The key change that Ein Leben Mehr makes during this period is the removal of all Racial Powers and Racial Abilities from the ten Playable Races, and their re-addition via Script. In Vanilla Skyrim, all Racial Abilities and Racial Powers are 'locked' into the Race via the Race's Base Form (the initial records which define each Race). Ein Leben Mehr changes these Base Forms, and as such may conflict with any other Mod which alters the Playable Races. For the most part, gameplay experience should be unchanged from Vanilla Skyrim, but if you are using any Race Mods, it is recommended that you load them AFTER Ein Leben Mehr to decrease the chance of conflicts.

Additionally, Ein Leben Mehr makes several changes to Vanilla NPCS and a number of Vanilla References (for example, the Gates to several Major Cities). Although these changes should not have any direct impact on gameplay, there is always the possibility of conflict with other Mods, or unexpected behaviour compared to Vanilla experiences.

CDM - Catch All Actors

"Catch All Actors" is a small Utility Mod designed to run in accordance with several of my other Mods, and which is utilised by Ein Leben Mehr to facilitate dynamic modification of every NPC the Player encounters. It is therefore required to the successful functioning of Ein Leben Mehr. When installed, Catch All Actors periodically looks for NPCs around the Player and runs a small Script on them, adding or removing Abilities as appropriate. These Abilities are then utilised by Mods such as Ein Leben Mehr to modify the NPC in question.

Consume a Vampire's Flesh

When slain, there is a chacne that a Vampire will drop a piece of Vampire Flesh. By default, Vampire's Flesh has a 5% chance of conferring the Blood Infection when consumed.

Consume Infected Flesh

The Player is not the only person who can 'suffer' form the Blood Infeciton. Although it has no effect on their actual Attributes or Abilities, some NPCs can be randomly assigned to suffer from the Blood Infection. There is no way to identify these people before they are slain, but when they are there is a chance that they will drop a piece of Infected Flesh. By default, infected flesh has a 5% chance of conferring the Blood Infection when consumed.

Drink from Redwater Spring

Drinking from Redwater Spring has a 100% chance of conferring the Blood Infection.

Be Visited by a Vampire

Whenever you sleep between the hours of 20:00 and 06:00, there is a chance that you will be visited by a Vampire. When this occurs, you will wake up with a dull-ache in your neck, and soon after discover that you have been visited by a Vampire. By default, there is a 5% chance of being visited by a Vampire whilst you sleep, but wearing an Amulet of Arkay will reduce that chance to zero, allowing you to sleep peacefully.

Be Struck by a Vampire

Whenever you are struck by a Vampire during Combat, there is a default 20% chance of Contracting the Blood Infection. This form of Contraction has special functionality relative to other forms of Infection, however. Each individual Hit you recieve from an enemy Vampire has the standard chance of conferring the Blood Infection--however, if the Blood Infection is contracted, its effects will not be applied until AFTER you leave Combat. For this reason, each Combat encounter has multiple chances of conferring the Blood Infection, but will only have one Success.

In addition to the above, there are several instances wherein another Character may offer you the gift of Vampirism. These are provided via Vanilla Skyrim/Vanilla DLC, and if Vampirism is accepted you will proceed immediately to being a Vampire without having to first go through the Blood Infection Stage.


Once the Blood Infection is Contracted, a series of checks are performed to determine whether the Infection is 'Truly Successful'. If all of these Checks are failed, then you will receive the Blood Infetion; if even one of them is passed, you will not receive the Blood Infection, although the exact outcome may vary slightly.

The checks are performed as follows :

Firstly, a check is done against Passive Immunity, which can be gained under special circumstances.

Secondly,a check is done against whether or not the Player is a Werewolf--if so, the check succeeds, and the Blood Infection is resisted.

Thirdly, a check is done on whether the Player is in a certain Location or not. If the Player is in this special Location, the Blood Infection will be forcefully purged from your body.

Finally, a check is done against whether the Player is wearing an Amulet of Protection or not. These special items have the ability to absorb the Blood Infection, but are destroyed in the process. If the Player is wearing an Amulet of Protection when the Blood Infection is contracted, the Blood Infection will be absorbed by the Amulet, and the Amulet will be removed from the Player's Inventoy.

If the Player fails all four of these checks, they will contract the Blood Infection. At this point, the Player will temporarily lose their ability to passively regenerate Health, Magicka and Stamina, and they will begin to take Health Damage over a period of approximately 60-seconds. The total amount of Health Damage caused by contracting the Blood Infection is 40-points. During this time, the Player can freely use Potions and Spells to recover their Health. It is due to this Health Damage, however, that many of those who fight Vampires find themselves slain despite their triumph.


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If the Player is able to survive contracting the Blood Infection, then it will take a hold upon them, and they will regain their ability to Passively Regerneate Health, Magicka and Stamina. At this point, the Player will begin to suffer the effects of the Blood Infection, and begin upon the dark road towards immortality...

