Name: Stealth Overhaul Redux
Version: 1.0
Date: 5/25/2010
Category: Game Settings
Requirements: Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.416, OBSE v17
Author(s): Sandman53, JOG

Description
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This mod has been edited by me. I have stripped the mod of what I like to call "fluff" and whittled it down to a basic mod that does what I want it to do to sneak, and fixed some things I thought needed fixing. Here is a list of what I have done, followed by the original Readme:

Edit:
- Fixed the Assassination script and merged it with the main script
- Removed the in-game menu in favor of a self loading ini file. Also cleaned up the ini and made it more descriptive.
- Removed the Sneak toggle, Weapon Stat key, and Gear keys (See recommended mods below)
- Cleaned up the scripts/quests as much as a could, but only a bit.

This mod attempts to make Sneaking around more interesting and worthwhile, wearing Heavy Armor is now a serious issue, and Sneak-Attacks with the right-weapons are much more powerful.

Features:
- The backstabbing multiplier is dependent on the weapon's speed
and range/size, a small dagger might have up to x15 while
slow Longswords and Maces might have no multiplier at all.
- Worn Heavy Armor as well as drawn Weapons and Shields
now apply a penalty to your sneak skill.
- Wearing no armor at all grants you a 10% bonus to sneak
- Many customisation-options easy to apply with an INI file!

Armor Penalty
---------------------
Equipping Weapons and Armor now lowers your sneak skill:

Shield:
Holding any shield while sneaking will lower your sneak
skill by 1/3 of the shield's weight.
Cuirass:
Heavy-Armor cuirasses apply 1/3 of their weight as sneak-penalty
Greaves:
Heavy-Armor greaves apply 1/2 of their weight as sneak-penalty
Boots:
Heavy-Armor boots apply 1/2 of their weight as sneak-penalty
Combined Armor:
The penalty for Combined Heavy Armor (e.g. Heavy Arena Rainment)
is about half its weight (Upper Body: 16,7% + Lower Body 25% + Boots 10%)

Weapon Penalty
---------------------
When you hold a weapon while sneaking a penalty to your sneak skill is
applied depending on the weapon's general type and range (size)

Bows & Staffs:-6
Two Handed: -12
One Handed:11 * range -5 (rounded up)

When the equipped weapon is a dagger (very short blade) the penalty
is reduced by your grade of mastery in the Sneak Skill
(Novice = 0 ... Master = 4)


You can customise the base penalty (that is applied to bows)
the other penalties will be changed accordingly.
see Customisation section for details.

Backstabbing
---------------------
Melee Sneak Attacks:
Sneak-attack damage with melee weapons is now dependent on the weapons
type and speed, and stealth-skill-mastery has more effect:

Sneak Weak Standard Strong Deadly
-------------------------------------------
Novice x1x2x2x3
Apprentice x2x4x4x6
Journeyman x2x4x6x9
Expert x3x6x8 x12
Master x3x6 x10 x15

Weak Backstab:Slow 1-Hand weapon (Slow Waraxes, Fast Maces, Fast Longswords)
Standard Backstab: Normal blade (Katana) / Fast Blunt (Waraxe)
Strong Backstab: Fast blade (Shortsword)
Deadly Backstab: Dagger
No Backstab: 2 Handed weapons and very slow 1-Hand weapons (Longsword/Mace)


Marksman Sneak Attacks:
Sneak attack damage with a bow is determined by the Sneak skill
as well as the Marksman Skill:

|Marksman
Sneak| Novice Apprentice Journeym. Expert Master
-----------+--------------------------------------------
Novice |x1 x1 x2 x3 x3
Apprentice |x1 x2 x3 x4 x4
Journeyman |x2 x3 x4 x5 x5
Expert |x3 x4 x5 x6 x6
Master |x3 x4 x5 x6 x7


Assassination Power:
You gain the "Assassination" power when you reach Journeyman-level in Sneak.
It may be used once per day to double the backstab damage you inflict.
The duration of the "Assassination" effect is dependent on your mastery-level:

Journeyman: 10 seconds
Expert: 20 seconds
Master: 30 seconds

New Keys
---------------------
Backstab-Capabilities:
Press "F11" while having a weapon drawn during sneak will tell you how
suited the weapon is for backstabbing (including current multiplier).

Sneak-Penalty-Info-Key:
Press "F12" activate a Debug-Info Message that tells you the current
sneak-penalties (Cuirass / Greaves / Boots / Shield / Weapon / Total)

Recommended Mods
=======
Super Hotkeys - Better hotkeys all around:
http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=22326

Stat Display - Better display of weapon stats:
http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=31855

SM Combat Hide - Excellent hit and run mod:
http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20303

Install
=======
1. Extract this archive to any folder and then copy the contents to Oblivion's Data
folder. You can ignore or delete the "omod conversion data" folder.
2. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, and enable the .esp file(s).

Uninstall
=========
1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esp file(s).
2. Delete the files/folders associated with the mod.

Oblivion\Data\StealthOverhaul.esp
Oblivion\Data\ini\StealthOverhaul.ini

History
=======
1.0, 5/25/2010 - Initial release.

Contact
=======
You can find me on the official Elder Scrolls forums as 'Sandman53'

Credits
=======
Thanks to JOG for creating the best stealth mod ever!
Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion.
Thanks to TESNexus.com for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.


Licensing/Legal
===============
You can do whatever you want with this mod but don't complain to me if it
doesn't work or your PC blows up.