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Mazor's Intuitive Magic

The magic system in Skyrim can be somewhat, unintuitive. You learn a spell, and that spell always has the same effect no matter how skilled a mage you are. It would make more sense if spells scaled WITH your character, rather than becoming obselete at higher levels, or unusable at low levels.

That's what this mod fixes. It changes every spell in the game to be usable and viable at every level. You want to use Flames at level 81? It'll cost more magicka, and deal more damage, scaling with your character. You want to you Lightning Storm at level 1? If you somehow managed to get your hands on that tome at level 1, then go for it. It wont do the amount of damage that it's intended to at that level, but it'll still be both a usable and viable option.

How does it do it?

-First, I rebalanced every spell so that in vanilla, without this mod, those spells would be viable. You could use Flames at level 1, but it wasn't really worth it. All the spells were unbalanced and either very weak, unusable, or overpowered. I fixed that.
-Next, I used that balanced system and scaled it down so that every spell costs low mana, with their effects being scaled accordingly.
-Finally, I changed it so as you level up a school of magicka, the magnitude, duration, and cost are increased by 10% each.

-Ultimately, every spell has their ups and downs, and they're all viable no matter what point of the game you're at, without being overpowered in every situation.

-I've added a few things to certain spells to make them and their perks more viable as well. Namely, the Mage Armor spells as well as their related perks are now better, and as a mage, it's worth it to opt for not wearing any armor in favor of the Mage Armor spells, without the Mage Armor being overpowered OR underpowered for non-mages that just want a small buff from it.

-Conjurations last a shorter time at low levels, but last very long at high levels. The Bound Weapons are now useful throughout the entire game, and with the appropriate perks, they are just as good as highly improved weapons via smithing (as long as no exploits were used).

This mod is now compatible with the DLC! Also, mods that add spells shouldn't be as much of a problem anymore, but I will work on compatibility for requested mods.

If you notice anything off about it, please let me know so that I can fix it. Thanks!

[12/03/16]UPDATE: Mod should now be DLC compatible! More balance changes, things should feel more fluid and balanaced now. Also, I changed some of the methods I used, so it should be more compatible with ALL other spell mods, but possibly not completely compatible with them. Will look into specific mods by request. Will now begin working on full compatibility with the following mods: AliTheGod's "Improved Magic system", Ordinator, Apcalypse Spells, and the Forbidden Magic Series. I also am now working on some bugs, namely one where shouts are effected by magic skill level, one where certain specific enchanted items are overpowered, and one where destruction enchanting doesn't work. Next update will be 12/9/16 at the latest.

[12/01/16]UPDATE: Lots of balance issues should be fixed. Bug where enchantments were crazy overpowered should be fixed. DLC Compatibility will be here by the end of the week. Special thanks to DaveM215 for telling me how to fix the enchantment bug, probably saved me at least half an hour trying to figure it out.

UPDATE: By the end of this week, the balance issues should be fixed, and the mod should be compatible with all DLC. If you would like me to make it compatible with any other mods, please let me know. Thanks!