Relics of Molag Bal

If you have a Relic of Molag Bal on your person, Molag Bal's Influence will act upon the Blood Infection, increasing the rate at which it spreads by 15%. The Relic of Molag Bal does not have to be equipped--merely having it in your Inventory will be sufficient for Molag Bal's Influence to affect the Blood Infection.

Amulets of Protection

When an Amulet of Protection is equipped whilst you are suffering from the Blood Infection, one of two things may happen depending how long has passed since you contracted the Blood Infection, and how far it has been allowed to spread through your body. Equipping an Amulet of Protection will either remove the Blood Infection completely, or reverse its spread.

Allow the Blood Infection to Spread

The typical means by which you can become a Vampire is via the Blood Infection. Once the Blood Infection is allowed to reach 100%, and then complete its dark work, you will transform into a Vampire. You will sink to your knees, and rise again as a Creature of the Night.

Cheats -- Nature States

Using the Debug & Cheats Configuration Menu you can instantly become a Vampire (or any other of the Nature States included in Ein Leben Mehr). Although this method should be completely safe, it is purely a debugging tool, and is therefore not officially supported.

As your Vampiric Potential increases, the Positive Effects of being a Vampire will become more pronounced, whilst the Negative Effects of being a Vampire will be diminished. Conversly, as your Vampiric Potential decreases, the Negative Effects of being a Vampire will become more pronounced, and the Positive Effects will be diminished. To maintain your overall effectiveness, it is therefore necessary to maintain a healthy balance between your Blood Meter and Starvation Meter, and keep your Vampiric Potential above 0%.

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Note : Some of the above effects are open to variation based upon which Vampire Perks you have purchased, and some of the Postivie Effects may not be immediately available, requiring the purchase of a specific Vampire Perk to gain.


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Hunter's Sight

"Hunter's Sight" is a Toggle Spell. When Active, it will provide a permanent, red-tinted Night Eye Effect, allowing you to see better in darkness and low-light environments.

Mortal Guise

"Mortal Guise" is a Toggle Spell. When Active, it will allow you to adopt the Guise of a Mortal, allowing you to pass amongst the Living without being immediately identified as a Vampire. Upon first becoming a Vampire, the Mortal Guise Lesser Power is very weak, and any potentially-hostile action such as swinging a weapon or casting a spell will immediately break the illusion, revealing you as a Vampire.

For more information on Disguises, see the relevant section below.

Predator's Senses

"Predator's Senses" is a Toggle Spell. When Active, it will provide a permanent Detect Effect, marking all Creatures, People and Machines in a wide-radius.

Vampiric Evolution

"Vampiric Evolution" is a Fire And Forget Spell. When Cast, it will open the Vampiric Evolution Menu, where you can spend Vampire Perk Points to purchase Vampire Perks and improve your Vampiric nature.

Sleeping Victim - Sip

Following your transformation into a True Vampire, you can choose to Sip from a Sleeping Victim. Sipping will restore up to 100 Units of Blood, and potentially leave your Victim alive. Each time you Sip from a Sleeping Victim, they will become weaker. Once you have taken a total of 500 Units of Blood from a Sleeping Victim, they will die. However, as time passes they will recover from having been Fed on. It typically takes a Sleeping Victim 24 In-Game Hours to replenish 100 Units of Blood.

Sleeping Victim - Harvest

Following your transformation into a True Vampire, you can choose to Harvest from a Sleeping Victim if you have an Empty Vial. Harvesting will remove an Empty Vial from your Inventory and replace it with a Blood Vial. Harvesting will potentially leave your Victim alive. Each time you Harvestfrom a Sleeping Victim, they will become weaker. Once you have taken a total of 500 Units of Blood from a Sleeping Victim, they will die. However, as time passes they will recover from having been Harvested from. It typically takes a Sleeping Victim 24 In-Game Hours to replenish 100 Units of Blood.

Blood Vials

Blood Vials are consumable Potions which will restore Blood when consumed. They come in three sizes, and restore up to 50, 100, and 150 Units of Blood.

Bloody Organs

Bloody Organs are consumable Potion-type Items which will restore Blood when consumed. They come in three sizes, and restore up to 50, 100, and 150 Units of Blood.

A-Type Blood is typically found in the veins of the Elven Races and Argonians. When consumed by a Vampire it will improve the efficiency of the Vampire's Blood Healing Passive Ability by 25%, allowing the Vampire to recover more Health per Unit of Blood expended.

B-Type Blood is typically found in the veins of the Human Races and Argonians. When consumed by a Vampire it will improve the efficiency of the Vampire's Blood Magick Passive Ability by 25%, allowing the Vampire to recover more Magicka per Unit of Blood expended.

C-Type Blood is typically found in the veins of the Elven Races and Khajiit. When consumed by a Vampire it will improve the rate at which the Vampire recovers from Vampiric Starvation.

D-Type Blood is typically found in the veins of the Human Races and Khajiit. When consumed by a Vampire it will reduce the Blood Cost, both immediate and on-going, of all the Vampire's Vampiric Powers by 25%.

