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[axonis]

• Light I > Light
  Candlelight is misleading because both versions have the same luminous intensity
• Light II > Magelight
  Important! It is voiced as such in the First Lessons quest
• Transmute Water > Waterbreathing
  Classic name, easy to understand, based on lore
• Paralyze I > Paralyze
  Mass paralysis is not a rank of targeted paralysis
• Transmute Muscles I > Strength
  Transmute Muscles is fine, but Strength has the advantage of underpinning Requiem's secondary attribute Strength derivation.
• Transmute: Muscles II > Strengthening Touch
• Transmute: Blood > Transmute Blood
• Summon Swarm I > Insect Swarm
• Summon Swarm II > Insect Swarm, Greater
• Raise Dead (rank) > Animate Dead (rank)
  Raise dead is confusing with Resurrection from other RPGs
• Raise Dead IV > Dead Thrall
  Dead Thrall is a different spell
• Bound Axe > Bound Battleaxe
  Better defined
• Soul Trap I > Soul Trap
• Teleport I > Mark and Recall
  Based on earlier TES games and also much easier to understand
• Teleport II > Dimension Door (or Blink)
  First is more immersive, second is more precise, both are based on RPG lore
• Banish Daedra (rank) > Banishment (rank)
  Works for all summoned beings, not just Daedra
• Command Daedra > Coup d'etat or Command Summon, or Assume Control or Commandeer Summon
  Again it works on all summoned/animated minions.
• Necromantic Empowerment > Necromantic Restoration
  Empowerment is the term used by Requiem for Overcharge and thus it is highly confusing for a spell that restores health to undead.
• Firesparks > Flames
  Vanilla is more descriptive
• Lightning Sparks > Sparks
• Icewind > Frostbite
• Icy Shard > Ice Spike
  It actually looks more like a spike.
• Fiery Arrow > Fire Bolt
  Important! It is voiced as such in the First Lessons quest
• Lightning Shackles > Chain Lightning
  Classic name, makes better sense
• Icesphere > Ice Storm
  Same as above
• Icy Lance > Ice Spear
  It's too short for a lance. And lances are not thrown.
• Firebolt > Incinerate
  It should renamed to anything but Firebolt, but I think the vanilla name is perfect
• Frightening Orb > Orb of Fear
  Important! It is voiced as "Fear" in the First Lessons quest
• Arcane Ward (rank) > Ward (rank)
  Simple name as spoken by Tolfdir (and Heckur)
• Healing Aura I > Balyna's Soothing Balm
• Healing Aura III > Balyna's Perfect Balm
• Healing Aura II > Balyna's Soothing Touch
• Healing Aura IV > Balyna's Perfect Touch
  These are Daggerfall and Morrowind classics and solve the issue of ranking spells that are different
• Arcane Disjunction > Breach Magic Resistance
  Arcane Disjunction means magic cancellation which is the reverse of what it actually does.
• Dispel I > Dispel Magic
• Dispel II > Dispel Magic on Target

Edited by axonis, 17 June 2014 - 12:05 PM.

[axonis]

In response to post #15596570. #15596795 is also a reply to the same post.

Yes, I understand, the current manual doesn't describe any school besides Illusion.

Great job

[lordromel]

In response to post #15597615.

also i think you can make I - II - III etc ... name change it to Advance / Basic / Mastery and so on ... its better

[axonis]

In response to post #15593220.

@madmortem, let's keep a few spells as ranked to honor the current Requiem nomenclature; besides turn undead and mage armor are indeed the same spell with just different ranks.

I agree with your point on ingredients but I really have a hard time understanding the difference between different potions & poisons, something that didn't happen with vanilla. And some names (such as "Ably whatever" ) really are a stretch. Ogerboss said some names were formed to faciliate sorting in a pre-SkyUI era!

Edited by axonis, 14 June 2014 - 03:47 PM.

[axonis]

Why do you dislike numbered ranks so much ?

[axonis]

Proposals for magic effects / potions:

Ably Aiming > Fortify Archery
Ably Berserking > Fortify Two-handed
Ably Blocking > Fortify Block
Ably Conjuring > Fortify Conjuration
Ably Deceiving > Fortify Illusion
Ably Destroying > Fortify Destruction
Ably Enchanting > Fortify Enchanting 
Ably Fighting > Fortify One-handed 
Ably Lockpicking > Fortify Lockpicking 
Ably Persuading > Fortify Persuasion 
Ably Pickpocketing > Fortify Pickpocket 
Ably Restoring > Fortify Restoration 
Ably Smithing > Fortify Smithing 
Ably Sneaking > Fortify Sneak
Ably Striking > Fortify Unarmed

Affliction > Toxicity
Decay > Lingering Toxicity
Damage Health Regeneration > Health Stunt

Arcane Disruption > Weakness to Magic
Arcane Disjunction > Magic Resistance Breach
Spellbane >  Magicka Drain
Spellfade > Lingering Magicka Drain
Spellfreeze > Magicka Stunt
Spellpower > Fortify Magicka

Cryolysis > Weakness to Frost
Icebane > Frost Resistance
Pyrolysis > Weakness to Fire
Flamebane > Fire Resistance
Electrolysis > Weakness to Shock
Shockbane > Shock Resistance

Enervation > Stamina Drain
Effetness > Lingering Stamina Drain
Exhaustion > Stamina Stunt
Spiritedness > Stamina Regeneration

Toxicity > Weakness to Poison
Rigidity > Fortify Health
Tardiness > Slow
Vitality > Cleansing

[ogerboss]

In response to post #15598395.

I think it just looks rather boring. "Mage Armor I"/"Mage Armor II" and "Mage Armor"/"Greater Mage Armor" surely convey the same information, but the first looks like a demotivated enumeration. An ordering like "Oakskin", "Stoneskin", "Ebonyskin" is also perfectly valid in my opinion because the strength of the materials is well known to the player.

Also an enumeration gives the impression that only the numbers change, nothing else. While this is indeed true for some spells at the moment, this is something I want to change in future versions.

[Ragshak]

With current ranked system I had the feeling in the early beginning that there are only few spells in Requiem.

The most annoying are self buffs and traget buffs like Healing Aura Rank I and II. I would like to see "Healing Aura (Self)" and "Healing Aura (Other)". For the rest I dont care much.

Teleport I is a teleportation spell between locations (expanded greatly in Enhanced Mage Experience for Requiem mod). Teleport II is targeted version for local use. Why rename this to Invisible Stalker?

Edited by Ragshak, 14 June 2014 - 07:56 PM.

[Isphus]

In response to post #15604295.

Teleport II would be better described as "blink", which is the usual name for short range instant teleportation skills for most games.

[45akaColt]

Both lights hover (i.e. when they reach destination) so Hovering Light isn't too good, I think. It could work, but isn't perfect.

Axonis mentioned these: Ably Deceiving > Fortify Illusion. I thought deceiving was lying in conversations (at least in the current Requiem version).