This is my first debut mod!

I have been a longtime modder of Skyrim and Fallout, and have always wanted to make my own mod. Inspired by other mod authors I decided to finally learn. By diving headfirst into reverse engineering one of the most complex melee weapons, the Shishkebab.

You see, I was very disappointed with the vanilla Shishkebab. After seeing the concept art, and hearing that Fallout 4 was gonna have weapon customization, I got super excited about the possibilities. Only to play the game and realize the only attachment for it was the extra flame jets. It didn't even do fire damage, and the flame stayed the same size whether it had one jet, or five. So I decided to fix all that.




- New High-Res Texture

- Adjusted motorcycle brake, Vanilla model clipped into your hand.

- Shishkebab now does a base damage of 16. Making it equal in base strength as a Chinese Officer Sword. Never made sense that it would do less.

- Shishkebab cannot be upgraded into the Searing Shishkebab (Extra Flame Jets), until the quest "Out of the Fire" is completed. Completion of this quest is no longer required to upgrade the Shishkebab into the Searing Shishkebab.

- The size of the flame is now relevant to the number of jets. The Flame will increase in size with each upgrade.

- Added the Gehenna. The unique Shishkebab variant from New Vegas' Gun Runners' Arsenal DLC. The Gehenna isn't just a recolor, its model has been slightly altered and it sports a new custom label.

- The Searing Shishkebab and Gehenna upgrades are accessed through a Chem Bench.



- The Shishkebab, Searing Shishkebab, and Gehenna are technically three separate weapons. They use similar attachments, but unfortunately their attachments are not cross compatible with each other. Just note that when you upgrade, you'll have to re-craft these similar attachments.

- IMPORTANT: I did not edit the leveled list of the Shishkebab in any way. The sword should be just as common as vanilla. Having said that, I realize this could mean the possibility of finding a legendary (Base Form) Shishkebab in the wild. Please remember that unless you have a mod that allows you to remove and swap out legendary effects on weapons, you will most like lose the legendary effect on this weapon if you try upgrading it to Searing or Gehenna.

- I wanted to add actual fire damage to the Shishkebab, but realized that would make it too overpowered for players not using mods that add damage type resistances to enemies. So as a compromise, I made it so its unique variant, the Gehenna, has the Incendiary legendary effect.

- I chose the perk requirements around the idea that the fully upgraded version should only be crafted by players who maxed out three major melee weapon perks. Blacksmith, Rooted, and Big-Leagues

- The colors of the handles were inspired by Fallout New Vegas' Katana, also added by the Gun Runners' Arsenal DLC. Using the blue and gold handle for the Base and Searing Shishkebabs, and the red and silver handle for the Gehenna.

HOW TO ACQUIRE:

- The base form Shishkebab can be found the same way you would get it in vanilla. By beginning and progressing through the quest "Out of the Fire", and defeating the raider leader in Saugus Ironworks. This version of the sword has the least amount of attachments. So you'll need to fully complete the quest to unlock more.

- The Searing Shishkebab is craftable at a Chem Bench under the Weapons category. This crafting recipe will appear after fully completing the quest "Out of the Fire".

- The Gehenna is also craftable at a Chem Bench under the Weapons category. This crafting recipe will appear after discovering the hidden "Gehenna Nitro Safety Tape" Holotape hidden in the Commonwealth. This Holotape turns the Shishkebab into a craftable Legendary weapon with the Incendiary effect. The Gehenna also has a unique handle attachment that has it's own additional Legendary effect.

-Gehenna Holotape location can be found in the Readme