How to start a new game with 100 on certain skills ?

[Rogerio]

Hi!

I want to test a few things and want to start a brand new character and as soon as possible (maybe after the dragon intro) get a few skills to 100 to unlock certain spells and perks, BUT NOT ADD TO THE OVERALL XP POOL!

So far the commands I have seen around add the skill but also make you level up and some others add the skill to 100 and make the XP of it, behave as if it was capped, meaning if you want to have 100 Destruction and level up as a Destruction mage, its impossible because Destruction is maxed and no longer grants you XP.

I have the Elys Uncapper which allows me to change the rate of XP and perks per level, etc... but it doesnt allow me to set a starting skill level to unlock the tree BUT make that skill behave as if it was level 15 (or whatever starting points it has).

The command "player.setav <skillname> <number>" works and does make the skill to 100 so I can get to any perk as long as I have the perk points, BUT this means its impossible to level up the character with that skill because it does not give any more xp, or possibly it gives you the XP at 100 which is like you need a ton of xp just to level up your character.

Anyone have any ideas on how to do it?

Thanks!

[cfs111]

Sorry, unless there is a mod I know of no way around that. If the skill is 100 it will not keep gaining experience. Why not just give yourself the perks you want and leave the skill level alone?

player.addperk 000c44c0 would give your player the perk "Adept Destruction".

[Rogerio]

Originally posted by cfs111:

Sorry, unless there is a mod I know of no way around that. If the skill is 100 it will not keep gaining experience. Why not just give yourself the perks you want and leave the skill level alone?

player.addperk 000c44c0 would give your player the perk "Adept Destruction".

Thanks, yes I saw that option too, but I am using Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim, which changes the whole perk trees. :(

[MarenAlu]

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37963/?

so with tis mod you can just add perk points to your charackter and then use the player.setav <skillname> <number> command for the 100

[wowszer]

It is not quite what you are thinking of, but it does speed up the leveling process much more quickly. There is a mod on Steam called the ring of rediculation, that multiplies the effect of doing something, like using a flame spell, picking a lock, swinging a sword, or crafting a dagger by a factor of 20, while wearing it. Rushing to reach whiterun, you still might be level 10 by the time you reach there.

[Rogerio]

Thanks but the problem with that mod of the ring is that it also levels you up fast. I just want to unlock all the tree perks so I can cast high level spells BUT having them at their level 1 power.

Some spells for example require you to have 80 Destruction, what I want is to be able to get those spells at level 1, but their power equivalente to the basic spells you get from tutorial.

Know what I mean ?

[Incunabulum]

Player.setav 'skill name' 100

[gnewna]

Originally posted by Rogerio:

Originally posted by cfs111:

Sorry, unless there is a mod I know of no way around that. If the skill is 100 it will not keep gaining experience. Why not just give yourself the perks you want and leave the skill level alone?

player.addperk 000c44c0 would give your player the perk "Adept Destruction".

Thanks, yes I saw that option too, but I am using Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim, which changes the whole perk trees. :(

look up the perk you want (fake example 'badass perk of asskicking') on the skill tree or mod description, then open the console and type

help "badass perk of asskicking"

(you can also type help "asskicking" or any other string of letters from the name)

This should show you the code for the perk you want, should have PERK next to it (useful if you typed help "asskicking" and your game also has some modded 'boots of extreme asskicking'). Then just use the command as above, with the code you just found.

[gnewna]

Originally posted by Rogerio:

Thanks but the problem with that mod of the ring is that it also levels you up fast. I just want to unlock all the tree perks so I can cast high level spells BUT having them at their level 1 power.

Some spells for example require you to have 80 Destruction, what I want is to be able to get those spells at level 1, but their power equivalente to the basic spells you get from tutorial.

Know what I mean ?

That... isn't really how it works. For a start, technically, if you have enough magicka, you can cast any spell at any level. What you can't do is buy the spell tomes from court mages etc until you have a high enough skill level, they won't stock them until your skill is at 50 or whatever.

But also, if you have the high level spells when you're at level one, they'll still be high level spells, and will do a lot more damage than the basic ones (though I think maybe they'll do a bit more damage as your skill increases, I can never remember if that's true or not, without a magic overhaul mod). And you'll still need a lot of magicka to cast them, e.g. the master spells are mostly somewhere around 1000 magicka to cast (base cost, give or take a hundred or two). With the cost reduction perk, that's still around 400-600 magicka you'll need. Unless you also give yourself a massively inflated magicka pool with the console, you won't be able to cast them.

(Also, if this is just a test character, cool, but do be aware that messing around with the console like this can have bad effects on your game.)

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

You can probably just use the Elys Community Uncapper to lower the amount of XP your character gains by raising the skills you specify to 0 and increase the XP rate for leveling the skills you want, so you get massive XP to level up skills, but don't gain any character levels.

That way you get to 100 very quickly and stay at level 1.

Do something like this for all the skills you want to get to 100 without gaining character levels:

[SkillExpGainMults\Destruction]
1=5.0
100=1.0

[PCLevelSkillExpMults\Destruction]
1=0
100=1.0

Make sure you turn on the skillcaps to 999 and skill formula caps to 199.

Increase the [SkillExpGainMults\Destruction] as you see fit, but keep in mind that I am not sure the minimum/maximum XP you can gain safely. It warns that too high or low a value can crash the game. You may have to try different settings.

[Rogerio]

Thanks guys!

I was thinking here that perhaps I will just stick to the vanilla experiment, what I wanted was basically have a lot of different spells when starting the game, but I forgot about that magicka cost too...

It kinda got bored with just the shock and flames spells. :(

Any suggestion in a spell overhaul mod?

[cfs111]

My favorite, Lore Friendly yet packed with a lot of spells.
Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim by Enai Siaion
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/16225/?

[gnewna]

Another vote for Apocalypse, great mod, with some cool, imaginative stuff. (Check out the same guy's other mods, too.)

[Rogerio]

Sorry not gonna use anything from Nexus, I like the ease of install with the Steam workshop.

If its not here on Steam Workshop then I am not using it, just had problems and corrupted saves with the Nexus Mod Manager.

PS: Fortunately, it is here :D

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=220881246