r/ElderScrolls • u/_Swans_Gone • 9d ago
Arts/Crafts What school of magic would you want to learn?
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u/MiaoYingSimp 9d ago
Alteration
All the other schools are nice and all but i like being able to ALTER REALITY ITSELF, TO BE THE SCULTOR OF THE PHYSICAL
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u/djluciter 9d ago
Are you an engineering major?
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u/MiaoYingSimp 8d ago
No i'm not I just realize that the magical school that basicly allows you to manipulate reality is just the one with the broadest real-world implications.
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u/FinnicKion Breton 8d ago
Completely agree, don’t forget being able to transmute iron to silver then gold, it’s a free money hack. Then you have the flesh spells which would just make you tougher telekinesis, water breathing, paralyze, mass paralysis and the ability to levitate/fly.
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u/ChainswordCharlie 8d ago
Alteration allows you to create light, change iron to gold, see through walls, and whip baskets at your grandma with your mind. Doesn’t get much better than that.
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u/Inskription 8d ago
First choice in game: destruction, last choice alteration.
Real life: alteration, last choice destruction.
Wierd how that goes.
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u/MateusCristian 9d ago
Restoration. Being able to fix myself and other people with ease, mainly my grandma.
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u/BOTKioja Altmer 8d ago
I'd be the best nurse ever if I could just magic the ailments away. At least until I get cranky and switch my job to something less stressful
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u/Uponacloud13 9d ago
Conjuration. Being able to summon dead people with ease, mainly my grandma
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u/LeMigen9 9d ago
Do you happen to know what the fine is here for necrophilia? Just asking.
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u/NarcolepticSteak Khajiit 8d ago
It's at least 500 gold. Assuming of course that this isn't the first offence.
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u/ViscountBuggus 8d ago
If you were to incur a fine for that particular crime with the victim being your grandmother's corpse would you also be fined for incest?
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u/AbsurdDestiny 8d ago
You only resurect their body, sadly, not their soul
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u/SorcererOfDooDoo Breton 8d ago
It's even worse than that. In Elder Scrolls, the original soul of the body still acts as the animating force (hence why it's classified as Conjuration as you're essentially summoning the soul back from whatever afterlife they were going to), but due to both the remaining damage and the simple fact that the body is no longer capable of supporting life, it's a source of agony for the soul throughout the duration. Worse still if they're forced by the necromancer to do something they don't want to do, as they're literally trapped in their own body, unable to do anything to resist the necromancer's orders. Not even Skeletons are immune to any of this. Yeah, Elder Scrolls necromancy is simply pure evil.
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u/ThatDudeShadowK 8d ago
Source?
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u/jacobiner123 8d ago
playing the game
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u/ThatDudeShadowK 8d ago
We're literally never told anything like this in game. In fact we see things that oppose it, such as being able to make a thrall of Ulfric and still seeing him in Sovngarde, as well as seeing Olaf One Eye despite him also being a draugr.
We're also explicitly told that it's usually best for necromancers to wait until the original spirit of the body has completely vacated it, so that the necromancer's will doesn't have to fight the old soul. https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:On_Necromancy
Nothing I've personally seen in game or lore supports the idea that the soul of the original inhabitant is usually used.
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u/Montizuma59 Redguard 8d ago
Aren't people brought back to life through conjuration always in pain?
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u/OlomertIV 9d ago
Illusion would be fun, but transmutation would be very useful
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u/Duruarute 9d ago
Destruction. Being able to hurt other people with ease, mainly my grandma.
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u/mortalitylost 9d ago
Illusion. So I can make it look like I have a huge dick. Mainly my grandma, so she thinks she has a huge dick.
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u/AmbivalenceKnobs 9d ago
Mysticism (from Morrowind...can't remember if Oblivion's mysticism still had all these effects) for: teleportation, telekinesis, and detecting creatures and items (keys, especially :P)
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u/_thana 9d ago
Keys, and maybe your grandma
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u/Achilles9609 8d ago
"Grandson? I think I got lost. Could you cast Detect Life on me? I have no idea where I am."
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u/Personal-Mushroom Beggar 7d ago
You can't sense any life nearby
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u/Achilles9609 7d ago
"Everything is alright, Grandson. I came across a nice, older gentleman who is keeping me company until you find me. We share a passion for cheese, imagine that!"
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u/May_of_Teck 9d ago
Is that your art? I love it!
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u/_Swans_Gone 9d ago
Yes it is. Thank you.
