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About this mod
CLASS separates racial bonuses from your starting skills. Start your new character off with the skills they should have.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
Classes in Morrowind and Oblivion dictated everything about how your skills would grow with your character. Skyrim changed this model so that your skills aren't dependent on your class, letting your build be defined by how you choose to play the game instead of the other way around. Generally, I think this is a good change.
Moving starting skill bonuses to races was a part of that change I don't like. If your skills are defined by what you do, instead of what you are, making skills uniform across a race is not in line with that idea. Not every member of any race has the same background or training, and that's what I feel the starting skills should represent.
Classes Lite: Assigned Starting Skills reintroduces classes, but only to determine what your character's starting background and skills. When you close the race menu for the first time in character creation, you'll be prompted to reset racial skill bonuses and select the starting bonuses for a class instead. Optionally, you may create a custom class if you enable these. I don't recommend this, the pre-built classes may encourage more diverse builds than are typically used otherwise, but I expect people will want this so it can be enabled.
Specific values for the starting levels of regular skills, your Major skill, and your Minor skills may be selected in the MCM.
CLASS also optionally changes how starting spells work. If this option is enabled, starting spells will not be allocated by your race. Instead, if your class has a magical Major skill, you will be able to take a free Novice starting spell in that school of magic.
At any time, you may compare your current highest skills to your class's skills in the MCM to see if the class matches the way you play - maybe you pick a different class next time.
Classes
Magic
Spoiler:
Mage
You are a versatile spellcaster, focusing your talents on the application of pure magic.
Major Skill: Destruction
Minor Skills:
Spellsword
You are adept with both sword and spell, using magic to gain the upper hand in a duel.
Major Skill: One-Handed
Minor Skills:
Battlemage
You apply your magical skill on the front lines, augmenting your spells with heavy armor and weapons.
Major Skill: Alteration
Minor Skills:
Commander
You are a master of battle strategy, rallying your allies and terrorizing your foes.
Major Skill: Illusion
Minor Skills:
Healer
You have devoted yourself to the study of life forces, using spellcraft and alchemy to heal.
Major Skill: Restoration
Minor Skills:
Sorcerer
You are an expert in the more subtle arts of magic, able to weave powerful arcane enchantments.
Major Skill: Enchanting
Minor Skills:
Summoner
You specialize in the arcane arts of conjuration and resurrection, directing your minions from afar.
Major Skill: Conjuration
Minor Skills:
Nightblade
You harness magical illusions to augment your illicit acts, striking from shadows of your own making.
Major Skill: Illusion
Minor Skills:
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Mage
You are a versatile spellcaster, focusing your talents on the application of pure magic.
Major Skill: Destruction
Minor Skills:
- Alteration
- Restoration
- Illusion
- Conjuration
- Enchanting
Spellsword
You are adept with both sword and spell, using magic to gain the upper hand in a duel.
Major Skill: One-Handed
Minor Skills:
- Destruction
- Restoration
- Light Armor
- Alteration
- Enchanting
Battlemage
You apply your magical skill on the front lines, augmenting your spells with heavy armor and weapons.
Major Skill: Alteration
Minor Skills:
- Destruction
- Conjuration
- Heavy Armor
- Two-Handed
- Enchanting
Commander
You are a master of battle strategy, rallying your allies and terrorizing your foes.
Major Skill: Illusion
Minor Skills:
- Heavy Armor
- Conjuration
- Alteration
- Two-Handed
- Restoration
Healer
You have devoted yourself to the study of life forces, using spellcraft and alchemy to heal.
Major Skill: Restoration
Minor Skills:
- Alchemy
- Alteration
- Speech
- Illusion
- Destruction
Sorcerer
You are an expert in the more subtle arts of magic, able to weave powerful arcane enchantments.
Major Skill: Enchanting
Minor Skills:
- Heavy Armor
- Destruction
- Conjuration
- One-Handed
- Alteration
Summoner
You specialize in the arcane arts of conjuration and resurrection, directing your minions from afar.
Major Skill: Conjuration
Minor Skills:
- Restoration
- Alchemy
- Alteration
- Destruction
- Sneak
Nightblade
You harness magical illusions to augment your illicit acts, striking from shadows of your own making.
Major Skill: Illusion
Minor Skills:
- Sneak
- One-Handed
- Light Armor
- Destruction
- Restoration
Combat
Spoiler:
Warrior
You are trained in a broad variety of combat styles, relying on your skill with weapons in battle.
Major Skill: Two-Handed
Minor Skills:
Barbarian
You care little for spellcraft or speechcraft, preferring to crush your enemies with heavy weapon blows.
Major Skill: Two-Handed
Minor Skills:
Archer
You are skilled with a bow, allowing you to strike your enemies from afar before closing in for the kill.
Major Skill: Archery
Minor Skills:
Armorer
You are an artisan of the forge, as experienced in the crafting of armor and weapons as in their use.
Major Skill: Smithing
Minor Skills:
Crusader
You are deeply devoted to a cause, bolstering your skill in both warcraft and spellcraft.
Major Skill: Heavy Armor
Minor Skills:
Scout
You are an agile survivor, evading and wearing down your enemies in a skirmish to slip away unscathed.
Major Skill: One-Handed
Minor Skills:
Knight
You are a dignified warrior and a paragon of chivalry, trained in defensive techniques and etiquette.
Major Skill: Block
Minor Skills:
Witch Hunter
You are trained to resist and counteract magic, meeting your foes’ spells with your own ranged attacks.
Major Skill: Archery
Minor Skills:
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Warrior
You are trained in a broad variety of combat styles, relying on your skill with weapons in battle.
