Magic system confuses me.

Post » Mon May 07, 2012 12:34 pm

when i watched videos of Skyrim i heard that you use dragons souls as a currency to use shouts BUT they say that when you use magic like "normal" its still shouts so do i need 10.000 dragon souls in my pocket to be able to play as a full time mage?

or is it just me who don′t get it. AND one more thing how the hell do i get more magic spells if i play it like oblivion.... i cheated all spells so don′t know how to get spells ^^ I LOVE PARALYZING spell.
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Bellismydesi
 
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 12:59 pm

Shouts have a cool down, spells use magicka..... so im confused what you mean?
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Claire Vaux
 
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 7:05 am

Whoever told you that normal magic was shouts was either lying to you or grossly misinformed.

And souls are used sort of like currency to learn shouts. Not to cast.
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Emma Copeland
 
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 10:12 am

The magic system has always confused me too, which is why I just always use weapons... except in oblivion I spammed that heal you start with.
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barbara belmonte
 
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Post » Sun May 06, 2012 11:12 pm

The dragon souls are used to actually unlock shouts that you've learned the words for. You do not use up a dragon soul every time you use a shout.

And your second sentence does not make sense in English.
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Daniel Brown
 
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 8:27 am

Dragon Shouts and magic are unrelated in terms of mechanics. You acquire new spells by finding/purchasing tomes or, I'm assuming, people teaching them to you.
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Amy Gibson
 
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 6:05 am

Dragon shouts don't need any magicka to cast, they're separate from normal spells.

I think you can only get spells from spell tomes this time, there's no spell making anymore.
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Marion Geneste
 
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Post » Mon May 07, 2012 5:50 am

Normal spells don't use dragon souls and neither do shouts. The only thing dragon souls are good for is discovering a shout, but after you discover the shout by absorbing the soul you have to go find the words of the shout written on a wall somewhere, or something...
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