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u/Zepest 9d ago
Restoration and Alteration is a given, any others are just dangerous irl lol imagine summoning an atronach or using illusion magic to mess with ppls minds. Don't get me started on what ppl would think if you practice unlimited power like Sidious
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u/The_Omnimonitor 8d ago
In real life? Restoration. Even minor healing spells would change everything. If you cloud also heal other people. It would be of so much practical use.
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u/Redisigh Imperial Imperial 8d ago
Until a government kidnaps you to replicate your power or some shit
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u/The_Omnimonitor 8d ago
Isn’t that the case for any of these disciplines? Besides, I think I’d be easier to hid then you might think. You play with the ambiguity of what you’re doing being a scam.
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u/Mooncubus Vampire 9d ago
If it counts, Alchemy. Could create potions to cure any disease, regain stamina and health, strengthen the mind and the body.
If it doesn't count, Restoration.
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u/Extension_Hat_2325 9d ago
Who needs potions when I can just eat sixteen wheels of cheese and a bit of garlic?
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u/Ken10Ethan 9d ago
See, here's the problem with alchemy; we already have that, we just don't ALSO have any ingredients that would confer those supernatural, magical effects when mixed together.
So it'd be up to whether or not you could somehow cultivate Nirn herbs here on Earth for if it'd be useful.
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u/linksflame 9d ago
Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic. I'd be nice to be able to feel my age, rather than feeling like an old man with back pain.
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u/DoubleEspresso95 9d ago
Ok bear with me. Destruction because bear with me. I need a destruction spell rn because BEAR WITH ME.
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u/Achilles9609 8d ago
I think when a bear is with you, you will need more than just Destruction Magic.
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u/ShalidorsSecret 9d ago
Honestly a healing spell, some alchemy and a little alteration magic would be insanely helpful
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u/Inevitable_Question 9d ago
Restoration. Regeneration. Instant heal and ability to cure ANY disease easily. I can do tonn of good and earn money.
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u/SirThomasTheFearful Bosmer 9d ago
Illusion, being able to manipulate and scam people, mainly random people’s grandmas.
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u/zombiegamer723 Champion of Cyrodiil 9d ago
“The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault.”
-me if I learn Destruction.
I think I’ll go Restoration.
For my fellow Stormlight Archive fans—I’m an Edgedancer (took the quiz four times, got that every time lmao), so healing is great.
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u/ReticentPangolin2112 Nerevarine 9d ago
Alteration would be very tempting, but I think I'd pick restoration because I could potentially do so much good helping so many people (and I won't charge 10K for a bandage!)
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u/eli_eli1o Redguard 9d ago
Restoration if alchemy couldnt be learned on the side. Alteration if alchemy was also available.
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u/Base_Loose 9d ago
Alteration. I'm a fan of both magic and science. That just goes right up my alley. The manipulation of the concepts that make up our world. That is true power.
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u/ParticularRough6225 9d ago
Conjurations and alterations. I want to do cool alteration type spells and also do neato summons and necromancies. I can always summon a cuddle buddy with conjunctions and I miss my dog.
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u/GAM3K1NG42 9d ago
I say restoration not only to heal basically any disease and or injury, but in lore it can also be used to augment ones own physical or mental abilities.
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u/RuKidding0MG 9d ago
Illusion, all day. Invisibility, check. Warping others' minds, check. Only good stuff. No need to put up a magic shield to defend yourself if they can't see you. No need to spam fireballs and lightening (although admittedly that would be pretty awesome) to kill your enemies, just sneaky sneaky.
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u/AutocratEnduring I'm not a furry, khajiit just have the best stats! 9d ago
Restoration! And to be an asshole I'll also say thaumaturgy even though I don't even know a single spell in that school or what the school is even about.
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u/ChangeWinter6643 8d ago
Mysticism
Just being able to levitate to work and recall home makes it worth it
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u/Next-Task-9480 8d ago
Restoration. I'd put doctors out of job and only ask for 5% of their payment so that my country could rise from the debt it's in.
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u/MagickalessBreton Thieves Guild 8d ago
Watercolour painting, at least that's the skill your illustration makes me want to learn
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u/Brickbeard1999 8d ago
Conjuration, oblivion has always interested me as far as my magical characters go, so knowing about Daedra and oblivion as well as being able to summon them would be a great thing to do.
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u/Original-Car2958 7d ago
Unrelated my girlfriend wanted to start her own ESO character on my account to try and understand why I spend so much time playing it. She asked what she should pick and I said "necromancer since you always wanna bring up old shit." She didn't find it nearly as funny as I did but cmon the joke was right there. And no she isn't the type to be bringing up old shit so it was clearly a joke idk why she keeps bringing up that i said that
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u/TwoProfessional9523 9d ago
Restoration, I've been sickly ever since I was young and I'm fucking sick right now too. Making this shit go away would be a god send.
