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Starbust Firenova Dawnbreaker with AOE

Starburst Dawnbreaker with AOE - by absol89 on Nexus Mods
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/39000

Fully Compatible with 'Two-Handed Dawnbreaker' by gaijune (place after my mod in load order)
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/11691

THIS ONE HAS HIGHER DAMAGE AND AOE RADIUS. IT IS STRONGER AGAINST UNDEAD AND MAGIC RESISTANT ENEMIES, BUT CAN ONLY BENEFIT FROM FIRE DESTRUCTION PERKS!

This mod replaces the enhancements on Meridia's Dawnbreaker sword with lore friendly unique AOE elements. The main effect is a Starburst AOE attack of different elements that does extra sun damage to undead creatures. The elements Stagger most enemies when they are hit by the actual blade and it is also fully upgradable by with the Deadric smithing perk and has unlimited charges. You can find the sword by completing the quest 'The Break of Dawn' at Meridia's Temple, which is located southwest of Solitude. This mod requires Dawnguard and that you can only pick and use one file version at a time!

To make the Starburst Dawnbreaker a bit more viable in higher levels, it has been given the same base damage as the Dragonbone Sword (15). It is also fully upgradeable with the Arcane Blacksmith and Daedric Blacksmith perks. The drawback is that the enchanted damage values are quite low and can only be improved up to twice as strong with perks from the destruction and restoration trees. You cannot add enchantments to it, and will only be able to improve the physical damage. It is designed to provide a visually stunning unique combat style that cripples most undead hordes reasonably well early on, while it still grows in physical power with the player and his or her perk choices along the way. The strong Stagger effect helps against stronger enemies, while the occasional fiery undead bane proc can also scare away undead minions for a while.

UPDATE: As of version 1.2 all Starbust Dawnbreaker versions use the same visual light explosion, but the blade has a different glow color (fire, frost, shock, or soul trap colored) and the visual burn effect corresponds to the visual element in question, followed by a brighter burn effect on undead creatues. They all Stagger and do 20 damage as fire, 10 AOE sun damage and 20 extra sun damage to undead. Like in the vanilla version, a killing blow to undead may cause a fiery explosion that sends nearby undead running in fear for a while. If you do not want the final explosion to disturb loose small object or send them flying, please check out the 'Peaceful Explosion' by Ekseth!

Peaceful Explosion by Ekseth: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22610

If you are still contemplating if this mod is cool enough for you, watch the video below! It showcases the old Soulburst Dawnbreaker 1.0 version. The 1.2 versions have slightly reduced AOE compared to the video, different elemental hit effects, and NO SOUL TRAP!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEzqDUo0YE

Please try them out and send me comments and messages about how balanced they are on vanilla characters! Thanks :D