your spells that needed visual oomph.

Realistic Smoke and Embers is an absolute must for the look of the world at large.

No More Blocky Faces is something to look into to fix that... weirdness with the character faces.

High Quality Eyes is just a great complimentary mod for N.M.B.F.

FXAA Post Process Injector is great for looks. (My kill performance though.)

Deadly Dragons, make those fearsome beasts ACTUALLY fearsome...

Skyrim Monster Mod, adds a lot of variety to the world. (Has lore friendly patches)

JaySuS Swords is an absolute need for any play through for variety.

Immersive Armors, the same applies to this as the above mod.

Dance of Death is just... awesome!

And although I have not tried it yet, it the endorsements and comments speak highly of HiAlgoBoost to help with performance.

Next, install BOSS and run it, this can help with a lot of those pesky Load Order issues.

 

Now I know that some of the above mods affect similar areas, but what one mod missed another picks up on, and in the end I believe that this is a great way to START with a modded Skyrim install simply for a few gameplay tweaks and a visual overhaul. I hope this helps those that are new to modding their games and they enjoy playing as much as I do after installing these mods.