Update 2.1: Attunement
Attunement Basics
Description
When the Attunement feature is enabled, approaching any vanilla-added Word Wall in the game will display a prompt to attune yourself to your Dragon Blood. Activating this prompt will bring up a menu with a set of choices. Choosing one of these will consume a Dragon Soul and grant you an ability depending on the choice.
The Attunement Abilities
With the initial release of this system, the abilities are as follows:
- Fire Dragon Attunement - Increased fire resistance by 25%. Deal 25% more fire damage.
- Frost Dragon Attunement - Increased frost resistance by 25%. Deal 25% more cold damage.
- Storm Dragon Attunement - Increased shock resistance by 25%. Deal 25% more shock damage.
Only one Attunement ability can be active at any given time (without cheating).
Enabling/Troubleshooting Attunement
Attunement is enabled via the Souls Do Things 2 MCM via a toggle option. If you enable the option and the Attunement prompt doesn't appear at a word wall, then you likely need the cell the word wall is in to unattach. Simply enter a load door prior to installing this mod to avoid this issue.
Attunement and Dragon Aspect
Basics
While Attunement is enabled, Dragon Aspect benefits from the current Attunement buff. The following changes occur:
- Duration is decreased from 300/300/300 seconds to 180/120/60 seconds.
- Power attacks launch elemental blasts dependent on the current Attunement ability (2-H and Barehand weapons launch longer range missiles, and 1-H weapons launch short-ranged bursts).
- Bows deal bonus elemental damage based on the current Attunement ability. If a bow is fully drawn, it also releases a short-ranged burst.
- The second rank of Dragon Aspect grants increased damage resistance and surrounds the caster in an elemental cloak in addition to granting the power attack enhancements.
- The third rank of Dragon Aspect causes an elemental explosion dependent on the current Attunement ability, and doubles the effectiveness of Attunement for its duration.
Rank 3 Explosions
- Fire Attunement - A radial blast that deals increased damage to targets based on proximity. 75 foot max range. Weaker than Storm Attunement, but greater reach.
- Frost Attunement - A sudden chill freezes nearby enemies after 1 second. 40 foot range. Medium reach, and deals the least damage, but has good crowd control.
- Storm Attunement - A series of electric pulses that deal 3 hits to nearby enemies over 1 second. 25 foot range. Deals most damage of the 3 total, but has the most limited reach.
Attunement improvements to Dragon Aspect benefit from the mod's Shout Scaling feature.
Dragon Aspect and Miraak
Miraak benefits from the Attunement system, and he will utilize upgraded Dragon Aspect forms against you. There are however, a few differences.
- Miraak's Attunement is independent of the player's. He may use a Storm Attuned Dragon Aspect while you are Attuned to Fire for example.
- Miraak's Attunement can alter between casts of Dragon Aspect.
Future Plans
- Expand Attunement to be useful for non-destruction builds (currently, melee, archery, and destruction mages benefit the most).
- Add more Attunement options (Conjuration, Alteration, Restoration, Illusion)
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