Roughly 31% of Skyrim Players Prefer Magic
In Bethesda’s latest Elder Scrolls: magic encompasses a whole third of its role-playing system (the three skill-trees being Thief, Mage, and Warrior). With so many players so fond of the Mage class, it’s fitting that Skyrim’s modding community has put so much thought into experimenting with the magic system. A good magic mod has the potential to significantly bolster the average player’s experiences in Tamriel.
10. Smart Cast
Skyrim Mod: Smart Cast
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Smart Cast’ is designed to smarten up Skyrim’s magic system. Magic is made more readily available regardless of your style of combat.
Spells can fire off automatically, when certain criteria you’ve entirely set yourself is met. Low on health? Have healing spells blast you back to life before that metre hits Zero!
Skyrim’s spell system marked something of a downgrade from Oblivion’s spell system – having relegated the player to using either two-handed weapons/one-handed weapon and shield or magic.
With NeoRunek’s Smart Cast mod: the player is given the option of causing spells to cast without having to equip them. It also makes it so that spells are fired off automatically when certain “criteria” are met – such as when the player’s health drops below a certain threshold.
9. Soulfire
Skyrim Mod of the Day - Episode 206: Soulfire
This High Elf Spellsword’s trusty enchanted blade pools it’s enchantment right from his personal Magicka.
Soul Traps were previously one of the only ways of keeping your enchanted sword topped up. This is no longer the case.
blue danieru’s Soulfire mod adds a whole other level of convenience for Enchanters. One of the biggest issues – with Skyrim’s enchanted weapons – is the constant demand for filled Soul Gems as ammunition for use of their enchantments.
The Soulfire spell draws from the player’s Magicka reserves in order to keep enchanted weapons up-and-running. The mod is also adorned with other spells including Soul Scry, Soul Harvester, and Transmute Soul gem. These make weapon enchanting easier and more effective.
8. Autodidact Wizard
No reading required…simply practice Conjuration to become a king of conjuring.
Knowledge of any and all spells can be found within the wizard…
If you’ve already tired of scouring Skyrim for new Spell Tomes as an aspiring mage: Concrete Traveller’s mod might be what you’re after. It removes the need for skill books by making it so that you learn brand-new spells when practicing the appropriate magic skill line.
Tired of tomes in your mission to become a legendary Pyromancer? Autodidact Wizard will sort you out – if you keep practicing fire magic you’ll learn it all!
Download Autodidact Wizard here
7. Forgotten magic
Skyrim Mod: Forgotten Magic Redone
Blast em. If you’re gonna survive an ambush by Servants of Miraak, you’re gonna need a little extra firepower.
A Pyromancer is empowered by an arsenal of 39 new fire-based destruction spells.
Although 3Jlou and sward66’s Forgotten Magic mod adds a much smaller range of spells than some of the bigger Skyrim magic mods out there: it makes up for this with finer attention to detail on the interactivity of Skyrim’s different forms of magic.
The Mystic, Paladin, Warlock, Pyromancer Cryomancer, Druid, and Electromancer spells added – totalling 39 new spells – are specifically designed to complement each other – while allowing for further specialization in the now-broadened magic school of your choice.
6. Empowered Magic
Empowered Magic - Skyrim Magic Overhaul
Through the Firebolt and flames. Novice-level spells are no longer redundant against giant-sized adversaries..
A Frost Giant is impaled on-all-sides with an Apprentice-level Ice Spike.
Designed by leasm: Empowered Magic emphasizes balance in Skyrim’s spell system. The effectiveness of each spell scales to suit the player’s level, so no spell becomes redundant even as you learn and unlock new ones. Don’t give up on Flames or Firebolt just yet…
5. Lost Grimoire
Skyrim Mod: The Lost Grimoire - Spell Package
A Bosmer witch now has the power of thunder and lightening at her disposal with the bolstered Destruction school.
New Conjuration spells allow for all sorts of creatures to be created from the abyss.
Lost Grimoire – designed by Steelfeathers – is a straight-up broadening of Skyrim’s pool of magic by over 120 unique spells. Each school of magic has been tanked – meaning you won’t have to revert to either Destruction or Conjuration just to deal some damage.
In addition, you’ll get to try your hand at being a magic assassin thanks to the advent of sneak bonuses to Destruction magic attacks. Stealth it.
Download The Lost Grimoire here
4. Mighty Magick
Skyrim Mod: Mighty Magick
The Schools of Magicka are better integrated into combat – making it more like it was in Oblivion.
This Dark Elf Dragonborn’s shout is increasingly something to be reckoned with as the player hits higher levels.
Mighty Magick is a long-running mod which has been in upkeep since the days of Morrowind. It’s been fixing Bethesda bugs right from the beginning. This current incarnation – by Damar Stiehl – aims to bring Skyrim features lacking from what was presented in Morrowind and Oblivion.
Additionally: the Dovahkiin’s shout scales with you. If yelling people off cliffs somehow got tiring before, it shouldn’t do now…
3. Spell Crafting for Skyrim
Skyrim Mod: Spell Crafting for Skyrim
Via the spell crafting journal, Spell Crafting for Skyrim allows boundless creative control over what damage or health your spells can deal.
Inventive naming. Much like with creating new weapons, you can give your spells a familiar, homely touch through naming.
Previously Oblivion gifted players with the vanilla opportunity to mould their own magical powers. Mages thrived in the Imperial province. Less so in Skyrim – which has a much more simplified magic system.
TaiChiKid and Piotrml’s Spell Crafting aims to bring a little more power to wizards and witches of the Nordic homeland. By letting them decide on the exact attributes of their own original spells of course.
2. Apocalypse – Magic of Skyrim
Skyrim Mod: Apocalypse Spell Package - 170+ Fair and Balanced Spells for any Playstyle
Dragon’s Teeth – introduced via Magic of Skyrim –rains Alduin’s flaming canines upon your antagonist…
Summon a broader army of Dremora slaves up from the mouth of (Oblivion) Hell.
Bringing a mind-numbing additional 155 spells per-School-of-Magicka to Skyrim: Enai Siaion’s Apocalypse – Magic of Skyrim is the Mr Universe of magic mods. New spells include: Entomb – which buries enemies or allies underground so that they can be exhumed later – and Tumble Magnet – which pulls all nearby enemies into a spinning magnetic whirlwind across the arctic wastes.
Download Apocalypse – Magic of Skyrim here
The 10 Best Skyrim Magic Mods
In this article, we've listed down the 10 best Skyrim magic mods that you should be using right now.
1.Spectraverse - Magic of the Magna-Ge
Skyrim Mod: Spectraverse - Magic of the Magna-Ge
Spectraverse sees the introduction of new (fan-made) chapters to the Elder Scrolls narrative. See what the Children of Magnus have been up to…
The Children of Magnus bring 42 brand-new Destruction spells straight from the God of Magic himself.
Enai Siaion’s Spectraverse – Magic of the Magna-ge nabs our #1 spot for being so much more than just a bolstering of the existing magic system (although those mods are still damn cool). Spectraverse adds a whole new questline – replete with voiced characters – based around the cult of Magnus – the so-called “God of Magic”.
Oh, and it also adds 42 new Destruction spells. If the questline doesn’t interest you, you can just resort to blowing away the Children of Magnus in an entertaining display of explosive and colourful brand-new sorcery.
Many argued that Skyrim’s Magicka system – though sufficiently fun – was a major simplification, when compared to the Oblivion days of old. When a PC game comes up lacking – however – modders generally feel encouraged to step up to the plate tenfold. Many of these mods both bolster vanilla game aspects of the Schools of Magicka and add a plethora of new features for players to enjoy.
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