There are also mods to stop fast travel (though this was always silly to me, just 'don't fast travel') except between cities and mods that remove the markers you see on the compass that indicate you are closing in on a ruin or tower or 'whatever'. and it just was too pervasive for my tastes.
I found things such as my starting spells being useless or I coudn't pick a lock even though the creatures that would attack me were locked behind a door, etc. At the time I didn't like Oscuro's as I felt it made too many changes. I use a mod called Francescos leveled creatures and items mod. With all the adventure mods out there, not to mention different races, armor, weapons, etc, I have not found an end in site.