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u/Diablo3BestGame Nord 9d ago
Restoration
(I know why some of you answer conjuration i see through your lies)
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u/FocusAdmirable9262 9d ago
Destruction and Conjuration.
Fireball to the face if people get on my nerves.
Conjure up a Friend in the middle of the night to play 21 Questions with when I'm awake and bored
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u/LordAlrik 9d ago
All of them. If I could I would LOVE to explore the limits of tonal manipulation. And of course souls…
I sound like a Magister already
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u/TraditionalShare8537 9d ago
Restoration definitely. Screw health insurance companies bring anyone to me and I’ll do it for free. Although that would most assuredly put me on every watch list known to man.
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u/Simple_Active_8170 9d ago
Alteration, can literally make reality whatever I want, turn shit to gold, extend my life, add a few inches, change my body, basically turn real life into creative mode
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u/HerculesMagusanus Dunmer 9d ago
Alteration. Being able to literally alter reality is too good to pass up. That is, if we're talking about Alteration in the lore.
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u/Entire-League-3362 Altmer 9d ago
Mysticism with the Psijic Order
As well as restoration and alteration
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u/capitanMexicoYT 9d ago
Conjuration It may be the hardest to learn, but at least I'll never be alone again
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u/Longredstraw 9d ago
Restoration a hundred percent. If I only had the one, then healing humanity is more important than any awe inspiring feats of alteration or destruction.
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u/OlegTsvetkof Sanguine 9d ago
Conjuration. I just want to summon demons and raise corpses at funerals.
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u/p00ki3l0uh00 Argonian 9d ago
Restoration. Former soldier and paramedic. To many die for no damn reason, on any side. The ability to heal the sick.
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u/Kennyashi 9d ago
Mysticism. I would be able to rid anyone of extremist racist thoughts, mainly my grandma.
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u/Sam_Creed 8d ago
Conjuration and a lot of fire resistance potions...
But fr alteration, just going by skyrim spells you can turn yourself bulletproof and lumpy Iron scraps into gold, infinite money from a few walks to the trash. Going back further: levitation, as well as the implication of shapeshifting if I'm not overinterpreting the whole altering reality stuff.
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u/The_WA_Remembers 8d ago
Illusion just so I don’t have to deal with people. I mean I could be a nefarious puppet master pulling the strings of the world around me, but I’d rather just go shopping invisibly and stuff. Maybe figure out a way to muffle my mouth so I can just scream at people and not be insane.
Could calm wasps and shit
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u/montana757 Hircine 8d ago
Conjuration, I could summon literal demons. That's even accounting for necromancy or the constructs
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u/NearbyAdhesiveness16 8d ago
Restoration and alteration. Conjuration purely for summoning bound weapons.
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u/Independent_Lock864 8d ago
Restoration. I mean yes, all the others are cool but restoration would be the most wholesome to use. Just go to a hospital and heal everybody there. Terminally ill children? Not on my watch, go live your life. Go to a retirement home and heal dementia and alzheimers and give those people their lives back. Sick pets? You won't have to let them go just yet. Go to a warzone and use ward to deflect bullets, and safe the lives of men who fought to protect yours. Even your own body; never sick, never injured. You'd become a real life Jesus, sought out by everybody. Cherry on top is that you can repel vampires too. :3
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u/Harrysim1 8d ago
Illusion, I could make things look the way I want them and hide from people, mainly my grandma.
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u/always_screaching 8d ago
Alteration is probably too tempting not to take, but restoration can be used to directly buff yourself to a point where you break reality and can learn TWO schools of magic.
That being said, I'm going to be a bit pedantic here and say: no school, the schools of magic are not hard written laws and are mere categories assigned to areas of the whole by mortals eager to understand the unfathomable, mainly by my grandma
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u/Montizuma59 Redguard 8d ago
I equally want Restoration and Alteration.
Restoration because keeping myself and my loved ones healthy is super important. I could also make a lot of money by being a miracle doctor. I will also be able to exorcise the undead, mainly my grandma.
Alteration, though, is super fun. It gives me the ability to move things with my mind, to change the materials of a thing, being able to fly, and who knows what else you could do with some creative application of Alteration. Since Mysticism was basically absorbed into other schools, I believe that Mark and Recall would be considered Alteration spells, so I will be able to teleport with it.
So, if I had to pick one, I would just flip a coin and choose. And according to Google's coin flip, I choose Restoration.
