

Armor Class



This is a simple mod but with a huge gameplay impact. The vanilla armor rating sytem has been replaced by a MCM customizable Armor Class system, where your physical protection determine the odds of almost completely ignoring incoming physical damage and if your roll fails, you take full damage as if no armor were there. These tweaks were inspired by the D&D THACO system, not as complex but in a way to make it fit with with Skyrim mechanics without any further action.









Why?



I think it`s more realistic (and fun) this way, i mean, why would your boots protection matter against torso or head blows? With Armor Class your overall protection simulate a locational damage system while make you keep on your toes since every hit can be deadly, no matter how protected you are.









How?



The esp consist in a single perk and 3 game setting, no scripts and no further vanilla records edited. The perk will remove the vanilla damage reduction and apply a big damage reduction boost on hits with a % chance based on the target "Damage resist" actor value, if your (or your target`s) Armor Class roll succeede, only 5% of the damage is delivered in normal circumstances.



Unlike vanilla, the damage reduction have a diminishing return, where increasing low armor ratings will have a bigger impact then higher ones. Some examples with the default values:



25 - 49 Armor Rating -> 6% chance to deflect damage



50 - 74 Armor Rating -> 12% chance to deflect damage



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200 - 224 Armor Rating -> 44% chance to deflect damage



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400 - 424 Armor rating -> 72% chance to deflect damage



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600+ Armor rating -> 85% chance (cap) to deflect damage











Interaction with vanilla perks and other mods



Perks like the vanilla "Skull Crusher" that ignore X armor will only take effect when the target or the player succeed an Armor Class roll, thus instead of only dealing 5% damage, this type of perks will greatly increase the deflected damage. While any other perk, spell or ability that simply increase the armor rating value will increase the Armor Class deflection odds.









Installation and Requirements





This Mod Require ASIS NPC Enchant Fix!

If you are familiar with some of my other mods that make use of ASIS NPC Enchant Fix, this time it`s not optional, not running the patcher will simply make the mod not work.





- Download and install ASIS.



- Download and install Armor Class with NMM or MO. Or manualy download and drop the content in Syrim Data folder.



- Overwrite "NPCEnchantFix ini" file when asked to (If you have one of my other mods that has this ini included, overwrite then as well).



- I recommend to place Armor Class after any combat mod



- Make sure that ASIS-Dependency is loaded last in your load order and you have every esp you intend to use activated.



- Run the patcher located in Skyrim/ Data/ SkyProc Patchers / ASIS (only NPCEnchantFix patcher module is required)



- Play





This mod can be safely installed or removed mid game without any further actions, just remember to run the ASIS patcher again if you do so.



