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		Spell Levitate
		 by Magistrate
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[Version]

1.2

[Description]

The one thing I always loved the most in the TES saga was the ability to grow your character from a low level wizard to a powerful mage and the ability to levitate came with the package. As soon as you grew in power and expertize gone and forgotten were the times you had to walk from place to place like a mere mortal. "But.. There are horses now" you may say. But can a horse fly you from one mountain top to another? I don't think so.

But then it came Skyrim and Bethesda, after enclosing cities in interior cells they saw fit to take away from the player the ability to levitate in order to cage you in heavily scripted quests. But no longer you have to suffer! Now you can fly, again.

I found on the nexus an old mod by Dayus which added just what I was looking for: a Levitate Spell. There were some issue though, unfortunately he quit supporting the mod and left it open-source due to R/L commitments. So I grabbed it, cleaned it with TESVEdit, replaced levelled lists with item placement; added two new custom sound effects for better immersion and packed everything in a BSA.

[Features]

Custom sound effect for Levitate Casting (see Video).
Custom sound effect for Levitate Concentration Loop (see Video).
Cleaned some dirty edits in the original mod.
Everything packed nicely into a BSA.

[Levitate Duration]

In an effort to better balance out the magicka cost of Levitate and according to the feedback received, the new costs are as follow:

<See Table in Mod Description Page>

[Change Log]

1.0 
Initial release.
1.1
Fixed Packaging Error.
Added Optional Levelled List Version.
1.2
Added Levelled List option to main version. Removed alternate version.
Raised the cost of "Levitate" by 5 times.

[Installation]

Download the "Spell Levitate.7z" and extract its content to your Skyrim folder.
or
Download the "Spell Levitate (with LvlList).7z" and extract its content to your Skyrim folder.

[Obtaining the Spell]

You can find the "Levitate" spell in a satchel in Toldfir's room, in Winterhold College.

or

If you choose to install "Spell Levitate (with LvlList)" you will also find the tome into levelled lists. Be aware that the entry will most likely conflict with a bazillion other mods and the tomes won't show up UNLESS you use Wrye Bash to create a Bashed Patch.

You can get "Levitate" added to your spell book, fire up the console and type:
help levitate
Then use:
player.addspell [ID#] 

[Notes]

Levitate with care.
Levitate is a concentration spell, which means you will be flying as long as you keep the button pressed so if you stop concentrating mid-air you WILL fall to your death (granted Skyrim, differently from Morrowind) doesn't allow to cast spells while falling).

Levitation is Mana-Expensive.
Take into consideration that if levitate is used at low levels it is a mana drain and you may end up mana-less in no time and if that happens mid-air, you may fall to your death. In the video I am playing my character which is a level 50 wizard with 93 in Alteration and a pool of Magicka of 600. That is why it SEEMS it doesn't drain much magicka, but believe me it DOES :)

The game does not expect the player to levitate.
Remember that the Vanilla game does NOT expect the player to fly around, therefor, be careful when flying around as you may find the occasional invisible wall or when levitating in interior cells end up stuck in places you are not supposed to reach.

[Credit]

Original Levitate Script by J3x
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19069

[Permissions]
You are permitted to use these files in your mod as long as you send me a message to ask for permission and you credit 
me for use of my files.

[Contact]
Magistrate on Bethesda's Forum


