Looking to play a Bard type character for my next playthrough, I started looking at Mods seriously for the first time. Usually, I'll look for hair, face, and modeling mods first. This time, I looked at a lot of game changing mods, like the "http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/31680/?" Mod.

There are mods that add realism and immersion, add new races and out of TES lore characters, armors, weapons, and such. There is a Mod that makes Skyrim more like Morrowind adding in stats (STR, INT, WP, Birthsigns, etc) at http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/21587/?. And then are a bazillion mods that add cosmetic items and changes.

For the 3rd question, I am talking about the added race(s) mods, new quest mods, mods where the creator likes something from another world and adds into Tamriel.

This is just a curiosity poll, nothing serious Don't get too "picky", like "I use different mods for different characters." And this not intended to be an "IN YOUR FACE!" poll for x-box and PS3 players.

Do you use lore changing mods? Aren't most mods lore changing in some way? Even adding a spell, a follower, a house, a quest, enemies, armor, 'armor', locations, combat enchancing, birthsigns, etc all change the lore in someway or another.

How many times did you play through Skyrim before installing your first Mod?
I played two full games (about 300-400 hours) before I installed my first mod. This is the complete opposite of my experience in Oblivion. I couldn't get through three hours of Oblivion before I felt forced to install a mod. By the time I finished with Oblivion, two weeks later, I was running over 40 mods.

what is the highest number (guesstimate) of them you used at the same time?
Probably about 150. This is way down from my Morrowind days, when I ran 500 or more mods per game. I guess I don't have the energy for that kind of massive, comprehensive, time-consuming merging and conflict resolution anymore. I like to keep things simple nowadays.

Do you use lore chaging mods?
If I like a mod, I don't care whether it conflicts with Bethesda's lore or not. When I buy a game it is no longer Bethesda's game, it is my game. I make the lore, not Bethesda.

Do you use lore chaging mods?

That's an interesting thought I have never considered before. Thanks for the insight

Played twice through completely before the Skyrim CK was available, hence, no mods because I wasn't going to trust anything that came before the CK.

I'm currently somewhere around 100 mods for Skyrim, which is the highest I've used thus far. That's about half what I did to Oblivion.

I interpreted your "lore changing" question literally. I don't particularly go for things that don't fit the setting. No light sabers or laser guns for me