Why am I on Fire?

[RasterOps]

v1.2.0416

Mods: Smarter Mecantile v1.65, Unofficial Patch 3.20

 

I created this custom spell, which costs 23 magicka to cast:

• Fortify Magicka on Self for 3s
  
• 10 Fire damage on Target for 1s
  
• 20 Weakness to fire for 3s
  
• 20 Weakness to Magic for 3s
  

 

Pick a target any non-spell reflecting target. I'm on fire, although I take no damage, maybe, Very annoying, I can't see the target! Why am I on fire?

 

More importantly, repeated casting just depletes my magicka... At least until it drops to about 80 then casting is self sustaining. What gives?

Edited July 22, 2011 by RasterOps

[BeastUA]

v1.2.0416

Mods: Smarter Mecantile v1.65, Unofficial Patch 3.20

 

I created this custom spell, which costs 23 magicka to cast:

• Fortify Magicka on Self for 3s
  
• 10 Fire damage on Target for 1s
  
• 20 Weakness to fire for 3s
  
• 20 Weakness to Magic for 3s
  

 

Pick a target any non-spell reflecting target. I'm on fire, although I take no damage, maybe, Very annoying, I can't see the target! Why am I on fire?

 

More importantly, repeated casting just depletes my magicka... At least until it drops to about 80 then casting is self sustaining. What gives?

 

I had something similar happen to me 2-3 years ago, I had to quit that game and start all over. I could never stop burning. But I don't know, maybe there is a bug fix somewhere. I am interested to hear what the experts will say

[RavveN]

When you get in the same spell range and self i think range automaticly gets "self" so what i think you should do is make spell without fire damange.

[Fonger]

When you get in the same spell range and self i think range automaticly gets "self" so what i think you should do is make spell without fire damange.

wouldn't it be more effective just to remove the fortify magic

[RasterOps]

The point is to have a Fire damage spell that is self sustaining, costs only the original 23.

 

I have read about all kinds of self sustaining custom spells like mine. The first costs x and the second spell casting is free due to the Magicka boost. I can see that my Magicka is being boosted and the second spell is cast within the 3 second time period. Again, this is the same technique as other custom spells that supposedly require only the initial spell cost...

[Balakirev]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that if the first part of the spell is Self-directed, a targeted second part will always go with Self. Again, it's been a while, so I could be wrong--but the engine does do some strange things.