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+ Amazing Race Tweaks! Orc

Adds 8 new special attacks and makes berserker rage a lesser power! For Orcs, it's all about the rage. Now you can go berserk as often as you want! When you are enraged, you now unlock new combat moves for each weapon type.

Other new and improved abilities: Orc and Orc Vampire player races now have the ability to mine more ore and gems, better improve weapons and armor, carry more, track while under ground and more!

If you like the mod, or would like to see mods for other races, please consider rating it, even if you don't want to subscribe right now. It's the fourth in the A.R.T. (Amazing Race Tweaks!) series. No DLC is required. It's compatible with all Sp0ckrates workshop mods and many others. You do NOT have to unsubscribe from other mods in this series to use this mod.

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Contents
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1. Description
2. Features of the Mod
3. How the Improved Berserker Rage Works
4. Special Attack Moves for Each Weapon Type
5. About the Videos
6. Requirements
7. Installing
8. Incompatibilities with Other Mods
9. Known Bugs
10. Uninstalling
11. Version History

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1. Description
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The goal of this series of mods is to make each race unique. If a mod doesn't give a race powers and abilities you can't get from any other race, then it shouldn't be called Amazing Race Tweaks! Right? I've enjoyed playing Orcs but thought berserker rage should be more raging fun! So it's now a lesser power and gives you special attack moves. Several new abilities and powers are also added to improve mining, smithing, enchanting, brawling, carry weight, heavy armor and more. (See Features of the Mod.)

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2. Features of the Mod
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Improved Berserker Rage. Now a lesser power, you may use it as often as you like, provided you have (1) a weapon drawn and (2) stamina restored to 95% or greater. When enraged, for 60 seconds you:

* Get +50 stamina (from increased strength while enraged).
* Deal +50% more damage with all weapons (since you are going berserk).
* Take +25% more damage from foes (since you are reckless when enraged).
* Get up to a 100% chance to do special attacks (see Special Attack Moves for Each Weapon Type).
* Stamina is reduced by 100 when the rage ends.

Note: You're not at a disadvantage if you choose to not go berserk, since you take more damage when enraged and lose stamina when it ends. So there are pros and cons to not using the power, too.

Kinsman Privilege. Being an Orc now has its privileges! You are welcome inside every Orc stronghold, without having to complete a quest. You may also spend the night inside any Orc longhouse without residents becoming hostile. You may eat their food and help yourself to their belongings without being accused of stealing.

Ability to Carry More. Orcs now carry 100 more and there is no movement penalty for wearing heavy armor. (This ability applies to all Orc followers, too!) It's similar to the Steed Stone blessing. But if you use the Steed Stone, you will have a +200 carry weight!

Ability to Mine More Ore and Gems. Orc NPCs talk about how they are raised working in the mines, and you now:
* Mine 3x more Orchalicum.
* Mine 2x more iron, corundum, ebony, gold and silver.
* Mine the normal amount of moonstone, quicksilver and glass.
* Have a 75% chance to find a gem when mining ebony and 25% chance to find a gem when mining orichalcum.

Ability to Better Improve Weapons and Armor. Orcs are noted for superior smithing, and you now better improve weapons at a grindstone and armor at a workbench:
* 30% better for Orcish weapons and armor (lets you improve Orcish armor to the same strength as ebony armor).
* 10% better for light armor, and silver, elven and glass weapons.
* 20% better for heavy armor and other weapons.

Ability to Make Stronger Enchantments. Orc interest in creating superior armor and weapons isn't limited to smithing. Their knowledge also encompasses enchanting and enchantments are 20% stronger.

Ability to Sneak Better When Under Ground. Orcs spend years in mines, probably learning a few tricks for sneaking up on frostbite spiders and the like. You are 15% harder to detect when sneaking indoors. It's not as high as the ART! Wood Elf 25% sneaking bonus outside but better than any race for sneaking inside.

Power to Track Underground. Orc knowledge of underground terrain also gives them the lesser power to track friends and foes underground. Enter a cave or dungeon, get into a sneaking position and activate the power. It doesn't work on undead, daedra or dwarven machines.

Improved Stats. New characters now have the following stat bonuses. Heavy armor and smithing: +15. One-handed and two-handed: +10. Blocking and enchanting: +5. Total stat bonus is increased from +30 to +60.

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3. How the Improved Berserker Rage Works
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Beserker rage is now a lesser power, which may be used as many times as you are able. To use it:

1. Draw a weapon.
2. Wait till your stamina is fully restored.
3. Activate the power.

A notification appears on the upper, left of the screen: "You are ENRAGED!" Normal visual effects for the rage also appear. For 60 seconds, you get the bonuses listed in Features of the Mod. You also have a chance to do special combat moves (see Special Attack Moves for Each Weapon Type). When the rage ends, the visual effect subsides and a message states: "Your rage ends. Recover stamina to go berserk, again." Stamina is reduced by 100 and must be restored to at least 95% before you may become enraged, again.

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4. Special Attack Moves for Each Weapon Type
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Weapon Type | Special Attack | Chance/Effect | Perks to Increase Chance | Description
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* War Axe | disarm | 5%-100% | Armsman, Hack and Slash, Paralyzing Strike
(Disarms--see the video)

* Battle Axe | knock down | 5%-100% | Barbarian, Limb Splitter, Warmaster
(Knocks foes to the ground--see the video)

* Mace | paralyze | 5%-100% | Armsman, Bone Breaker, Paralyzing Strike
(Paralyzes for 5 sec.)

* War Hammer | knock back | 5%-100% | Barbarian, Skull Crusher, Warmaster
(Sends foes flying up in the air!)

* Sword | critical hit | 5%-50% | Armsman, Bladesman, Paralyzing Strike
(Increasing chance of critical hits doing 3x critical damage)

* Great Sword | critical hit | 5%-50% | Barbarian, Deep Wounds, Warmaster
(Increasing chance of critical hits doing 3x critical damage)

* Bow | stagger | 5%-100% | Overdraw, Critical Shot, Bulls Eye
(Increasing chance of staggering foes)

* Dagger | instant kill | 1%-10% | Armsman, Paralyzing Strike
(Chance to kill instantly!)

For the specific chances for each perk, see Perks Required...

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5. About the Videos
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The videos are of a character having the Warmaster and Paralyzing Strike perks, so the special move chance was 100%. The redish glow is the original visual effect for Berserker Rage. The game was set to low quality, so visual effects will be better if your game is set to medium or higher. Music of the videos is by Cliff Lin, who created the scores for popular video games, such as Call of Duty: Back Ops and films, such as Resident Evil: Retribution.

Continued on the Discussions Page.