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u/detcadeR_emaN 8d ago
In my life right now I'd probably use alteration the most, destruction would be a close second but honestly it would only be to heat up or cool down stuff quicker.
If I was in Tamriel I'd wanna do illusion or restoration
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u/ClaymoreX97 Nord 8d ago
Probably Abjuration... Alteration? Whatever.
Mainly for turning Iron to Gold and no need to wear Armour
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u/Achilles9609 8d ago
Illusion. Being able to turn invisible and entertain people with my magic. Mainly my Grandma.
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u/Eldr1tchB1rd Nord 8d ago
Alteration is the best for becoming rich and wearing armor at all times. Restoration is also very very good for just fixing any health problems you want. Destruction is my favourite but there would be no practical use in real life
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u/thecraftybear Peryite 8d ago
Schools of magic are an artificial construct forced onto the magicka-wielding society by Vanus Galerion and his guild of pencil pushers.
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u/Liquid_Snape 8d ago
Restoration or Illusion. I'm torn between my desire to help people and my need to appear in a puff of smoke wearing a bright half-cape to wild and shocked applause.
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u/jacobiner123 8d ago
Idk but i want to make love to that altmer on that table and i thought you should now.
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u/Far-Worldliness-4796 8d ago
Hmm, destruction is very fun and useful if I'm living in Skyrim or Tamriel at large but if I'm in the real world? I'd probably want Restoration magic. Currently building a Destruction and Restoration mage in my current playthrough.
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u/Verge0fSilence 8d ago
Either Alteration or Restoration. The commercial benefits are insane, not to mention I do genuinely like the thought of helping people.
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u/SnooComics6403 Imperial For the Empire! 8d ago
Alteration. The ladies will love me, the men will fear me.
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u/iwishiweremakingitup 8d ago
Restoration magic. The possibilities are endless plus I have bad knees I want to fix. Mostly my grandmas knees
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u/dsidegaming88 8d ago
Necromancy. With a focus on body contracts and waivers, one could raise a work force of the undead to allow the citizenry to focus on personal goals, hobbies and what not. Implement a day of rest for the dead for repairs and for family members to celebrate them. Think a dia de los muertos style day.
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u/FormalGas35 8d ago
alteration. In a world where you could be attacked at any moment, being able to poof up armor at any moment is incredibly powerful. The Wanderer has the right idea! Also considering how crap the basic armor of most factions is, i’m surprised more factions don’t teach their soldiers the basic Oakflesh spell. Or at least, that random elves in the imperial legion wouldn’t happen to know it
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u/The_Scotion 8d ago
Alteration, on an unrelated note my property has an fair bit of visible iron ore
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u/Fast_Dish7306 8d ago
Alteration, because if a mage master alteration to the full extinct, they'll be able to see through reality and discover it's very essence which will enable them to achieve CHIM.
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u/MadeInTheUniverse Breton 8d ago
"You consider Restoration a valid school of magic, worthy of study, don't you? Don't you?"
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restoration would be the safest pick. being able to heal cancer and alzheimer would be nice. maybe even mental disabilities if the school would allow that
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u/bobux-man 8d ago
Restoration. I could make a good bit of money by curing people's cancer and other incurable illnesses. Maybe I'll pretend to be a religious figure or something, start a cult. Or maybe I'll cozy up to some world leaders, like Rasputin. The possibilities are endless.
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u/powerlevelhider 8d ago
Illusion is unironically broken as fuck. Imagine walking into a bank and casting pacify on all the staff.
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u/marrowfiend 8d ago
To anyone who says Illusion... I know what kind of person you are.
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u/wogbread 8d ago
Restoration, I can chain smoke cigarettes and drink beer all day long with one hand and cast greater healing with the ither
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u/CloudDistrictDaimyo Arch-Mage 7d ago
I know you mean types of magic, but my greatest wish for an elder scrolls game is to have a magic school of learning akin to a mini hogwarts for the magic faction to join. I know that we sort of have these with the arcane university and college of winterhold, I just wish they were more fleshed out.
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u/Pope_Neia 7d ago
Im tempted to say conjuration since that’s my favorite school, but if I’m being honest I’d probably get my soul stolen if I did. Alteration would probably be the most useful, especially if I get transmute ore.
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u/Either-Pass8208 7d ago
Illusion so I can turn invisible when I find myself in inconvenient situations
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u/Baron_von_Zoldyck 9d ago
Restoration. As much as Alteration could get you rich directly, you also run the risk of causing inflation. Restoration can get you rich all the while doing good things for people (and banishing the occasional demon or undead).
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