Armor for mages : V

» Wed May 16, 2012 2:52 am

Since everyone else decides to use the forums as there magic dice I decided to also.

Do you think a mage (with little to no melee/bow usage) would work best with:
1) Robes
2) Light Armor
3) Heavy Armor

I have no particular desire to cast a bunch of buffs on myself before every fight, so I probably wont use Oak Armor spell.

Discuss!!

» Tue May 15, 2012 10:52 pm

robe magic regen

» Tue May 15, 2012 11:49 pm

Robe. Bonus to mana regen. Just use a healing spell if you need.

But I should point out that just casting Oak Armor before some harder fights isn't a bunch of buffs every fight.

» Tue May 15, 2012 9:05 pm

Robes. Mana regen is greatly reduced in armor. Also, robes have better magic related enchants on them.

» Wed May 16, 2012 3:03 am

Robes or light armor. Most of the time robes. Some light armor in heavy battle situations.

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:58 pm

Heavy Armor for mages using staves or for mages using lots of absorb magicka
Light Armor for battle mages, arcane archer types, nightblades, etc.
Robes/Clothing for all the rest

» Tue May 15, 2012 7:42 pm

I'm thinking robes as well. Especially if you're wanting the traditional mage look. However there's also the Battle Mage type wearing heavy armor like a tank but still blasting out the magical death in every direction (think Sauron before he was turned into a giant eye spirit).

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:34 pm

However there's also the Battle Mage type wearing heavy armor like a tank but still blasting out the magical death in every direction (think Sauron before he was turned into a giant eye spirit).

Wrong. You are describing the Sorcerer class. Look it up on the presets from other TES games.

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:42 pm

Make sure you pick up the mage armor perk in alteration. That should help with robe viability

» Wed May 16, 2012 12:41 am

as a mage i'd go definitly for robes - +armor spell bonus, +mage/magicka stuff and looks simply better then a mage in heavy armor which is still a no go for me....only thing im wondering if there are some nice robes - not super fenzy, realistic but nice, cause the ones ive seen look all the same

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:28 pm

Wrong. You are describing the Sorcerer class. Look it up on the presets from other TES games.

Actually I wasn't thinking about any TES games when I was mentioning Sauron. I was thinking about a tank character with massive magical powers. I'm old school D&D, 2.5 edition. None of this 3rd edition Sorcerer nonsense allowed in my campaigns. A sorcerer is just a lazy man's Mage/Wizzard. They don't have to memorize spells per day or have any of the classic mage restrictions. The way Sorcerers work in 3 and 3.5 it just seems like they updated the way mages play for the "I want it now" generation. That's just my opinion though.

» Wed May 16, 2012 12:59 am

I'm sticking with robes; especially since I won't have the magic regen perks.

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:02 pm

Actually I wasn't thinking about any TES games when I was mentioning Sauron. I was thinking about a tank character with massive magical powers. I'm old school D&D, 2.5 edition. None of this 3rd edition Sorcerer nonsense allowed in my campaigns. A sorcerer is just a lazy man's Mage/Wizzard. They don't have to memorize spells per day or have any of the classic mage restrictions. The way Sorcerers work in 3 and 3.5 it just seems like they updated the way mages play for the "I want it now" generation. That's just my opinion though.

If you think 3.5 made it too 'casual' then you'd hate 4.0...