Major Skill: Two-Handed
Minor Skills:
- One-Handed
- Archery
- Smithing
- Heavy Armor
- Block
Barbarian
You care little for spellcraft or speechcraft, preferring to crush your enemies with heavy weapon blows.
Major Skill: Two-Handed
Minor Skills:
- One-Handed
- Light Armor
- Block
- Smithing
- Archery
Archer
You are skilled with a bow, allowing you to strike your enemies from afar before closing in for the kill.
Major Skill: Archery
Minor Skills:
- Light Armor
- One-Handed
- Sneak
- Block
- Smithing
Armorer
You are an artisan of the forge, as experienced in the crafting of armor and weapons as in their use.
Major Skill: Smithing
Minor Skills:
- Heavy Armor
- Two-Handed
- Light Armor
- Block
- Speech
Crusader
You are deeply devoted to a cause, bolstering your skill in both warcraft and spellcraft.
Major Skill: Heavy Armor
Minor Skills:
- One-Handed
- Restoration
- Destruction
- Block
- Smithing
Scout
You are an agile survivor, evading and wearing down your enemies in a skirmish to slip away unscathed.
Major Skill: One-Handed
Minor Skills:
- Light Armor
- Block
- Archery
- Smithing
- Sneak
Knight
You are a dignified warrior and a paragon of chivalry, trained in defensive techniques and etiquette.
Major Skill: Block
Minor Skills:
- One-Handed
- Speech
- Heavy Armor
- Two-Handed
- Illusion
Witch Hunter
You are trained to resist and counteract magic, meeting your foes’ spells with your own ranged attacks.
Major Skill: Archery
Minor Skills:
- Conjuration
- Enchanting
- Light Armor
- Two-Handed
- Alchemy
Stealth
Spoiler:
Rogue
You are a charming and cunning duelist, relying on your deft hands and quick tongue in the face of danger.
Major Skill: One-Handed
Minor Skills:
Thief
You are a seeker of riches, preferring to remain out of sight rather than face danger head-on.
Major Skill: Lockpicking
Minor Skills:
Assassin
You are an instrument of death, picking off your targets one by one before they realize what hit them.
Major Skill: Sneak
Minor Skills:
Bandit
You are a brigand without loyalty or honor, focusing only on surviving to see another day.
Major Skill: Light Armor
Minor Skills:
Cutpurse
You are a brutal robber, prioritizing attacks of opportunity and an easy mark over keeping a low profile.
Major Skill: Pickpocket
Minor Skills:
Agent
You are trained in infiltration and deception, wielding subterfuge and surprise as effectively as a blade.
Major Skill: Speech
Minor Skills:
Bard
You are a singer of songs and a teller of tales, inspiring your allies and talking your way out of any situation.
Major Skill: Speech
Minor Skills:
Pilgrim
You are a traveler, equipped to wander dangerous paths and find acceptance anywhere you might rest.
Major Skill: Light Armor
Minor Skills:
Show
Rogue
You are a charming and cunning duelist, relying on your deft hands and quick tongue in the face of danger.
Major Skill: One-Handed
Minor Skills:
- Speech
- Light Armor
- Alchemy
- Sneak
- Lockpicking
Thief
You are a seeker of riches, preferring to remain out of sight rather than face danger head-on.
Major Skill: Lockpicking
Minor Skills:
- Pickpocket
- Speech
- Sneak
- Light Armor
- Archery
Assassin
You are an instrument of death, picking off your targets one by one before they realize what hit them.
Major Skill: Sneak
Minor Skills:
- One-Handed
- Light Armor
- Archery
- Pickpocket
- Alchemy
Bandit
You are a brigand without loyalty or honor, focusing only on surviving to see another day.
Major Skill: Light Armor
Minor Skills:
- One-Handed
- Pickpocket
- Lockpicking
- Archery
- Alchemy
Cutpurse
You are a brutal robber, prioritizing attacks of opportunity and an easy mark over keeping a low profile.
Major Skill: Pickpocket
Minor Skills:
- Sneak
- One-Handed
- Alchemy
- Archery
- Light Armor
Agent
You are trained in infiltration and deception, wielding subterfuge and surprise as effectively as a blade.
Major Skill: Speech
Minor Skills:
- Sneak
- Light Armor
- Illusion
- One-Handed
- Lockpicking
Bard
You are a singer of songs and a teller of tales, inspiring your allies and talking your way out of any situation.
Major Skill: Speech
Minor Skills:
- Illusion
- Light Armor
- One-Handed
- Alchemy
- Pickpocket
Pilgrim
You are a traveler, equipped to wander dangerous paths and find acceptance anywhere you might rest.
Major Skill: Light Armor
Minor Skills:
- Speech
- Restoration
- One-Handed
- Illusion
- Lockpicking
Compatibility
Probably compatible.
Race mods: You may use this with any race mod. It will not affect the passive abilities of any race, only what skills start at what level. I currently use Jelidity's Racial Abilities.
Alternate Start mods: This mod runs once after you close character creation menu, which happens early in alternate start mods. Tested with all popular alternate start mods except for Skyrim Unbound Reborn. That one looked like a headache and I don't use it so who knows if it's compatible with that.
Starting spells: Most alternate start mods use the vanilla method. Again, Skyrim Unbound Reborn seems to be doing its own thing, not tested with this mod. Aetherius's starting spells addon and Lost Races of Aetherius have dedicated handling.
Adding Your Own Classes
Copy the Default.json file, add your own class to it by copying the structure of existing classes, change the path or filename in config.json to the new file, otherwise updates to this mod may wipe out your changes. This system may or may not become more versatile in future, depending on how much more of my life I want to burn on file loading, validating, and parsing in Papyrus. So far it isn't much.
