hunterhearsthelmsley Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 would make this if i knew how ideally skill req would match the level of spell on scroll if not, have scrolls seperated by the schools, requiring some skill of the associated school to use or perhaps have scrolls cost magicka to use. would go good with challenging spell learning mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperBark Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 The entire point of scrolls is for people without much skill or magicka to use them. If you add those limitations to them then scrolls would be even less viable than they already are. And magic in skyrim isn't great to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterhearsthelmsley Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 The entire point of scrolls is for people without much skill or magicka to use them. If you add those limitations to them then scrolls would be even less viable than they already are. And magic in skyrim isn't great to begin with.sure without other mods this might not make sense to use but im trying to create a 'realistic' skyrim setup so its 'unrealistic' to me where any peasant can pick up and use/read the most powerful scrolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperBark Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 This suggestion would actually make it more unrealistic. When you are using a scroll, you're not casting a spell, but rather "activating" the scroll or "releasing" the spell sealed inside the scroll, thus consuming said scroll. Compare scrolls to modern day machines that do tasks we humans can't, or at least have a hard time doing. And again, such a proposal would make scrolls obsolete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterhearsthelmsley Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 This suggestion would actually make it more unrealistic. When you are using a scroll, you're not casting a spell, but rather "activating" the scroll or "releasing" the spell sealed inside the scroll, thus consuming said scroll. Compare scrolls to modern day machines that do tasks we humans can't, or at least have a hard time doing. And again, such a proposal would make scrolls obsolete. if u dont like it then dont worry about it. im not asking u to use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperBark Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I'm just informing you on how scrolls work, no need to get defensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterhearsthelmsley Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) I'm just informing you on how scrolls work, no need to get defensive.good job. thanks for the lesson just for arguments sake though, how do scrolls 'work' then?is it not possible that 'activating' a scroll would involve reading whatever magical jargon was written on it which would require some knowledge about magic? if it was a matter of simply opening it then what if i tripped and fell on my backpack with my scroll of fireball inside? if it comes undone wouldnt it blow me to pieces? im not too concerned with how obsolete they would be because with a modded game that has less spell tomes kicking around/for sale scrolls become a lot more useful, especially with the challenging spell learning mod. i think it would add to the dynamic of a magic user. if u dont think so then thats fine but dont try to tell ME what I perceive as 'realistic' in my own mind. and why shouldnt i be defensive? u come onto my post and trash my idea Edited March 1, 2020 by hunterhearsthelmsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperBark Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 You just need basic talent in the magical arts, in other words, the knowledge/ability to cast any spell to release the spell of a scroll. If you don't want to listen to anything I say that's ok, but could you be a little bit more polite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterhearsthelmsley Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) You just need basic talent in the magical arts, in other words, the knowledge/ability to cast any spell to release the spell of a scroll. If you don't want to listen to anything I say that's ok, but could you be a little bit more polite?yeah sorry that was rude. i get what ur trying to say and am open to criticism and others opinions. lots of good ideas are inspired by different perspectives. it was that i felt what u said made my idea out to be foolish, which to many im sure it is, but to me, and possibly others, it would add to the skyrim experience im trying to create. either way i guess i should have been more civil about it dont u agree though that it is strange how, for role-playing's sake, any character created has that basic magic knowledge? especialy in the world the game tries to create where magic is frowned upon Edited March 1, 2020 by hunterhearsthelmsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperBark Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 No worries mate, as long as we're on the same page all is well. And I admit, looking back at my own comment, it looked rather condescending. But yes, it is weird that any character can use magic. But I think it's actually better that way because it gives the player more freedom to make their own backstory, and not just assuming we've never used magic before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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