History VideoGame / RequiemTheRoleplayingOverhaul

''Requiem'' only exists for the original version of ''Skyrim'', and requires all three [=DLCs=], though ''Requiem'' stats and gameplay modifications haven't been ported to ''Dragonborn'' content. The mod can be found [[https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/19281 here]].

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: ''Requiem'' keeps the ''Skyrim'' levelling system but reworks the legendary skills features (the perks points are reimbursed, but the skill remains at level 100), which means ''Requiem'' has a hard level cap of 81. Albeit lower than the theorically infinite level cap of unmodded ''Skyrim''[[note]]The game crashes if you have 255 unspent perk points, which means a hard level cap of 510, which requires ''an ungodly amount'' of grinding[[/note]], that's still a very high cap, since raising every single skill to 100 is very long.

* GuideDangIt: The mod doesn't explain the required character level to trigger the start of ''Dawnguard'' main quest and the Daedric quests have been raised, which can make new ''Requiem'' players to think they encountered a bug when, for instance, Durak doesn't spawn once you visit a town for the first time after hitting level 10.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Murder people, steal, and rank a high bounty if you want, but it will eventually results in the Divine refusing to grant you their blessing. It can be countered by a specific perk which allows to [[TheAtoner atone for your misdeeds]], but it only restores the ability for shrines to cure diseases, in exchange of a long list of permanent debuffs. If you did enough evil deeds to be cursed by the Divines, you can take a perk which allows you to benefit from the shrines' cure disease effect again (''only'' the cure disease, as regular blessings are lost forever) in exchange of severe permanent debuffs, and it also requires to stop being a villain (the Divines won't accept your penance if you have a current bounty, and it also has a maximum cap in number of stolen items or murders to work).

* TheAtoner: A number of actions (having a current bounty, having your total lifetime bounty higher than 3,000 Septims, committing a murder, stealing 10 times, joining the Thieves Guild or the Dark Brotherhood) result in the Divine Shrines stopping to cure diseases and grant their blessing. The Restoration perk Painful Regrets allows you to regain ability to cure diseases from shrines in exchanges of suffering from a series of permanent debuffs (notably, spellcasting consumes more magicka, skills progress slower, and bartering is less efficient), but that requires to ''truly'' atone from your past sins (20 thefts, 3 murders, or 6,000 lifetime bounties will make Painful Regrets stop working, or render it unavailable if you didn't have), ''and'' paying your current bounty is a prerequisite.

* {{Nerf}}:

** Faendal still provides Marksmanship training[[note]]Renamed Archery[[/note]] but is no longer available as a follower, probably to prevent the players to use the exploit which allows to take back training money from follower's inventory.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Murder people, steal, and rank a high bounty if you want, but it will eventually results in the Divine refusing to grant you their blessing. It can be countered by a specific perk which allows to [[TheAtoner atone for your misdeeds]], but it only restores the ability for shrines to cure diseases, in exchange of a long list of permanent debuffs.
If you did enough evil deeds to be cursed by the Divines, you can take a perk which allows you to benefit from the shrines' cure disease effect again (''only'' the cure disease, as regular blessings are lost forever) in exchange of severe permanent debuffs, and it also requires to stop being a villain (the Divines won't accept your penance if you have a current bounty, and it also has a maximum cap in number of stolen items or murders to work).

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Murder people, steal, and rank a high bounty if you want, but it will eventually results in the Divine refusing to grant you their blessing.

** Skooma's visual is a trippy double vision with very saturated colors, which is barely more pratical than being blind.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Skooma now has very bad effects, instead of being a powerful wine variant with an exotic name and no obvious drawback ingame despite the presence of miserable [=NPCs=] addicted to the drug.

* WalletOfHolding: Averted. Instead of being weightless, gold now has a weight, and 100 septims weight 0.25. The mod also reduces the weight-to-price ratio of gems, which allows to use them to barter.

* BreakableWeapons: Bows and crossbows are sometimes destroyed if equipped by a NPC at the moment they suffer a killing blow.

* GuideDangIt: The mod has no complete up-to-date official manual, and some of its changes aren't obvious.
** It's never explained that the number of stolen items, the amount of your bounty, and progression in Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood's questlines will forbid you to receive divine blessings.
** The required level to trigger the start of ''Dawnguard'' main quest and the Daedric quests have been raised, which can make new ''Requiem'' players to think they encountered a bug.

* MightyGlacier: Downplayed. Since walking speed is tied with inventory's encumberance and armor's weight, a heavy armor's clad Dragonborn is initially much more resilient than a Light Armor fighter or a mage in unarmored robes, but also much slower. You'll eventually get better as you get perks to reduce armor's hindrance and increase carry weight capacity.

** Faendal still provides Archery training but, is no longer available as a follower, probably to prevent the players to use the exploit which allows to take back training money from follower's inventory.
* NintendoHard : Removal of LevelScaling makes exploration at low levels extremely dangerous since most enemies will initially out-level you. Combat is now more difficult since regular running now consumes stamina and if your stamina is depleted during a fight, it can lead to you getting disarmed along with being weaker and slower. Certain enemies around the world are now deadlier than they were in vanilla: Archers can now easily kill an unsuspecting player. Trolls and Dragon Priests have greatly increased health regen, which can make them unwinnable unless you can exploit their weaknesses or have enough DPS. The player no longer has passive health regeneration, so they need to either invest in restoration or carry a lot of healing poultices or potions. Also, gold and arrows now have a weight.

* GuideDangIt: The mod has no complete up-to-date official manual.

* GuideDangIt: The mod has no complete up-to-date official manual, and some features are never explained. For instance, it's never explained that the number of stolen items, the amount of your bounty, and progression in Thieves Guild or Dark Brotherhood's questlines will forbid you to receive divine blessings.

** Alcohol results in blurred vision for a dozen of (real time) minutes.