One of the cool things Waalx's mod did was, if you fit the race that the weapon was associated with, and you equipped that particular weapon,
you'd get a small bonus to your weapon attacking stats, weapon attacking skills for that particular weapon class (such as a blade/bow/mace/etc),
and movement speed.

So for example, if I was a Nord, and I used a Realswords Nord blade, I'd get bonus. The concept he came up with was that it was a "good feel"
bonus for that race, but not something that was meant to be overpowered.

What I wanted to do was make a script that would do something similar, but with one small addition, it would also alter the weapon's attack-speed a
bit, while it was equipped. This wasn't possible in Oblivion though, so I'm not sure if its possible in Skyrim now.


Anyway, the basic implementation he came up with was like this:

There was a script for each race, but they were all pretty much identical. On the RS_Nord script for example, the pseudocode was something like...



And in the spell 'RSNordBlade' were the desired effects he wanted to add to the player, such as Blade Skill +5, Str+5, Speed+5, etc.

But instead of adding this script to every weapon do you think this might work out better if it was done differently? Now that there are Keywords
that you can place on items, I can maybe instead add a Keyword to each particular weapon such as RSNordBlade, RSNordAxe, RSNordBow, RSNordArrow, etc
and then maybe the script can be global and work like this:



I don't know if that's more or less optimized...since I dont know if placing the script on weapons directly will make it run all the time or not, or if it will run better if it only works when a weapon equip is called.

If you think there are better ways to optimize it please let me know. I think the Keywords can be useful for coding somehow though.


Ideally as for in-game implementation I would want to do some interesting effects for each of the weapon types. For example, if an actor gets the bonus,
it would give them skills such as One handed damage + 8%, Slightly more critical damage, slightly more attack speed, slightly more movement speed, bleeding
effects, etc. So if you're facing an NPC with a weapon that matches up with his race, it'll be a slightly more difficult battle than normal.

In his original implementation, it was only the player that received the spell when equipping it, but I ideally would want it to be applicable for any actor that equips
the weapon. So battles can be more hard fought if faced up against a Realswords weapon. But if you didn't match up with that race, it wouldn't help you as much
after you were victorious.

This is something I've been pulling my hair out over for a long time now.

I'm trying to get a script that can reliably update an NPC's inventory and/or outfit based on my ESP changes, but I ideally dont want to have to make
the script unique for each NPC.

Right now the game is setup so that if you meet an NPC and they are a non-respawning NPC, even if you change their inventory/outfit in an
ESP, their inventory/outfit will remain exactly as it was when you first met them or in some cases they'll be naked! I really don't want that.

There are some subtle changes I want to do to the outfits in the game to make them cooler: ie: add small details such as bags, capes, sidearms, etc.
Or make some NPC equipment make more sense.

Ie: There's an NPC in Markarth who hates the imperials, but he has an outfit with a leveled list that contains Nord AND Imperial steel shoes and bracers...
If you hate the Imperials why would you wear Imperial gear...? I want to change things like that.

Also, I want to add some weapons to non respawnable NPCs on a case by case basis, and have them update their gear when the player meets them.
Some weapons are made for Nobles, some are made for beggars, and I want each of those weapons to show to enhance their personalty.

So I'd really like a script that can make this possible somehow... it worked fine in Oblivion, but totally doesn't work in Skyrim like how I tried it.

Visual appeal and cohesion matter to me, since I want to create a much more immersive world, and a large chunk of that immersion is based on
how you interpret the people and creatures who inhabit it.

If you look through my album here: http://imgur.com/a/uKKGw#0

You'll see a bunch of the weapons I ported for Realswords Imperial. While porting it I had a cool idea: What if you could unlock new
equipment for purchase as you increased in rank in the Army? Wouldn't that be cool?

So I had an idea: As you level up in Rank in the Imperial Army, they give you armor and weapons as rewards. I was planning to put my
weapons there as well. But what if you don't like the stuff they gave you? Well that's where the armory would come in handy.

As you leveled up in Rank and did missions, I was hoping to add new leveled lists to the various smiths affiliated with the Imperial Army.
Something where, as you increased in Rank, so did the weapons and armor you could obtain.

So at early stages you might only be able to get this sword: http://i.imgur.com/qpojq.jpg

But at the end of all the quests, you could buy this one: http://i.imgur.com/qyy2Y.jpg

That sort of thing.

But I'd need a script to do it I think. To add the appropriate leveled lists to the appropriate NPCs, and then update the store inventory on those NPCs based on various quest stages...

I definitely want to do it though, I think something like that is infinitely better than having everything available from the beginning.

I made a lot of cool stuff specifically for the Imperials, and one set of equipment is made solely for cavalry.

One such item is horse armor: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/73307

And there are a bunch more...but I honestly have no idea how to properly place cavalry in the game and have them be met by the player. I only
remember seeing about 3 NPCs ride horses for the entirety of my Skyrim playthrough, and none of them were Imperial Cavalry.

Ideally what I would like see would be this: You could find Imperial Cavalry patrolling in the scouting parties every once in a while, while you travelled, or
they would patrol around areas such as Solitude, Morthal, or other Imperial friendly areas. Much similar to how the Imperial Legions patrolled around the roads
in Oblivion.

Would I need to script that to work? Because I really have no clue how to do it @_@.

When I first went into the Companions mead hall, I saw a Nord woman and a Dunmer sparring with each other. I thought that was really cool, and wanted to do sparring
on a larger scale with any NPCs of my choosing. I would like to force two NPCs to spar with each other once a day, every day in a specific area using specific weapons.

But simliar to the horse idea, I have no idea how to go about doing this. Any help would be appreciated!