1. Can you summon more than one weapon at once?

2. Does dual-casting a summon weapon make it do more damage, or last longer?

3. Will summoned bows supply their own arrows?

4. Will a summoned shield (weightless) or greatsword take as much stamina to block with?

5. Will dragon shouts be disabled with a silence spell effect?

6. Will the silent casting perk enable you to remain hidden when casting spells, at least when out of direct vision?

7. Will party members only die at higher difficulty levels?

Thanks for your guesses, if nothing else!

Ryan Fenton

1. Previous games no. This one idk. Doubtful.
2. Last longer I believe.
3. Idk. The didn't before did they.
4. Yes.
5. No
6. It should.
7. No.

can someone elaborate on 7? as in the never die or die on all difficultly levels?

They can die at any point. They are more likely to die at higher levels though.

yes!

3. The arrows are bound as well. Clear image of bound quiver on the PCs back in this http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls/images/0/03/Bound_Bow.png

Now that I think about 1, if you summon a 1-handed weapon, then your second hand is still available... if you assign the summon spell to the second hand, then summon with that, I wonder if you then have 2, or if your first weapon is re-summoned.

Ryan Fenton

Nice screenshot there, Brimir - the etherial arrows do seem to indicate they'll be magic-created. Nice! Arrows are weightless anyway - but nice to know I can use summoned weapons to snipe with archery from mana instead of using arrows!

Ryan Fenton

Where does it say that this is the conjured bow? It's possible that this is a unique/quest item.

The image is named "Bound_Bow.png", and the arrows are pixel shaded exactly the same as the bow, including the quiver. It seems highly likely that if this shot is legitimate (and I believe it certainly is), that bound bows come with bound arrows.

Ryan Fenton

Certainly could be unique. Based on the fact that both the bow, the notched arrow, and the quiver are all transparent though I'd put money on this being the look of the new summoned weapons.

Interesting, even the official site has bound bow in the name. I had heard rumor that this was different from the normal bound bow - perhaps the source was wrong, or perhaps this is a higher level version.