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Upon initially becoming a Vampire, the Blood in the Vampire's Mortal Veins becomes their first supply of Blood, and their own Blood Type will immediately take effect. There is no way for a Mortal to know their Blood Type or its effects until they become a Vampire. So long as the Vampire has even one drop of the appropriate Blood in their Veins, they will recieve the full benefits of the Blood Type--however, as the Vampire is continually expending Blood to sustain themselves, they will steadily work through the Blood currently in their veins, meaning the benefits of different Blood Types will only last a short amount of time. Due to how Blood mixes once it is consumed by a Vampire, Blood of different types is generally expended 'evenly', with only the amount consumed affecting how long the effects last.

Importantly, Blood Healing does not activate immediately upon sustaining an Injury—instead, there is a brief period of time following an Injury before a Vampire will begin to recover Health. If the Vampire sustains another Injury in this time, this period is reset. Moreover, when the Vampire is suffering Water, Sun, Rain or Silver Damage their Blood Healing Ability will be permanently deactivated (due to the on-going Health Damage) and the time until Blood Healing activates once the Damage is ended will vary based upon the source, with Water Damage triggering the longest delay before Blood Healing activates.

The effectiveness of Blood Healing can be enhanced with both Perks and Type A Blood.

Sun Damage

As a Vampire, you are subject to Sun Damage—exposure to Sunlight will cause a steady and constant decrease in your Health for the entire time you are exposed to Sunlight.

The amount of Sun Damage you sustain, and the amount of time for which you must pass before suffering Sun Damage, is dependent upon how much of your Flesh is exposed. The more Flesh exposed, the more Sun Damage you will take, and the more quickly you will begin to suffer Health Damage. By changing your Clothing, and therefore covering up more Flesh, you will be able to avoid Sun Damage, and potentially completely avoid Damage altogether.

There are eleven Covering Slots : Head, Face, Chest, Back, Stomach, Upper Arms, Lower Arms, Hands, Upper Legs, Lower Legs, and Feet.

Note : The definition of Covering provided by Clothing is estimated based on the Clothing’s underlying ArmorAddOn and the Player’s Gender. Some Mod-added Clothing will therefore work with the Sun Damage System, whilst others may not. Only Vanilla Clothing options are officially supported.

Note : Due to how Clothing and Covering is defined, some items of clothing may expose an amount of Skin, but still be classed as ‘Covering’.

Water & Rain Damage

As a Vampire, you are subject to Water Damage—immersion in Water will cause Health Damage and potentially kill you. For the purposes of Game Play, “Immersion” is defined as being in a “Swimming” state. For this reason, merely standing in Water will not cause Health Damage.

Rain, however, is also a type of Water. Although not as harmful, Rain will cause a small and steady decrease in your Health whenever you are outside. Whilst suffering Rain Damage, you will not be able to use your Blood Healing Ability.

Both Water and Rain Damage are not negated by clothing.


Note : Due to game-mechanics, you will still suffer Rain Damage even if you are standing under shelter when it is raining.

Were-Creature Venom

Vampires are descendant from Molag Bal, and Were-Creatures such as Werebears and Werewolves are descendant from Hircine. Due to this difference, Were-Creatures possess a unique ability to cause additional harm to Vampires. When struck by a Were-Creature, there is a small chance that a Vampire will be exposed to Were-Creature Venom which will cause 2-points of Health Damage for 5-seconds.

Due to their different Physiology, Khajiit and Argonians do not suffer as dramatic a Physical Change as the other Races, and therefore Vampire versions of these Races are indistinguishable from their Non-Vampire counterparts, resulting n Khajiit and Argonians always being classified as In Disguise.


As a Vampire, your Mortal Guise and Vampiric Appearance are distinct enough that Mortals will not immediately connect the two, and as such any Bounty incurred by one will not be passed on to the other. Generally, this is of little use--a Vampire will always be attacked on-sight by Mortals; but since any crime they commit will be attributed to the monster, and not the "Mortal", it is possible for a Vampire to utilise this distinction to indulge their darkest desires without sullying their "good reputation".

If the people become too aware of a Vampire, they will begin to take precuations--specifically, Major Cities such as Whiterun and Solitude will begin to lock their Doors of an evening, leaving travellers stuck outside, and residents contained within.

Each of Skyrim's nine Holds has their own level of Awareness, which will rise and fall independently of the other Holds.

Survivability

These Vampire Perks are tied to your ability to survive. They govern things such as your Resistance to Physical and Magical Damage, yand how much Health and Magicka you recover per Unit of Blood expended.

Vampire Powers

These Vampire Perks are tied to your Vampire Powers, allowing you to gain new Abilities such as Faster Reactions, Telekenetically opening Locks, and enhancing existing Abilities such as increasing how quickly you can move, or how high you can Jump.

Note : There is currently an issue where remaining Vampire Perk Points will not update until you leave and re-enter the Vampiric Evolution Menu.

- Perk Points Remaining does not update until leaving the Vampiric Evolution Menu

- Loading a Pre-Infect/Pre-Vampire Save without completely exiting Skyrim will result in the Infection/Blood/Starvation Meters not appearing upon contracting the Blood Infection/Becoming a Vampire