Aerothorn on 29/4/2006 at 21:54
What the heck? Most of the spells the vendors sell are uncastable due to lack of mana...and I have 112 intelligence (yay item boosts)! Just how do the designers intend anyone to be able to cast these? What are they in the game for? GRRRRRRRRRR
driver on 29/4/2006 at 22:04
The magicka cost for spells decreases as you raise the magic skill they're attributed too. If a 10 dmg fireball spell costs 200-odd magicka, it's because your destruction skill is about 5.
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Also, some spells require their magic skill to be level <25/50/75/100.
Aerothorn on 29/4/2006 at 22:44
Ah - didn't realize upping skills decreased magicka cost. Good to know. Thought it was just linked to intelligence.
*looks forward to the day when he can cast Finger of the Mountain*
PeeperStorm on 30/4/2006 at 02:19
That's what all of those Fortify Magicka potions are for, giving you a temporary boost so you can cast your "Nuke All Of Cyrodiil" spell.
WingedKagouti on 30/4/2006 at 07:25
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
*looks forward to the day when he can cast Finger of the Mountain*
Not going to happen with the level 25 version (200 Shock/10 feet) unless you use plenty of Fortify Magicka equipment, spells and potions. Some silly developer decided that the high level versions of this spell should be horribly overpriced, at least twice as costly as if you could make it yourself.
You should be able to find a fix that uses the Auto-Calculate option for those spells if you search for it. Makes it possible to cast them without piling on Fortify Magicka, if you have 100 effective Destruction.
Aerothorn on 30/4/2006 at 17:51
I'll wait for the patch to see if they fix it - if not, will mod it.
Monster_mosh on 1/5/2006 at 15:53
The only way you can cast curtian spells like that is to make sure you a high enough level in like Conjuration like for instance If you are only 25 in it and it says it cost 300 mana when you get around level 75 it will only cost 62 mana it just depends on how skillful you are in it
NeoPendragon on 1/5/2006 at 17:21
Who the hell cares about Finger of the Mountain? If you don't have enough mana, make a spell like it that uses as much as you want.
Captain Dopetastic on 2/5/2006 at 07:27
Wait so is finger of the mountain a leveled spell? I just finished the quest and got a crappy 6 dmg spell (I started a new character, currently at level 3). Also, is there a way to actually get the chorral recommendation once you get finger of the mountain? the guild head never gave it to me when I gave him th book in the first place.
Phatose on 2/5/2006 at 09:20
Finger is indeed leveled. You should've gotten the recommendation when you gave him the book - what does your quest log say for the quest?
