Version: 0995

Date: 01/04/2010
Category: Gameplay Effects and Changes
Requirements: Oblivion 1.2 Patch
Author: xilver
Source: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=9562
Note: This fille will be out of date, See the above link more up to date info

Description
===========
This mod adds over 300 new and unique spell types. It adds beam, spray and
projectile attacks. Turn bodies to gold, summon your own magic carpet, or dwemer
transformer, or protect yourself with a ring of fire. This mod has several
goals...

[NOTE: This Readme is a bit out of date. Check the web for a more updated version]
- Extend the Magic system of Oblivion without disturbing the current spell system
- Maintain the balance of the combat system (No Uber Spells)
- Add a completely different way to obtain these spells from the normal system

Midas Magic Official Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL2sr7RXdEc

To obtain these spells talk to the Vendor Midas. His shop is located to the Right
as you enter the Arcane University Court Yard. Before you enter the University
itself.

WARNING: There is a special way you get these spells so make sure you listen to the
shop keep and read his book
IMPORTANT: Midas Magic requires the Oblivion 1.2 Patch

Installation
============

Just copy the Midasspells.esp and Midasspells.bsa files to your oblivion\data

directory and select Midasspells.esp as one of your data files on starting
Oblivion.

The Spells
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Acid Arrow - Conjure a magical arrow to skewer your opponents.

Arcane Burst - A magical explosion centered on the caster sends your opponents
flying.

Astral Mark/Recall - Use Astral Gates to travel through space and time.

Astral Combat - Lock Horns with your foe "mano a mano" on the astral plane.

Midas' Berzerk - Buff your strength and knock your foes throught the air with your
weapon or fists.

Breath of Fire - The Caster breathes flames for the duration of the spell.

Chain Lightning - A bolt of shock damage on the target and has a chance to jump to
other nearby targets.

Bound Weapons - Conjure elemental Weapons, the Blaze Saber, the Frost Fang or the
Volt Edge

Midas' Chest - Summons an other-worldly storage apparatus. Ever so handy for the
burdened adventurer.

Column of Fire - A powerful burst of flame descends from the heavens to engulf your
opponents.

Comet - Hurls a Mighty Comet down from the sky on your target.

Death Ray - A beam of dark energy that damages the vicim's health and traps the
soul.

Detection Mastery - Lets you detect friend from foe and see items and containers.

Entangle - Midas' Entangle is a ranged attack that summons entangling vines to

restrain your foe.

Fire Burst - An Explosion of flame sends your opponents flying through the air.

Force Ball - A projectile attack that explodes in a blast of pure magical force.

Force Burst - A wave of magical force outward from the casters position.

Force Push - An impenetrable wave of force knocks foes out of your way.

Freeze Ray A beam of concentrated frost energy freezes opponents solid.

Glaive - Hurls a disk of spinning blades at your opponents.

Hail Storm - A mighty barrage of hail pelts your opponents to death.

Heat Beam - A beam of fire magic burns targets. Even through walls.

Holy Burst - A field of holy magic damages undead and heals allies.

Holy Ray - An instant hit beam which causes divine damage to undead and restores
health on non-evil targets.

Holy Judgment - The Ultimate Holy Spell, a powerful beam of Light from the Heavens
destroys all undead in sight.

Ice Burst - A blast of ice eminates from the caster, freezing your opponents.

Ice Walk - Ccreates a magical walkway of ice beneath the caster.

Lightning Bolt - An instant hit beam of shock energy.

Lightning Storm - An incredibly destructive barrage of lightning bolts descend on

all enemies in sight.

Magic Missiles - Casts 3 small projectiles of pure magic at the target.

Magic Seeker - This casts as an intelligent magical projectile to seek out your
target. There are Ice & Fire Versions as well.

Magma Ball - This projectile will ricochet off the environment until it impacts a
target.
Mechanical Mine - Creates an exploding robotic spider to blow off your enemies knee
caps.

Meteor - Casts a powerful meteor from the casters fingertips, causing physical
impact and fire damage to unlucky foes.

Meteor Storm - Calls an incredibly destructive hail of meteors from the sky.

Missile Shield - Surrounds the caster with a translucent magical shield that blocks
all arrow and projectile attacks.

Missile Storm - A barrage of magical projectiles fall on the targeted area.

Nova Burst - Creates a vortex of flame above the caster that rains down fireballs
on enemies.

Oblivion Portal - Summons a Portal to one of the worlds of Oblivion.

Pebble Blast - Cast a shower of magical heated stones at your opponents.

Plasma Shards - Launch high velocity projectiles that pass through walls.

Prism Spray - Five streams of magic from the caster's fingertips, each carrying a
different effect.

Polymorph Weretiger - Transform yourself into a vicious Weretiger.

Poison Cloud - This cloud moves slowly in front of the caster. Inflicting fatal
poison damage to all that fail to resist.

Rose of Kindness - Midas' Rose of Kindness cast a magical flower as a projectile

towards a target. Enemies are calmed by it. Friends are charmed by it. And
assailing guards are just confused and walk away.

Ring of Fire - Surrounds the caster with a defensive ring of fire.

