LE Blacksmiths that actually improve your weapon/armor

[ebitnet]

When you initiate a dialong with a blacksmith they usually have a comment that they can improve or repair you armor FOR you. Unfortunately, in order to actually improve your armor or weapon, you have to do it yourself. Wouldn't it make a lot of sense if the blacksmiths (or if there was a custom shop) that could take your weapon (even an enchanted one) and make the next improvement for a price? For example, you drop your armor or sword off and come back in a week or more and it's now Epic, Legendary, or what ever, and you pay a price to get it back...sort of the way custom shops work here in the real world. This would avoid having to build up experience making tons of iron daggers that you're going to sell at rock bottom price in order to get your smithing level up...even if your a thief or mage character. Moreover, it would add a suitable amount of immersion since one could focus on 1 of Alchemy, Smithing, or Enchanting rather than have to be a jack of all trades.

 

Any ideas on how to do this?

 

Thanks

ebitnet

[GrimyBunyip]

you just need a script using this function

http://www.creationkit.com/GetItemHealthPercent_-_ObjectReference

I have been told that an item health of 1.7 is legendary

[rosedotnoire]

This would be fantastic. I hate having to always make my characters smiths in order to improve my weapons and armor. I'd hapilly pay a blacksmith to do it for me. Would also be cool if you could, say, take stuff to Neloth or to the College and pay to have a specific enchantment.

[IsharaMeradin]

Economics of Skyrim has the following abilities. Perhaps it is what you are looking for.

 

 

Blacksmith Services

Blacksmiths should be good for more than just a place to shop for weapons and armor. Metalwork is a fine craft that encompasses so much more than retail sales, so now the blacksmiths will be allowed a means of exercising that craft for you. All you need is some coin to spend.

1. Tempering: Blacksmiths can temper your weapons for you now if you do not wish to do it yourself. A new dialogue topic is available with all blacksmiths while they offer services: “Can you improve my equipment?” Select it, and the Smith will ask you if you wish to improve your weapons or your armor. Choose which you want (or change you mind if you hit the topic by mistake) and the smith will inform you to what grade of quality he is capable of improving your gear to, and will do so. For a price.

2. Ordering: Blacksmith not have that elusive Dwarven Helmet you’ve been after? Why not ask for it to be made for you? A new dialogue topic is available with all blacksmiths: “Can I order some equipment?” Select it, and the smith will show you the list of all the weapons and armors he can craft for you (it varies by region, so different Blacksmiths will offer different goods). For each item you purchase, you must wait one game day before you can obtain it (so if you order three items, you will need to wait three days until you can pick up your order). An Objective will be displayed for you that will show you how long you have left to wait to help you keep track of your orders easily, and will count down every 24 hours. Once the full time you need to wait has elapsed, the Objective will update telling you your order with a particular blacksmith is ready, and a Quest Marker will point the way to the Smith in question (in case you forgot). Talk to him again, ask “is my equipment ready?”, and you will receive your shiny new gear. You may only have ten orders pending at a single time.

3. Both of these features are universally compatible, so you will be able to access them from any blacksmith in the world, including those added by other mods.

Enchanting Services

Court Mages will now provide you with Enchanting services, so that characters who would prefer not to make use of the Enchanting skill can purchase enchantments, or to allow for you to receive access to higher powered enchantments for a price.
1. Go to your local Court Mage and select the new dialogue option “Could you enchant something of mine?” You will then be prompted to choose the soul quality you want, as well as the asking price per-enchantment. This price is non-negotiable. You can use Petty all the way up to Grand souls.
2. Once you select the soul quality, you will be brought to the Enchanting menu. From here, simply use it as normal. You may only enchant one item at a time. I would have preferred this not be the case, but due to some shortcomings in the Enchantimg menu logic, this is the only option on the table right now.
3. You may only use enchantments that have been learned through Disenchantment in the service. This is a hardcoded game mechanic that cannot be changed. But thankfully for you, the Court Mages offer free Disenchantment services (but note you will not receive any Enchanting skill boosts).
4. As with the Blacksmith services, this feature is universally compatible, so you may access it from any mods that add their own court mages.

 

 

[djjohnjarvis]

I have just made a mod that does this: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/35986

 

There is a dialogue option to upgrade your gear when you speak to blacksmiths. The cost is determined by the base value of the item and increases with each upgrade. There is a capped version which has upgrade restrictions based on the blacksmiths skill and a non capped version which allows infinite upgrades if you can afford the high prices.

 

I hadn't heard of the mod above before but my one works in an entirely different way and uses a custom menu instead of the crafting one and is specifically for upgrading weapons in a balanced way. I will be adding much more functionality as well soon such as large discounts for supplying all the required items to upgrade.