What's everybody got to say? I've had an idea for a while now about a warrior-mage type that combines a number of areas of focus: smithing, enchanting, heavy armor, one-handed, conjuration and destruction. That sounds like spreading the character out over a lot of territory, and it is a bit more spread out than my last character, retired and since apparently gone to his reward in Sovngarde - but at the same time, I figured on concentrating the destruction strictly into fire magic and the conjuration strictly into Necromancy, so maybe that would keep him from getting spread too thin. Basically, something like Sauron Jr.: a dark lord, swinging a weapon and wearing heavy armor on the battlefield, while using flame spells and undead minions, and crafting his own enchanted items of power between battles.

So what does everybody think are the best mods to use for Necromancy? I've already got Apocalypse Spell Package and The Revenge of Colette loaded. I know there's the Vile Art of Necromancy and Necromancer: Necromancy and Conjuration Extended, but I want some opinions. I'm definitely looking for mods that aren't unbalanced. I need something that's going to be fun to play without wiping out the challenge of the game.