Midas' Sharing - Allows the caster to exchange inventory with friendly characters.

Slime Ball - Slow your enemies with a coat of thick, viscous slime.

Snow Ball - This projectile will ricochet off the environment until it impacts a
target and detonates in a ball of frost damage.

Sparks - Casts a erratic barrage of electrical sparks at the target.

Spirit Hammer - Conjures a Holy Hammer to beat back the undead.

Spirit Warrior - Creates and ethereal duplicate of the caster.

Stone Storm - Summons a vortex of stones centered on the caster to pummel the
living daylights out of your enemies.

Stun Gas - A gas cloud that damages targets fatigue and has a chance of rendering
them unconscious.

Midas' Summon - Summons an avatar of Midas himself. Although he will not engage in
combat, you may barter with him while you are in the field. One of his more
valuable characteristics is that he carries a supply of repair hammers and lock
picks.
Summon Carpet - Midas' Summon Carpet calls to you a magic carpet that allows you to
travel Tamriel at blazing speeds. The carpet now flys! Toggle run/walk to activate
flying.

Summon Jelly - Manifests a very aggressive, amorphic blob of goo to fight by your
side. Now in 5 fruity flavors!

Midas' Thunder Cloud - A small but potent lightning storm that moves slowly in
front of the caster. Anyone caught in it's wake will be struck by a bolt of shock
damage.

Midas Tornado - A whirlwind of force precedes the caster inflicting force and shock
damage to all in its path.

Midas Touch - Midas Touch imbues the living target with 50 points of fire and
normal weapons resistance. When cast on a corpse, it will turn the corpse into
gold. In moments, the corpse deteriorates into a cascade of coins.

Midas Tractor Beam - Bring Items or enemies in for a closer look.

Midas Wabbabeam - Transfer the obscure powers of the legendary Wabbajack staff to a
magical beam.

Midas Water Globe - Imprisons your Target in a Ball of Water.

PLUS! Many More, including...

Midas Geysers
Midas Holy Flare
Midas Shock Burst
Midas Prism Missiles
Midas Rock Toss
Midas Purify
Midas Summon Lava Blob
Midas Acid Cloud
Midas Smoke Screen

Even More spells can be found in the "Midas Magic for Dimmies" Handbook!

Summonable Creatures
====================
Angel
Astral Stag
Balrog
Beholden
Centurion Prime Centurion, motorcycle and boat all in one.
Coin Seeker
Ebony Atronach
Enchanted Ebony Claymore
Enchanted EbonyBlade
Enchanted GoldBrand
Fire Sprite
Holy Sprite
Melon Atronach
Pumpkin Atronach
Cheese Atronach :)
Swarm
White Tiger
Other Stuff
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[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPXDMvb4Q8"]Aurum Assimulator

I've added the Aurum Assimulator in version 0.810. It lets you convert jewelry
into it raw components and get the gold and other metals out. It will also let you
recombine Gems into more valuable Gems or break them down. Hopefully this will
help make up for the severe lack of gold nuggets :)

Videos
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Midas Spells (Jelly, Heat Beam, Lightning Bolt) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Q4eek8Z-CwE
Midas Summon Carpet (original) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhPfVGbiLRg
Midas Summon Carpet (extra crispy) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Op3b2bzQwk
Midas Force Ball - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qRDmx7Hd7g
Force Push - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkI-nWFPQk
Midas Prism Spray - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwPiVVVZnXI
Midas Thunder Cloud - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DoyROr8eos
Midas Magic Missiles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umUwRPfdKok
Midas Fire Ring - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSXIpiwuw8
Midas Magma Ball - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLHl4oLsWYI
Midas' Stone Storm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXT_DTyFPK8
White Tiger Mounted Combat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDv39Agr3j4
Original Centurion Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nuLhFBKSTY
Instructional Video on Spell Making - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHtgOmCJpBw
Pretty cool Montage by Amandeep1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjrKjt_P7yg

Installation
============
Unzip in your Oblivion Data Directory and add the mod. It's in beta but has been
tested on several oblivion versions.

Links
=====
Mod Forum - http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=761040
FAQ - http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.ph...761040&st=1

Revisions
=========
See TESNexus for updated information

Version 0.950 12-9-2007 Patch A

- Install over 0.950 (you need both files)
- Adds Important files I forgot to Include in 0.950
- Needed for the Undead Quest

Version 0.950 12-7-2007

Major Release!
- Adds 30 New Spells including Missile Storm, Mechanical Mine, Arcane Burst, Spell
Shield & Wildfire
- Adds a quest to war against an undead army to earn 9 powerful spells
Version 0.941 10-18-2007
- Added an Active Mine that produces Gold
- Many Bug Fixes

Version 0.940 Patch B 10-1-2007

- Fixes Astral Plane Bug in 0940
- Includes some Missing Files for 0940
- Apply over 0.940 or 0.940a

Version 0.940 A or PatchA 9-30-2007

- Includes some Missing Files for 0940
- Either Get 0940A or Apply 0940 Patch A to 0940

Version 0.940 9-30-2007

- Expansion of the Astral Plane BUG FIX in Patch B
-- Adds 9 new worlds in the Astral Plane
-- 4 new Creatures each with Midas Spells
-- A Quest in the Astral plane for the Ultimate Holy Spell
- Adds 10 other Spells like Bind Blaze Saber, Force Shield, Igloo, Transmute
- Various fixes & Improvements

Version 0.931 8-26-2007

- Adds 3 New Holy Spells, Spirit Warrior, Spirit Hammer and Holy Flare
- Incorporated Improvements to the Balrog Sword and fixes for the Oblivion Portal
Spell

Version 0.930 8-14-2007

- Adds 11 New Spells like Oblivion Portal, Shock Burst, Water Globe, Purify
- Adds a Quest for the Prime Morpholith in which you Battle a Balrog!

