Skyrim Special Edition

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This mod adds a handful of new spells to the world of Skyrim. You may now conjure different types of arrows to use with any bow of your choice! Perfect for a play-through as an Arcane Archer!

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Description

- Adds a handful of new spells that conjure different arrows to the game.
- Spells have been added to the leveled lists and may be found in chests and in merchant's inventories.
- All the arrows have a different mesh and/or color to correspond to the damage type.
- All arrows cost magicka to fire. See specific values below. Costs will go up or down just like other spells.
- If you shoot a bound arrow and don't have enough magicka, they will be dispelled. Manage your resources.
- Lite version contains Bound, Fire, Frost, Shock, Poison, and Dawn Arrows. And their upgrades.

Available Spells

Novice:

  • Bound Arrows: Conjures a quiver of arrows for 30 minutes. Bound Arrows have a base damage of 14. The Mystic Binding perk will change the Bound Arrows to Mystic Arrows with a base damage of 24. Costs 7 Magicka per Bound/Mystic Arrow respectively.
  • Bound Arrows of Distraction: Conjure a quiver of arrows for 30 minutes. Bound Arrows of Distraction create a large noise on impact. They also have a base damage of 8. Costs 10 Magicka per each arrow.

Apprentice:

  • Bound Fire Arrows: Conjures a quiver of fire arrows for 30 minutes. Bound Fire/Blaze Arrows have a base damage of 2 and also burns the target for 20/32 points. Targets on fire take extra damage. Costs 15 Magicka per Fire/Blaze arrow respectively.
  • Bound Frost Arrows: Conjures a quiver of frost arrows for 30 minutes. Bound Frost/Ice Arrows have a base damage of 2 and also deal 20/32 points of Frost damage to Health and Stamina. Costs 16 Magicka per Frost/Ice arrow respectively.
  • Bound Shock Arrows: Conjures a quiver of shock arrows for 30 minutes. Bound Shock/Lightning Arrows have a base damage of 2 and also deal 20/32 points of shock damage, and half as much Magicka Damage. Costs 18 Magicka per Shock/Lightning arrow.
  • Bound Arrows of Fear: Conjures a quiver of arrows of fear for 30 minutes. Bound Arrows of Fear/Terror deal no damage and cause targets up to level 18/38 to flee in fear for 8 seconds. Costs 40 Magicka per Fear/Terror arrow respectively.
  • Bound Arrows of Stendarr: Conjures a quiver of arrows of Meridia for 30 minutes. Bound Arrows of Meridia/Stendarr have a base damage of 2 and cause undead up to level 18/38 to flee in fear for 10 seconds. Costs 30 Magicka per arrow of Meridia/Stendarr respectively.
  • Bound Arrows of Fury: Conjures a quiver of arrows of fury for 30 minutes. Bound Arrows of Fury/Anarchy cause targets up to level 26/68 to attack anything nearby for 20 seconds. Arrows of Anarchy add area to the effect. Costs 60 Magicka per Fury/Anarchy arrow respectively.

Adept:

  • Bound Poison Arrows: Conjures a quiver of fire arrows for 30 minutes. Bound Poison/Toxic Arrows have a base damage of 2 and also deal 6/12 points of poison damage for 6 seconds. Costs 35 Magicka per Poison/Toxic arrow respectively.
  • Bound Revenant Arrows: Conjures a quiver of revenant arrows for 30 minutes. Reanimate a dead body up to level 21/48 for 30 seconds. Costs 80 Magicka per Reanimation/Revenant arrow respectively.
  • Bound Arrows of Fortitude: Conjures a quiver of arrows of fortitude for 30 minutes. Bound Arrows of Fortitude have a base damage of 2 and absorb 20 points of stamina from the target. Costs 20 Magicka per arrow.
  • Bound Arrows of Sorcery: Conjures a quiver of arrows of sorcery for 30 minutes. Bound Arrows of Sorcery have a base damage of 2 and absorb 20 points of magicka from the target. Costs no Magicka per arrow.
  • Bound Soul Arrows: Conjures a quiver of soul arrows for 30 minutes. Bound Soul Arrows have base damage of 2 and trap the souls of all targets in a small radius for 2 minutes. Costs 80 Magicka per arrow.

Expert:

  • Bound Arrows of Dawn: Conjures a quiver of arrows of dawn for 30 minutes. Bound Arrows of Dawn/Radiance have a base damage of 2 and also deals 35/50 sun damage in a small area, Undead take triple damage. Costs 60 Magicka per arrow of Dawn/Radiance respectively.
  • Bound Blood Arrows: Conjures a quiver of blood arrows for 30 minutes. Bound Blood Arrows have a base damage of 2 and absorb 25 health from the target. Costs 60 Magicka per arrow.
  • Bound Arrow of Force: Conjures a quiver of arrows of force for 30 minutes seconds. Bound Arrows of Force have a base damage of 2 and knock targets back in a small area. Costs 75 Magicka per arrow.

