Starting Skyrim with skills at "1"

Post » Wed May 15, 2013 10:28 am

Hi all

I'm starting another Skyrim playthrough and thinking of setting all my skills to "1" at level 1. This would have the following effects:

  • Faster initial skill / level gain
  • More defined skill progression (no skills would automatically start at 25)
  • Gimped non-used skills
  • Might have to save perks a while before you can use them
  • Would meet higher level mobs when your skills are lower, effectively increasing game difficulty
  • Would take a little longer to reach cap (playing with 100 skill limit cap)

Has anyone tried this approach? If so, what were the pros / cons?

Thanks :smile:

Wiley

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Saul C
 
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Post » Wed May 15, 2013 9:46 am

honestly the only con i could see is for magic users, because you have to be level 25 for apprentice level skill perks.

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Laura Samson
 
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Post » Wed May 15, 2013 9:26 am

Seems interesting. Might try it some day...

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Ella Loapaga
 
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Post » Wed May 15, 2013 3:33 am

You must be on a PC, right? I don't believe there's a way to set skills below 15 on consoles.

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Stacey Mason
 
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Post » Wed May 15, 2013 8:47 am

Might need some tweaking with the http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Leveling. Gonna be a bit odd going from level 1 to 2, when you need 100 skill up XP and getting a skill from 1 to 2 only nets you 2.

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Alycia Leann grace
 
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Post » Wed May 15, 2013 11:24 am

There is the http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4121/? mod. I know of at least one more, but I can't find it for some reason.

And there is the http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/34307//? mod.

This was the one I was thinking about... http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/17002//?

Search the Nexus for "skill" to show a large selection.

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