Version 0.920 Patch B 7-21-2007

- :NOTE: This patch requires Midas Spells 0.920 Replaces A, you don't need both
- Fixed Recipe for Comet in Aurum Incantatem

Version 0.920 Patch A 7-21-2007

- :NOTE: This patch requires Midas Spells 0.920
- Added Spell Midas Crushing Stones
- Improved Tornado Spell Hit rate
- Fixes to Column of Fire Recipe
- Sound fixes to Column of Fire, Lightning Storm & Comet
- Summons now Dissapear when killed as supposed to

Version 0.920 7-17-2007

- Added 15 New powerful spells like Column of Fire, Lightning Storm, Tornado &
Comet
- New Beholden Creatures with a unique challenge to kill the Hive Mother
- Added the new "Sigil Essence" ingredients distilled from Sigil Stones
- Tons of fixes and balances and ingredient changes

Version 0.910 6-3-2007

- Added Flight to the Magic Carpet
- Added animated jellies with 5 varieties.
- Added new spells like Magic Seeker & Ice Walk
- Minor Fixes
-- Modifications to the astral mark/recall to work with SI
-- Increased Caster level requirements for summons & Rose of Kindness
-- and more...

Version 0.900 5-20-2007

- Added Centurion Prime Tranformer
- Minor Fixes
-- Changes to Summons Script to stop Fast Traveling Problem
-- Adjustments to Reactor to remove items correctly

Version 0.890 5-6-2007

- Adds 2 New Spells Breath of Fire & Fire Burst
- Adds multiple levels to Heat Beam, Lightning Bolt & Chain Lightning
- Gave the White Tiger a force attack while being riden
- Fixes to avoid problems with Autosave
- General Spell Rebalancing

Version 0.880 4-29-2007

- Adds 9 New Spells including Tractor Beam, Astral Combat, and White Tiger
- Fixed Prism Spray Creation Bug
- General bug fixes and cleanup

Version 0.870 4-22-2007

- Adds 5 New Spells including Ice Burst, Mark/Recall, and Berzerk
- Fixes reliablity issues with Force Ball & Stone Storm

Version 0.860 4-15-2007

- Added 5 New spells including Meteor, Meteor Storm & Chain Lightning.

- Fixes
-- Thunder Cloud now angers victims
-- Wall penetration spells no longer work in Arena
-- Death Ray now creates Soulgems
-- Slimeball texture and code updates
-- Sparks spell fixed & updated

Version 0.850 4-7-2007

- 7 New Spells (WabbaBeam, Force Blast, Holy Blast)
- Including 4 Unique Summonable Creatures
- Fixed unreliablity in Missile Shield

Version 0.821 3-26-2007

- Added 4 New spells including the Forceball :)
- Made this mode "auto-compatible" with Arcane University 300
- Made Multiple Levels of Plasma Shard and Fire Ring Spells
- Various Bug Fixes

Version 0.810 3-22-2007

- Added Aurum Assimilator

Version 0.800 3-18-2007

---Another Major Release
- Added 3 New Spells (Freeze Ray, Pebble Blast, & Stone Storm)
- Improved Fireball & Snowball range & accuracy
- Improved accuracy of all Beam Spells
- Improved Range on Plasma Shards
- Fixes
-- Fixed Hole in Missle Shield
-- Attempt to fix conflict with Harvest[Containers].esp

Version 0.757
- Major Rewrite of Most Spells
-- Removed "Placeatme" and referenced arrays of persistent actors instead
-- Should cut avoid Save Game bloat from Null Refs
-- Fat Free
- Improved Range and accuracy of MagmaBall, SnowBall & Sparks
- Can Fire projectile spells while using Missile Shield

Version 0.756
- Removed Debug Hack

Version 0.755
- The Ohm Quat Ohm Frat House is open for business
- Better model for the Aurum Reactor
- Improved collision chance of Magma Ball and Fire Ball
- Aesthetic Changes

* * * ATTENTION * * *
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If you're having problems (spells not working), make sure you have upgraded to
oblivion version 1.2.
Spells like Force spells, berzerk, & summons won't work without it. Also, the shop
itself may not appear.
If you are posting here concerning one of these issues, please indicate that you
are running 1.2 or higher.
If you are experiencing problems, having trouble creating a spell or finding an
ingredient, read the FAQ before posting here.
It could save you a lot of time.[/quote]

Thanks to LHammonds for updating this ReadMe!