» Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:28 am
Depends if you plan on using Enchanting to give yourself 100% reduction in Restoration and Conjuration. If you did, you wouldn't need to put any points at all in magic reduction.
If you are looking to be more legit, persay, then here are base the numbers for summons (Assuming you have 15 points in Conjuration to begin with. They will reduce as you grow in skill). You can do the math to half them.
Novice:
- Sword: 82
- Familiar: 94
Apprentice:
- Battleaxe: 149
- Flame Atronach: 132
Adept:
- Bow: 183
- Frost Atronach: 189
Expert:
- Storm Atronach: 284
- Dremora Lord: 316
If you halved them and want to summon a monster and a sword in a fight, you could do with about 200-250 magicka.
EDIT: A master of Conjuration could summon a bow, then a sword and a Dremora lord with exactly 194 mana, so you would only need 200.