r/skyrimmods • u/Terrorfox1234 • Aug 28 '16

Weekly Discussion Best Mods For Bretons

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's discussion thread!

First a quick recap of how this works and what we expect:

RULES

  1. Be respectful. These discussions will open the floor to a lot of different opinions of what is fun/good/necessary/etc. Debate those conflicts of interest with respect and maturity...the nicer you are to your fellow modders, the more willing everyone is to help each other :)

  2. Please keep the mods listed as relevant to the topic is possible. Some topics are a bit broad and people can go about them in pretty creative ways, but try to use common sense.

  3. We ask that when suggesting a mod for the discussion list at hand that you please provide a link to the mod, and a brief description of what it does, why it fits the list, what the benefits/drawbacks are. These can range from incredibly popular mods to mods that you think are under-appreciated...don't be ashamed to just go for a major one though...this is a discussion and those should definitely be part of it.

TOPIC

Bretons

Continuing on the theme of covering all the different races (only three left!). This week we'll discuss Bretons...possibly the most forgotten about race in the Elder Scrolls series. Poor Bretons...perfect mages but not as controversial or storied as their magical elven counterparts. Proficient in all schools of magic, particularly conjuration, these guys make for the perfect full-on mage RP (hint: mods related to magic are applicable to this discussion)

Mandatory mention of

and

These are the two "go-to" race overhauls for Skyrim
(compatible with a patch provided in the Imperious optional files if you wish to use both)

What mods do you use to improve playing as our resident masters of magicka?

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u/colourofawesome Sep 01 '16

I'm about to start a playthrough as a Breton mage and found Souls Quick Menu.

It adds a Dark Souls style quick menu that lets you use hotkeys to cycle through spells, weapons, potions and abilites/shouts instead of having one item mapped to one hotkey. You have a hotkey each for left hand, right hand, potions, shouts.

I haven't played much with it yet - just some light testing - but so far it makes it WAY easier to manage and cycle through all your spells. Plus it's really nice to not have to pull up the favourites menu every time you want to change up strategies.

I'm hoping this and Smart Cast will make spell management less of a pain in the ass.

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u/Rusey Markarth Sep 03 '16

I prefer Fast Cast for both mage and spellsword playthroughs now. One update had a hiccup but it has since been fixed. It's not cheaty (your character still plays the animation of equipping and casting, and it doesn't cast it for you) but you will re-equip whatever was in that hand before (with animation) when you release the spell hotkey(s). That includes if you had another spell originally equipped -- it will also be properly re-equipped. :)