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About this mod
This nerfs most of the Chameleon enchanted items for balancing purposes. The Ring of Surroundings is slightly powered and is now the gold standard of such effects.
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This is an extremely simple mod made to balance chameleon enchanted effects on items in the vanilla game.
If you, like me, can't shut down your inner power gamer items like the Amulet of Shadows or the Shadowmask Ring are too tempting. The Amulet essentially solves most of the player's sneaking problems, and I found that I used it in every single character I played. It is one of these items that is so broken that just makes your experience with the game repetitive.
Compare it with the Ring of Surroundings for example. The Ring is listed as an Artifact, and is a gift from the Emperor himself, so it should be something rather special and powerful. But the Amulet, which is not an item of legend, completely outclasses it! The Shadowmask Ring is not quite as powerful, but it stills easily bests the Artifact.
So, to make Chameleon items less exploitable (and the Sneak skill more relevant), I made this mod, which slightly buffs the Ring of Surroundings and makes it the new best item of its category. Almost all other items are nerfed to reflect this hierarchy. The main idea is that it is still possible to achieve very high chameleon values (say, above 70%) without self enchanting, but one would need several items to do so. If you want to "magic your way" to sneaking mastery, you'll have to look for more than one item. So, without further bullshit, let me write here which items were changed and how.
Ring of Surroundings
20-30% Chameleon for 30 seconds -> 25-35% Chameleon for 30 seconds
Amulet of Shadows
80% Chameleon for 60 seconds -> 20% Chameleon for 60 seconds
Eye-Maze Ring
10-40% Chameleon for 10 seconds -> 10-20% Chameleon for 20 seconds
Shadowmask Ring
40-70% Chameleon for 10 seconds -> 15-20% Chameleon for 20 seconds
If you, like me, can't shut down your inner power gamer items like the Amulet of Shadows or the Shadowmask Ring are too tempting. The Amulet essentially solves most of the player's sneaking problems, and I found that I used it in every single character I played. It is one of these items that is so broken that just makes your experience with the game repetitive.
Compare it with the Ring of Surroundings for example. The Ring is listed as an Artifact, and is a gift from the Emperor himself, so it should be something rather special and powerful. But the Amulet, which is not an item of legend, completely outclasses it! The Shadowmask Ring is not quite as powerful, but it stills easily bests the Artifact.
So, to make Chameleon items less exploitable (and the Sneak skill more relevant), I made this mod, which slightly buffs the Ring of Surroundings and makes it the new best item of its category. Almost all other items are nerfed to reflect this hierarchy. The main idea is that it is still possible to achieve very high chameleon values (say, above 70%) without self enchanting, but one would need several items to do so. If you want to "magic your way" to sneaking mastery, you'll have to look for more than one item. So, without further bullshit, let me write here which items were changed and how.
Ring of Surroundings
20-30% Chameleon for 30 seconds -> 25-35% Chameleon for 30 seconds
Amulet of Shadows
80% Chameleon for 60 seconds -> 20% Chameleon for 60 seconds
Eye-Maze Ring
10-40% Chameleon for 10 seconds -> 10-20% Chameleon for 20 seconds
Shadowmask Ring
40-70% Chameleon for 10 seconds -> 15-20% Chameleon for 20 seconds