Master:

  • Bound Inferno Arrows: Conjures a quiver of inferno arrows for 180 seconds. Bound Inferno Arrows have a base damage of 2 and cause a large explosion for 90 fire damage. Costs 150 Magicka per arrow.
  • Bound Squall Arrows: Conjures a quiver of squall arrows for 180 seconds. Bound Squall Arrows have a base damage of 2 and cause a large explosion of ice, causing 15 frost damage and half Stamina damage per second for 6 seconds in a large area. Costs 160 Magicka per arrow.
  • Bound Tempest Arrows: Conjures a quiver of tempest arrows for 180 seconds. Bound Tempest Arrows have a base damage of 2 and cause a large explosion for 90 shock damage and half Magicka damage. Costs 170 Magicka per arrow.
  • Bound Plague Arrows: Conjures a quiver of plague arrows for 180 seconds. Bound Plague Arrows have a base damage of 2 and explode for 15 poison damage per second for 15 seconds in an area. Costs 170 Magicka per arrow.
  • Bound Arrows of Chaos: Conjures a quiver of chaos arrows for 180 seconds. Bound Arrows of Chaos have a base damage of 2 and explode for 45 fire, frost, and/ or shock damage in an area. Costs 180 Magicka per arrow.
  • Bound Arrows of Dread: Conjures a quiver of arrows of dread for 180 seconds. Bound Arrows of Dread reanimate powerful dead bodies in an area for 90 seconds. Costs 250 Magicka per arrow. (Works with mods that increase summoned and reanimated limits)

I still need to test the balancing of these spells, so various values may change in the future.

Vanilla Perks Taken to Improve Arrows


  • Augmented Flames (2) - Changes Fire Arrows to Blaze Arrows.
  • Augmented Frost (2) - Changes Frost Arrows to Ice Arrows.
  • Augmented Shock (2) - Changes Shock Arrows to Lightning Arrows.
  • Aspect of Terror - Changes Fear Arrows to Terror Arrows.
  • Necromage - Changes Arrows of Meridia to Arrows of Stendarr. Also changes Arrows of Dawn to Arrows of Radiance.
  • Rage - Changes Arrows of Fury to Arrows of Anarchy.
  • Poisoner - Changes Poison Arrows to Toxic Arrows.
  • Dark Souls - Changes Reanimation Arrows to Revenant Arrows.

Ordinator Perks

  • Combustion (2) - Changes Fire Arrows to Blaze Arrows.
  • Merciless Cold (2) - Changes Frost Arrows to Ice Arrows.
  • Ionized Path (2) - Changes Shock Arrows to Lightning Arrows.
  • Terror - Changes Fear Arrows to Terror Arrows.
  • Exorcist - Changes Arrows of Meridia to Arrows of Stendarr.
  • Pandemonium - Changes Arrows of Fury to Arrows of Anarchy.
  • Ashes to Ashes - Changes Arrows of Dawn to Arrows of Radiance.
  • Poisoner - Changes Poison Arrows to Toxic Arrows.
  • A Plague upon Thee - Changes Reanimation Arrows to Revenant Arrows.

Vokrii Perks

  • Augmented Flames (2) - Changes Fire Arrows to Blaze Arrows.
  • Augmented Frost (2) - Changes Frost Arrows to Ice Arrows.
  • Augmented Shock (2) - Changes Shock Arrows to Lightning Arrows.
  • Terror - Changes Fear Arrows to Terror Arrows.
  • Iron Maiden - Changes Arrows of Fury to Arrows of Anarchy
  • Necromage - Changes Arrows of Dawn to Arrows of Radiance.
  • Rebuke Undead - Changes Arrows of Meridia to Arrows of Stendarr.
  • Poisoner - Changes Poison Arrows to Toxic Arrows.
  • Blood Zombie - Changes Reanimation Arrows to Revenant Arrows.



Installation

- Download and install with your mod manager. Or manually place the files into your Skyrim Special Edition Data folder.

Uninstallation

- Delete related files from Data folder. Or uninstall with your mod manager. 


Thanks To:

- Bethesda for creating the Elder Scrolls
- Spectacle for creating the original Bound Arrows mod that I used as a base for this one.


- Darkfox127 for his Creation Kit tutorials on YouTube
- Special Thanks to Rasikko and Fantafaust for helping me with the scripts for this mod! Both are awesome members of this community!